USPS currently has a major problem processing any international mail. >From a Feb 18th DHL business account message that I got, citing a USPS manager to whom DHL Germany spoke, because of complaints and insurance claims for sendings to the US:
We do have a backlog at NJ NDC, which processes all inbound surface parcels [ ]. Currently they have a delay of approximately 250,000. (USPS management) So a quarter million international parcels are not processed in the US. Similar issues in the UK it seems, where parcelforce recently refused to forward a priority parcel to a London dealer from me, and it was sent back to Germany after lying around for 4 weeks somewhere, without any possibility of the recipient (or me) to get it delivered, there was no delivery attempt, no reasons given why it was sent back to me. Custom papers were included. Currently I only send door to door express to the US and also to the UK mostly (UPS or DHLexpress or Fedex) which is very affordable via a provider like Jumingo.com or upela.com (like 40 Euro for a tube to the US, 2-3 day delivery, less for folded, or 15-20 Euro 1-2 day delivery to the UK) If you book such a sending directly at the courier service website (UPS or Fedex) you pay at least 3 times the amount for exactly the same service. This is pretty absurd by itself. Wolfgang www.kinoart.net -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] Im Auftrag von Helmut Hamm Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. März 2021 17:00 An: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Betreff: [MOPO] Thank you, Great Britain! If any MoPo members from the UK voted for the Brexit: A WARM-HEARTED thank you from Berlin! What a darn mess you got us all in. Not only has shipping to the UK become a ridiculous nightmare: UPS Express used to deliver the next day, when Corona hit, they took an extra day, thanks to the Brexit, my last package took 12 days for delivery, owed to 'Brexit delays'. And it's safe to assume that we have not seen the of this downward spiral for a long time. Even worse: That Brexit sh*t is now affecting my DHL Express imports from the US. The normal runtime from the US to Germany used to be two days, and more often than not, my packages would clear customs before they even landed in Germany. I have a shipment sitting at Leipzig Airport right now, and I just learne, that DHL currently takes two to six weeks to file a customs import declaration, thanks to the Brexit. Like everybody else, DHL has been hit by the pandemic, but they could manage that quite well. Now, they are wasting countless hours with filing tons and tons of apparently highly complicated import declarations for packages from the UK. Helmut www.filmposter.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
