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    Hi Mike<br>
    After reading your piece, I'm felt with the impression that you have
    not purchased a great need abroad in the past five or six years.
    Shipping to North America is slow even before COVID 19, the usual
    wait time for an item is three weeks whether it is an engine part or
    a tool. The number of layers of inspection outgoing and incoming can
    vary from two to six depending upon the mail service, the transport
    service and customs. Open your favourite scotch, add several ice
    cubes to the glass, put your feet up and relax.<br>
    Cheers<br>
    Ed<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 27/05/2020 5:24 p.m., Larry Varley
      via Healeys wrote:<br>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi
            Mike, this is pretty much normal for international freight
            at the moment weather for private or for business. You have
            to remember that a lot of freight was going by passenger
            flights, so no flights, no freight. Then there is the issue
            of social distancing in workplaces which has slowed down
            customs clearances. The world as it is….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Larry
            Varley<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                Healeys [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On
                  Behalf Of </b>Michael MacLean<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> 28 May 2020 08:09<br>
                <b>To:</b> Healeys<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Denis Welch, the Royal Mail
                and a mid week Rant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">If some of you remember I was on the
              list asking about original type and after market type
              tappets for my BN2 engine build.  I finally decided to buy
              the modified tappet that Denis Welch sells.  (cost with
              shipping $110)  These are the same after market types that
              the usual suspects sell, but Welch machines a flat groove
              on two sides to aid oil drainage back to the pan.  With
              shipping by Royal Mail (the cheapest) I bought them on May
              5th.  They are still in transit with no scheduled delivery
              date according to the United States Post Office.  For some
              odd reason they sat at the airport in the UK for almost a
              week before departing for the States.  Once here (Miami,
              FL) they sat there for several more days before entering
              the USPS system.  I purposely avoided the alternative
              offered by DW (UPS).  I have been hearing from several
              sources UPS is having problems and to avoid them.  Maybe I
              should have sprung for the UPS charges, even though they
              were substantially more.  Not sure who is at fault here; 
              me, Welch or the Royal Mail.   Just a note of caution if
              you are thinking of buying anything from a UK supplier
              through the Royal Mail.<o:p></o:p></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal">Mike MacLean<o:p></o:p></p>
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