Any Mail arriving from USA?

[morning glory]

Has anyone received any letters or packages from the US recently? My daughter wants to mail me a package for my birthday, but I don’t know if it will be accepted here. She is going to ask her local post office to see if they will send it, but I thought I would check with folks here to see what their experience has been with US mail. A few weeks ago I tried to mail a letter to the US at the Thailand Post Office and they said the US is not accepting any mail from Thailand. Now I wonder if the reverse is true.           Thank you! Stay healthy everyone!

[ubonjoe]

Mail is still arriving from the US. In another topic a member reported getting his stimulus check in the past few days. 

The US is still accepting mail from here. But Thai Post is only accepting surface mail since they cannot send out any mail by air due to Thai Airways not having any flights out of the country.

 

[morning glory]

1 minute ago, ubonjoe said:

Mail is still arriving from the US. In another topic a member reported getting his stimulus check in the past few days. 

The US is still accepting mail from here. But Thai Post is only accepting surface mail since they cannot send out any mail by air due to Thai Airways not having any flights out of the country.

 

Thanks so much! Good to know that US mail is getting here. ????

As for sending mail out, I had the impression from the Post Office staff that it was the USA that wasn’t accepting mail, but it makes more sense that it’s because of Thai not flying out right now. 

[John435]

Been waiting 6 weeks for a parcel from USA. Last seen at the USPS SAN FRANCISCO CA INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER 13 April. ????

[morning glory]

5 minutes ago, John435 said:

Been waiting 6 weeks for a parcel from USA. Last seen at the USPS SAN FRANCISCO CA INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER 13 April. ????

Uh oh....thanks for your report.

[ubonjoe]

1 hour ago, John435 said:

Been waiting 6 weeks for a parcel from USA. Last seen at the USPS SAN FRANCISCO CA INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER 13 April. ????

If you have a tracking number from USPS you can track it on Thai post. http://track.thailandpost.com/trackinternet/Default.aspx?lang=en

But it appears to be down at this time.

[Pawpal]

Two days ago I received an unregistered letter sent from Michigan and postmarked March 23.

[morning glory]

7 minutes ago, Pawpal said:

Two days ago I received an unregistered letter sent from Michigan and postmarked March 23.

Thank you!

[Pib]

Over the lasts 10 days or so I got two pieces of first class mail envelopes from the US....took about 3 weeks to arrive; during normal times around 10-14 days.

[jeffandgop]

Just today I received a letter from my credit union in Washington state postmarked March 23. Almost 7 weeks ago.

[morning glory]

19 hours ago, jeffandgop said:

Just today I received a letter from my credit union in Washington state postmarked March 23. Almost 7 weeks ago.

I hope delivery time will improve soon.

[morning glory]

19 hours ago, Pib said:

Over the lasts 10 days or so I got two pieces of first class mail envelopes from the US....took about 3 weeks to arrive; during normal times around 10-14 days.

Good to know! Thanks

[longball53098]

I have been expecting a letter from US mailed on 24 April. In 4 days it made it to a New York facility. Now finally yesterday tracking shows it made it across town to the Jamaica New York International facility. It sat there from the 28th til 16 May,,,,,,,,,,hopefully it will make a plane to Thailand soon.

[ubonjoe]

1 hour ago, longball53098 said:

I have been expecting a letter from US mailed on 24 April. In 4 days it made it to a New York facility. Now finally yesterday tracking shows it made it across town to the Jamaica New York International facility. It sat there from the 28th til 16 May,,,,,,,,,,hopefully it will make a plane to Thailand soon.

Have you tried to check the Thai Post tracking for it? https://track.thailandpost.co.th/

It might have an update about if it has arrived here or is on the way.

[bert bloggs]

22 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Have you tried to check the Thai Post tracking for it? https://track.thailandpost.co.th/

It might have an update about if it has arrived here or is on the way.

thanks for that ,just checked my post from England ,has been stuck at heathrow since april 28th ,just arrived in Thailand ,yipee.

[longball53098]

Hey Joe,,,,,,,,,yes and here is what the Thai Post site shows,,,,,,,,,,the 2 greyed out icons imply to me that it has not arrived here yet.

[morning glory]

4 hours ago, longball53098 said:

I have been expecting a letter from US mailed on 24 April. In 4 days it made it to a New York facility. Now finally yesterday tracking shows it made it across town to the Jamaica New York International facility. It sat there from the 28th til 16 May,,,,,,,,,,hopefully it will make a plane to Thailand soon.

Thanks for this information. It gives me an idea of what to expect.

[connda]

Obviously there have been delays that are originating in the US.

