Thailand Post Inspects All Parcels To Deter Parcel Bombing

[Steely Dan]

I often buy stuff on Ebay but only about 50% of unregistered parcels ever make it here.

So far vendors or Paypal issue refunds but if that number is going to be any worse it will become more and more difficult to find anyone who will ship to Thailand. It is bad enough as it is.

I must say I have never had a parcel go missing yet and a good number of them are unregistered. Perhaps there is a variation in reliability by province.

[TeddyFlyfisherDavis]

Paranoia strikes deep

Into your life it will creep

It starts when your always afraid

Step out of line the man comes and takes you away...

>Buffalo Springfield<

[Orac]

I often buy stuff on Ebay but only about 50% of unregistered parcels ever make it here.

So far vendors or Paypal issue refunds but if that number is going to be any worse it will become more and more difficult to find anyone who will ship to Thailand. It is bad enough as it is.

I must say I have never had a parcel go missing yet and a good number of them are unregistered. Perhaps there is a variation in reliability by province.

Does the postman live in a surprisingly large house????

[TeddyFlyfisherDavis]

Get ready to have your personal mail from overseas opened.just like the security at airports

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Or jail...

[TeddyFlyfisherDavis]

Any one tried to post parcel to abroad from Thai now? . , any ID checking or ells ? . . .

Yes...Just around Christmas time I sent a package to the states and I was asked for my ID...Not my passport...

[kartman]

What does inspecting packages at the post office have to do with the recent bombings?

Incase Iran sends their first A Bomb here for testing.

[spidermike007]

Do not concern yourselves in the slightest way. Pronouncements like this one are always forgotten within weeks. They will tire of this task quickly. Besides, customs already has a license to steal. Relax, little will chance. The only things that truly change here (read progress) are higher prices, and more difficult visa policy. But, we love the place nonetheless, right?

[kjhbigv]

Any one tried to post parcel to abroad from Thai now? . , any ID checking or ells ? . . .

Yes...Just around Christmas time I sent a package to the states and I was asked for my ID...Not my passport...

Sent a load of parcels today to EU/Australia, no ID asked for....in fact, have never been asked for any ID or anything!

[starkey_rich]

Do they just say all this crap because that's what they think we want to hear.

I am waiting on an overseas parcel so if it is true i might aswell kiss it goodbye.

[nevets]

They have been checking my post for years , Phetchaburi never sends a letter or parcel , allways never comes i get bills though they dont want them.

[chrisinth]

Well that puts an end to the sex toys then. Don't want to close down the post service because a 'trembler' device has been misinterpreted for something else...................

[nevets]

Where is the post i made . it has taken ages to get on the board.

Edited February 22, 2012 by nevets

[pastitche]

So that 's why my bankcardreader never made it to me from Europe

But mine did

[bigbamboo]

Impossible to inspect every single parcel...

Parcel and tax theft will increase...

Customs - the most corrupt agency in Thailand has just been given a license to steal.

No so, the Australian custom and postal services scan and screen every overseas parcel and letter coming in to the country,

You are talking automated handling. Isn't Thailand all hand processed?

I wonder if anyone well connected can just happen to be able to supply a job lot of scanners.... top of the range of course.

[theanimaster]

dam_n. So much for getting Megatron for my son. It'll probably go missing (and stupid Central, the Mall and even Toys R Us are all out)!

[Huayrat]

So that 's why my bankcardreader never made it to me from Europe

my cardreader arrived yesterday phewwwww

[Cheops]

What does inspecting packages at the post office have to do with the recent bombings?

Indeed! Don't you think you can make a bomb from stuff bought here? Especially here in Thailand where lots of things can be bought under the table

[a99az]

Impossible to inspect every single parcel...

Parcel and tax theft will increase...

Customs - the most corrupt agency in Thailand has just been given a license to steal.

Na! Just give each one a quick shake, and listen for the tel-tale, tic-toc.

[osiboy]

I often buy stuff on Ebay but only about 50% of unregistered parcels ever make it here.

So far vendors or Paypal issue refunds but if that number is going to be any worse it will become more and more difficult to find anyone who will ship to Thailand. It is bad enough as it is.

I have been buying and selling things on eBay for a couple of years ... total of 245 transactions to date. One incoming item sent from Canada disappeared. Everything else has arrived without a problem, along with many things sent by Amazon and other vendors in N. America, Europe, Australia and even a few things sent from China. Some things have been registered or priority mail, but less than half of them.

And the one item that went missing was worth less that $10 and most likely vanished in the bad winter weather then taking place in North America and Europe.

It seems accusations of incompetence and corruption are exaggerated in fora such as ThaiVisa and then further posts build on those totally unsubstantiated exaggerations.

The infamous Spiro Agnew once spoke of "nattering nabobs of negativism."

im suprised at some of the numbers quoted here, i've lost about 5 of 15 parcels / letters sent to thailand , i dont send any anymore

cant understand why this has not been sorted out , i think its a disgrace , i suspect thais dont see it as a serious offence ,

[JSL]

Just lost a repaired cell phone in mail. Many friends report same so I know it is rampant. For me 25% packages disappear. Agreed.... they are just too corrupt to give them this carte blanche license to pilfer!

