Delivery times?

[arthwollipot]

I just had occasion to order goods from an online shop located in Hong Kong. On my order confirmation, it provided this bit of information:

Your order will be shipped by Air Mail.
It usually takes 7-20 days to US/Europe and 7-10 days to Asia countries.
Shipments to ITALY may take 20-30 days.

Is this a comment on the quality of Italian mail?

Comments

[iki_maska]

Yup, you hear about the British mail and US Postal Service, you never hear about any Italian services. A number of eBay merchants refuse to ship to Italy due to items going missing.

[wolfkit]

Indeed. While there we were warned to post post cards & stuff only when at the Vatican's post office because that is actually run by Switzerland. That was if you wanted any chance of seeing that the mail arrived home before you did [if at all].