Slow mail from UK recently ?

[Denim]

As per title. I have been waiting for something important for 3 weeks now and am beginning to fear the worst.

 

Last letter from UK took 2 weeks back in April. Is this just local to Petchabun or anyone else waiting on something ?

[Andrew Dwyer]

I find it is very hit and miss.

My daughter posted a couple of letters to me here in Ayutthaya from the U.K..

Identical method of posting, weight, size etc, 1st one took 19 days, 2nd took 42 !!

 

On the first occasion after @ 19 days i went to the post office, who redirected me to the main sorting depot for the city, they knew nothing about it, was delivered an hour later !

On the second occasion went back to the depot after 25 days and again after 35 days, again they knew nothing about it and i began to believe it would never appear, a week later it did.

[Negita43]

I would never trust redirection or direct post to Thailand - I redirect to a very good Spanish friend who scans and emails to me.

[Denim]

1 hour ago, Negita43 said:

I would never trust redirection or direct post to Thailand - I redirect to a very good Spanish friend who scans and emails to me.

 

Unfortunately this is a physical  thing that cannot be scanned.

[Denim]

1 hour ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I find it is very hit and miss.

My daughter posted a couple of letters to me here in Ayutthaya from the U.K..

Identical method of posting, weight, size etc, 1st one took 19 days, 2nd took 42 !!

 

On the first occasion after @ 19 days i went to the post office, who redirected me to the main sorting depot for the city, they knew nothing about it, was delivered an hour later !

On the second occasion went back to the depot after 25 days and again after 35 days, again they knew nothing about it and i began to believe it would never appear, a week later it did.

 

Thanks. At least I know it's not unusual as Tom Jones would say.

 

Strange to think that back in 1980 when I was in Khon Kaen I often used to get mail from the UK in 5 days ! Mine was the only international mail to the Amper  and was treated as something exotic.

 

Times change I guess.

[SamSaraburi]

I got a small package in 6 days last month.

[Andrew Dwyer]

I would recommend going to the post office to make them aware that you are waiting for it.

While it might seem fairly obvious that mail should be delivered to the address on the package/letter i get the impression that the staff at the post office need reminding occasionally.

 

My True Internet/Visions bill doesn’t arrive every month, usually they wait for a few to mount up and then deliver them together, I once got 5 in one go, and am missing probably 50 %, I live in a moobahn not far from the city centre not out in the sticks either !!

[johng]

The fastest I ever had a letter arrive was 1 day !

Sent from London England  to Bangkok late 1990's 2000 amazing 

How we have actually gone backwards in some respects.

[Denim]

27 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

I would recommend going to the post office to make them aware that you are waiting for it.

While it might seem fairly obvious that mail should be delivered to the address on the package/letter i get the impression that the staff at the post office need reminding occasionally.

 

 

Yes. The last letter I received was delivered to a house in the middle of our soi because the new postman was ' confused ' by the English writing ?

You would have thought he understood the clear numbers though. Luckily that house was a friend of my wife so she phoned us about it.

 

The next day I went to the post office and personally gave the new postman a photo of our house with a simple map on the back.

 

Our last postman lived next door but one and knew us well. Lovely man.

Tragically he died a few months ago from high blood pressure  complications. Only 34 years old leaving a wife and two children.

[Cardano]

If the item is so impotant then get it sent by courier, yes a bit expensive but received in 4 days and fully traceable, alternatively get it sent by royal mail registered post usually arrives in one week and can be tracked so you always know where it is.

[Denim]

6 minutes ago, Cardano said:

If the item is so impotant then get it sent by courier, yes a bit expensive but received in 4 days and fully traceable, alternatively get it sent by royal mail registered post usually arrives in one week and can be tracked so you always know where it is.

 

Yes. From now on registered will have to be the way to go. Luckily not a life or death thing just an unexpected inconvenience. I ship a lot of things from here to the UK by regular mail. Seldom longer than two weeks.

[Negita43]

2 hours ago, Denim said:

Unfortunately this is a physical  thing that cannot be scanned.

Actually he has also received physical things and if a credit card just sends a pic and then I can use the data to make payments (or use it with Google pay in a shop).

Also a couple of times he has couriered something but that is expensive

[Zaphod Priest]

I subscribe to a fortnightly periodical from the UK.  I regularly get them arriving in pairs, the earlier issue having been held up for 14 days longer than the other.  No idea what's happening there.