[meteorite-list] International shipping isssues

[Dave Freeman mjwy]

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
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>
>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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