James, Do be careful about using FedEx for stuff that has to be there by a particular day. When the WMF has posted things to me in the past, FedEx have refused to deliver on weekends, leaving me with a trip to the airport in the snow to pick up the packages!
Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 14 January 2013 10:46, James Alexander <jalexan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 2:34 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemow...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > James Alexander, 14/01/2013 10:44: > > > > The test planned for tomorrow (for Anonymous users in North America, > >> without a discount) is mostly to see the potential for this to fund the > >> Giveaway program we've been running ( > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Wikipedia:Merchandise_**giveaways< > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Merchandise_giveaways>) that is a > >> run away success. > >> > > > > Do I understand correctly that you meant to target the notice to USA > users > > only? That's a good idea, probably, given the unaddressed complaints on > > undelivered items abroad <https://meta.wikimedia.org/** > > > wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_**merchandise#USPS_Priority_**Mail_Int.27l_reliability< > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_merchandise#USPS_Priority_Mail_Int.27l_reliability > >>; > > but I did see it this morning, so perhaps something went wrong. > > > > Nemo > > > > The survey today is worldwide but the one for tomorrow is supposed to be > North America in general (we've found that shipping to Canada and Mexico is > much better overall). That said however thank you for showing me that link, > somehow I didn't get my normal notification and missed it. > > I responded on wiki as well now but you should know that we were seeing the > same problems. To be honest I was taken by surprise at how bad USPS > Priority was internationally despite their promises to the contrary. > Because of that we took it away as an option for International users > completely and no longer use it for our flat rate shipping either (which we > subsidize so that no one has to pay too much). Currently all international > packages are going to be sent FedEx which we've used as a foundation for a > very long timer with success. > > FYI: It's about 3am here so I'm going to be heading to bed but will > obviously be able to answer more questions in the morning if there are any. > > James > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l