[meteorite-list] International shipping isssues

[Dave Carothers]

Good afternoon list members,

On Jan 29, 2006 and on 25 February 2006 I won and paid for meteorites I had
won on eBay.  The seller (from Germany) from the 29 Jan transaction and I
both came to the conclusion that the package was lost in the mail.  The
seller in the second transaction (from France) is not answering my emails
and I've come to the opinion that this too is lost in the mail.  I don't
care what the source of the problem is (Customs, Post Office, etc.) but I am
quickly coming to the conclusion that I cannot afford to continue to have
these international shipping issues.

Sorry, but I had to vent.............

Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Freeman mjwy" <dfreeman at fascination.com>
To: <Impactika at aol.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] International shipping isssues


> Dear List members;
> I don't know if there are other list members who work at the postal
> system but my experience after 7 months is  (you may quote me) we are
> all very lucky the mail gets delivered at all on some days.  Never put
> anything in an envelope that is thicker than three sheets of paper,
> especially pennies, and suckers...they will plug up a million dollar bar
> code reader and take an hour to get it out sometimes.  What is left
> sometimes is smaller than stamps, no addresses as everything got
> shreaded at 20 miles an hour.
>
> I never ship without insurance and delivery confirmation.  Priority flat
> rate boxes with lots of packing are my best and favorite way to go.
> Bubble pack envelopes work but are very easily thrown 30 feet to the
> hamper as are boxes but...the bubble envelopes get crushed with my boxes
> of 20 pound rocks sitting on top of them.
> Post offices usually give free tours by making a phone call.  Take the
> time to ask your regional post office for a tour of the sorting area and
> fancy sorting machines.............and then reevaluate your packaging
> and shipping methods.
> 3 lost out of 1,150,
> Dave F.
>
> Impactika at aol.com wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 3/30/2006 10:10:15 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> >raremeteorites at comcast.net writes:
> >Dear List,
> >
> >I was wondering if  anybody else is having problems with shipping to
other
> >countries,  specifically Germany? It seems that about every six months I
go
> >through a  cycle were things are seriously delayed or in rare cases lost
when
> >using USPS  Airmail to Germany. I have made hundreds of international
> >shipments and have  only had one other incident with another country
outside
> >of Germany and this  was only a delay. I always ship within 24 hours of
> >payment and to have  something take over 30 days is unacceptable. Can
anybody
> >tell me how the  German postal systems works and why it is so
inconsistent?
> >
> >I have had 14  incidences with shipments to Germany the last two years:
> >
> >10-with month or  better delays
> >2- lost for over six months and returned to me even though the  address'
were
> >correct
> >1-opened with no item inside (100mgs of NWA032  fragments missing).
> >1-Never recovered
> >
> >I would like to give German  collectors some reasonable explanation to
why
> >some of their packages are  delayed and others are not so any information
> >would be useful.
> >
> >Thank  You and Take Care,
> >
> >Adam
> >-------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Hello  Adam, and members,
> >
> >I don't handle nearly as many sales as you do, I am sure!!!    ;-)
> >
> >I have had very few problems, but more problems within the US than
> >internationally. One Priority Mail package to Peru Indiana, went to Lima,
Peru!  and
> >came right back, in perfect shape. Another one sent to Texas, got there
flat  as
> >a pancake with tire tracks across it!
> >Outside the States, I use almost  exclusively Global Priority Mail, and I
> >have had no problem (except for one  package addressed to Austria, it did
get
> >there after a long detour thru  Australia).
> >So Far!!!
> >
> >Anybody else?
> >
> >Anne M.  Black
> >www.IMPACTIKA.com
> >IMPACTIKA at aol.com
> >President, I.M.C.A.  Inc.
> >www.IMCA.cc
> >
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> >
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