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TiborTibor Posts: 3,638 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Has the shutdown affected customs? Are packages from Europe going to take longer
to arrive ?

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  • bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Mines going on 9 days as I type this. Not the longest for me yet, but it is for L.A. customs where it tends to go to from one seller I buy from.

  • StorkStork Posts: 5,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hadn't thought about that. Uh oh. I've got a few coming, eventually, I hope. Sigh. Random google-fu seems to indicate that imports and customs is considered part of security, and thus will continue but I suspect at lesser staffed rates and perhaps by unpaid employees who technically are not guaranteed back pay. How does that work anyway...

  • IosephusIosephus Posts: 872 ✭✭✭

    I had a package of books arrive a week ago from the UK. According to the USPS tracking, it spent about a day in NY customs.

    Joe
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  • TiborTibor Posts: 3,638 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Stork said:
    Hadn't thought about that. Uh oh. I've got a few coming, eventually, I hope. Sigh. Random google-fu seems to indicate that imports and customs is considered part of security, and thus will continue but I suspect at lesser staffed rates and perhaps by unpaid employees who technically are not guaranteed back pay. How does that work anyway...

    I thought Pres. Trump signed an order that everyone would receive back pay for
    hours worked. I didn't know that not being paid for hours worked was a possibility.

  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,791 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Tibor said:

    @Stork said:
    Hadn't thought about that. Uh oh. I've got a few coming, eventually, I hope. Sigh. Random google-fu seems to indicate that imports and customs is considered part of security, and thus will continue but I suspect at lesser staffed rates and perhaps by unpaid employees who technically are not guaranteed back pay. How does that work anyway...

    I thought Pres. Trump signed an order that everyone would receive back pay for
    hours worked. I didn't know that not being paid for hours worked was a possibility.

    I wonder what happens with all the interest on the accumulated funds sitting in some account waiting to be paid out.


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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,205 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just received a small package from Bahrain via DHL with no delay. Peace Roy

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  • bronzematbronzemat Posts: 2,648 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well the package arrived today but the tracking still shows customs. So USPS error. Just glad it came.

  • StorkStork Posts: 5,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Tibor said:

    @Stork said:
    Hadn't thought about that. Uh oh. I've got a few coming, eventually, I hope. Sigh. Random google-fu seems to indicate that imports and customs is considered part of security, and thus will continue but I suspect at lesser staffed rates and perhaps by unpaid employees who technically are not guaranteed back pay. How does that work anyway...

    I thought Pres. Trump signed an order that everyone would receive back pay for
    hours worked. I didn't know that not being paid for hours worked was a possibility.

    Good. I'm glad an order was signed. Just the fact there was order that HAD to be signed to make it so it distressing.

    Also good to hear packages are moving along.

  • WildIdeaWildIdea Posts: 1,877 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was wondering the same thing, but I had a few last week arrived from Germany in under a week.

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