how reliable is USPS international shipping airmail ?

picard

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how reliable is USPS international shipping airmail ?

I just order 10 lithium ion batteries online and ship by USPS international airmail. the site indicates that it takes 4-14dys.

Has anyone use USPS international air mail ?
 

ElectronGuru

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Not sure what airmail actually means, but my PO offers

1st class international
Priority international
Express international
P and E are kind of air-slow and air-fast. Both have been very reliable for me.
 

Tekno_Cowboy

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I use USPS Priority Mail Small Flat Rate Boxes almost exclusively. They usually show up where I'm sending them within a week. (except one that took 2 months to Brazil)

The biggest pro for USPS is the price. The price is usually half or less of Fed-ex or UPS. OTOH, Fedex got me a package from near Perth, Australia to Minnesota in under 2 days time, but it cost me almost $100

Global Express through USPS (Not Express Mail) is shipped via Fed-Ex.
 

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I have received all kinds of packages, via all kinds of USPS airmail shipping methods. Some have come in with delays of over 3 months, but they have always arrived (knock on wood). But mostly they arrived within the specified time for the chosen shipping method. Most of the delays were caused at customs...
 

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how reliable is USPS international shipping airmail ?

I just order 10 lithium ion batteries online and ship by USPS international airmail. the site indicates that it takes 4-14dys.

Has anyone use USPS international air mail ?
Everything I order from the US comes via USPS 1st class international air.

I get the product anywhere from 5 to 12 days after it ships.
 

alpg88

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i had packages from china, ukraine, uk, canada come with no problem, none got lost. so, if you are in us and expecting a package from overseas, you should be fine, in this direction usps is very reliable, going from us, that is where problems start, but i doubt it is usps's fault, postal services of other countries are less reliable, i've lost 2 packages i sent to europe.
 

souptree

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I've had good luck shipping to 5 continents with USPS. I ship everything Priority.
 

JohnR66

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Same here. I buy LEDs from china off ebay and DX. All get here in a week or two.
 
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