Shipping time from Shanghai?

I'm trying to figure on when to expect my PowerBook 17 (first Mac I've owned since System 7, LCII days) to arrive here in balmy Green Bay, Wisconsin.

I added in 2-3 day shipping, and it was picked up at the warehouse in Shanghai sometime overnight between Friday and Saturday (my local time). It's not clear to me how long it's going to take to get here, but FedEx is saying that it's going to take five more business days to arrive at my doorstep.

Are their estimates usually on target? I've never dealt with international shipping before, and was wondering what other people's experiences have been with actual transit time.

It only shows that it was picked up in Shanghai - does it not update on a continuous basis while on its way to the U.S.? I can't think that it's still on the pick-up vehicle.

Thanks!

Any iConquer players here, BTW?

JasonL said:

You should be able to track it on the FedEX website. Mine came in two days before the target delivery date. I'm trying to remember exactly how long mine took to come in; but I remember it being very quick. You'll have it in no time.

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Yeah, I'm hitting the tracking page pretty often, but it only shows that it left the origin location in Shanghai so far. I keep hoping that my next press of F5 will show it to be somewhere closer, but it hasn't happened yet.

It is very much like Christmas, but almost more irritating, in that I've paid for it and I own it but I don't yet have it. Can't wait to actually have a Panther workstation of my own.

jumpman25 said:

I live right across the lake from you in West Michigan, and get stuff sent to me all the time from FedEx. On the tracking page FedEx usually adds a day or to onto the time they expect it to be delivered to cover themselves, as they offer a money back guarantee. They just do this in case something goes wrong. I have a PB coming from Taiwan right now, and was just shipped today. I paid for 2-3 day delivery as well. When I check the tracking it says est. deliver on Friday Apr 2. If I manually input the info under Transit Time it says 1 day, est deliver wed March 31. I would imagine you will probably get your PB on wednesday or thursday from my previous experiences with FedEx.

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Yeah, I was figuring on it getting here tomorrow, but it's been "held at sort facility" in Indy since early this morning. They "released it for delivery" in Indy and then the status changed to the "hold."

I would figure it would be here Wednesday if they manage to get it up here to Wisconsin anytime soon, but if they just let it sit in Indy like it seems they're doing, who knows when I'll receive it?