Dunno how lucky you are!
Estimated delivery
Thursday, Dec 10, 2015 - Thursday, Dec 17, 2015
✓ Postage info received
✓ In transit
Delivered
Time and date |
Place |
Message |
Monday, Dec 7, 2015 6:53 PM |
LOS ANGELES , CA |
DEPART USPS SORT FACILITY |
Sunday, Dec 6, 2015 9:42 PM |
LOS ANGELES , CA |
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS SORT FACILITY |
Sunday, Dec 6, 2015 9:42 AM |
ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS) |
ARRIVED AT INTERNATIONAL SERVICE CENTER |
Wednesday, Dec 2, 2015 4:15 AM |
SPOKANE , WA |
Departed USPS Facility |
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015 8:20 PM |
SPOKANE , WA |
PROCESSED THROUGH USPS SORT FACILITY |
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015 7:05 PM |
SPOKANE , WA |
ORIGIN ACCEPTANCE |
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015 2:14 PM |
SPOKANE , WA |
PRE-SHIPMENT INFO SENT TO USPS |
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015 8:32 AM |
SPOKANE , WA |
Shipping Label Created |
Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015 12:00 AM |
Well it's the late evening of the 14 December... almost the 15th and no sign of it yet!.
Hasn't even made it to this nation yet if you believed the tracking info!
Then it has to go thru customs... and then to a delivery contractor... unlikely to be here before Xmas I reckon - will get buried in Christmas parcel mail this end most likely!
Part was a rubber gas tank fill hose.. for the wifes old toyota camry shopping trolley, all of a whopping US$17.86! Can't buy it in Oz - Toyota don't carry them & a leaking gas tank (if you make the mistake of filling it) is a bit of a safety issue so have to have one (even if it is all the way from USA)!
US$35 postage! yeah twice the cost of the rubber part!
Thats not the bad news.
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Shipping and handling |
$35.00 USD |
Insurance - not offered |
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[COLOR=#333333 !important]Total[/COLOR] |
$52.86 USD |
[COLOR=#333333 !important]Payment[/COLOR] |
$52.86 USD |
Payment sent to northwestautosalvage@gmail.com |
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From amount |
$75.18 AUD |
To amount |
$52.86 USD |
Exchange rate: 1 Australian Dollar = 0.703176 US Dollars |
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Yep = over $75 bucks for a $17 dollar part (worth half a bowl of rice in China where it was probably made)!
But don't sweat it - we signed a free trade agreement with the USA, to encourage bilateral trade!
The fact USPS (and UPS etc) turned that into a defacto trade tariff with "excessive postage rates" should not concern anyone.
So ahh - just how is that $18trillion deficit workin' out for ya'll?
Can't figure why you can't trade your way outta trouble?
Sorry, I have no idea!