jason7500 Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I sent a few packages to the US registered mail and all show they are still sitting at the airport waiting to be handed over to a carrier. Track and Trace shows the usual: SUVARNABHUMI MAIL CENTRE, Departure From Outward OE but this isn’t the last scan for a package when you look on https://m.17track.net/en/track. Just wondering if the suspend Registered Mail again or don’t have enough flights leaving to carry all the mail. Has anyone sent something abroad this month using registered mail. What has been your experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CharlieH Posted August 24, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2022 You are making assumptions. The last entry will be Swampy. Nothing is then shown until it arrives in the US and clears Customs, at that point it re enters the mail system again and is showm on tracking. The black holè (clearance) is generally 10-14 days. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason7500 Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 2 hours ago, CharlieH said: You are making assumptions. The last entry will be Swampy. Nothing is then shown until it arrives in the US and clears Customs, at that point it re enters the mail system again and is showm on tracking. The black holè (clearance) is generally 10-14 days. I sent enough packages to know how it goes. But there is a scan that shows it left swampy and was put on a plane then the black hole begins. I haven’t seen that scan on any packages for the last two weeks. If you just use Thai post track & trace you will never see the hand to carrier scan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowellandrew Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Couldn't afford a plane ticket so sent my GPS on holiday! ???????????????????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swm59nj Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I mailed a document from Bangkok to USA recently. Registered and airmail. The whole process took about a month to reach the USA destination. Registered is also somewhat slower because of the special handling and accountability it requires. When it reaches USA expect it to be held in US Customs depending on the volume of mail they need to process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilly07 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Probably held at Customs/Courier whilst they work out how much they can sting you for! 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 My last parcel to UK was 11 days. Currently waiting to receive one from UK- 7 days elapsed so far. Why call Bangkok Airport Swampy? Its rather pretentious. Its not a genuine nickname. It never really caught on as a genuine nickname except with a few out of touch people on 20 years ago trying to discredit Thaksin 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrfill Posted August 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2022 29 minutes ago, The Hammer2021 said: My last parcel to UK was 11 days. Currently waiting to receive one from UK- 7 days elapsed so far. Why call Bangkok Airport Swampy? Its rather pretentious. Its not a genuine nickname. It never really caught on as a genuine nickname except with a few out of touch people on 20 years ago trying to discredit Thaksin It's called Suvarnabhumi, meaning Land of Gold - now that IS pretentious. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I sent an EMS last week to US. Posted afternoon 16 Aug. Processed thru Suvarnabhumi 17 Aug, 1:36 pm. Processed at ISC Chicago 21 Aug, 11:40 am. Inbound Out of customs 23 Aug. ETC. EMS, still not delivered, but... on it way. Posted a 1st class document Tuesday, 23 Aug 11:42, Processed thru Suvarnabhumi 24 Aug, 12:36 pm. ...... I don't use the Thai post to track when I send to US. I use https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction_input Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 hour ago, The Hammer2021 said: Why call Bangkok Airport Swampy? Its rather pretentious. Its not a genuine nickname. It never really caught on as a genuine nickname except with a few out of touch people on 20 years ago trying to discredit Thaksin @The Hammer2021 The nickname has nothing to do with former PM Thaksin. It's called Swampy by some because it was built on swamp land. There is a very long history to the airport actually getting built. (You've been in Thailand how long??) 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnit Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 hour ago, mrfill said: It's called Suvarnabhumi, meaning Land of Gold - now that IS pretentious. The name Suvarnabhumi was chosen by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej and means 'the golden land', specifically referring to continental Indochina. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 1 hour ago, AgMech Cowboy said: @The Hammer2021 The nickname has nothing to do with former PM Thaksin. It's called Swampy by some because it was built on swamp land. There is a very long history to the airport actually getting built. (You've been in Thailand how long??) I worked here 32 years ago. I followed the buildings of Suvarnabhumi at all stages. I saw it completed. It was a Thaksin project so to demean him projects associated with him were criticised and slandered, snakes, swamps unstable building etc were all part of the mix. Nobody calls it Swampy but a few embarrassing farang. Plenty of buildings are built on swamp land London for instance but nobody uses silly jibes to label it. Carry on calling it what you want, call NY the big Apple etc etc .But calling Suvarnabhumi 'swampy' is a sure sign of someone trying too hard not realising it makes them look like a merchant 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukKrueng Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 20 hours ago, jason7500 said: I sent enough packages to know how it goes. But there is a scan that shows it left swampy and was put on a plane then the black hole begins. I haven’t seen that scan on any packages for the last two weeks. If you just use Thai post track & trace you will never see the hand to carrier scan. I had the same experience recently. Sent an EMS overseas. It left my postcode area the next day, arrived at BKK airport, sat there for a while, then "hand over to carrier". On the destination country's post website it showed something like "received a message about a package on