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Is there a problem with postal services in Spain ? It took three weeks for a letter to arrive from UK. Is this normal in Spain ?
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Is there a problem with postal services in Spain ? It took three weeks for a letter to arrive from UK. Is this normal in Spain ?
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:48pm
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Yes I agree. Normally my post from Spain takes about 4 to 5 days. But when my family send post to me from the UK this can take 3 or more weeks and on occasions had "Customs Stamps" stamped on the envelopes.
Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:53pm
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Two weeks at Customs in Heathrow ? Since when ?
We don't get much mail from UK however OH had a slew of cards for her birthday last week none of which will have been posted more than a week beforehand.
We don't get much mail from UK however OH had a slew of cards for her birthday last week none of which will have been posted much more than a week beforehand.
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Posted: Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:16pm
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Boca J wrote on Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:53pm:
Two weeks at Customs in Heathrow ? Since when ?
February/March this year.
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:46am
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It's not helped by the post code system, which merely defines an area, so all mail has to be sorted by hand.
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:03pm
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My post from Spain takes no more than 3 days to UK . I post a lot every week from the post office. Don’t post from Card Shop, that will go very slow. My post from UK always takes a lot longer.
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:09pm
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Same experience. Letter to UK one week, from UK three weeks. It's a mystery, as scanning at Heathrow Customs works both ways.
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2019 4:17pm
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It's not just the UK. We get mail from there and from Guernsey on a regular basis, and occasionally from within the EU, and it always takes at least ten days.
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