Klarinet Archive - Posting 000204.txt from 2007/07

From: GrabnerWG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Shipping from England
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:24:28 -0400

In a message dated 7/25/2007 4:43:19 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
r.n.taylor@-----.uk writes:
Things often take 2 or 3 weeks to reach me from the US. I don't know why.>>

Mostly this is due to the speed (or notable lack thereof) of the customs
officials. Every package, either direction goes through these individuals. There
is absolutely no hurrying them. I sent a package from Chicago to London air
mail, and it took 3 weeks to be delivered. I was probably in London within
three days of my mailing it. The rest of the time, it must have just sat "in
queue".

The only way to get a package to go fast, over a border, is to send it by
courier service like DHL or FedEx. They literally "hand carry" the package
through customs.

Of course, this costs a great deal more.

Walter Grabner
www.clarinetxpress.com/newway.html
Large selection of personally selected, play tested, Buffet clarinets
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