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I think that this has mostly been US (and maybe other countries as well?). From experience with me and friends, Europe and Asia has mostly been fine (though som

by 3np 5y ago

I think that this has mostly been US (and maybe other countries as well?). From experience with me and friends, Europe and Asia has mostly been fine (though sometimes in periods with exceptional delays and a small number of lost/disappeared ones).

usr1106 5y ago
Finland had around 70 entries on the list of unreachable countries about a year ago. Haven't checked recently. But I noticed that letters to central Europe which took 2-3 days pre-pandemic, nowdays regularly take close to 2 weeks.
- AnssiH 5y ago
  Back in March 2020 the Posti allowlist was 32 countries, the rest were suspended. The list was gradually expanded with more countries (with 64 allowed countries in Oct 2020), and the allowlist was replaced with a list of unreachable countries early this year. Currently (https://www.posti.fi/en/customer-support/sending/country-information/covid19-impacts-the-delivery-of-letters-and-parcels-sent-from-finland https://www.posti.fi/en/customer-support/sending/country-inf...) there are 20 unreachable countries due to COVID-19 (AU and NZ are not among them). Your experience with letters matches mine, they take 2 weeks to Europe regularly now.
herbst 5y ago
I run a small online shop in Switzerland and from my POV it's only the US. We have lost more than 50% of shippings to the US about a year ago. Typical arrival time was way over a month even thought its quotet at 10 days for light letters. As we mostly ship letters we just sent to every place, even if they are currently not 'open'. ~95% arrived within 1-2 months or so in those critical places. No idea what's going on over there. The rest of our shipping just got a few cents more expensive but on average just got faster the last 2 years.
- spfzero 5y ago
  I ship to Switzerland (for one) from the US. Never lost a shipment and delay is about one week. This is including this past year, when other shipments to other countries were delayed (though not lost). Completely understand it may work differently in reverse but just wanted to put a data point out there.
  - herbst 5y ago
    Are these all tracked? Because when I buy something from the us it's always expensive shipping and tracked. Some sellers told me it's necessary so it would actually arrive. (It was mostly art, so I am not sure if this is actually normal). Tracked letters are like 4-5 times as expensive for me, which doesn't make sense for an average order of like $20 :/
    - spfzero 5y ago
      This was First Class International Package service, which is tracked by the customs form number.

by 3np 5y ago

usr1106 5y ago

Finland had around 70 entries on the list of unreachable countries about a year ago. Haven't checked recently. But I noticed that letters to central Europe which took 2-3 days pre-pandemic, nowdays regularly take close to 2 weeks.

AnssiH 5y ago
Back in March 2020 the Posti allowlist was 32 countries, the rest were suspended. The list was gradually expanded with more countries (with 64 allowed countries in Oct 2020), and the allowlist was replaced with a list of unreachable countries early this year. Currently (https://www.posti.fi/en/customer-support/sending/country-information/covid19-impacts-the-delivery-of-letters-and-parcels-sent-from-finland https://www.posti.fi/en/customer-support/sending/country-inf...) there are 20 unreachable countries due to COVID-19 (AU and NZ are not among them). Your experience with letters matches mine, they take 2 weeks to Europe regularly now.

herbst 5y ago

I run a small online shop in Switzerland and from my POV it's only the US. We have lost more than 50% of shippings to the US about a year ago. Typical arrival time was way over a month even thought its quotet at 10 days for light letters. As we mostly ship letters we just sent to every place, even if they are currently not 'open'. ~95% arrived within 1-2 months or so in those critical places. No idea what's going on over there. The rest of our shipping just got a few cents more expensive but on average just got faster the last 2 years.

spfzero 5y ago
I ship to Switzerland (for one) from the US. Never lost a shipment and delay is about one week. This is including this past year, when other shipments to other countries were delayed (though not lost). Completely understand it may work differently in reverse but just wanted to put a data point out there.
- herbst 5y ago
  Are these all tracked? Because when I buy something from the us it's always expensive shipping and tracked. Some sellers told me it's necessary so it would actually arrive. (It was mostly art, so I am not sure if this is actually normal). Tracked letters are like 4-5 times as expensive for me, which doesn't make sense for an average order of like $20 :/
  - spfzero 5y ago
    This was First Class International Package service, which is tracked by the customs form number.