Hekomi wrote:Was the item mailed out in a timely fashion? Shadra does take a while to ship, which is the only downside. It is understandable, as it's due to her living situations. For this reason only is why I won't give her a full 10 - however if you're willing to be patient with her, she's fantastic to get a pick up from, fair, transparent, and included a cute little drawing.
Personally I must post on this to emphasize this.
I mail super super super slow. Like we're talking months slow. However I do try to be open for communication and everyone gets a doodle, sometimes more for the wait. ^^;
Edit: To be clear and give full disclosure to handlers I have taken up to a year to ship in the past. This handler was farflung international (as in not shipping to somewhere close like Canada) and was moving from one country to another. My post office situation was also pretty much nonexistent. I left the package home with my father to mail once I gave him the change of address, but it wasn't done. In the end I scooped it up along with another handler's pickup who was local to the area and mailed them allll together.
My post office situation:When I am in home in NJ:
- Refuses to do flat-rate international (says it doesn't exist)
^ Doing this means it goes by weight, so internationals pay like 10 bucks for shipping
- Loses/mixes up/refuses to give tracking numbers sometimes
- Generally dislikes mass mailing
- Very close but very small
When I'm at school in PA:
- Has a 'self service' kiosk which handles payment/shipping for packages (but it's US only)
- ONLY keeps customs forms at front desk, not near boxes/kiosk for some reason
- Is several blocks away (I have a car now, issue is remedied so long as I can pay for gas)
^ However, class schedule changes every semester so my ability to go there also does
- ONLY mails internationals at a flat rate and not by weight
^ This flat-rate is like $25, they won't mail it any other way
I hop back and forth throughout the year for breaks and things, but often these breaks put me at the post office at poor times. (Such as the day before thanksgiving when things are closed.) So in short: bear with me, reimburse me for shipping costs because I don't know quite where I'll be at any given time, and talk to me.
If you have a deadline for when it MUST be received, please please please tell me! I generally work really well with those and can get your stuff out in time.