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<p>[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 162533, member: 118"]You probably won't get any more updates with First Class once the package leaves US. I do ship to China with FC but I never track shipments and have no clue how long it takes to get there. But I won't be surprised to be more then a month.</p><p>By the way, I used to ship small items to China with Priority Small Flat Rate. Untill I had two claims for undelivered packages. Then, I found out that Flat Rates boxes are basically First Class after they leave US. No tracking, no included insurance, no nothing. That is not Priority.</p><p>I would recommend to avoid flat rates and First Class. Any buyer can claim not delivered even if they received the package. No way to tell if that is true or not.</p><p>So, what I start doing is, for small items to China I use First Class plus Registered Mail ( comes to like $13 or so extra ). You have to do that in the PO, use the brown tape and paper etc.. But it is much safer and there is tracking.</p><p>I hope your package do get in China soon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kardinalisimo, post: 162533, member: 118"]You probably won't get any more updates with First Class once the package leaves US. I do ship to China with FC but I never track shipments and have no clue how long it takes to get there. But I won't be surprised to be more then a month. By the way, I used to ship small items to China with Priority Small Flat Rate. Untill I had two claims for undelivered packages. Then, I found out that Flat Rates boxes are basically First Class after they leave US. No tracking, no included insurance, no nothing. That is not Priority. I would recommend to avoid flat rates and First Class. Any buyer can claim not delivered even if they received the package. No way to tell if that is true or not. So, what I start doing is, for small items to China I use First Class plus Registered Mail ( comes to like $13 or so extra ). You have to do that in the PO, use the brown tape and paper etc.. But it is much safer and there is tracking. I hope your package do get in China soon.[/QUOTE]
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