Delivery time...UK people?

kev1-1 · Jan 20, 2003

I have an M3 on order, via air mail from the U.S, and its been almost two weeks now. I spoke to Royal Mail and they said that this was an unusually long wait for air mail!!!

What is the experience of other UK members...is my wait longer than average, should I start (MORE LIKE CONTINUE!!) to worry? Thanks!

Ross · Jan 20, 2003

Hi Kev,
I got a Tigerlight from a US member of this board who sent it via Air Mail and it arrived in 8 days. I would start to chase it up if I were you!

Ross

kev1-1 · Jan 20, 2003

Cheers Ross! I have started trying to locate the package...it is insured though, so hopefully they treat insured packages in a safer manor than others, and it is just slow in coming!!! I'd hate to think some one has pinched it!!

x-ray · Jan 20, 2003

Hi Kev,

Packages sent via USPS normally take 7-10 days.

I've used Fed-Ex once (for an Arc order) and thet took 5 days.

kev1-1 · Jan 20, 2003

Well not counting Sundays it is 10 days today (12 including Sundays), so maybe tomorrow....

kev1-1 · Jan 21, 2003

HORRAY!!!!!!! I have an M3...WOW! The delay was customs (they held it for a week!), I had to pay $60!!

I have an M3 though

dirobesh · Jan 21, 2003

Glad it got here

. Where did you get it from, I fancy one myself.
How do customs work out how much to charge? Am I right in thinking it's vat + about £5? I haven't been stung by customs yet, but it's bound to happen sooner or later.

Tango Chaser · Jan 21, 2003

dirobesh,customs charge duty,then put V.A.T. on top of that.
I had to pay about £60 to get my Z3.

dirobesh · Jan 21, 2003

dirobesh,customs charge duty,then put V.A.T. on top of that.
I had to pay about £60 to get my Z3.

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bu**er me!! That seems a bit steep.

kev1-1 · Jan 21, 2003

Well I was charged £7.62 duty, £24.73 VAT & £7.75 clearance fee what ever the hell that is!! Total £40.10

I got the light from Chris at www.meridiantactical.com...he is top quality to deal with

I had insurance so thats probably why I got caught!!!

Chris T · Jan 21, 2003

FWIW my parents have sent me two packages from the UK to the US in the past few weeks. The first one took a month. The second took about 2 1/2 weeks.

Chris

Size15's · Jan 21, 2003

I've paid out loads in Her Majesty's Customs charges over the last few years... A TigerLight will cost me £39 on Friday.

We gotta live with it I guess.

dirobesh · Jan 21, 2003

A00079 - where are you getting the tigerlight from? I thought it was mentioned on a previous thread that they weren't allowed to be shipped over here.

x-ray · Jan 21, 2003

Originally posted by dirobesh:
A00079 - where are you getting the tigerlight from? I thought it was mentioned on a previous thread that they weren't allowed to be shipped over here.

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dirobesh · Jan 21, 2003

Ok. Thanks.

dirobesh · Jan 22, 2003

Hmmmm, that's an idea - wonder if I could persuade my folks to move to the US.

Chris T · Jan 22, 2003

Originally posted by dirobesh:
Hmmmm, that's an idea - wonder if I could persuade my folks to move to the US.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I've tried to get my cousin to move here so he can find a good job but its a tough sell.

Oh well. Send them for a visit. The pound is doing very well compared to the dollar.

Chris

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