On 7/2/07, Joseph Tainter, discombobulated, unleashed: >Sending things overseas (to Britain) via USPS hasn't worked for me >either. Packages wind up with something called Parcel Force in the UK. >They are pretty bad. If an insured parcel gets lost (it happened to me >once), USPS will take a year to pay you.
Points of information: Parcel Farce (as known here ;-) is (was) a branch of the Royal Mail. It is effectively the parcel dept of our postal service. Depends what you mean by pretty bad. I send a ton of stuff using Parcel Force and have had no problems. I always ask if USA- originating packages can be sent USPS, as then it is delivered by Parcel Force, which I prefer. UPS and others charge extortionate brokerage fees and if they fail to deliver, their collection points are miles away. Parcel Force collection points are scattered evenly about and the nearest is a ten minute drive. Obviously you have had a bad experience and sure, parcels go missing, but based on my experience, I would not say that Parcel Force are pretty bad - in fact I'd say they are pretty good. .02 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
