This is a continuation of a long topic, addressed by post number rather than by page. Start at post 1.
Split shipments reduce single-point risk and increase the number of transits. Which trade is right depends on what you are protecting against.
Import restrictions by jurisdiction: what is legal to import for personal use varies enormously by country. Some jurisdictions are quite permissive; others are not. Checking your own country's rules before ordering is prudent.
The arithmetic in post #30 is right; the assumption feeding it is the part to check.
Carrier handover between an international and a domestic service is where tracking most often goes quiet, and it is usually silence rather than a problem.
I have no interest in any supplier named above.
Answering the question post #32 raises rather than the one it answers.
Anyone deciding whether a delay is a problem should ask what would change if they waited another week. Usually the answer is nothing.
I have deliberately not rounded that, because the rounding is where the argument starts.
Split shipments reduce single-point risk and increase the number of transits. Which trade is right depends on what you are protecting against.
Tracking stops updating: tracking last updated days ago usually means the package is in transit and will not update until it reaches the next scanning point. No update for weeks means it might be stuck.
Reporting the observation and leaving the explanation open deliberately.
Narrowing post #34, because the general version has more than one answer.
Import restrictions by jurisdiction: what is legal to import for personal use varies enormously by country. Some jurisdictions are quite permissive; others are not. Checking your own country's rules before ordering is prudent.
I would treat the number as indicative rather than as a measurement.
Peak periods and public holidays affect this more than any other factor and are entirely predictable in advance.
That is where I would start, not where I would stop.
I read post #37 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.
A tracking gap at a customs facility is the most common cause of an unexpectedly long transit and the segment nobody has visibility of.
That is all I can say without guessing.
Post #41 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.
Import restrictions by jurisdiction: what is legal to import for personal use varies enormously by country. Some jurisdictions are quite permissive; others are not. Checking your own country's rules before ordering is prudent.
Peak periods and public holidays affect this more than any other factor and are entirely predictable in advance.
Right, and stated more narrowly than I would have dared to state it.
Anyone deciding whether a delay is a problem should ask what would change if they waited another week. Usually the answer is nothing.
I would want a second opinion before relying on that.
Document outcomes rather than forecasting them. A forecast in this category reads as reassurance and is not one.
Someone will know this better than I do and I hope they say so.
Peak periods and public holidays affect this more than any other factor and are entirely predictable in advance.
Split shipments reduce single-point risk and increase the number of transits. Which trade is right depends on what you are protecting against.
The strength of my opinion here exceeds the strength of my evidence.
Confirming post #48 from a second method, which matters more than confirming it from a second person.
Import restrictions by jurisdiction: what is legal to import for personal use varies enormously by country. Some jurisdictions are quite permissive; others are not. Checking your own country's rules before ordering is prudent.
That is all the detail I have. Someone else will have more.
That is consistent with mine, for whatever one more account is worth.
Post #52 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition.
Import restrictions by jurisdiction: what is legal to import for personal use varies enormously by country. Some jurisdictions are quite permissive; others are not. Checking your own country's rules before ordering is prudent.
Where I part company with post #55, and it is a narrow parting.
Document outcomes rather than forecasting them. A forecast in this category reads as reassurance and is not one.
Anyone with a larger sample, please post it.
Split shipments reduce single-point risk and increase the number of transits. Which trade is right depends on what you are protecting against.
This is where my knowledge stops and I would rather mark the edge than blur it.
Peak periods and public holidays affect this more than any other factor and are entirely predictable in advance.
I am describing what is, rather than arguing for what should be.
Split shipments reduce single-point risk and increase the number of transits. Which trade is right depends on what you are protecting against.
Anyone deciding whether a delay is a problem should ask what would change if they waited another week. Usually the answer is nothing.