Shipping Delays to USA?

[oilfan10]

Hey everyone,
I was wondering if anybody is having a similar problem as me with packages taking a long time to USA since the holiday season. I sent an item on the 23rd of December, and it apparently has been in US customs since December 29th with no progress since then.

2012/12/29 09:15 USLAXA, International shipment has arrived in a foreign country
2012/12/28 13:48 VANCOUVER International item has left Canada
2012/12/24 19:47 EDMONTON Item processed at postal facility
2012/12/23 12:30 EDMONTON Item accepted at the Post Office

That was the last update, and my package has been "In Transit" according to tracking since then. Is this normal? Or is this just a consequence of getting backed up due to the holidays. I've already heard from one person who is experiencing a similar situation, but hopefully others can shed some light onto this.

It just seems odd that the card has been stuck in customs for 2 weeks since it has never been this slow for me before. I don't want to get dinged for slow shipping...

 

[99goals]

All packages from me to the USA have taken up to 5 weeks to arrive for the past three months. Dunno why tho.

 

[oilfan10]

All packages from me to the USA have taken up to 5 weeks to arrive for the past three months. Dunno why tho.

That's an unusually long time. Usually my packages to the USA take around 2-3 weeks at the most. The one I'm tracking has already been in customs for over 2 weeks alone.

Should I be concerned with a dispute? I have my receipt and have provided the buyer with tracking so I don't think that should be a problem. Although when the card(hopefully) arrives, I'm probably going to get 1 star for shipping time, despite sending it a day after payment.

 

[Ramjak Sports]

We have shipped over 600 items to the US since Dec 15, and a huge chunk of them are still not there. The shipping time is terrible.
As for tracked items, same thing. Long time, but if you sent it FedEx, their online seems to be way off. All of a sudden it gets updated with 2 weeks worth of progress.
As for the low ratings, if this is through Ebay, you can call them and if you do get dinged with a low rating, you can get that "forgiven" if it is actually a tracked and express package.