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BM Steve


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I ordered some stuff from Colorado, shipped on the 26th and Brian has sent some parts from the UK

Lets see who ships the fastest in the fewest days

US Postal Service V Royal Mail smile

It's about the same distance

My moneys on the Americans, they have a straight shot across the Pacific but they may not come straight here



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I have had stuff from Germany in 5 days!
Don't rule out the Europe system just yet.



-- Edited by JuJu on Sunday 2nd of March 2014 09:34:43 AM

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UPS picked up a parcel from us in Exeter on Wednesday afternoon and it was delivered to the customer in Malta the following afternoon!

USPS are notoriously slow in my opinion. I paid extra for an Express service for a parcel that was collected by them in the US on 19th February and didn't arrive in the UK until 27th Feb no and it's still stuck in Customs ....

A recent Airmail parcel we sent got to Wagga in Australia in 7 days which I think is pretty good especially as the customer said it sometimes takes 10+ days for mail to get to him from Sydney!

Brian



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Sydney to Wagga is only 6 hours, I'd be having a real good complain about that one as well, I'd write to the papers and TV chanels

Country services do suck though, there was a race between an email and a carrier pigeon here once from sydney to the country somewhere, unfortunately the pigeon won


My parcel from the states is coming via USPS, that's the US postal service, not UPS (United Parcel Service)

Apparently the USPS does a good job but they don't actually make any money

UPS is a corporation so they will cut services if it's not profitable enough

I think that is right anyway biggrin

I do remember the last thing I got from you turned up in a very short time, I think less than a week I think  confuse



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I can get goods from China quicker then some ebay sellers in the UK.

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The results are in !!

 

GB 5 days

US 15 days

 

A clear winner by 10 days

Anyone need any parts you know where to go

Unfortunately Brian didn't sell HDB Hand guards

Check out my post in the "Modifications" section titled "Highway Dirt Bikes Hand Guards"

 



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biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin - well done Royal Mail and Australia Post!!!!

The USPS service seems to be going downhill. I paid extra on my last US order for "Express" yet the parcel took 5 days to get moving after their initial collection no

It doesn't help that, in the UK, any parcel declared to be worth more than £18 gets held up by Customs for another 5 days evileye

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I think both Royal Airmail and USPS are ''hit and miss'' when it comes down to it.

Royal Airmail

I have been waiting on fork gaiters since the 10/03/14 and Viton sprocket seal since the 17/03/14. Not sure if they are in Australia yet?

USPS

Brake actuator bought 18/03/14, arrived in Australia 21/03/14, voltage regulator bought 19/03/14 arrived in Australia the 25/03/14. Both not delivered yet. no

To be fair, Australia Post can take up to 7 days just to get it from one side of Australia to the other. no

USPS has been the best so far, on the other hand, I remember buying items from Brian and receiving them in just over a week? confuse How does he do it? confuse smile

Jarrah 



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A parcel just made it from Exeter, UK, to Eugene, Oregon, USA in 3 days using the UPS Express Saver service biggrin

Picked up by UPS on 31st March and delivered yesterday - 2nd April 2013.

Not bad for an "economy" service eh?

Well done UPS!

Brian



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Glad someone is having a win with UPS. So far it has been the worst service by far. There is no tracking, just electronic shipping info (pretty useless). A package is already four days late comparing to USPS and I have no idea where it is. no

Jarrah



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ordered a set of grip heaters from china and a lower shock bearing from uk on the same day both sent by mail both turned up today only 7 days nice  .

The all balls kit was cheaper from uk than the same kit in USA or here in ozz 



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