Merlin Cycles - shipping time
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Decided to buy few things from marlin since they offer free shipping to USA.
I asked fro tracking number but since they use Royal Air Mail it can't be tracked.
How long should it take to get something from England to New York area?
I can get parts from Poland, Germany, HK in 3-5 days but from England it has been over a week and still waiting.
I asked fro tracking number but since they use Royal Air Mail it can't be tracked.
How long should it take to get something from England to New York area?
I can get parts from Poland, Germany, HK in 3-5 days but from England it has been over a week and still waiting.
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It has been my experience that the actual shipping times, regardless of carrier, is the same. The time to fly the plane from Europe to the US is the same. The delays have to do with the land transport and customs clearance. Private carriers like Fedex, DHL, UPS have built their business around moving the package quickly to the planes and and quickly through customs. I have packages shipped in to the US and Fedex will call about a customs issue. Before I can return the call, they have gone ahead and cleared it.
With national postal services, they have to work on a reciprocal agreement with USPS to clear customs.
With national postal services, they have to work on a reciprocal agreement with USPS to clear customs.
You are not correct regarding tracking. You can take the royal mail tracking number and enter it into here at USPS
https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction_input
https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction_input
Well I live in NYC too and bought something in December and when I logged into my account on their site there is a Royal Mail tracking number and like to click on the tracking on Royal Mails website. The same tracking number could be used the above link to track the package for tracking of the package inside the US.
I live in Turkey and they ship faster than most bike shops in Turkey.
They get it into the airport in Istanbul in 2 days and Turkish Post takes 3-4 days to cover 60 km from the airport to me.
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They get it into the airport in Istanbul in 2 days and Turkish Post takes 3-4 days to cover 60 km from the airport to me.
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2015 Giant Propel Advanced
2015 Cannondale Supersix Evo
2013 KTM Strada mod. (totaled)
2011 Pinarello Dogma 60.1(loaner)
2011 Scott SUB 45(sold)
Politecnico di Milano Ingegneria Meccanica
I placed an order with Merlin this past Friday Jan 22 at 10am PST. I'll update with my shipping time.
I got an email early this morning with a UPS International tracking link.
I got an email early this morning with a UPS International tracking link.
My package just arrived at my office. Perfectly accurate tracking along the way with UPS.
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Parcel arrived to me yesterday (AUS), took 13 days for reference from Merlin
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