Ineffectiveness & inexperienced. Recently I received an urgent letter by an University in MS in the USA, sent by EXPRESS MAIL United States Postal Service, picked up on Friday Feb.13th, 11:40 AM, It arrived here in Germany on Feb.18th, but the US Postal Service business partner here in Germany is not German Post, but GLS a private company. So delivery too until 24rth. All for a cost of 23.00 USD for 2.1 ozs.
But be assured, German Post is not better since it had been sold to the public. The other experience was with an Ebay won item, sent by the seller just one hour after I won & paid via PayPal. He sent it from Canada with Express Airmail to Honolulu on Jan.31st, where my daughter should have received it until Feb.11th to bring it with her home to me. I followed the tracking until the parcel arrived in the USA in Texas at the central distribution facilities on Feb.4rth. The parcel did not move from there. I inquired, but got the response "tracking for the USA would not have been included into the tariff". Finally the small parcel arrived in Honolulu on Feb. 21st - some three weeks on the way, a master piece of logistics indeed - & has been mailed to me in Germany on Feb.23rd to arrive still this year perhaps, if it is not checked & checked & checked again by the all suspect US carrier, hopefully FedEx or UPS. I will tell you, when it has arrived. Moral from that all: If you order orchestra material for any of your concerts, do it plenty ahead of time, as nobody can predict these days when the music will arrive. The earlier ordering will not increase my very modest rental fee, as I am aware of the situation, which is not created by the renter. Best wishes Prof.Hans Pizka, Pf.1136 D-85541 Kirchheim - Germany Fax: 49 89 903-9414 Phone: 903-9548 home: www.pizka.de email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
