That would be my conclusion also. FRANC -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 2:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] International Air Mail Experiment with Stamps.com
no phone calls are needed just go to USPS.com and enter the info I'll bet the package Helmut is talking about was not sent Priority Mail anyway At 11:02 AM 1/4/2012, Freeman Fisher wrote: >Helmut, >Regarding the Priority Mail Shipment, your seller had to fill out >the larger customs declaration form. In the upper left corner just >under the bar code is a customs tracking number. Your seller can >call the post office or its possible you can from your end, that >most definitely can determine if your package is still in >customs, backlogged from the Holidays or if it has been >released. Its a 13 digit code that ends in US. > >Try that. That is one definite example of why sending Priority Mail >from the US has an advantage. > >freeman > > > > > >On Jan 4, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: > > > As of today, I'm still waiting for a package apparently sent > Priority Mail from the US around November 15... Unfortunately, the > seller can't show a tracking number, so I had to file a Paypal > claim. Several other purchases from the US are also delayed, > regardless of the service used. > > > > An outgoing package to the US, sent Registered Mail on November > 16 hasn't been delivered as well, last tracking status is from > November 18. > > > > It's the holiday season, and I'm facing these problems every > year, with international mail, serious delays are to be expected, > regardless of the service use. Fortunately, sooner or later > (almost) everything tends to show up again (sometimes MUCH later, though). > > > > Helmut > > > > > > Am 30.12.2011 um 23:43 schrieb Franc: > > > >> I'd like to just follow up on my International Air Mail test > using Stamps. com. I sent out parcels by International Air Mail on > 12.12.11 to Australia and Europe. I was told that this method of > shipping takes only 10 days or less, usually only five, as opposed > to Priority International which allegedly can take longer if the > parcel is stopped by costoms. I was also told that if the postage > is purchased through stamps.com ,adequate tracking and delivery > information would be provided to satisfy an Ebay/PayPal claim of > non-delivery should the package be lost or should the buyer simply > lie and claim non-receipt. Well, eighteen days later one of my four > shipments, the one to Australia arrived. I know this because I > received an e-mail from the satisfied buyer. Stamps. com provided > not one bit of information in connection with tracking or delivery > except to indicate that there was an Electronic Shipping > notification on my part. Contrary to the myth, spread on this board, Internati! > onal Air Mail is not quicker or more reliable than Priority > International and in the event of a claim of non-delivery or > non-receipt, the buyer will be hard pressed to using the alleged > tracking information that is provided by Stamps.com to substantiate > shipment and delivery. I plan to continue to use Priority > International for items valued over $150 and will pass the expense > on to the buyer. That's the only assurance a buyer can have against > bogus international PayPal/Ebay claims. FRANC > >> > >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > >> ___________________________________________________________________ > >> How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > >> Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the > >> BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this > >> message is solely responsible for its content. > >> > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the > > BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message > > is solely responsible for its content. > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
