Community Chat

[Icegoddess]

I was expecting a package from Amazon and checked my Order Status.  It says Delayed by Customs.  So, I check the tracking information.  The package originated in Wyoming MI.  But, that's not where the Customs Delay was.  It wanders across the country to a city 2 hours north of me and then goes to Atlanta which is about 4 hours away. Probably flew over my house in transit.  That is where my Customs Delay is.  

Strange.  Why is a package that originated in the US going through Customs?  

[Venezia]

Sounds like a made up excuse for the delay.  Or someone doesn't know what s(he) is doing!

I have a package sitting in a UPS facility in PA.  No explanation why.  Been there for a week now with no movement.

[Mz iMac]

@Icegoddess  Check where the "seller" is from.

[Icegoddess]

  @Mz iMac  Why should that matter if the package originated in the US?  Shouldn't the delay be at the point that the item enters the US?  

ETA:  BTW, all the items in my order were fulfilled by Amazon, not the vendor. 

[Mz iMac]

---

@Icegoddess wrote:

  @Mz iMac  Why should that matter if the package originated in the US?  Shouldn't the delay be at the point that the item enters the US?  

---

@Icegoddess  Because if Wyoming MI has an international airport, they would also have Customs. 

You can always have Amazon a "human" CS call you so you can ask them about it.

[Icegoddess]

@Mz iMac But the Customs Delay wasn't until it got to Atlanta.  

According to UPS tracking my package is now in the next city over from me, so we'll see if it makes it here or goes on another trip.  I see no reason to call Amazon about it.  They're just telling me what UPS' tracking says.  

[Kachina624]

I've had several things I've bought recently from China.  They've zipped through customs and were on their merry way in about 2 days.

[JeanLouiseFinch]

---

@Mz iMac wrote:

---

@Icegoddess wrote:

  @Mz iMac  Why should that matter if the package originated in the US?  Shouldn't the delay be at the point that the item enters the US?  

---

@Icegoddess  Because if Wyoming MI has an international airport, they would also have Customs. 

You can always have Amazon a "human" CS call you so you can ask them about it.

---

I doubt Wyoming, MI does since it's a small town.  Grand Rapids is pretty close by.

[Desertdi]

Most international packages clear Customs at O'Hare, since it's centrally located

[10sluvr]

Wyoming, MI is a suburb of Grand Rapids, MI, which has an international airport. I live in a small town, just outside of GR. We have two big amazon's, in town. Wacky shipping.