Don't give up hope! 2 weeks is not unheard of for international parcels. I've had parcels inside the US take 2 weeks to get across a few states. And with Mother's Day and the postal increases, things were kind of busy. If it hasn't shown up in a month I would say it's lost but I don't think it's been too long yet. I really hope it shows up for you soon!

Don't give up hope! 2 weeks is not unheard of for international parcels. I've had parcels inside the US take 2 weeks to get across a few states. And with Mother's Day and the postal increases, things were kind of busy. If it hasn't shown up in a month I would say it's lost but I don't think it's been too long yet. I really hope it shows up for you soon!

Thank you for the encouragement! The big sad clincher is though that I'm leaving this address permanently on Saturday 26th, as the Uni term is ending. If it does come before then I'll be very happy. If it comes after I've gone, I don't think it will be returned to sender - I can ask my flatmates to return to sender if anything comes for me but they're not usually very co-operative about nice gestures like that (and not using other people's food and crockery... but that's another story ). If it doesn't come at all then it's lost in the void that is Royal Mail.

I'll hold off the PM until Saturday then, but after that I'm really going to have to consider it lost forever.

ETA: I did ask the PO about mail redirection, but I need (apart from my passport, which I don't have here) a utility bill with this address on it. As it's a Hall of Residence, I obviously don't have any bills or official documents that would be considered proof of address. Grrr

Can you have your mail held at the local post office? In the US you can ask the post office to hold your mail for up to 30 days, so you can go pick it up after a length of time (in case you go on vacation or something). I wonder if they would be able to do something like that?

At any rate I hope it's waiting for you on Monday! Good luck!