how long does it take?!?

[JoeFriday]

I bought two Kiev 4a's off eb*y on the same day, and paid for them both within hours of the auction closings... one was coming from the Ukraine, the other from within Russia (not sure where)

the Ukraine package arrived in about 8 days.. which actually amazed me.. but the other Kiev is still 'somewhere in transit' and it'll be 30 days tomorrow.. is that an unusually long time? I'm starting to wonder if I'll be getting it at all

 

[back alley]

only 30 days...😉

 

[FrankS]

30 days and 30 nights

 

[JoeFriday]

oh.. I forgot to factor in the nights.. now it's twice as long!

 

[back alley]

ah yes, the long and lonely nights, dreaming about fondling some lovely new russian...


am i using my outside voice again...

 

[JoeFriday]

speaking of... it's been nearly two weeks since I've gotten some random email from a russian wannabe bride.. maybe I've been put on some blacklist over there

 

[RML]

speaking of... it's been nearly two weeks since I've gotten some random email from a russian wannabe bride.. maybe I've been put on some blacklist over there

Maybe she can ask around where your Kiev is lingering? 😛

 

[reagan]

Maybe she can ask around where your Kiev is lingering? 😛

Maybe she can ask where ALL of our Kievs are lingering?

 

[Pherdinand]

Maybe they figured a new deal: If you wanna get your Kiev you have to accept a bride with it.

 

[P C Headland]

I recently got a meter (Sverdlovsk 4) from Russia, it took about a week. I got a lens from Costa Rica, that too took a week. My mum posted some stuff from New Zealand, both packets taking 6 days....

However, a lens from the US just arrived the other day, having taken TWO MONTHS! In fact, quite a bit of stuff from the US seems to take a long time. Particularly bad if NL customs spot it on the way through.

 

[reagan]

Maybe they figured a new deal: If you wanna get your Kiev you have to accept a bride with it.

Yep, I got one of those "If you wanna get your honeymoon on Maui, you gotta accept a bride with it" deals one time. And that's what's made me the wimpering shell of a man I am today.

"30 days for a Kiev?" That's not so long. "Two months for lens from the US?" That's not so long. "Til death do us part?" Now THAT'S a long time!! 🙁 Can I get a witness?

 

[FrankS]

Maybe they figured a new deal: If you wanna get your Kiev you have to accept a bride with it.

Now you not only get a bulky "rear lens cap" with your new Russian lens, you get ....

 

[rbiemer]

Maybe they figured a new deal: If you wanna get your Kiev you have to accept a bride with it.

So much for my theory that the FSU gear is fun and inexpensive 🙁
May as well start saving for them Leicas,Contaxes, and Hassleblads.
Rob

 

[pangkievrange]

So much for my theory that the FSU gear is fun and inexpensive 🙁
May as well start saving for them Leicas,Contaxes, and Hassleblads.
Rob

It's too late for me. But I'm still very happy with my choice.

pangkievrange (over $2500.00 spent on a kiev RF collection that includes SC 21mm lens + $5000.00 for kiev MF)

 

[Kin Lau]

It's too late for me. But I'm still very happy with my choice.

pangkievrange (over $2500.00 spent on a kiev RF collection that includes SC 21mm lens + $5000.00 for kiev MF)

I hope the $5000- is a typo, and you meant $500-. I'm still looking for a Mir-26B for my Salut.... so maybe $5k isn't a typo :bang:

Shipping wise, all my FSU stuff have taken only about 1 to 2 weeks from the FSU to Toronto, Canada. However, my multi-finder has taken 2 months and still no sign of it yet.

 

[dll927]

The only real answer is -- it varies. And I don't think the hangup is in Russia. I've had one order arrive in nine days (from the day ordered), and one took almost a month. In the month case, the seller e-mailed me three days after the order and said it had been shipped. So anyone's guess is good as to why there is such a variance. It just might be U. S. inspectors and how they feel on a particular day.

 

[pangkievrange]

I hope the $5000- is a typo, and you meant $500-. I'm still looking for a Mir-26B for my Salut.... so maybe $5k isn't a typo :bang:

Shipping wise, all my FSU stuff have taken only about 1 to 2 weeks from the FSU to Toronto, Canada. However, my multi-finder has taken 2 months and still no sign of it yet.

A complete set of Carl Zeiss Jena (MC, some focal length may have a single coated version) sends you the north of $1000.00 easily.

pangkievrange

 

[pshinkaw]

My packages from the Russian Republic have always taken longer than from the Ukraine. Also, if it was sent by surface mail rather than airmail, 6 weeks isn't unusual. My longest was 5.5 months (Siberia). My shortest was 9 days, Ukraine.

-Paul

 

[reagan]

My longest was 5.5 months (Siberia).

I think I'm getting depressed. 🙁

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Getting packages from the former CCCP is as much of a crapshoot (won't use the tired joke) as the quality of the items that went through "QA" (misnomer?). When I bought my Kiev prism for my Hassie over two years ago, it took four weeks. Luckily, the prism is flawless with the exception of one screw, whose half head came off.

Good lucksy!