I've added my own sentiment to that old adage. It now reads as "You get what you pay for and sometimes not even then." FRANC
-----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of allen day Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 2:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] International Air Mail Experiment with Stamps.com This would apply to the old, old adage: You get what you pay for. If USPS global express is an option ... the time frame would / could be tweaked considerably. ad _____ From: Freeman Fisher <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] International Air Mail Experiment with Stamps.com 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. 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