Postal Frustrations.

[DeadlyEdge]

So I ordered some Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG cards from Ebay because I wanted uncensored arts for some of my favorite cards and it was from a seller I trust with a good track record and this is the log.

Origin Post is Preparing Shipment



Processed Through Facility

May-19-17, 09:20 AM, TOKYO INT V BAG 2

Processed Through Facility

May-18-17, 03:30 AM, TOKYO INT

Acceptance

May-17-17, 15:06 PM

The problem? It's been stuck at "Origin Post is Preparing Shipment" since the 19th.

Can anyone on GBATemp with any experience with this tell me what's going on? You can also share your frustrating mail stories here.

 

[tbb043]

Did you pay extra for some faster shipping option? Sad fact seems to be if you don't pay more they tend to just sit on your package and hold it as long as possible (and sometimes even send it way off 100's of miles in the wrong direction) up until the latest day they can get it to you with in the time they "promised" without being late.

 

[TerryG]

Have a little patience. It's only been 4 days, one or two of which the post office was most likely closed.

 

[DeadlyEdge]

....And it's still stuck on Origin post is preparing shipment...

 

[fedehda]

That happens all the time here in Argentina. In fact, I could assume that happens exactly as tbb043 said.

 

[Sliter]

aybe it's delayed or something?
I KNow how do you feel... there are like more than a year I won a contest a user made here... he showed me that sent me the prize but it never arrived... I was believing that was just a bad shipping stuff here, it more than an year and he stopped answering my messages here (I wasn't a lunatic like messaging every 3 minutes XD, just told him that it don't came and waited a answer but nothing lol he still active on the forum ...) idk if it gonna come some day ...
Maybe is a different kind of frustration but well :/

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Unless you paid for express shipping, it's likely going to take 7-10 days if it's coming from Tokyo. It's not like shipping in the US, you're completely disregarding things like customs and processing times between countries and things like that. It's not just gonna go straight from JP to the US, it has to be processed and organized properly which, depending on the countries it's passing through, can take some time. The tracking link doesn't show those updates, either, so you're just going to have to be patient.

 

[Deleted member 377734]

I ordered a screen protector for my phone that was supposed to show up 2 months ago....still waiting.