Thailand Post. , possible shipping delays due to new Covid variant ?

[Denim]

I had a customer made a 50 dollar order yesterday but didn't want to wait the 18 days or so for delivery and asked how much express mail service would be.

 

I took the package to get an exact quote.  cost $ 47 dollars. Ok....and how long will that take for delivery I asked.

 

' Oh , about a month '

 

Huh.....how can express delivery cost so much but take longer than ordinary shipping . ?  Well she said , we have just been given notice from head office that due to the new variant , lockdowns in Europe and it being Christmas we cant guarantee express mail times.

But pre covid only a week ?  Yes , she said , but customers have told us they sent express packages to Europe and they took longer than a month for delivery.

 

So . Whether this is in fact the case I don't know just reporting what I was told. Don't know if anyone else has been told this.

 

I therefore advised my customer to cancel since I couldn't guarantee a delivery date.

[thepdru]

Your customers are lucky to buy from such an expert !

 

[Denim]

5 minutes ago, thepdru said:

Your customers are lucky to buy from such an expert !

 

Honest John.

 

Plus it's a pain dealing with queries over missing items and having to issue refunds. Not desperate for the cash.

[Pravda]

If by express you mean EMS don't bother. They go into the same plane as airmail epacket or registered.

 

Try using fastship. They are reliable