vagabond48 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 In early November, I had a friend send me a 20lbs box via USPS priority mail and it arrived within 2 1/2 weeks. About the same time, I also received an important 1st class letter that arrived within 2 weeks of its postmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 I just got a letter/card today from the US mailed November 01. Don't remember ever being that slow before. So there is hope I might get something! Was your card sent First Class Air Mail?(edit: Also.. Was there any history of mis-routing? I had one letter several months back that took a side trip to Taiwan.) Will take a look at the stamp when I get to work tomorrow but pretty certain it was 1st class air. This is to our university PO box and seldom have delays like this. Not stamps or marking on it indicating re-route. The address is a printed label and very clear and accurate address. Took a look at the letter and appears to have been sent First Class Mail International and I was wrong on the date, it was sent Nov. 30. Still that is nearly 6 weeks delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Just got the 4 packages today that I have been waiting for, all sent from the USA. All sent around the 21st of November. By the post marks, one arrived on the 5th, 3 on the 7th January. One was opened by customs (tax 127 Baht) even though was marked gift and value US $20.00. Another not opened but tax 7 Baht! 2 others not opened, no tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante99 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Mail has been getting slower over the past 2-3 years but it is not always. Today I received items post marked Dec 18. 26 and 27 which could have been sitting in my PO Box for a few days. The Dec 18 was not marked Air Mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardinalblue Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 From the USA is not the problem..have received two letters this week one dated dec 15 and the other dec 19.... On the other hand, I have sent a tital of 15 letters - three separate mailing dates dec 15 dec 24 and dec 30... so far no one had received anything from me...very frustrating... The clerks take your money and the letters but I actually don't see the postage go onto the letters . They do some step and then toss the letters into a bib behind them.... Who in the hell knows what is truly happening? I will track then to see if they arrive but man oh man sure looks like they could easily be supplementing their income by collecting the money and tossing the letters into the garbage later. I doubt they re-cycle. My wife says, oh they gave you a receipt..answer big deal..it's not a tracking device.It's a single copy not a duplicate which it actually should be so internally be tracking how much money comes in... Seroiusly doubt there is a check and balance system in place in the Thai postal service. Anyone know if there is any competency happening on the QA/QC dept or is it just non-existent here? Today is Jan 8th... CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 (edited) I just got a letter/card today from the US mailed November 01. Don't remember ever being that slow before. So there is hope I might get something! Was your card sent First Class Air Mail?(edit: Also.. Was there any history of mis-routing? I had one letter several months back that took a side trip to Taiwan.) Will take a look at the stamp when I get to work tomorrow but pretty certain it was 1st class air. This is to our university PO box and seldom have delays like this. Not stamps or marking on it indicating re-route. The address is a printed label and very clear and accurate address. Took a look at the letter and appears to have been sent First Class Mail International and I was wrong on the date, it was sent Nov. 30. Still that is nearly 6 weeks delivery. Total time on an airplane was likely less than 30 hours total. Makes one wonder where it sat for the rest of those six weeks!Just received a Christmas card today that was postmarked 11 December, or 30 days to arrive from Michigan. Still no sign of the other more important things mailed earlier. Edited January 10, 2013 by T_Dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 And another anomaly. These two were sent from the exact same place 9 days apart but they both arrived at my office yesterday at the same time. The zip code is central Illinois US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 And another anomaly. These two were sent from the exact same place 9 days apart but they both arrived at my office yesterday at the same time. The zip code is central Illinois US. Variability like that indicates a process out of control! I wonder where the early one got delayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgriffith Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Just received a letter from my uncle in the US (state of Maine). Mailed 1st class international Dec 18 2012. Arrived here Jan 7 2013, so yeah approx. 3 weeks. But that is during Xmas season, and he completely botched up the address. Surprised it ever arrived.... Usually mail from California gets here in as little as 7 days, maybe 10 days max. My mom forwarded some new credit cards received at her address for me in November- about 10 days from rural northern California to here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puwa Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 For me, it usually takes 10-14 days from the east coast of the US, and that goes for letters as well as parcels. Over the recent holiday, a package shipped from Amazon on Dec 20 arrived on Jan 4. It was a single book with no customs duty charged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Xmas cards dated 10th Dec & 11th December from UK & France & Cyprus arrived yesterday. Makes me think the problem is more likely to be here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraSnakeNecktie Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 I mostly send registered airmail from the west coast US to CM and yet to lose anything and never more than about 12 days. Recently received one 10 days. When I am in the US I don't think I have ever lost a letter or parcel thru USPS. I know it can happen but its fairly rare. Sounds like a foul up somewhere in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 All five items that are now past 60 days since mailing were in envelopes with a small plastic window over the address. No Christmas cards got lost by the looks of it but why would envelopes with windows be a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgriffith Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Definitely sounds like a problem at your end, T_Dog. Your local post office and/or your post delivery person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVicar Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Maybe I'm lucky, but I've been getting mail from the USA about 7-9 days after it is mailed. If it is taking more than 2 weeks, your correspondent is likely sending at peak holiday times (or not using 1st class). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippydedodah Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I mostly send registered airmail from the west coast US to CM and yet to lose anything and never more than about 12 days. Recently received one 10 days. When I am in the US I don't think I have ever lost a letter or parcel thru USPS. I know it can happen but its fairly rare. Sounds like a foul up somewhere in Thailand. well, lost boxes/parcel thru USPS are not rare around here... have not received 2 boxes in last 12 months... one sent last sept and another sent before christmas... registered USPS with tracking number... from Marin Co. California... shows them leaving SFO then they simply vanish... maybe it is just as well, x-mas package for 2011 cost daughter 80 bucks (usps) to send, 110 USD to purchase, it arrived after 6 weeks and we got taxed 2000 baht - and the box was never opened! hahahaha... wife went to Sansai PO here and asked them how they could tax it 2k without even opening it!!! Their reply was: we will gladly open it and tax you more! oopsy... we paid the 2k and left smiling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted February 15, 2013 Author Share Posted February 15, 2013 Our mystery of lost mail seems to be getting solved. Got a third item today marked as the image below. Also, four items sent by a bank in the USA never had Thailand in the address as the destination country. They finally checked the address after I provided it each of the four times the documents went missing. The local post office has been very helpful and if anything I have more confidence in the Thai postal system. The employees and postmaster there had a sense of pride in their work that is refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Our mystery of lost mail seems to be getting solved. Got a third item today marked as the image below. Also, four items sent by a bank in the USA never had Thailand in the address as the destination country. They finally checked the address after I provided it each of the four times the documents went missing. The local post office has been very helpful and if anything I have more confidence in the Thai postal system. The employees and postmaster there had a sense of pride in their work that is refreshing. So many ways to go wrong. So Taipei this time, Taiwan next? I've had difficulties making some realize it is Chiang Mai and not Shanghai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Not only mail from U S A , my daughter posted some computer parts just before Christmas, still not arrive,suspect all the temp workers at Royal Mail,some whom cannot even speak English. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippydedodah Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 just an update. My daughter had sent a 3kg box from USA on 12/12/12 and about a week ago, she went to PO in USA and told them it had not arrived and they gave her the money back (almost 80 USD) on postage, but no insurance on value. Then just today, we got notified by PO here in Sansai that the box was there. We went down, package still sealed, unopened and they proclaimed an import duty of 730 baht. We asked - based on what? All we got was a blank stare. well, better than last time, when we were taxed 2000 baht on an unopened box and got a threat to open box and tax each item individually. Just glad to get it! 2.5 months later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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