I have sent posters to the U.S. from U.K. for several years without any problems, but one I sent to Texas on 3rd June appears, according to tracking, to have been in Chicago since 7th June. I assumed it had been lost and refunded the buyer, but from what I read here it seems possible that it might still turn up! Haven't experienced too many problems getting items from the States.
Tommy On Sat, 24 Jul 2021 at 10:35, Adam Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > I can’t add much more than to agree with everything being said. The time > to get things to the UK from the US with USPS is absolutely ridiculous. > > Even when they arrive in the UK, they often sit with USPS for weeks before > they hand them over to the Royal Mail for delivery, which is even more > frustrating! > > ART OF THE MOVIES > Original vintage and contemporary movie posters > ArtoftheMovies.co.uk > 07724 253119 > > On 24 Jul 2021, at 03:40, MPB warehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > if it sat in London, that has nothing to do with USPS, that's all Royal > Post. > > > but it's regular now for foreign mail services to be taking this long and > longer > > > > > On 7/23/2021 7:36 PM, Susan Heim wrote: > > I had a customer in November order a poster for his wife for Christmas. > He paid for 3 day International Express shipping via USPS. The poster sat > in London for months and he finally > received the poster at the end of March. I refunded his money and > shipping as I felt horrible about it. Luckily it was only a $125 poster. > > Sue > Hollywood Poster Frames > > ------------------------------ > *From:* MoPo List <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> on behalf of Moviemem Original Movie > Posters <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, July 24, 2021 2:29 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the > past few years especially NOW > > > Hi Bruce > > It’s hard to understand how USPS could damage your packages because you > certainly pack well. I am finding USPS International Mail is incredibly > slow at the moment and the tracking often shows packages going via Japan > and even London. I now ask for UPS for shipping. They take around a week > from the US to Australia and are very reliable (so far). > > > > Regards > > > > John > > > > John Reid > > *Moviemem Original Movie Posters* > > www.moviemem.com > > Like Us on Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/moviememmovieposters/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf> > > PO Box 92 > > Elanora > > Qld 4221 > > Australia > > Phone: 0414 720 369 > > > > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Bruce Hershenson > *Sent:* 24 July, 2021 12:07 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MOPO] The Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past > few years especially NOW > > > > The U.S. Post Office has gone DRASTICALLY downhill the past few years, and > that slide is accelerating dramatically. Packages sent Priority Mail now > routinely take a week or more to arrive in the U.S., as opposed to 2 to 5 > days a couple of years ago. > > Packages sent outside the U.S. fare far worse. They often take a month or > more, and usually there is no tracking during that time (or sometimes false > tracking of places it has never been). > > But worst of all is the DAMAGE. Anyone who has ordered from my company, > eMoviePoster.com, KNOWS we use the strongest tubes of anyone. Until last > year, we only had two or three damaged packages each year, out of the > 25,000 or so we send each year! > > In the past year, we have had around ten times that. It still is a VERY > tiny percentage of the total we send (around one tenth of one percent), > which is a tribute to how strong our tubes and boxes are), but when the > rate goes up ten times after 30 years of no change, you KNOW they are doing > something VERY wrong in how they handle tubes and packages. > > We sent a tube back in March. The customer received it crushed, and worse > yet, the mailman dropped the crushed tube off at the customer's front door, > rang the doorbell and left. > > He later that day received an email saying that he had accepted the tube > and had signed for it, and that was a lie (the customer has the ring video > doorbell that proves otherwise). > > He sent us pictures of the crushed tube, and we filed the claim. First the > Post Office said we needed pictures of the damage, and we sent pictures of > the tube and damaged posters. > > Next they said we needed to prove the customer had paid what we said. We > sent a copy of the invoice, and they said that was not sufficient. We sent > the a copy of his payment, and they accepted that. > > But now they sent a new letter stating they looked at our images of the > crushed tube and have determined we did not use a strong enough tube, so > they are denying our claim, and suggest we double tube all orders in the > future! 🙁 > > I KNOW we used a tube stronger than 99% of the tubes anyone else does, and > that they simply never want to pay any insurance claims, even though they > love taking the insurance money. > > > > So the Post Office crushed a super-strong tube, lied about the customer > signing for it, delayed my rightful claim for months, and then denied it > and told me to use double tubes! > > I am thinking a FAR better suggestion is that we switch ALL our business > (15,000 to 25,000 tubes and packages a year) to UPS and Fed Ex! > > > > If anyone else reading this wonders WHY the Post Office is going broke, > the above surely is instructive as to why. And please feel free to share > this with anyone and everyone who ever mails or receives any packages or > tubes through the USPS. 🙁 > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > 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.
