2015 Plushie Swap! All done! :)

[Skeen]

Hnnnnnnng you guys.  YOU GUYS.

You will not believe what I got in the mail!  O.o

[CoonhoundBetty]

showmeshowmeshowmeshowme!!

[Uninu]

Showwww ussssss!

Post Merge: March 23, 2015, 02:34:10 PM

Also, come on pony, arrive already!

[Skeen]

BUMP to bring up the fact that we have lost packages...   

[ZennaBug]

I hope international is just taking a little longer than usual.  It seems crazy that 4 packages would all get lost!  I once had a sock swap box that didn't show up until June.    Maybe they'll all turn up soon. 

[Tilas]

I hate to spoil the surprise but our last few packages are still "missing," so I am going to go ahead and reveal who your partner is so that you can try to find out where your packages are.

Anitasmom - you were to receive a plush from Uninu
Angelberries - you were to receive from Tilas
Coonhoundbetty -  you were to receive from Angelberries

I know you have all shipped your packages, so that isn't an issue.  Tilas's package has tracking so it should be possible to at least check to see if it's in Customs somewhere.  When you guys shipped, how did you mark your customs forms?  Did you send as a gift, or as goods, or with a high declared value?  I'm just trying to think of possible reasons packages might be delayed somewhere in the journey.

I put mine at the $100 as a gift (which is the max insurance claim on a box the size I sent without a ton more fees). I mailed it Tracked Packet International Small Business (I have Venture One) via Canada Post. So... it should have been there by now. :\

The tracking number is as follows for anyone who wants to look.
LX005559264CA
https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/track/personal/findByTrackNumber?execution=e1s1

[Skeen]

It's possible your partner will have to pay some sort of import fee then. 

[Karma]

I put mine at the $100 as a gift (which is the max insurance claim on a box the size I sent without a ton more fees). I mailed it Tracked Packet International Small Business (I have Venture One) via Canada Post. So... it should have been there by now. :\

The tracking number is as follows for anyone who wants to look.
LX005559264CA
https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/track/personal/findByTrackNumber?execution=e1s1

So, it seems it's here: 24/03/15   05:29   DESPATCHABLE TOLEOMINSTER PDO   BIRMINGHAM MAIL CENTRE
As far as I can  tell a PDO is where your mail waits for you to come pick it up?

[Tilas]

I put mine at the $100 as a gift (which is the max insurance claim on a box the size I sent without a ton more fees). I mailed it Tracked Packet International Small Business (I have Venture One) via Canada Post. So... it should have been there by now. :\

The tracking number is as follows for anyone who wants to look.
LX005559264CA
https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/track/personal/findByTrackNumber?execution=e1s1

So, it seems it's here: 24/03/15   05:29   DESPATCHABLE TOLEOMINSTER PDO   BIRMINGHAM MAIL CENTRE
As far as I can  tell a PDO is where your mail waits for you to come pick it up?

How did you get that? When I look on the tracking site I only get this. :\

2015/03/22   08:40   GBLALA,United Kingdom   Item has arrived in foreign country

Are you using a different tracking site?

[Angelberries]

I put mine at the $100 as a gift (which is the max insurance claim on a box the size I sent without a ton more fees). I mailed it Tracked Packet International Small Business (I have Venture One) via Canada Post. So... it should have been there by now. :\

The tracking number is as follows for anyone who wants to look.
LX005559264CA
https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/track/personal/findByTrackNumber?execution=e1s1

So, it seems it's here: 24/03/15   05:29   DESPATCHABLE TOLEOMINSTER PDO   BIRMINGHAM MAIL CENTRE
As far as I can  tell a PDO is where your mail waits for you to come pick it up?

OK Leominster is my local pick up depot. Birmingham is the closest main sorting depot. Since I had guessed Tilas was sending to me, and she said shes had no update since the 22nd, I called customs fee, because thats what its probably doing there for so long. Since its still at Birmingham, it may still be in 'investigation' stage. There they decide, and then send it on to Leominster, who inform me I have a fee, if they decide that I do.

I haven't had a card to say I have a fee yet. Trying to view it via Parcel Force tells me nothing (nothing new there then, useless!)

So, I shall keep ye informed!

Post Merge: April 02, 2015, 07:30:08 PM

OH and Its a bank holiday weekend here. So I would phone and inquire, but tomorrow is Good Friday, so forget it, the weekends the weekend, and monday is a  bank holiday. So we may have no update til tuesday.

But if I hear nothing by tuesday, I WILL be phoning.

[Uninu]

I sent as a gift, with value of 30-40USD (can't remember which). No tracking... I know international shipping can take time but it should have arrived in two weeks.

[pinkkittywinks]

I really hope the packets either turn up or get returned to sender.

Love pkw xxx

[Karma]

I put mine at the $100 as a gift (which is the max insurance claim on a box the size I sent without a ton more fees). I mailed it Tracked Packet International Small Business (I have Venture One) via Canada Post. So... it should have been there by now. :\

The tracking number is as follows for anyone who wants to look.
LX005559264CA
https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/track/personal/findByTrackNumber?execution=e1s1

So, it seems it's here: 24/03/15   05:29   DESPATCHABLE TOLEOMINSTER PDO   BIRMINGHAM MAIL CENTRE
As far as I can  tell a PDO is where your mail waits for you to come pick it up?

How did you get that? When I look on the tracking site I only get this. :\

2015/03/22   08:40   GBLALA,United Kingdom   Item has arrived in foreign country

Are you using a different tracking site?

So, after the package goes to a different country, go to that country's tracking site and put the same tracking number in. Other countries try to honor the tracking as well if they can.

[Angelberries]

Karma, are you looking at the Royal Mail or Parcel Force for that? As I've tried both, and it doesn't  recognise the number.

[Anitas_Mom]

I am out of town for a few days. I will talk to the post office on my return.