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Originally Posted by Moose
But I'm betting customs isn't actually the problem. LeastICouldDo.com (technically SFW, but consider it PG-13) was shipping book orders a few years ago. The orders to the States (from Canada) that went through a certain package class ("Media"?) that US Postal offers arrived a full 4-6 weeks after all other orders arrived, including overseas. Including Australia. Needless to say, LICD doesn't ship books through USPS anymore.
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Sounds to me like LICD is going cheap and sending things by USPS's Fourth Class book rate. If that's the case you get what you pay for. Yes it's by far the cheapest way to send books and other media, but also the slowest since Fourth Class only ships when there's room. If LICD would give people the option to send the books by First Class or Priority mail I'm willing to bet that they'd get there a lot faster. The shipping would cost a bit more, but it would be more reliable. The problem isn't the USPS, it's the cheapskates at LICD.
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