Re: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] November Secret Pal packages

[Ann Blunden]

When I was in England last year, I posted back some things to my home 
address by surface mail.  They took 12 weeks to arrive!!  Each parcel is 
individually scanned by machine, and then if any questions arise in the mind 
of the person standing at the scanning machine, the parcel is given to 
customs officers who  open and check, then reseal the parcel.  You get a 
note attached to the parcel to say that Customs opened it.  They are very 
alert to any thing at present

Ann Blunden
Dorrigo NSW  Australia.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ruth Budge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Arachne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lace Chat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 10:27 AM
Subject: [lace] Re: [lace-chat] November Secret Pal packages


Brenda, I recently had problems with a parcel from England not arriving
(nothing to do with Arachne)....I didn't know whether to blame the postal
service or the sender for forgetting to post it!
On the other hand, our daughter in England posted our Christmas gifts on
November 16, and they arrived here on November 22....can't fault that!!
I haven't heard of any industrial action or any other reason which might 
cause
a delay in the mail processing.

I always try to find something truthful, but non-identifying, to put on 
the
customs declaration stickers, because, particularly at this time of year, 
I
have a theory that parcels are more at risk of being stolen if the 
contents
sound as if they might be interesting to the handler.  So, when I'm home 
in
England and posting back new clothes I've bought there, I always remove 
the
tags, and then declare them as "traveller's unwanted clothes" (well, even 
after
all these years in the heat of Australia, I don't need to wear thick 
jumpers or
a jacket in an English summer!!)

I'm not denigrating either the thought that goes into,  or the value of 
the
gifts I read about in the letters about the Secret Pal exchanges, but I 
would
be more likely to declare the contents of those parcels as "craft 
trinkets"
rather than accurately listing each individual item and its value.   Just 
a
thought for future exchanges!

I do hope the parcels turn up.
Ruth Budge (Sydney, Australia)
Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I have today received
emails from *three* people who haven't yet
received their November Secret Pal packages - each one to or from
Australia! Is there a problem with the Aussie postal service?
As this is the last exchange of the round and everyone should have
identified themselves I wouldn't expect to see the acknowledgements on
Lace-chat, but if anyone else is still awaiting their parcel please
contact me and I will make enquiries.
Brenda Paternoster in Kent England
Arachne Secret pal administrator
www.argonet.co.uk/users/paternoster/
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