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Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 8:29 pm
by xalternmommyx
my kiddies destroy those mini burger/crabby patties. lol

as you can tell when putting this together everything was something that someone in the house LOVES :)

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:40 pm
by Monique_marion_may
EEEE got mine today!! It's awesome!!
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I wanna do this again! hahah

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:56 pm
by xalternmommyx
:lol: i love how you got bourbon sauce! thats awesome, yummy too! really thought about the Savory part :)

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:18 pm
by Vex88
i loved my swap parcel bit itd be really kool to do it again with an overseas swap partner :)

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:06 pm
by convenientlust
Monique_marion_may wrote:EEEE got mine today!! It's awesome!!
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I wanna do this again! hahah
Ahah, I totally spaced on the savoury part... but BBQ sauce, that's quite clever :D
I'm craving sweeets! I can't wait for my parcel to come :P

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:39 pm
by °«Belle»°
Aah, the delay is ANNOYING! Glad it's not just my parcel that has been delayed from being delivered though. I promise it will be worth it when it finally arrives! :mrgreen:

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:14 pm
by convenientlust
I have no doubts :)

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:53 am
by convenientlust
still no package... :[

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:18 am
by xalternmommyx
convenientlust wrote:still no package... :[
Same here :(

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:25 am
by brandalynn
Has anyone in the US received their packages yet? Maybe ours are tied up in customs or something.....trying to be optimistic.

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:30 am
by xalternmommyx
yeah its got to be something with the post, as non of us has gotten ours :roll: . totally weird though.

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:38 pm
by °«Belle»°
How darn annoying! And with the outrageous prices that royal mail charge to send to the US you'd think we'd actually have our items delievered on time!

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 2:47 pm
by MrsEss
IDK if anyone knows but the US has super strict guidelines when it comes to packages, they ramped up security not too long ago due to retards trying to send bomb parts & things. It does take longer now for stuff to arrive, unfortunately.

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:18 pm
by corpseesproc
DreadstarMonstar wrote:IDK if anyone knows but the US has super strict guidelines when it comes to packages, they ramped up security not too long ago due to retards trying to send bomb parts & things. It does take longer now for stuff to arrive, unfortunately.
24 days is ridiculous though :(
I hope it shows up sometime soon!

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:23 pm
by MrsEss
Not really, I read somewhere that it could take 4-6 weeks. Here's some info:
USA
Start date: 18th November 2010
End date: Ongoing

Update 15th February 2011:

The United States Department of Homeland Security is continuing to require increased security measures for items carried on passenger airlines. As a result, some mail entering the US from around the world, and including the UK, that would normally be sent via passenger aircraft must now travel by other means, including ships and cargo planes.

Most items, including personal letters and cards, magazines, CDs, DVDs and lightweight packets, will be delivered in the US within a few days of posting. However, there are delays of about two weeks for some heavier packets. These delays are currently affecting stamped items, franked items, and items posted under contract, with the exception of Destination Sort and/or M-Bag items.

Royal Mail is very sorry for these unavoidable delays. We have implemented a number of contingency plans to ensure as much of our customers’ mail reaches the US as quickly as possible and are continuing to work to minimise disruption to our customers, whilst ensuring we comply fully with the US directives and regulations.
Further digging I stumbled across a blog, said person posted things in November for the to arrive in January.

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:12 pm
by corpseesproc
DreadstarMonstar wrote:Not really, I read somewhere that it could take 4-6 weeks. Here's some info:
USA
Start date: 18th November 2010
End date: Ongoing

Update 15th February 2011:

The United States Department of Homeland Security is continuing to require increased security measures for items carried on passenger airlines. As a result, some mail entering the US from around the world, and including the UK, that would normally be sent via passenger aircraft must now travel by other means, including ships and cargo planes.

Most items, including personal letters and cards, magazines, CDs, DVDs and lightweight packets, will be delivered in the US within a few days of posting. However, there are delays of about two weeks for some heavier packets. These delays are currently affecting stamped items, franked items, and items posted under contract, with the exception of Destination Sort and/or M-Bag items.

Royal Mail is very sorry for these unavoidable delays. We have implemented a number of contingency plans to ensure as much of our customers’ mail reaches the US as quickly as possible and are continuing to work to minimise disruption to our customers, whilst ensuring we comply fully with the US directives and regulations.
Further digging I stumbled across a blog, said person posted things in November for the to arrive in January.
Yeah I posted that on the last page :)
Even though it says about the delays it doesn't mention them clearly, when I posted my parcel they didn't mention it, infact to find it on the site you have to go digging, I think when there are such long delays they should inform you at posting.
I still think it's ridiculous, customs on all shores are pretty rubbish usually delaying completely innocent post and dodgy stuff gets through time and time again.
I have a lot of friends who have received very questionable goods in the post from india and china (illegal drugs)
America has so much coastline they should be more worried about people getting things in that way as that's how they do most of the time :(

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:29 pm
by xalternmommyx
Anyone in the U.S. get theirs yet?.... nothing here still :(

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:24 am
by brandalynn
Nothing yet, but remaining hopeful.

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:54 am
by xalternmommyx
yeah same here, i'm just sure that once one gets theirs the others will follow close behind... ya know? ;)

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:42 am
by convenientlust
xalternmommyx wrote:yeah same here, i'm just sure that once one gets theirs the others will follow close behind... ya know? ;)
me hopes :]

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:26 am
by Monique_marion_may
This is crap. I sent Brandalynn's on the 4th. its good to know thats shes not the only one who hasn't recieved it, how long do people think we should leave it before we say 'its lost'? xx

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:06 am
by corpseesproc
Monique_marion_may wrote:This is crap. I sent Brandalynn's on the 4th. its good to know thats shes not the only one who hasn't recieved it, how long do people think we should leave it before we say 'its lost'? xx
I was wondering that too :( it seems so unfair on the people still waiting :(

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 1:23 pm
by °«Belle»°
I don't think I'd class the parcel I sent as lost for quite a while yet. When I posted mine I asked about delivery time and was told it should arrive in about a week. I also asked about delivery times if I was to send over sea rather than airmail and was told I could be waiting upto 50 days! But it was a hell of a lot cheaper.

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:49 pm
by brandalynn
One of my concerns is what if the UK ladies resend the packages? It is very likely that this same process is just going to start over. If the packages are being delayed because of postal policies, the second packages are just going to run into the same hassles. Really, the only option is to just wait it out.

Re: Secret Sweetie Swap! DEADLINE FOR SENDING 1ST FEB

Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:52 pm
by xalternmommyx
theres really no way all what 3? of us have lost packages... they are bound to come its just a matter of when.... theres no use in the u.k. girls having to resend another, plus this was a bit too expensive to go through that... i would understand if one got lost but not all of ours.