 

I ordered a package from iHerb on April 5th which just arrived at my Lamphun address May 14th. 

The package was shipped via DHL April 5th and processed in Compton, CA on April 6th and then sat for a full month.

On May 7th the package as scanned in Frankfurt, Germany.  From there it arrived in Thailand on May 13th and arrived in Lamphun on May 14th.  As usual for mail that I track, mail within Thailand is usually moves between Lamphun and Bangkok in less than 48 hours.

So for whatever reason the holdup is international courier originating in the US.  And I find it interesting that the package was send though Europe when it originated in LA.  No direct flights from LAX to Asia on DHL?  Who knows.  Hopefully this silliness is drawing to an end and commerce is ramping back up.  At least I order again from iHerb now that the package arrived but my expectation for shipping time is now 5+ weeks with packages just sitting in a DHL warehouse for no particular reason.  Don't bother attempting to ask DHL why, they won't answer you. 

[longball53098]

On 5/17/2020 at 9:37 AM, longball53098 said:

Hey Joe,,,,,,,,,yes and here is what the Thai Post site shows,,,,,,,,,,the 2 greyed out icons imply to me that it has not arrived here yet.

Update on this letter sent using registered US mail,,,,,,,,,,USPS tracking now shows it has made it to a plane at JFK New York. Only took three weeks from Wisconsin to a plane bound for Thailand. Maybe it will arrive here in LOS in a day or two

[KhunBENQ]

As written in another thread:

Yesterday (May 18) I received a parcel from the US (NY) with some herbal supplements.

Due to the corresponding letter it was shipped on May 4.

Positive surprise: no hassle about customs. Just came through.

[morning glory]

7 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

As written in another thread:

Yesterday (May 18) I received a parcel from the US (NY) with some herbal supplements.

Due to the corresponding letter it was shipped on May 4.

Positive surprise: no hassle about customs. Just came through.

Very good news indeed, thanks!

[morning glory]

On 5/18/2020 at 5:04 PM, connda said:

Obviously there have been delays that are originating in the US.

 

I ordered a package from iHerb on April 5th which just arrived at my Lamphun address May 14th. 

The package was shipped via DHL April 5th and processed in Compton, CA on April 6th and then sat for a full month.

On May 7th the package as scanned in Frankfurt, Germany.  From there it arrived in Thailand on May 13th and arrived in Lamphun on May 14th.  As usual for mail that I track, mail within Thailand is usually moves between Lamphun and Bangkok in less than 48 hours.

So for whatever reason the holdup is international courier originating in the US.  And I find it interesting that the package was send though Europe when it originated in LA.  No direct flights from LAX to Asia on DHL?  Who knows.  Hopefully this silliness is drawing to an end and commerce is ramping back up.  At least I order again from iHerb now that the package arrived but my expectation for shipping time is now 5+ weeks with packages just sitting in a DHL warehouse for no particular reason.  Don't bother attempting to ask DHL why, they won't answer you. 

I had been wondering about iHerb orders. I stopped ordering from them the end of a February because I thought there might be a problem. I hope you get your order soon. 

[KhunBENQ]

35 minutes ago, morning glory said:

I had been wondering about iHerb orders.

I hesitated to name the company: PipingRock.

I had given up with iHerb as I could not find a way to pay (for me).

[longball53098]

Update to my letter from the USA. It arrived yesterday. Total 33 days from start to end. I show a txt file of the 2 primary tracking sites I use that reflect the time and dates of movement.

 

letter US to Ban Chang track_time.txt

Edited May 28, 2020 by longball53098
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[blackcab]

I received a small parcel from the US today. It was posted in the middle of March.

[John435]

48 days now, still no parcel from the US. No news other than it got to Chicago 18 May and was in transit to the next facility 22 May, whatever that means. 
 

Meanwhile a second USPS package sent a month later got to Jamaica NY 13 May and no change since then.

[longball53098]

Based on the track of my letter the bottle neck is Jamaica (JFK) as my letter sat there almost 2 weeks waiting (for a plane?) but once it got on a plane my letter arrived here in about a week or so.

[Pib]

No shortage of complaints regarding slow/stuck mail during this COVID event....no shortage of complaints to the USPS IG....see below website site.

 

https://www.uspsoig.gov/blog/operating-during-covid-19-pandemic

[JCP108]

FYI. My brother mailed me a small package form Midwest in U.S. on 4/18. It arrived at my apartment in BKK on 5/27. Normally that version of post takes two weeks. 

[John435]

My usps parcel from US finally arrived after 54 days. Tracking still not updated so not sure how reliable that is.