mania Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Just curious...I am pretty much writing this one off as my 1st lost mailing in years now but.... My daughter mailed a letter from US on April 3rd I realize timing wise that was right before Songkran shutdown so figured it may take an extra week but....It has now been just about 4 weeks so I'm pretty sure it is lost. But I was also curious what was the longest "successful" deliver time you have had from US>Chiangmai Lastly is there any bulk mail/surface shipped letter mail anymore? I had also wondered if there was a chance it got miss-sorted & sent via bulk slow boat mail. In the US I remember they still sent that method via air but only when bulk was full As an aside it was just a regular letter sized envelope & postage was $1.15 USD Thanks for any examples of your longest successful delivery 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 14 to 21 days. anything over ur SOL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) 14 to 21 days. anything over ur SOL. Thanks khwaibah If that is the case I will hold hope for another day or two since I figured add a week for the Songkran If it dies not arrive today or tomorrow I will ask my daughter to resend Thanks Edited April 30, 2015 by mania Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyL Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) A friend just received a Christmas card mailed December 23 from El Paso, TX. But (here's the kicker) it was mailed thru the APO system and delivered into the U.S. Consulate. (he's retired U.S. military, so he has APO privileges for small items like letters) That delivery was US government all the way! Thai post would have been much speedier. Edited April 30, 2015 by NancyL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Still waiting lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post noahvail Posted April 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2015 From the US, longest successful delivery was 8 months. From the UK, 14 months (christmas card sent November, 2012, arrived January 2014). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante99 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Got one last week that took 8-9 months to arrive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Have had two letters that took more than six months, and both were stamped "Missent to Taipae." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharktooth Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Letter or package? Does anyone send letters anymore? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernjohn Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Once received a credit card 4 months late. Had already canceled it and had one sent to my sister and she sent it special delivery took about a week. Still waiting two years from both the States and Canada. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triffid Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Well, well. It seems there are quite a few of us - and I'd previously heard nothing but reports of perfection on the thai postal service. I've pretty much written off a nice book/catalogue of a NYC exhibition that's now about a month overdue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante99 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Well, well. It seems there are quite a few of us - and I'd previously heard nothing but reports of perfection on the thai postal service. When the letter is miss sent to another country, that is not a problem caused by the Thai postal system. Not suggesting that the Thai postal system is perfect and do not think anybody else has either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichCor Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Any mail sent to me takes at least 10-18 days to reach me. On the plus side, after 4 weeks waiting, I received notice a package sent via USPS addressed to "Soi Moo", and Tambon, Amphur and Province listed in reverse order, was waiting at the local post office. The box had dozens of Missent and Undeliverable stamps. So, very surprised EMS even bothered to try figuring out where it should go, kept trying, and then who the heck "Soi Moo" could be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiang mai Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 From the UK, (the 53rd state) 27 days, from HSBC London. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mesquite Posted April 30, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) Have had two letters that took more than six months, and both were stamped "Missent to Taipae." I'm not surprised, judging by the number of fellow Americans over the years who have asked me, "How's everything in Taiwan?" Edited April 30, 2015 by mesquite 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Dog Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 From the UK, (the 53rd state) 27 days, from HSBC London. I just got an envelope from the UK in 9 days via "Royal Mail.h" whatever that is. Mail from the USA is running about 14 days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsensam Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 the shortest one i had was in Australia. i sent a parcel to the uk, the next day the australian post office delivered it back to me at the 'senders' address. bright sparks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elektrified Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 (edited) 3 months from Germany to here. 2 months from USA to here. Edited April 30, 2015 by elektrified 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerFace Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Not mail from the US but I once sent a birthday card from the military APO in Bangkok to my wife in Hawaii and it took eight months to get there. Had postmarks from every APO in the world when it finally arrived. The wife didn't believe for eight months that I hadn't forgotten her birthday. When the card did arrive I finally got out of the doghouse!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhhh ohhh Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 In 8 or 9 years I've had two letters, out of maybe a couple of dozen, that have gone missing. Both contained U.S. currency. COINCIDENCE? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mania Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Thanks for all the replies Many of them had me smiling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saan Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 On the other side of the ledger, I was sitting on a verandah in a Buriram village a few years ago when a letter posted four days before in Melbourne, Australia was delivered into my hand by the postie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmcedinghburg Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Christmas cards 2013 and 2014 never arrived, from Europe and New Zealand Birthday card with contents never arrived. Package from new zealand with gifts never arrived. So THE system here is not good at all. I send all my mail registered to assure all Will arive. So not happy at all [emoji37] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triffid Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) Reading (most of) those responses rekindled a degree of hope, which I'll try to keep alive for a few weeks longer. Edited May 3, 2015 by triffid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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