Pulsegleaner
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Well, I think it's happened again, I have screwed up vis a vis customs.
To go over the facts.
A week or two ago, I ordered those Australian Herbs from Melbourne Bushfoods. At the time, I assumed they were located in the U.S., based on their site. It wasn't until I'd placed the order they told me they were actually sending it from Melbourne (big problem) by conventional airmail (bigger problem). There was also a panic the next morning trying to sort out the payment with the credit card company (Since they don't take discover, I used the Visa, which Dad forgot I know the secret code for. I come down the next morning to find out that, while I was asleep, the Visa company had called an alert on the charge, and dad, assuming it must be fake, had already canceled it and the card. So we had to spend several hours trying to contact the credit card company to tell them the charge was legit.)
According to the Post Office, the package arrived as customs in LA on the 22nd. And.....that's where it still is.
So now I have two worries. One, obviously, is that they assumed I had taken care of customs rules when I had assumed they had if they were selling in the U.S. so I won't get the herbs at all.
The second is that, even if I DO get the herbs, they'll have spent so long sitting in customs that they will be totally dead by the time they get here (I actually did lose some expensive herbs due to the fact the Mailman realized he had forgotten to deliver them, decided to do it the next day instead, and so left the package in his truck overnight......outdoors, in the middle of the winter.)
Maybe it will work out, but I'm not banking on it.
P.S. Link to those who don't get the title reference.
To go over the facts.
A week or two ago, I ordered those Australian Herbs from Melbourne Bushfoods. At the time, I assumed they were located in the U.S., based on their site. It wasn't until I'd placed the order they told me they were actually sending it from Melbourne (big problem) by conventional airmail (bigger problem). There was also a panic the next morning trying to sort out the payment with the credit card company (Since they don't take discover, I used the Visa, which Dad forgot I know the secret code for. I come down the next morning to find out that, while I was asleep, the Visa company had called an alert on the charge, and dad, assuming it must be fake, had already canceled it and the card. So we had to spend several hours trying to contact the credit card company to tell them the charge was legit.)
According to the Post Office, the package arrived as customs in LA on the 22nd. And.....that's where it still is.
So now I have two worries. One, obviously, is that they assumed I had taken care of customs rules when I had assumed they had if they were selling in the U.S. so I won't get the herbs at all.
The second is that, even if I DO get the herbs, they'll have spent so long sitting in customs that they will be totally dead by the time they get here (I actually did lose some expensive herbs due to the fact the Mailman realized he had forgotten to deliver them, decided to do it the next day instead, and so left the package in his truck overnight......outdoors, in the middle of the winter.)
Maybe it will work out, but I'm not banking on it.
P.S. Link to those who don't get the title reference.
