Amazon Shipping Philippines 3
oh, was so happy because my package from amazon.com arrived. compared to my past experiences with their expedited international shipping, in 2009 and 2010 , this latest purchase and philippines delivery was -- wow! timeline/details: * july 30, tuesday - ordered one cd-rom (game) sold by another seller but "fulfilled by amazon" with expedited international shipping. * august 6, tuesday - package delivered by dhl. hurrah! that's only five business days . excellent. the total expedited international delivery cost increased to include a separate "import fees deposit" of $4.18 -- this showed up during checkout. it was most probably added when they switched to dhl (i remember my previous packages went through a local receiving company). and this time, tracking was available: i knew when it left the states and when it arrived in manila; i knew that it was out for delivery as early as monday morning on august 5 but it was raining badly then so i assumed th