World Wide Mail Delay Hot Spots

Current possible world wide mail delivery delay hot spots as of June 27, 2012

UNITED KINGDOMThe Olympic Torch Relay is taking place at various points around the UK. There will be official road closures and large crowds along parts of the route which may cause some temporary disruption to service. Some of the communities through which the Torch will be passing through today include: Grimby, Louth, Mablethorpe, Skegness, Boston and Sleaford arriving for the evening celebrations at Lincoln. We will keep you updated of any disruption the Olympic Torch Relay may cause.PORTUGALAirport workers have given notice to strike between June 29th and July 3rd which may result in flight cancellations. Mail deliveries delays to be expected during this period.PARAGUAYPolitical unrest in Paraguay reported on June 22nd has ended; however, there may be some delays in the processing and delivery of mail.FRANCE & ITALYFlights were cancelled due to strike actions by airport workers on June 21-23. Mail delivery delays expected during this period.
(My observation) mail in  the summer to France and Germany is very slow anyway. half the country is always on summer vacations.

BOSNIA, CROATIA, MACEDONIADue to restrictions on air capacity which may have affected service from as early as June 1st to June 17th, mail being sent to these countries is currently subject to delay.UNITED STATES
Wildfires in the West and tropical storm Debby in Florida are causing some delays with mail deliveries in these regions.

USA ORDERS NOW SHIP FROM INSIDE USA-LOWER RATES

USA GAMERS! All orders placed at VGP.ca that ship to the USA now ship from Niagara Falls, New York. Orders will either ship with USPS First Class Mail service or Priority Mail service. These services allow us to now provide USA gamers with free insurance, delivery confirmation numbers, no custom fees and quicker shipping times. 

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UNCHARTED 3 PS3 NOW SHIPPING!!

Great News!! We have received Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - PS3 (In stock usually ships within 24 - 72hrs) (Street Date Policy In Effect) and have now begun shipping out pre-orders! We have tons of product still available for anyone who hasn't bought this awesome game which IGN rated a PERFECT 10 out of 10!!

***STREET DATE SHIPPING POLICY IN EFFECT ON THIS TITLE!! Anyone ordering this item will have their order shipped out based on delivery times to their shipping address. This item will not be available for in store pickup until Nov 1st, 2011 which is the official street date!! These policies are in place to prevent us from breaking Sony's street date policy on this title.***

*****NO EXCEPTIONS ON BOTH DELIVERY AND PICKUP STREET DATE POLICIES!!*****

NHL 2010 PREORDERS NOW SHIPPING

GOOD NEWS!! We have begun shipping all preorders for NHL 2010 - 360 (Preorder) and NHL 2010 - PS3 (Preorder) that are currently in our system. This is to try and have customers receive games on or as close too street date as possible. Preorders will be shipping based on delivery times so if your parcel usually takes 1 day to arrive from us it won't ship until Monday Sept 14, 2009, if it takes 2 or more business days to usually arrive to you it will ship today. This is too ensure we don't break the manufacturers street date policy on these titles. In store preorder pickups will be available on Tuesday Sept 15/09 which is the official street date. NO EXCEPTIONS on this policy!!. We can't accept any further cancellations on these preorders. Thanks to all who preordered these titles with us. GO LEAFES GO!!