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  • 23-06-2008 10:20pm
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    okidoki987
    Registered Users Posts: 10,622 ✭✭✭✭


    Ordered some goods from California USA on Friday morning at 10.00am
    Irish time.
    Goods were delivered to my house in Dublin by DHL today at 12.49pm!
    Just over 1 working day.
    It takes An Post 2 days to deliver a letter from Dublin City Centre to me about 7 miles :confused:


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    axer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭axer


    okidoki987 wrote: »
    Ordered some goods from California USA on Friday morning at 10.00am
    Irish time.
    Goods were delivered to my house in Dublin by DHL today at 12.49pm!
    Just over 1 working day.
    It takes An Post 2 days to deliver a letter from Dublin City Centre to me about 7 miles :confused:
    How much did the DHL cost and how much does a letter cost?


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    CourierCollie
    Registered Users Posts: 663 ✭✭✭CourierCollie


    Thats pretty impressive, whatever the price. I'm a courier, and I sometimes get frustrated with people expecting miracles. Recently a guy in the IFSC orders a pick up from there at 11.55, which he needs in Blackrock by 12.20. It was 12.10 when I picked it up, and I had to inform him that there's no way I'll be delivering by 12.20. He jumps up and down in frustration, 'What do you mean, you've got 10 minutes!!'.
    Package was delivered at 12.36, good enough as far as I'm concerned.


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    eth0_
    Registered Users Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭eth0_


    axer wrote: »
    How much did the DHL cost and how much does a letter cost?

    I usually receive post from the USA in under one week. Post from the UK (even from Northern Ireland) can take *as long*. It doesn't add up!


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    okidoki987
    Registered Users Posts: 10,622 ✭✭✭✭okidoki987


    Taking mileage into account, An Post is about 12 times more expensive per mile.


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    Sam Vimes
    Registered Users Posts: 21,611 ✭✭✭✭Sam Vimes


    eth0_ wrote: »
    I usually receive post from the USA in under one week. Post from the UK (even from Northern Ireland) can take *as long*. It doesn't add up!

    with northern ireland it doesn't add up but with the uk i don't see why it doesn't. you order something from the US and it's put on a plane to a delivery centre in dublin and delievered to you

    you order something from the uk and it's put on a plane to the same delivery centre in dublin and delievered to you

    the only difference is that a flight from the uk takes an hour and a flight from the US takes 7 hours. it really shouldn't make that much of a difference to delivery times.


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    axer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,517 ✭✭✭axer


    eth0_ wrote: »
    I usually receive post from the USA in under one week. Post from the UK (even from Northern Ireland) can take *as long*. It doesn't add up!
    It says on the anpost website that it takes 2/3 working days to send a letter to the UK @ 82c. 5/7 working days to the USA @ 82c.


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    corkgal1981
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    DHL is a courier service so obviously its going to be faster than something thats sent by regular post!


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