Impossible to inspect every single parcel...

Parcel and tax theft will increase...

Customs - the most corrupt agency in Thailand has just been given a license to steal.

[animatic]

So we will see someone ordering a replacement transformer for a Fender guitar amp be hauled into jail, because some Post Office Employee has, no a clue what the explanation he gets, of what it is, actually means.

I've seen similar with FedX, the post is not as likely to be... as worldly.

Edited February 22, 2012 by animatic

[surayu]

Last year i had some new credit card being sent from abroad as the old ones were expiring soon, i made sure for the parcel to be overly insured, so in case it got lost i would cash in and just celebrate the loss.....

The cards arrived safely, however, before to sign the postman paperworks that i received the items, i opened the parcel on front of him, inspecting that nothing had been tampered or already opened.

Everything was there and it was all sealed, so i signed for the receival, from the next month however things becomes, how can i say it? "unusual"....

My bill was 3 weeks late and i got it from a neighbour...the envelope had been grossly opened but the bill was inside, during the next few days i stopped the postman for a quick chat and i did ask how comes if in the previous 2 years he never missed my address, how something like this would happen now? he smiled and said "ok"....right.

I am still receiving all my bills late but at least they are not being opened...

[surayu]

What does inspecting packages at the post office have to do with the recent bombings?

Incase Iran sends their first A Bomb here for testing.

....as long as they keep sending "Istak" to our local shop...i know i drink weird stuff

Edit:

and anyway, throwing and blowing up bombs in public, at a taxy for example, seems to be considered as a recreative activity by the local people in charge, rather than "terrorism"....what terrorism?

Edited February 22, 2012 by surayu

[rotorbreeze]

I often buy stuff on Ebay but only about 50% of unregistered parcels ever make it here.

So far vendors or Paypal issue refunds but if that number is going to be any worse it will become more and more difficult to find anyone who will ship to Thailand. It is bad enough as it is.

Very True last year I took 12 xmas cards to a Private authorized postal station in North Pattaya located inside tesco lotus, they took my money but never sent them...word to the wise, go direct to post office and send letters....and just maybe they will send them.

[SPG]

I give my postman 20 baht every time he delivers something to me, whether it's a card or a parcel he gets 20 baht. I shop online a lot and there is hardly a week go buy that something isn't been sent over. To date with my new address where I have been for nearly 2 years I have never had anything go missing.If I'm not in he even comes back to my house and the end of his round to see if I'm in before he heads back to the sorting office. He's had quite a few quid out of me now and Ive had everything delivered some of it expensive so both of us are happy with our arrangement.

[pomchop]

There sure seem to be a lot of people posting here that want to bash the Thai post office.

For my two baht worth i have always had very good service from Thai Post office. Never had a problem with any package mailed domestically (don't do international packages) and all the letters mailed to me from abroad or from me to abroad have arrived no problems.

Mailing packages, suitcases, motorbikes or whatever you want to mail domestically is quite easy and inexpensive...I am still amazed that i can just take a suitcase to the post office and they will "mail" it without me having to put it in a cardboard box etc. Try that in USA and see what they tell you.

[freedom4life]

Bad move Thailand...picking-up the habits of the age-old gov't scam.."action-reaction-solution" This can be celarly seen in the U.S.A.; ridiculous measures (i.e. homeland security, T.S.A.) put in place to curtail so-called terrorism. If terrorism is on the rise, it is either gov't-sponsored terrorism or what may be deemed as justified aggressive-defence or retribution against those (U.S. military-allies) that have killed, maimed, tortured countless citizens in countries such as: Iraq and Afghanistan . What would you do or become if someone killed your family members for no justification or reason? I believe that Thailand is now being targeted for economic and political reason, especially recently, why?

Have American and Israeli efforts to pin international terrorism on Iran just gone global? A series of bomb attacks apparently on Israeli diplomats in India and Georgia are now being linked with blasts in the Thai capital, Bangkok, for which it is reported that three Iranian men have been arrested.

Israel is claiming that the explosive devices recovered in Thailand are the same “sticky bombs” that were used in the attacks in New Delhi and Tbilisi, and that is proof that an Iranian terror network is conducting an assassination campaign against its foreign diplomats.

“The attempted terrorist attack in Bangkok proves once again that Iran and its proxies continue to perpetrate terror,” said Ehud Barak, Israel’s defence minister.

Thai police have named one of the men injured in the blasts on Tuesday in Bangkok as an Iranian national. It is reported that two other men arrested, one in the Thai capital and another detained after he flew to Malaysia, are also Iranian.

The Thai authorities have so far declined to comment on claims that the group is part of an international terror network. The assailants in the Indian and Georgian attacks are unknown. However, Israel has claimed that those apparent assassination attempts against its diplomats on Monday in New Delhi and Tbilisi were the work of Iranian-linked Hezbollah, operating out of Lebanon.

