International Delivery Services

[fondue zoo]

We've received three boxes via EMS in the last 12 months from overseas and each time the box has arrived 95% water damaged, literally falling apart.

At a guess it has been possibly sitting in water not just the rained on. So much water in fact that they have to put the box in a plastic bag for local delivery.

We understand Customs and or the Post open boxes to check even if labelled as a gift.  Does this happen with domestic deliveries within Thailand too?

 

Are the courier companies better at this?   DHL  FedEx etc

[CharlieH]

In 15 years never seen anything like you describe.

[Excel]

6 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

In 15 years never seen anything like you describe.

38 years and the same, never happened to me either. Wonder where the OP lives and perhaps it is just a storage/parcel receive area at his post office locally that has this problem ?

[fondue zoo]

I know right.

We thought okay one time sure, maybe there was an accident. But after three times we started taking photos hehe

[CharlieH]

2 minutes ago, fondue zoo said:

I know right.

We thought okay one time sure, maybe there was an accident. But after three times we started taking photos hehe

The damage you describe I suspect is more probable by boat, a slow cheap surface delivery over months. In all my time on this forum never seen this "by air".

[fondue zoo]

 

It was sent on April 21, arrived today as per the picture, would that be by boat?

The plastic bag was provided by EMS