roger101 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 I have to send some documents to the UK. They won't be the originals and there is no particular hurry. It will be 11 A4 sheets. Any body know how much this is likely to cost. I tried to send them as attachments to an email but for some reason my PC doesn't want to know 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlover Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Does the recipient have a fax number? It is possible to send a fax from a computer and you can send multiple pages. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Thaipost website is in English and it has a rate calculator.Enter the weight and a table will drop with all available services. Registered Airmail has tracking and would seem the best for you . 11 x A4 shts in an envelope would be around 70grm = RegAiir = 210bt EMS = 1050bt (Approx) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorquayFan Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Pop along to your Post Office in a 'dummy run' and ask. There must be a special service like 'Registered Post' and I doubt it'll cost more than B200. Can't you send screen shots instead ? If it costs more - so what ? It's peanuts. Mai pen lai and Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Regular slow mail about 200 baht Express 1000 baht 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herfiehandbag Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 20 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said: Regular slow mail about 200 baht Express 1000 baht Slow mail is very slow at the moment! I received a letter sent at the end of August, in December. Two letters sent to the UK on the 28 December have yet to arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polar Bear Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Upload them to Dropbox or something similar and email them the link instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.B Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 You could try sending them with your phone message service. i.e. multimedia messages (MMS). https://support.google.com/messages/answer/6159880?hl=en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.B Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) Going back a few years, my wife was in hospital in the provincial city and I had to send some hospital documents to the insurance company in the UK urgently. We couldn't find any fax service places and I spotted an internet shop. We went in and asked the manager if he could email the documents and he said no problem. The bill was like 120 baht or something. Job done and dusted. ???? Edited January 16, 2022 by Chris.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.B Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Polar Bear said: Upload them to Dropbox or something similar and email them the link instead. Or even www.wetransfer.com Edited January 16, 2022 by Chris.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 38 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said: Slow mail is very slow at the moment! I received a letter sent at the end of August, in December. Two letters sent to the UK on the 28 December have yet to arrive. yes. it is slower than usual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookett Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Slow mail is roughly a month at the moment. I recently sent 8 sheets to the UK by express post (had to be originals) at a cost of < ฿1,400, which took a week. If originals are not needed use the app. ClearScanner (set to pdf) on your android phone and send via any messaging system. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilly07 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 16 hours ago, TorquayFan said: Pop along to your Post Office in a 'dummy run' and ask. There must be a special service like 'Registered Post' and I doubt it'll cost more than B200. Can't you send screen shots instead ? If it costs more - so what ? It's peanuts. Mai pen lai and Good Luck EMS on one letter to the UK was 880bht the last time I sent something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 17 hours ago, roger101 said: I tried to send them as attachments to an email but for some reason my PC doesn't want to know Unlikely to be your PC, more likely a limit on the size of attachments, I think with Hotmail it is 1Mb. You should check the size of the documents and I assume from that you said "attachments", you tried to send them individually. It would be much easier if you merged them into a single PDF document. You haven't said what format the documents are but if they are images or derived from images the size could be quite large, images can be reduced in size quite easily using Paint. If you have scanned them, you could scan again at a low resolution. My wife's UK visa application is 15 pages and only 128Kb, emails quite easily, but a lot depends on how the document is created. The other option is of course to send more than one email to the recipient. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 18 hours ago, roger101 said: I have to send some documents to the UK. They won't be the originals and there is no particular hurry. It will be 11 A4 sheets. Any body know how much this is likely to cost. I tried to send them as attachments to an email but for some reason my PC doesn't want to know I sent one A4 sheet/letter to UK last week, slow post not recorded etc, cost 37 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searunner Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Could always use WeTransfer. The file sizes are probably too big for email. I have used WeTransfer many times for this reason 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorquayFan Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) Sorry 101 and Guys, I'm obviously well out of date with my comment on the costs of EMS type service abroad. I learn something every day and Charlie, Hammer, Pookett, Chilly gave much better advice than I did ! EMS sending abroad IS an expensive option now ! ATB Edited January 17, 2022 by TorquayFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 18 hours ago, herfiehandbag said: Slow mail is very slow at the moment! I received a letter sent at the end of August, in December. Two letters sent to the UK on the 28 December have yet to arrive. In reverse, I am still waiting for Christmas cards from the UK & USA.....???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ54 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 OP try sending 2-3 pages at a time via email. Or check with email provider (internet) for size limit per email. Example below is Yahoo regular email ( not business email account). Good Luck... Yahoo Mail sends emails up to 25 MB in total size. This size limit applies to both the message and its attachments. If an attachment is exactly 25 MB, it won't go through because the text and other data in the message add a small amount of data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickudon Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 As said probably a size limitation (hotmail i think 10 MB). Also many other messaging apps - e.g. messenger. Whatsapp allow attachments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieAus Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 On 1/16/2022 at 10:14 PM, herfiehandbag said: Slow mail is very slow at the moment! I received a letter sent at the end of August, in December. Two letters sent to the UK on the 28 December have yet to arrive. Hasn’t been my experience over the last 6 months both ways standard airmail around two weeks To Australia very slow even EMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Something not right with UK post ..I have been sending small packages track and trace Thailand to England, the last package took 29 days to arrive, it had left Thailand within 2 days of posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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