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#1 1Lucky

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Posted 2008-12-10 12:41:13

I haven't received international mail ever since the airport protests began - I've been waiting for some important deliveries for weeks. Am I just unlucky or is noone receiving standard international mail at the moment? When are proper deliveries expected to resume? In case location is relevant I live in Bangkok - near Asoke.

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#2 Mobi

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Posted 2008-12-10 13:20:02

I received an air mail letter from Hong Kong a couple of days ago that was post marked 24th November.

So it seems to be slowly getting through, but I live 15kms East of Pattaya - Bangkok should be quicker.

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Posted 2008-12-10 13:25:00

I have been waiting for an Express Mail delivery which was posted Nov 24. It left the US on Nov 26, but it hasn't even registered as arriving in Thailand yet.

#4 dave111223

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Posted 2008-12-10 13:51:28

For sending packages I have had all package sent to Australia go through successfully.
But all packages for the US have not arrived and are still marked as at Suvarnabhumi mail center in the tracking system.

Maybe the US has some kind of security control which is not allowing packages through yet, until the airport is properly inspected?

#5 h90

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Posted 2008-12-10 14:12:50

all german customer ordering 23. November are complaining with the first one yesterday telling that it arrived.

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Posted 2008-12-10 14:32:48

Posted Christmas cards to friends and family in Australia the DAY BEFORE the airport closures. These were successfully delivered yesterday. However, still waiting for a registered package from Australia posted nearly a week before the airport closures. Maybe outgoing mail is being cleared more quickly than incoming articles/mail.

#7 imaneggspurt

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Posted 2008-12-10 15:04:32

I am waiting for 16 items all posted just before or during the troubles, all from the USA . i have had 2,..tracking shows left USA then nothing !,.im hoping they gradually filter through,.

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Posted 2008-12-10 17:58:43

You are lucky. My friend sent me 2 limited edition prints in August and I was sent a limited edition book in October. Both are still in the wind!!! I think I have seen the last of them. Tracking said they left the country then Pooof!!

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Posted 2008-12-10 18:14:39

A parcel from Germany arrived on Monday. It had been mailed on 15.11.

#10 1Lucky

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Posted 2008-12-10 18:21:52

Thanks guys - at least I know I'm not alone now. I thought the claims that the airport was running normally again last Friday were somewhat dubious.

I hope things turn up eventually.

Lucky

#11 MKAsok

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Posted 2008-12-10 18:26:07

Not a thing here either (I'm also on Asoke) and I'm expecting quite a bit. You're not alone.

#12 WeeGB

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Posted 2008-12-10 23:27:30

I received a letter last week, sent from the UK September 6th!

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Posted 2008-12-11 00:20:34

Waiting on my birth certificate from canada, sent on nov 23 or 24th..

those dam_n pad idiots better not have lost it

#14 Ricardo

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Posted 2008-12-11 08:17:45

View PostWeeGB, on 2008-12-10 23:27:30, said:

I received a letter last week, sent from the UK September 6th!
My son received a birthday-card on 20th November, sent airmail from the UK on 15th February, for his birthday in early-March. Thank-God it wasn't sent surface-mail ! :o

#15 toptuan

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Posted 2008-12-11 08:30:27

Let's hope some of your parcels aren't in some PAD's backpack... :o

#16 longball53098

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Posted 2008-12-11 08:36:13

I would think there is a huge pile of mail and packages that were backlogged and now they are taking their sweet time sorting and sending the stuff.

#17 imaneggspurt

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Posted 2008-12-11 08:39:20

View Postsgunn65, on 2008-12-10 17:58:43, said:

You are lucky. My friend sent me 2 limited edition prints in August and I was sent a limited edition book in October. Both are still in the wind!!! I think I have seen the last of them. Tracking said they left the country then Pooof!!
The only time i waited just over 3 months for something was when it was sent accidently surface by the sender, came by canoe apparantly !

#18 Mosha

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Posted 2008-12-11 08:40:29

I e-mailed the family to tell them not to bother with cards this Christmas. That was the day before the protest stopped. I saw no reason to change my mind, after they went home.

#19 Wolfie

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Posted 2008-12-11 08:46:47

Had a UPS parcel delivered 2 days after the airports were vacated

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Posted 2008-12-11 08:57:12

View PostWolfie, on 2008-12-11 08:46:47, said:

Had a UPS parcel delivered 2 days after the airports were vacated
Yes the major carriers werent affected, and during airport closure i sent an 80 kilo lot with TNT that went via singapore to the UK and it arrived in 4 days,.brilliant when you consider the first day and a half were by road,. EMS on the other hand was stockpiled locally til it was over :o

#21 sbk

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Posted 2008-12-11 09:34:09

View PostRicardo, on 2008-12-11 08:17:45, said:

View PostWeeGB, on 2008-12-10 23:27:30, said:

I received a letter last week, sent from the UK September 6th!
My son received a birthday-card on 20th November, sent airmail from the UK on 15th February, for his birthday in early-March. Thank-God it wasn't sent surface-mail ! :o


Must be PAD's fault!

#22 popshirt

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Posted 2008-12-11 09:38:29

I received an air mail letter yesterday sent from Santa Barbara (CA, USA) on 24 November.
I live Sathorn area.

#23 cali4995

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Posted 2008-12-11 09:42:52

I sent two gift cards (w/photos inside) and a gift calendar from the regular post office
about 15th NOV. Nothing ever arrived. It's all "gone missing." I will never use the
Thai postal system again. Only Fedex, UPS, or DHL. Absolutely deplorable system. :o

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Posted 2008-12-18 06:06:45

I sent a parcel from the UK on the 28th of nov to Aranyaprathet,still not arrived.
Anybody with better luck ? :o

#25 PeaceBlondie

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Posted 2008-12-18 11:06:10

I got two air mail letters from the USA in recent days, no obvious delays. I live near the airport, so maybe the postal service just throws them out of the airplane as it lands.



 


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