Lost e94 lajoie from Canada

[Kotton King]

Hi Pete,

Customs in Jersey City is a little slow, so I agree be patient. I live in Jersey and have had to deal with them a few times with packages coming from Canada. I've had a package stay in their possession for as long as 4 weeks before it got to me. You will get it my friend.

[Leon]

I like our friends from Canada but the shipping to and fro can be very arduous. I don't think 3 weeks is abnormal and some of my shipments have taken that long or longer. I too think you will still get it. It could be 3-6 weeks but it should get to you. Good luck.

[nebboy]

Got one 2 days ago that took 8 weeks from the date on the post mark to get to my door.

[scooter729]

I mailed a package on May 4 from Boston that the delivery confirmation last scanned in Jersey City on May 5. The package is now MIA. Post Office says they are looking for it, but I don't expect anything.

Hopefully not something fishy going on at Jersey City!

[jb217676]

As a Canadian, let me tell you how Canada Post works. In the U.S., you have delivery confirmation, in Canada we don't. If you have a package coming to you from Canada of significant value and want to make sure you get it, you'll have to pay extra to get a tracking # and insurance. If I was shipping a card with a declared value of almost $600.00 to the states, I would ship it expedited and it would cost about $20.00-$25.00 for shipping.

Question to Pete Zouras: Did you only pay the $3.50 Standard Int'l Flat Rate Shipping fee for a $600.00 card? If you did your taking a crazy chance. You should have asked the seller what other shipping options could be provided including insurance and a tracking #. When your spending $600.00 on one card, what's another $25.00 to make sure you get it hassle free. If you paid for expedited you would have had it in 5-7 business days also.

Moral of the story... when buying an expensive card (especially from another country) DON'T go cheap on the shipping!

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by jb217676

Question to Pete Zouras: Did you only pay the $3.50 Standard Int'l Flat Rate Shipping fee for a $600.00 card? If you did your taking a crazy chance. You should have asked the seller what other shipping options could be provided including insurance and a tracking #. When your spending $600.00 on one card, what's another $25.00 to make sure you get it hassle free. If you paid for expedited you would have had it in 5-7 business days also.

Moral of the story... when buying an expensive card (especially from another country) DON'T go cheap on the shipping!

I beg to disagree. The onus of additional shipping and/or insurance falls upon the seller, not Pete. Pete's job was to get the agreed upon payment to the seller. He did that. The seller's job is to get the item to Peter. So far, that's not done and in no way can that be construed as Pete's fault or responsibility.

[Smokey Joe]

I found a great way to send cards to Canada....get a nice big envelope 10x12 for shipping paper docs. Get 2 card board pieces slightly smaller than the envelope. Put as 1 or as many cards you are shipping on the cardboard a tape securely. take the other cardboard and place over first one and slide into envelope. Declare paper docs. and value it at $15. I have done it 7-10 times with no problem and took around 2 weeks to arrive to destination.


You should be fine, they are probably trying to figure out a correct value if you put down baseball card. And would make sense if you placed the value very low.

[jb217676]

Originally Posted by Jim VB

I beg to disagree. The onus of additional shipping and/or insurance falls upon the seller, not Pete. Pete's job was to get the agreed upon payment to the seller. He did that. The seller's job is to get the item to Peter. So far, that's not done and in no way can that be construed as Pete's fault or responsibility.

From looking at the OP, it looks like some form of insurance was paid on his card or else Pete wouldn't have the information that he has. As far as the seller, he's done his part. Card is shipped and he has proof it shipped. It's out of the sellers hands now. If anyone has to pay for this lost card it's the Post Office. This is now a U.S delivery problem at a U.S. postal facility end of story.

[rholmes]

For what it's worth, I'll say too that of all the countries I've shipped to and received from, Canada has always been the most inconsistent. Really inexplicable delays both ways...don't know which end fouls it up...but in every case the delivery has eventually happened. Here's hoping you get the same result.

[D. Bergin]

Wow, this thread is spooky.

I've got a package to a customer, that according to the tracking was last seen in Jersey City almost 3 weeks ago.

I think somebody needs to do an audit down there.

[FUBAR]

thats why i try to avoid customs by declaring a lower value or why i also have a US address i ship to. I once had a card go missing, got re-imbursed for it.. the money arrived in my mail. about 6-7 months later, the card showed up.... Customs had it the whole time, told me they were trying to determine a true value for the item because they didnt agree with the 10$ declared value.

Canadian customs is horrible to deal with, i don't imagine the US is anything different.....

[Thrill-of-the-Hunt]

another issue are the gov cutbacks with the post office as well. it does affect things

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by rholmes

For what it's worth, I'll say too that of all the countries I've shipped to and received from, Canada has always been the most inconsistent. Really inexplicable delays both ways...don't know which end fouls it up...but in every case the delivery has eventually happened. Here's hoping you get the same result.

Co-Sign.

I ship lots of packages to a customer in the Netherlands that rarely takes more then 2-3 days to get where it's going.

Canada is a complete minefield. Anything that's not a flat or has any kind of paperwork on it other then basic 1st Class Airmail shipping can take weeks to eventually get to where it's going.

[Ladder7]

If we invade them, this issue is dead. As a bonus, we'd get a better view of the Falls!

They do it differently up there. But, Ive had 100% success with all Canadian transactions -eventually.