Anyone had mail problems?
 

Anyone had any problems mailing items to the UK? On Feb 29th I mailed a birthday card over and it has still not been received. March 6th (almost 2 weeks ago) I mailed a small box it still has not been received.

March 10th I mailed 2 birthday cards for my dad and he got them 3 days later... whats with it?

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did you have your return address on the envelopes?

i've had some come back to me coz the envelope is the wrong shape ie square which requires extra postage.

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Did you put the postage on yourself before you mailed the envelopes or did you buy the postage at a Post Office? What happened to you shouldn't have occurred if you'd bought the postage in a Post Office. The staff should charged you the appropriate amount.

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The birthday I put the stamp on... it was not a large card but I still added extra postage to be sure.

The box I took into be wieght and they put the postage on it.

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yeap... I always put a return addess sticker on there. :)

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There never seems to be any rhyme or reason as to why things take so long or not. I've sent cards that took a month and packages that took 3 days...so...*shrugs*

Yeah, those funny shaped cards are a PITA!! I can't believe you have to pay extra for a smaller card...wtf! :mad:

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the first xmas i was here i bought some lovely xmas cards for the folks back home, sent loads off. mid jan they all came back :ohmy: and so off i went to my local post office and they told me coz they were square envelopes they cost more :curse:

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i've just explained my learning curve with usa square envelopes on my post above.

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Apparently you have pay more for irregular sized envelopes in the UK now. Couldn't believe it when my MIL told me...had to get it confirmed by my sister.

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Ive had problems receiving mail from the UK, one item took a couple of weeks to receive, and another took only a few days, they were both letters, nothing bulky or anything awkward, from the same area too.

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I've had prolems receiving stuff from the UK.

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if they will not go through the letter box apparently. i dunno the uk is getting more and more like this country every day :(

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It's because of the machines, the damn machines!!!

Anything that isn't 'normal' (fits in the machine) and has to be dealt with specially. Manpower = extra cost, I guess.

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yes that's what my nice post office lady told me here. the machines here are not able to process square envelopes and so have to be processed by hand.

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It's erratic. Most things arrive quickly but we sent some photos to relatives in larger envelopes (sent from the post office) and they took about 4 weeks to arrive.