[lace-chat] opened parcels and mail in general
Reading this got me worried as I have sent several packets/small parcels to Austalia recently [because of sales on eBay]. They were mostly books, but one was 40 lace bobbin blanks! But I have been in touch with the buyer, and the parcel got through unscathed - as have all the others. Regards, Ann McClean. in Llanmerewig, Mid-Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~ These days, my memory's so bad, *thinking* isn't what it used to be :) ~~~ Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:26:32 +1000 (EST) From: Helene Gannac [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [lace-chat] opened parcels and mail in general Brenda wrote: I picked this up from someone in Canada on a family history discussion group, but would apply to lacemakers too. Unfortunately a couple of Secret pal packages have gone astray this round. I believe they all had some sort of return address on, but without one it is even less traceable. ALL the parcels I've received in Melbourne for the last 6 months or so have been opened by Customs, even though they all had sender's ID at the back, and whether they were flat (magazines) or parcel shaped! The repair job on the wrapping was appalling and pretty useless. I also received 2 letters from my father (at different times), which had been roughly open at the top, enough for someone to check whether the letter contained banknotes or not. They didn't, but they did contain stamps and newspaper articles, and I don't know whether anything did fall out of them, as Dad couldn't remember what stamps and articles he had sent. I sent one of the envelopes to the Postmaster General with a complaint, but haven't heard anything at all. I think some employees are taking advantage of the reign of terror to see if there is anything for them to snatch!! I used to be very happy with our postal services, but am rapidly revising my opinion. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] opened parcels and mail in general
I too had a parcel sent from Martha Pullen's Sew Beautiful magazine opened with a customs brochure put in to assure me that it was a legal search. The package contained a soft cover book and some ribbon, I wonder just what the customs beagle was smelling that require such inspection. Lynn Scott, Wollongong, Australia To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] opened parcels and mail in general
Brenda wrote: I picked this up from someone in Canada on a family history discussion group, but would apply to lacemakers too. Unfortunately a couple of Secret pal packages have gone astray this round. I believe they all had some sort of return address on, but without one it is even less traceable. ALL the parcels I've received in Melbourne for the last 6 months or so have been opened by Customs, even though they all had sender's ID at the back, and whether they were flat (magazines) or parcel shaped! The repair job on the wrapping was appalling and pretty useless. I also received 2 letters from my father (at different times), which had been roughly open at the top, enough for someone to check whether the letter contained banknotes or not. They didn't, but they did contain stamps and newspaper articles, and I don't know whether anything did fall out of them, as Dad couldn't remember what stamps and articles he had sent. I sent one of the envelopes to the Postmaster General with a complaint, but haven't heard anything at all. I think some employees are taking advantage of the reign of terror to see if there is anything for them to snatch!! I used to be very happy with our postal services, but am rapidly revising my opinion. Helene, the froggy from Melbourne Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] opened parcels and mail in general
On Oct 24, 2004, at 23:26, Helene Gannac wrote:
ALL the parcels I've received in Melbourne for the last 6 months or so
have been opened by Customs, even though they all had sender's ID at
the
back, and whether they were flat (magazines) or parcel shaped! The
repair
job on the wrapping was appalling and pretty useless.
Whenever I go overboard while in Europe, I mail the excess shopping to
US, via the cheapest possible route. I did the same thing this year,
also.
From Warsaw, I sent - book rate - two brand new dictionaries, ca
10.5x8x 3 each... English to Polish, and Polish to English. They
left Warsaw June 30, with a 6-9 week delivery time promise. 10 days
later, I sent from Kalisz, also book-rate, a book I'd bought in Warsaw
but which I thought my cousin would enjoy looking at - a history of my
highschool, which listed me both as a student and as a teacher... The
books from Warsaw took 5 weeks to cross the Atlantic; they arrrived
here a day after I did (June 20). The book sent from Kalisz arrived on
Oct 5; two days before I left for Ithaca and long after I gave up all
hope of ever seeing it again...
Knocking on wood, I have *no* complaint whatsoever about my local PO...
Never had, in the 31+ years I've been using them. But, almost every
other PO I've been forced to deal with, had driven me *batty* :)
I think some employees are taking advantage of the reign of terror
to see if there is anything for them to snatch!!
Long before the US-imposed reign of terror, the Communist-Camp went
through the foreign paranoia period ('45-'89 in Poland); checking
every western mailing - in or out - was a duty. It was quite obvious
that big city postal clerks were nowhere near as dutiful as the small
town ones... *Everything* I sent to Warsaw went through, without a
problem - clothes, medication, cash... *Nothing* I sent to Kalisz went
through, except an occasional Christmas card (one which had no cash
enclosure)... I don't blame *our PO* (in Lexington) for it; I blame the
the *Polish system*, which kept its citizens below poverty level (while
showing them untold riches on TV) - the disparity was much more
visible and hurtful in small towns than it was in big cities.
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