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Sending Items by Mail to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus (FSU)
P356:
I just sent a package to my lady through US Post Office, I put insurance on the package. Has anyone had any experience sending packages FSU using regular mail and not UPS or DHL?
Ferret:
My experience with the USPS was forget insurance, once it leaves the USA, it won't matter.
And on food items I marked it to abandon if not delivered. I once spent around $40 sending $30 worth of food and stuff to my wife's Mother in Ukraine, it wasn't allowed in, half was removed along the way, and it cost me around $30 when it was returned to me.
Ferret
Olga_Mouse:
--- Quote from: P356 on February 04, 2008, 08:09:06 PM ---
I just sent a package to my lady through US Post Office, I put insurance on the package.
Has anyone had any experience sending packages FSU using regular mail and not UPS or DHL?
--- End quote ---
I'm still waiting for a package from Chicago, dispatched on December 28.
According to USPS website, it left US on December 29.
Appeared in Moscow (according to Russian Post website) on January 12, 14:30.
Was waiting in a row till February 1!!!!
Presented to customs inspection on February 1, at 18:13.
Successfully left customs on February 2, 09:09 (are they working overnight? ??? ).
Still not there... and I live in Moscow!!!
Websites to do the tracking:
http://www.usps.com/shipping/trackandconfirm.htm?from=home&page=0035trackandconfirm
then (if the package has been sent to Russia...)
http://www.russianpost.ru/portal/en/home/postal/trackingpo
I'd recommend you to e-mail your lady the tracking number, so that she could trace the final part of package's itinerary herself.
Good luck! (You'll need it...)
Manny:
We always use good old Royal Mail bog standard air mail.
Make the package look not at all valuable. Do not use expensive looking mailing boxes with USPS tape all over them and dixie flags on, it is like saying "gift from America - steal me!" - I use recycled Jiffy bags, old wine boxes etc, anything to make the parcel look as "cheap" as possible and not interesting to steal.
Address it all in Cyrillic, with the exception of "Russia" in English. (Thats all the Post Office need to know) Write the customs CN22 in Russian also with low values in Rubles. Be reasonably honest about it but not descriptive enough that it looks appealing to steal. Value $2 of course and tick "gift." - eg; Versace sweater translates as "used clothing", expensive DVD's translate as "Data CD's" and Belgian hand made chocolates translates as "Candy" - total value $200 er $2.
If it is addressed in Cyrillic only, I think they will assume it is a Russian abroad sending a few items home, who knowing the Postal system is corrupt, would not send anything of value, thus it's not worth stealing.
We have 100% success rate this way sending parcels often. Typical delivery time is 4-5 weeks.
P356:
The funny thing was that the post office did not issue a tracking number for my package,
I noticed this as I was leaving and asked about it and they told me, that they do not assign tracking numbers to this type of shipments? I am going to the post office near my work to ask about this. I think this was the reason why I used UPS before, but it was very very expensive.
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