Post, did yours get there.
Jan 4th 2006, 9:29 pm
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Post, did yours get there.
I sent my Daughter her Christmas box on the 4th of November, last day for post by sea, she still has not got it 
Did any of you send stuff back home that way by that date or after.
Did any of you send stuff back home that way by that date or after.
Jan 4th 2006, 9:32 pm
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Re: Post, did yours get there.
Originally Posted by britvic
I sent my Daughter her Christmas box on the 4th of November, last day for post by sea, she still has not got it Did any of you send stuff back home that way by that date or after.
Did any of you send stuff back home that way by that date or after.
Jan 4th 2006, 9:36 pm
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Re: Post, did yours get there.
I think 19 out of 20 of our cards made it this year.
Jan 4th 2006, 9:36 pm
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Re: Post, did yours get there.
I sent two boxes via surface mail on Nov 4 to two different addresses and they both arrived ok, although a week apart!
However, a couple of years ago I sent a box two days before the last posting date and it didn't get to it's destination until the middle of February!
However, a couple of years ago I sent a box two days before the last posting date and it didn't get to it's destination until the middle of February!
Originally Posted by britvic
I sent my Daughter her Christmas box on the 4th of November, last day for post by sea, she still has not got it Did any of you send stuff back home that way by that date or after.
Did any of you send stuff back home that way by that date or after.
Jan 4th 2006, 9:38 pm
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Re: Post, did yours get there.
Originally Posted by Sue
I sent two boxes via surface mail on Nov 5 to two different addresses and they both arrived ok, although a week apart!
However, a couple of years ago I sent a box two days before the last posting date and it didn't get to it's destination until the middle of February!
However, a couple of years ago I sent a box two days before the last posting date and it didn't get to it's destination until the middle of February!
Jan 4th 2006, 9:48 pm
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Oh yes, don't give up hope, I'm sure it will turn up eventually. We've lived in the US for 8 years and in all that time I've never had a parcel go missing. Although the one that didn't turn up unto February was a nail bitter 
. I'm sure my family were beginning to wonder if I had sent anything at all that christmas.
. I'm sure my family were beginning to wonder if I had sent anything at all that christmas.
Originally Posted by britvic
So there might be still some hope
Jan 4th 2006, 10:16 pm
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Re: Post, did yours get there.
Originally Posted by britvic
I sent my Daughter her Christmas box on the 4th of November, last day for post by sea, she still has not got it Did any of you send stuff back home that way by that date or after.
Did any of you send stuff back home that way by that date or after.How heavy was your package? What about the dimensions? Unusual size? Did you include a return address?
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Jan 4th 2006, 10:18 pm
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Re: Post, did yours get there.
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
Does the method you mailed include a tracking number? Can you check that way?
How heavy was your package? What about the dimensions? Unusual size? Did you include a return address?
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How heavy was your package? What about the dimensions? Unusual size? Did you include a return address?
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Jan 4th 2006, 10:19 pm
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I don't know, as usual, no one in the UK bothered to tell me. I can guarantee that there will be someone who hasn't received a parcel and is sitting there fuming at me but doesn't want to actually get in touch to find out what the deal is.
Jan 4th 2006, 10:22 pm
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Re: Post, did yours get there.
Originally Posted by gruffbrown
You just can't shake off all those years of working at the Post Office can you
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Jan 4th 2006, 10:38 pm
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I sent mine DHL. Three days from my work to my mums door. Of course, it's a little more pricey, but worth it if you want it to arrive. I think all our cards made it before christmas, but at various times leading up to last delivery.
Jan 4th 2006, 11:26 pm
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Re: Post, did yours get there.
Originally Posted by NC Penguin
Does the method you mailed include a tracking number? Can you check that way?
How heavy was your package? What about the dimensions? Unusual size? Did you include a return address?
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How heavy was your package? What about the dimensions? Unusual size? Did you include a return address?
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Jan 4th 2006, 11:32 pm
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Re: Post, did yours get there.
Sent mine on Dec 2nd which I think was a Saturday and they were there by the following Thursday, I posted one later which went on the 7th and it didn't get there until the 28th..I tracked it and it left the US by air on the 11th and Royal Bloody Mail didn't get it there for anither 17 days..
Didn't get thanks for many of them though, I shall not be bothering next year, they can all piss off. I got the usual "oh well I didn't get time to go to the post office" excuse. Shitheads.
Didn't get thanks for many of them though, I shall not be bothering next year, they can all piss off. I got the usual "oh well I didn't get time to go to the post office" excuse. Shitheads.
Jan 4th 2006, 11:44 pm
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I sent 2 packages air mail on the 13th december, the one to the UK got there no problem before christmas. The other was to Canada and didn't arrive until the thursday after christmas. Weird. But at least they got there I guess.
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Jan 4th 2006, 11:48 pm
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Originally Posted by nethead
I sent 2 packages air mail on the 13th december, the one to the UK got there no problem before christmas. The other was to Canada and didn't arrive until the thursday after christmas. Weird. But at least they got there I guess.
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