UN-Collecting

gregory

nisaba said:
Well yeah, same here (internationally and locally), but it always gets there. I sent some legal documents by registered mail recently, and with registered mail it has to be signed for, so it is a guarantee it gets there. But I've been using unregistered mail, ordinary mail, since the 1970s, which doesn't have tracking, and letters and parcels get where they're going. I don't see a problem with continuing to do that.
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I have known of valuable parcels that went permanently AWOL - I have claimed insurance on one in my time, too. I have also known of at least two members here (since banned) who got their parcels and lied about it - and there was no tracking PROOF so no-one could FULLY call them out. (When they later post about having the deck on facebook, you get a pretty good idea - but then they say they got it elsewhere. Yeah right.)

Not to mention the one who sold the SAME DECK (yes, I mean the exact same copy) TO TWO PEOPLE HERE - and swore it was tracked and had arrived... This one was sorted by our excellent mods, and she was banned - but many of us have been aware of these things. And since tracking doesn't work outside country of origin - I entirely sympathise with people who will only mail pricey stuff where it CAN be PROPERLY tracked.
 

KristinCali

gregory said:
Not to mention the one who sold the SAME DECK (yes, I mean the exact same copy) TO TWO PEOPLE HERE - and swore it was tracked and had arrived... This one was sorted by our excellent mods, and she was banned...
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HA! No way. What a biotch.
 

earthair

It is actually very possible and easy to send things tracked from the US to UK... thanks to the wonder that is the interweb I know exactly where a certain parcel is being held in the clutches of Royal Snail prior to delivery :joke: Please don't let that put you off trading across the pond!
 

Stormdancer

earthair said:
It is actually very possible and easy to send things tracked from the US to UK... thanks to the wonder that is the interweb I know exactly where a certain parcel is being held in the clutches of Royal Snail prior to delivery :joke: Please don't let that put you off trading across the pond!
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If I need to I may ask for your help with this.
 

gregory

earthair said:
It is actually very possible and easy to send things tracked from the US to UK... thanks to the wonder that is the interweb I know exactly where a certain parcel is being held in the clutches of Royal Snail prior to delivery :joke: Please don't let that put you off trading across the pond!
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Congratulations. I have email from Royal Mail saying it cannot hold up, and they have no idea where x is (I got it...) and from UPS saying it doesn't hold up outside the country. But never mind.

As for Royal Mail itself - well, I sent my passport application to the Canadian High Commission 7 years ago. Registered AND signed for, together with notification of delivery. Which means you are supposed to get a postcard back (I THINK they don't do that one any more.).

I became concerned a week later, as they ALWAYS get the passport back to you within that time. I tracked on line - nada - it said "in transit." I phoned the High Commission who confirmed that they had mailed the passport that very day - and said this happens all the time. And indeed it arrived the following day. I check from time to time for my own amusement. It still shows my application as undelivered and unsigned for. They have also lost and compensated me for no less than 6 packages over the years, as I always get proof of posting. So no - I fully support people not wanting to send outside the country.
 

Stormdancer

gregory said:
Congratulations. I have email from Royal Mail saying it cannot hold up, and they have no idea where x is (I got it...) and from UPS saying it doesn't hold up outside the country. But never mind.

As for Royal Mail itself - well, I sent my passport application to the Canadian High Commission 7 years ago. Registered AND signed for, together with notification of delivery. Which means you are supposed to get a postcard back (I THINK they don't do that one any more.).

I became concerned a week later, as they ALWAYS get the passport back to you within that time. I tracked on line - nada - it said "in transit." I phoned the High Commission who confirmed that they had mailed the passport that very day - and said this happens all the time. And indeed it arrived the following day. I check from time to time for my own amusement. It still shows my application as undelivered and unsigned for. They have also lost and compensated me for no less than 6 packages over the years, as I always get proof of posting. So no - I fully support people not wanting to send outside the country.
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Oh. LOL
 

earthair

Don't congratulate me yet gregory :joke: there was a moment over the weekend when they marked it 'collected by addressee' when what they meant to write was 'in transit' *doh*

... foolproof and accurate it ain't!
 

earthair

gregory said:
At a pinch, stormy, I will mule for you....
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Paying gregory's airfare between a few of us has to be cheaper than getting robbed at customs :D
 
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