Anyone know how long it takes for something from Australia to come to Honolulu?

[werewolffan98]

Because i won a auction for a fursuit and was wondering how long it would take to come to Hawaii.

[Andara Bledin]

Alas, that depends a lot on how it was shipped.

I'm in California, and I've had stuff from Australia take as little as a week, to as long as just over a month. Although the longer time was more than likely because my local PO sucks, and not because of the distance. (they once kept a package that I knew was at their office for three weeks 'cause they didn't feel like sorting it, or something).

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[draggar]

Andara is right. We ship items (usually papers) to Germany on a regular basis and the fastest is 3 days (and it's expensive as hell) the slowest is 3-4 weeks.

Assuming you won the auction and didn't pay for extra shipping, assume it will take the longest (3-4 weeks) since it will also have to go though customs.

[werewolffan98]

Andara is right. We ship items (usually papers) to Germany on a regular basis and the fastest is 3 days (and it's expensive as hell) the slowest is 3-4 weeks.

Assuming you won the auction and didn't pay for extra shipping, assume it will take the longest (3-4 weeks) since it will also have to go though customs.

Well i think the person said it would be express and that it would be shipped at the end of the week.

[raw456]

I've never sent anything to Honolulu before, but I reguarly send stuff from Sydney to the UK and to South Africa. Uk takes about 7-10 days. SA takes longer (about 2/2.5 weeks), but thats because of their postal system on that end and I'm sending to a small town, not a major city

If it's coming out of a capital city, you're probably looking at about 7-10 days. If its from a regional or small town, it might take longer.

Also, if it goes direct to Honolulu or if it goes thru the mainland first can affect it.

[Andara Bledin]

I've noted that most of the time post takes to get from country to country is based on the receiving country's customs system. Things going into Canada take way too long. Things coming in the US tend to get through pretty quickly. Things going to Italy are insane (I saw pricing somewhere, and Italy was like 10 times the next highest international price). *shrug*

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[Seshat]

So long as its air transport, and from Sydney?

A day or so for processing and for it to find space in a flight to LAX.
15 hours for Syd-LAX flight.
Anywhere between an hour and two weeks in customs.
Usual US postage time from LA to Honolulu.

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[werewolffan98]

Wait,it's from Queensland Brisbane.

Silly fox.

[Aethian]

Items shipped from MI to Sydney Australia take 11 to 15 days.

Must figure that US mail gets on what ever plan has enough room to take it. If there isn't enough room it gets pushed back to the next plane. So yea...sometimes it can be fast and sometimes it's so dang slow...

[Seshat]

Wait,it's from Queensland Brisbane.

Silly fox.

That adds one flight hop - Brisbane to Sydney. Add a few hours to my previous calculation.

[Severen13]

The answer is--42

[werewolffan98]

The tracking for USPS now reads

Foreign International Dispatch

[werewolffan98]

Now on the Aus post website it's saying "Transferred" and on the USPS site it's saying inbound out of customs.