Nevertheless, the latest incidents this week will doubtless fuel repeated assertions by Western governments that Iran is a “rogue state” presenting a threat to international security, in particular with regard to harbouring sinister “nuclear weapons ambitions”. Taken together, it purports to justify the US/NATO/Israeli war plans towards Iran. It is believed that Washington has given Israeli a tacit green light to launch pre-emptive military strikes against the Islamic Republic. In this context, the latest claims emanating from Tel Aviv that its foreign diplomats are being targeted for assassination by Iran could provide a fatal trigger for long-held war plans.

But a closer look at the latest blast incidents raises serious questions about the credibility of such claims, and indeed could suggest that they are part of a false flag campaign to set Iran up for imminent attack; such as the case with Iraq (proven to be an unwarranted invasion of country-a grave crime against humanity which America is still to be hel accountable for)

For a start the explosive devices apparently used in Thailand, India and Georgia were so-called sticky bombs, devices that can be magnetically attached to vehicles for targeted assassination of individuals. In the New Delhi attack, a motorcyclist rode up to the Israeli diplomat’s car and attached the bomb. In the Tbilisi incident, the device was apparently stuck underneath the vehicle’s chassis. None of the diplomats alleged targeted were seriously injured in the attacks.

But this method of assassination has been used previously with devastating effect in the murder of four Iranian nuclear scientists in separate attacks. The latest Iranian victim of assassination was 32-year-old Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan who was killed when motorcycle assailants planted a sticky bomb on his car in Tehran last month. The Iranian government has claimed with credible reasoning that the assassination campaign against its scientists is the work of American and Israeli intelligence. The American and Israeli use of Iranian nationals as proxy agents to execute such a campaign is a proven modus operandi.

Iran has strongly denied any involvement in the latest terror incidents in India, Georgia and Thailand, as well as the alleged bomb plot against the Saudi diplomat in Washington. There is plausible credibility in Iran’s denials. What would Iran gain from such action, only grief and trouble?

This is especially true with regard to India and Thailand. Both Asian countries have become major trading partners with Tehran in recent years. India, along with China, is Iran’s biggest customer for its vital oil industry.

Thailand is of growing importance as a trading partner with Iran for oil, mining, heavy industry, services, technology and agriculture especially after both countries set up a joint business council five years ago.

For Iran to carry out such attacks, as is being claimed, would be like shooting itself in the foot, particularly because both Asian countries have refused to join in the US-led campaign to isolate Iran economically and diplomatically.

Put the other way round, it is much more in the interest of Washington and Israel to destabilize relations between Iran and its Asian partners. The repercussions from the blasts in India would appear to be having that desired effect.

Take this Reuters reports: Up to now India has not gone along with new financial sanctions imposed by the United States and European Union to punish Iran over its disputed nuclear programme. Instead, New Delhi has come up with elaborate trade and barter arrangements to pay for oil supplies. However, the president of the All India Rice Exporters’ Association said Monday’s attack on the wife of an Israeli diplomat in the Indian capital will damage trade with Iran and may complicate efforts to resolve an impasse over Iranian defaults on payments for rice imports worth around $150 million. “The attack and its political fallout have clearly vitiated the atmosphere. Traders who were already losing money due to payment defaults will be extremely wary of continuing their trade with buyers in Iran,” Vijay Setia told Reuters.

So add it up. Bomb teams with proven US/Israeli assassination expertise and methodology; target countries that are major Iranian partners; desired effect of further isolating Iran internationally; and, to cap it all, a long sought-after pretext for Israel to attack Iran with America’s blessing.

When logic and facts coincide like this, it’s usually more prudent to engage in reason than to indulge in lurid claims.

[metisdead]

A post with derogatory comments regarding Thais has been removed:

8) Not to post extremely negative views of Thailand or derogatory comments directed towards all Thais.

[jalansanitwong]

This policy is totally unrealistic. They dont have the technology or professionalism of the Australian Customs and postal services to check every box or use sniffer dogs on every piece luggage.

The Thais will open the boxes and rummage around doing more harm than good.

It wont happen. Theyre too corrupt and set in their ways to change.Another stupid idea destined for the HUB dust bin.

Edited February 23, 2012 by jalansanitwong

[hhfarang]

There sure seem to be a lot of people posting here that want to bash the Thai post office.

For my two baht worth i have always had very good service from Thai Post office. Never had a problem with any package mailed domestically (don't do international packages) and all the letters mailed to me from abroad or from me to abroad have arrived no problems.

Mailing packages, suitcases, motorbikes or whatever you want to mail domestically is quite easy and inexpensive...I am still amazed that i can just take a suitcase to the post office and they will "mail" it without me having to put it in a cardboard box etc. Try that in USA and see what they tell you.

What post office? I thought it had shut down! Since the beginnings of the flooding about four months ago, I receive no mail. Forget parcels, I'm talking bills that clear through or originate in Bangkok (I live two hours south of there). I don't even receive 3BB, Truevisions bills or magazines, TOT bills, etc. No telling what is missing from abroad or elsewhere that is not regular. For four months we have to remember when each bill is due and go pay it using an old one and we cannot pay them all at one bank like we used to do. We have to drive to each of their offices and pay each bill there individually. I assumed the post office had gone belly up during the flood as we used to receive everything on time before that... now zip, nada, zilch, nothing!