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rickchaw · Frequent Guest Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 10

Way to russia wants to charge me 60 USD to send me my original inviation abroad.
It seems expensive. ..60 USD to send a letter.
What do you think about that?
Is russian post is reliable? They don t want to send me that by standart post for 4 US D

greg222 · VIP Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 523

The Russian post is unreliable. If it arrives at all it could take several weeks. If your invitation goes missing then you lose the $30 it costs. I don't think you'll find any company willing to send it by regular post.

By the way, Way to Russia doesn't want to charge you anything Smile

. WTR is an information resource. The services advertised on the website are provided by other companies.

rickchaw · Frequent Guest Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 10

I don t know yet if i ve to take the risk or not (to send the invitation letter in BEijing).
because 60 USD it s a lot to send a letter. That s lot of money (To send a letter from france to china, it costs 1USD).
In the website, it s written that you ve the choice, and after you signed up it s compulsory to pay 60 USD for the shipping because they told you that the russian post is not reliable.
I wasn t supposed to know that.

nikir · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:53 pm Post subject:

I pay 3 times that amount to have an invitation couriered to Australia.

There is a 500g minimum charge and that is what you have to pay for a smaller than A4 piece of paper. The advantage is that you can track it all the way and it takes days and not weeks or months. It really is the only option if you need to provide an original document.

rickchaw · Frequent Guest Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 10

you ve definetly conviced me, i gonna pay 60 US D, better to pay that than to lost everything.
just gonna check if in seoul you need to present the original one (i m in S Korea now).

thamks again

rickchaw · Frequent Guest Joined: 28 Feb 2008 Posts: 10

Yes there something wrong on that web site.

1 The invitation (tourist or business) are sent from russia

2 It s written in the website that you can choose, between the standart post (4 USD) and safety chipping (between 60 and 80 USD)

3 Upon waytorussia..rusian post is not reliable (maybe it s true, i don t contest that), with standart post, it take weeks to reach another country and sometime it s getting lost ,
They gonna tell you that they can t send official letter by standart post

Conclusion: There no choice, be ready to spend at least 60 USD (moreover your invitation fee). I repproavh that to waytorussia, they have to be more clear on that point. It was a really bad surprise for me and i can t cancel.
I hope they include in the website the fees upon your shipping destination