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I just read back through a good number of posts in various vendor threads from 2015 here on IOPList. Long term members of both this forum, and its predecessor, have come to know that typical delivery times no longer apply after Black Friday / Cyber Monday. This year that time span runs from 11/25 - 11/28, but this is really just the start of the US holiday period of mail system overload.  You also need to take into account the many extended holiday vacations which are enjoyed by others in our International community.
Hopefully, you have been planning ahead to avoid substantially delayed deliveries during the period running from 11/30 - 12/31. The time is late, but you may have still another day or two to get a critical order in. If it is not a critical order, then I would say forget it until after New Year’s.
I’ve been around the block a few times, and every year it seems like the forums are jammed with desperate messages from those poor souls who unknowingly stumbled into holiday traffic. I know my message here may be too late to help, but I thought I should try. Good luck to you.
Raven

Raven

I'm experiencing the effects of black Friday on my shipments alot. Both seem to be stuck in India. One for 20 plus days

Is customs backed up or am I just unlucky??

Larry

Its not the luck of the Irish. which is no luck.

It is holiday time. You were not here yet when i kept posting people to plan for holidays.

They are crazy long wait times then. I got very unlucky at holidays and got LLs twice at this time of year. And my houseshare remembers i was without meds for like two/three months at holiday time each year.

So, I saved meds from a recent surgery. Am just using empacod for now.

Its the holidays. Packages get stolen. Disappear. I remember jewelry i bought from QVC back a few yrs ago was stolen by UPS. idiots. it was merely silver.

But, mail slows down. There is so much of it now. Good luck.

Those holidays and black friday like events cause serious harm to order plans. There is good reason to store enough goods in advance in order to avoid December as a month for ordering. Major holidays cause delays , there is also greater risk of lost parcels and this is always true for those who offer shipments with international air mail. So now it is the last deadline for thse who want to order without serious damage on their nerves from waiting and delays.