USPS is nearly completely nonfunctional now. Has been this way now for about the past year.
It's really bad. It's a crapshoot every time now whether any package will be shipped properly, or be hopelessly damaged or lost. > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com >To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com >Subject: RE: [neonixie-l] Shipping to Russia - Recently ? >Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 10:36:41 -0700 (PDT) > >>In the past I've sent a few parcels to Russia without any problems. >Parcels >>usually got there in a timely manner. Only one parcel didn't make >it. >>Actually, it did. It got all the way to the proper city, in Russia. >Then it >>got stamped "return to sender", and ended up, unopened, back on my >door >>step. Full circuit time ~4 months. >> >>Today, somebody in Moscow, ordered a dohickie, thru eBay. I went to >the >>usual routine of trying to fill out the customs form on line. A >little >>problem. Looks like the US Postal Service has no country of Russia, >or >>Russian Federation, in their computer. I called up the post office >toll >>free number, and asked. They were no help. >> >>I'm wondering if anyone, here, has had any issues with parcels to >Russia, >>within the last month or two ? There's some noise about Russian >Customs on >>other Internet forums. I never rely on those. Too much noise. Very >little >>fact. >> >>I'll try contacting the US State department, and see if they have >any >>notices. >> >>-- >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >>To view this discussion on the web, visit >https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/90cba1e7-2f81-4b7b-aa52- >90d5e194afb8%40googlegroups.com. >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> $4.95/mo. National Dialup, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, 5mb personal web space. 5x faster dialup for only $9.95/mo. No contracts, No fees, No Kidding! See http://www.All2Easy.net for more details! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/380-2201652317417352%40all2easy.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