the way" and that's it. About a week ago I contacted the receiving end's post office who replied that I have to check it on the sender's side. Called the post office here, they asked me to send them all details by email and suddenly like magic the parcel appeared at the other end and was successfully delivered 2 days later..... Took over a month from the day I sent to the day it was received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybole Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I sent documents to UK back in June by ordinary registered Airmail. Posted in Hang Dong on Saturday at just after 10am it reached BKK at 6pm Sunday and was handed to carrier just before 11pm. It appears to have sat there for 5 days because it next appeared at Royal Mail, Langley WDC on Saturday evening, showed up in a distribution centre in Leicestershire on Sunday afternoon and Glasgow Mail Center on Monday morning and was delivered at Midday Tuesday. The return package, again ordinary registered Airmail, did the same. It was "handed to Carrier" in LHR on the evening of the day after posting but it took 5 days to reach BKK. Delivery to Hang Dong took two days. It appears that airlines may be tight for cargo space and mail no longer gets priority. As an aside, while a student, I worked at Glasgow Airport during summers, mail then took priority over all other cargo, even to the extent of offloading other cargo to make the weight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NUMBAS Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 has to go thru scanner machines for contraband and this is where things go missing espceialy at xmas time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grusa Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I recently sent some documents by registered airmail to the Royal Thai Embassy in London, from Sattahip. 10 Days to delivery in London, 1 day to process, 10 days back to delivery in Sattahip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgMech Cowboy Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 8/25/2022 at 7:26 PM, The Hammer2021 said: I worked here 32 years ago. I followed the buildings of Suvarnabhumi at all stages. I saw it completed. It was a Thaksin project so to demean him projects associated with him were criticised and slandered, snakes, swamps unstable building etc were all part of the mix. Nobody calls it Swampy but a few embarrassing farang. Plenty of buildings are built on swamp land London for instance but nobody uses silly jibes to label it. Carry on calling it what you want, call NY the big Apple etc etc .But calling Suvarnabhumi 'swampy' is a sure sign of someone trying too hard not realising it makes them look like a merchant I don't call it swampy and since you were here 32 years ago I think you're not well qualified to comment. I've been here straight through for 25 years. If you want to believe its called swampy because of former PM Thaksin that's you prerogative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 8/24/2022 at 9:54 PM, CharlieH said: You are making assumptions. The last entry will be Swampy. Nothing is then shown until it arrives in the US and clears Customs, at that point it re enters the mail system again and is showm on tracking. Yes, there isn't a "just putting it on the plane" notification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 8/25/2022 at 4:02 PM, chilly07 said: Probably held at Customs/Courier whilst they work out how much they can sting you for! Since when are Customs duties levied on items leaving the country? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 8/25/2022 at 4:15 PM, The Hammer2021 said: Why call Bangkok Airport Swampy? Its rather pretentious. Its not a genuine nickname. It never really caught on as a genuine nickname except with a few out of touch people on 20 years ago trying to discredit Thaksin "Why call Bangkok Airport Swampy?" It's Thaivisa, they can't spell Suvarnabhumi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 8/25/2022 at 7:26 PM, The Hammer2021 said: Nobody calls it Swampy but a few embarrassing farang. The same ones who refer to "Patts" and "Bangers". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 48 minutes ago, AgMech Cowboy said: I don't call it swampy and since you were here 32 years ago I think you're not well qualified to comment. I've been here straight through for 25 years. If you want to believe its called swampy because of former PM Thaksin that's you prerogative. I am still here! I was here when it was being built. I was here when it was completed. I was here when the silly name calling started. There were even cartoons featuring snakes around an airport construction site in Private Eye. The issue is that only ill informed pretentious people call Suvarnabhumi airport 'swampy'. Yes the origins of the term Swampy relate to the construction site area. But the insults about it, health insurance and other Thaksin policies originate from that era and from anti Thaksin sentiment. The fact that some people are not politically astute enough to understand the origins of slogans and phrases from a past era is not surprising. Some people prefer to remain ignorant. That is their perogative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 (edited) On 8/25/2022 at 5:41 PM, AgMech Cowboy said: @The Hammer2021 The nickname has nothing to do with former PM Thaksin. It's called Swampy by some because it was built on swamp land. There is a very long history to the airport actually getting built. (You've been in Thailand how long??) Decades- which is why I know so much about Thailand. I followed the whole story of the building of the airport. It's a symbol to the Thai people of Thaksin who 'got things done' 'Without Thaksin we wouldn't have a new airport' These were the sentiments expressed to me by Thais after its completion. The farang who call it swampy are similar to the farang on Sukhumvit Asoke who supported the coup. Basically they are manipulated into a pro 'certain institution ' and military and anti Thaksin position without even knowing it. Edited August 26, 2022 by The Hammer2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hammer2021 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 41 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said: The same ones who refer to "Patts" and "Bangers". And they call dope 'wacky baccy' 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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