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BrianR
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| darthvader wrote: | Another interesting thing to note is that I had 2 identical packages airmailed from London - one to Russia, and the other to my home address in Australia.
My package arrived in Australia 2 days ago (took 7/8 days to arrive). The other package to Russia (much, much closer to London) is still on its way......... |
I mailed packages from London to Sydney, they sometimes took under a week.
I sent postcards from all over europe to Sydney and to SPb. Sydney rarely took as much as 2 weeks, SPb took anywhere up to 3-4 weeks.
Also sent postcards from SPb - to London took 3 weeks, to Sydney 4 weeks. |
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darthvader
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If one sends mail from London......
What exact issues are there that delay international mail 2-3 weeks longer reaching a Russian address (eg. in St Petersburg), than anywhere else in Europe? |
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surfguy
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| darthvader wrote: | If one sends mail from London......
What exact issues are there that delay international mail 2-3 weeks longer reaching a Russian address (eg. in St Petersburg), than anywhere else in Europe? |
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darthvader
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| surfguy wrote: | | darthvader wrote: | If one sends mail from London......
What exact issues are there that delay international mail 2-3 weeks longer reaching a Russian address (eg. in St Petersburg), than anywhere else in Europe? |
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Yes? Thought so. Must be quite a job shaking every box and re-wrapping every present that gets sent there 
Very, very efficient domestic and international secret service, excellent SPB/Moscow metro, space program, gazillions of $$$ getting poured into Moscow and St Petes........Yet sending a postcard to one of these cities....... |
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polarrrbear
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Probably a lot to do with logistics, too, like there are very few international mail hubs, plus mail hubs are back logged as well as mail center staff not being the most motivated or highly paid.
Nonetheless, I tell you what gets sent fast and cheaper than FedEx and other shipping companies. Send stuff through EMS. I think USPS calls it Express Mail International, but the rest of the world call it EMS. It's quite cheap, about 1/4 of price of FedEx shipping, and it gets your stuff sent from Western Europe to Russia within a week, probably from North America, as well as from Asia (if the local mail service isn't slow). It's cheap, tracked and registered, so I highly recommend it. I sent my girlfriend in SPB bunch of stuff through it, like visa documents as well as books, and mailman even called her to arrange drop off time and location when she wasn't home. So if you want your stuff sent fast, cost less than other shipping companies, tracked and delivered, it's a good service. |
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moloko
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Hey everybody!
I'd like to share with you my bad experience with the UPS and ask for your advice.
Before New Year I sent a parcel to my mother from Canada to Russia.
It's small box - 6 Lbs. I valued it as $200. I paid for service $235 CAD.
The package hadn't been delivered, Russian representatives of UPS's office in Russia contacted my mother and told her that the package was arrested. They asked for extra money - for courier, for brokerage, for taxes. Total amount was around $200. After January 15 I have to pay money for storage of my parcel. So I have to decide now what to do: pay other $200 or abandon the service.
I know that many people on this forum are very experienced in shipment to Russia. I will be glad to hear from you any recommendations about what the possible resolution can be in my situation. |
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Soundbrigade
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We sometimes send packages with Royal Swedish Post to Russia and we have experienced that packages to SPb are ofen lost, whereas parcels to Ufa, Bashkiria always arrive, though one parcel had been to Bangkok (  ).
We also heard that when parcels and letters arrive in Russia they are sent forward by train, not by air, even if they are addressed to Sakhalinsk ... |
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Jebber45
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I need to send a couple packages to Russia, and like some of you - have heard that DHL is generally a good way to go.
I will be shipping them from my home in Chicago - my question is:
do I write the address in cyrillic or english? I can do either/both .. Just wondering since employees in both countries will need to be able to read it.
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mister_wizzz
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I sent several mail to Russia and I did like that :
Address (Name, street, city) : in cyrillic
Name of the country : in my native language (French) |
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Paul-Holmes
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I need to send a couple packages to Russia, and like some of you - have heard that DHL is generally a good way to go.
I will be shipping them from my home in Chicago - my question is:
do I write the address in cyrillic or english? I can do either/both .. Just wondering since employees in both countries will need to be able to read it.
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Try googling meest boston.
They have better rates than DHL. |
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nikir
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| Jebber45 wrote: | I need to send a couple packages to Russia, and like some of you - have heard that DHL is generally a good way to go.
I will be shipping them from my home in Chicago - my question is:
do I write the address in cyrillic or english? I can do either/both .. Just wondering since employees in both countries will need to be able to read it.
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I do it in both. Name and address in Russian first then English underneath. |
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