Should I be concerned yet? Royal Mail into Canada

[hav0c]

Ordered a squape r from cremedevape. Just the squape and some accessories, no juice, no batteries.

Its been 9+ working days since Royal Mail passed off my parcel to canadapost with no updates.

"Your item, posted on 04/01/16 with reference RN140108502GB has been passed to the overseas postal service for delivery in CANADA."

No indication that it has reached customs, but I suspect that is where it is. I've never had a package go into limbo for this long.

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[WillyZee]

Canada Post bites

 

[Coolloser]

That's actually not a long time in limbo! Just gotta keep waiting and waiting...

 

[Zurd]

Should arrive soon, no need to worry since it's only been shipped on january 4!

 

[Woofer]

Canada Post bites

Strongly disagree.

 

[WillyZee]

Strongly disagree.

guess your postman does't award himself 2 long weekends per month, like mine does?

he hates working Fridays ... and often takes Monday off too

plus, I had CP kill an online business I had ... CP wanted $18 each to ship a $10 laptop skin

I had to charge $30 each to make profit of only $4

 

[Woofer]

guess your postman does't award himself 2 long weekends per month, like mine does?

he hates working Fridays ... and often takes Monday off too

plus, I had CP kill an online business I had ... CP wanted $18 each to ship a $10 laptop skin

I had to charge $30 each to make profit of only $4

No postman here.
I get my stuff delivered, undamaged, timely and affordably.
Customs clearance is fast and cheap. Never paid more than 5 bux for that service, often free.

I assume UPS, Fedex etc wanted more than $18 each to ship a $10 laptop skin...

 

[WillyZee]

UPS and FedEx were slightly more ... several times, it took Canada Post 45 days to reach the west coast ... I had to reship the items within that time.

Canada Post is no USPS


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[Maiar]

I don't get it... if you put that number into canadaposts actual webpage nothing comes up.

 

[Maiar]

Anyways...after looking around everywhere for info on your package the only thing I can think of is for some reason it went straight to customs. Which is weird because every package I've shipped into Canada has at least shown up on the tracking as "sent for further processing" which is code for customs is playing with whatever you ordered. My only guess would be stricter control for overseas shipments. I have had packages sit in customs for up to a month tho, and they've released it every time. So I'm sure you'll get it, eventually.


This is why I rarely order from outside Canada anymore. I don't mind paying more if it means I can actually get what I ordered in a sane amount of time.

 

[retired1]

"Your item, posted on 04/01/16 with reference RN140108502GB has been passed to the overseas postal service for delivery in CANADA."

All that says is it has hit the port and is waiting for CP to process the package and send it on its way. As to whether CP will update things so it shows online remains to be seen. Ever since they did the revamp of their site a few months ago, I've yet to have a foreign tracking number show on their site once it passed into Canada. Even US tracking numbers don't show now.

Go figure. Thought the revamp was supposed to improve service.

 

[krackpot]

Are you still waiting? I did an order on the 7th and the status reads exactly like yours.

I've read somewhere that CP will not do any sort of tracking for packages coming from outside Canada.

 

[hav0c]

Are you still waiting? I did an order on the 7th and the status reads exactly like yours.

I've read somewhere that CP will not do any sort of tracking for packages coming from outside Canada.

Yeah still waiting. No updates anywhere. CP can suck on my widemouth drip tip.

 

[Woofer]

CP can suck on my widemouth drip tip.

Wow you sure told them. I felt the shiver all the way to the PM's office.

 

[krackpot]

Wow you sure told them. I felt the shiver all the way to the PM's office.

Still seeing smiles and selfies!

 

[Zurd]

Just so you know, there's a package I ordered that is stuck in customs for over 6-7 weeks now. I called Canada Post and they said it's not their fault, its the customs. So then I called the customs and they said it's health canada that needs to inspect the contents and they're the one to blame.

 

[krackpot]

What did you order that warranted that, if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Zurd]

What did you order that warranted that, if you don't mind me asking?

Just regular plain liquid flavoring only. No nicotine. But since it's liquid, customs told me that it has to be tested.

 

[Pinebeatle]

Ya I never order any liquid from overseas. Canada customs will either keep it for ever or will send it back--But i know your pain

 

[krackpot]

Will tube mods and attys get delayed by customs too?