How Long Does Pen/ink Shipping Take?

[marcelo]

From the US to Brazil it can take a whole month (courtesy of Brazilian post and lazy public agencies). A couple of ink bottles from Noodler's were shipped to me in April 30th. The ink spent ELEVEN days at the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency! I think they suspected it could be some kind of poison or dangerous chemical. Genius!

[torstar]

For shipping to Canada;

 

1) Japan or Malaysia and other areas in that region get it here in 2-3 days, then customs brings down the hammer about a month later.

 

2) From the US it can take 5 to 25 business days. Sometimes customs sends a further bill about a week later, or none at all.

[Sasha Royale]

In our digital world, the various postal services are being savaged by the loss of business. The same infrastructure has to be maintained, despite lower revenue. The US Postal Service has pretty much given up on its 300 mile/next day/first-class service standard. Delivery times are going to be longer.

 

Inbound mail, from overseas, will face "security" delays. Packages may be quarantined for three days, or more, depending on the point of origin. Letter mail may be irradiated. I can't address the situation in Brazil, but certainly they have some level of security, as well.

 

Personally, I find measures to be too lax. A glass bottle of liquid (colored or not) could be almost anything, from Pelikan blue/black to Botuleinus.

 

Be patient. International measures have been successful, so far.

Edited May 22, 2015 by Sasha Royale

[linearM]

I sent a letter from Minnesota to California and it took 13 days!

[marcelo]

Be patient. International measures have been successful, so far.

You're right, Sasha, as long as they have not messed up with the bottles and their content, what I'm afraid of.

Edited May 22, 2015 by marcelo

[Ian the Jock]

I recently sent a pen from the UK to Brasil and it took more than a month to arrive.

 

It did get there though.

 

Ian

Edited May 22, 2015 by Ian the Jock

[marcelo]

I recently sent a pen from the UK to Brasil and it took more than a month to arrive.

 

It did get there though.

 

Ian

 

Hi Ian. Do you sell pens?

[Runnin_Ute]

Two letters one from Taiwan to my home in Utah took about 7 days. Another from Provo, Utah to my home, a distance of about 40 miles about the same. They were sent and received within one day of each other...

[Ian the Jock]

 

Hi Ian. Do you sell pens?

No, I don't, it was a pen I sent to a fellow fpn member, and I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to arrive.

[marcelo]

No, I don't, it was a pen I sent to a fellow fpn member, and I was beginning to wonder if it was ever going to arrive.

Thank you for the reply, Ian. Have a nice weekend!

[______Zaphod_Beeblebrox]

I get my pens ship from Germany via UPS express and depending on the time of day it ships, and it get to me in the USA next day.

 

So it all depends on what shipping service and you get what you pay for.

[Water Ouzel]

I sent a letter from Minnesota to California and it took 13 days!

I once received a letter mailed from Los Angeles to Newbury Park (about 65 miles). It took roughly 45 days, and at one point was in Guam.

 

I have not been excessively optimistic regarding USPS abilities since (it happened in 1967).