[meteorite-list] International shipping isssues

Sat Apr 8 10:42:28 EDT 2006

For me loose a pack its not a good question for not
buy outside USA forever....If I have to seen the only
2 packs never arrive from USA in this time, my
collection have only at 400 pieces and not 650 type
now.

Matteo

--- Dave Carothers <davecarothers at erols.com> ha
scritto: 

> 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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