Send registered mail to Thailand
Sometimes something has to be sent to Thailand, preferably by registered mail to make sure it arrives. The sender receives proof that it has been sent by registered mail and must keep it carefully. In addition, to be on the safe side, an email with a photo of the proof of postage will be sent to the addressee. So far so good.
The nice thing is that via a Track & Trace system (www.internationalparceltracking.com ) of PostNL can track the sent. On average, in my case, it takes 10 days for something to arrive. I don't know if this is also the case for others. Even this time with the Songkran festivities thrown in. Through the tracking system I found out that the postman had visited on April 21, but had not left a message due to my absence. So that meant that I had to go to the post office on Sukhumvit Road in Pattaya with my passport and the photocopied proof of postage. There the shipping code was checked and the passport to be able to receive the mail intended for me there.
It is always useful to have a copy of the proof of postage. This prevents a long search or irritation because it cannot be found at the post office.
“post trip”
Date
Time
Location
Status
Sat 21 Apr.
16:18
First delivery attempt failed. Second attempt follows
Sat 21 Apr.
16:17
Delivery man is on his way
Sat 21 Apr.
12:36
Shipment ready for carrier abroad
Tue 17 Apr.
15:47
Released by customs
Tue 17 Apr.
15:46
Released by customs
Tue 17 Apr.
11:46
Received in destination country
Thu 12 Apr.
02:12
NL
Sent to destination country
Wed Apr 11
22:03
NL
Shipment is with PostNL
Wed Apr 11
13:50
NL
Shipment is with PostNL
Wed Apr 11
13:48
Shipment is expected, but is not yet in the sorting process
sent 2 packages to Thailand and 1 to England last year. ALL 3 NEVER arrived despite track and trace.
What is the meaning of this message? I live in Jomtien and recently received a registered (EMS) package of almost 10 kilograms within 3 days of shipment from the Netherlands. However, conversely, an EMS package of 8 kilos took 5 months to reach the addressee. Read 5 months. Was sent by sea mail but paid for air mail. Well, that's Thailand.
I enjoyed showing the course of the “journey” with date and time!
And sometimes you learn from the reactions of others to similar postings.
Fri.gr.,
Lodewijk
My (business) relations bring everything to the post office at Suvanabhumi. Receipt that the value is less than € 22 to avoid customs clearance and.. even DHL can't compete in terms of speed.
Conversely, Thai postal delivery is the bottleneck.
I wouldn't always want to put the blame on Thailand.
Conversely, things often go wrong from Thailand to the Netherlands.
And the bad thing is that Post NL changes the track & trace code, so that you have to search for the new tracking number by telephone.
Experienced several times that after violently ringing the bell at PostNL, the item in question was specially delivered a day later.
The container was lost at Schiphol……….
My daughter has about 30 postcards sent from the islands around Phuket, even to my address in Thailand, none have arrived, it is rumored that people take off stamps to resell 55
happened to me too... I sent cards from Galle (Sri Lanka) to NL... afterwards I learned that this often happens because the wages of postal workers are so low, but these kinds of practices are actually scandalous.
Instead of stamps I try to get stamps, such an ugly R on the envelope.
after 10 years of living here (Bangkok) I can only testify that Thaipost is miles above B-Post in terms of service and punctuality0
Registered mail and EMS work perfectly.
My experience with shipping to Thailand is also not very positive. When I pack my suitcase, it usually also contains the goods that I would otherwise ship. I have better experience with that. Just make sure it looks used, so customs won't have a problem with it either.
My experience with post thailand: It's a gang of thieves,. Sent 5 parcels, all did not arrive!!!,…maybe they mistook the English licorice and paracetamol and many more of this kind for drugs. hopeless issue
Dear Louis,
I just sent my mail by registered mail. It's best to have a priority sticker
to stick on.
Will certainly arrive and quite quickly. (our Thai postman also told us).
Provided you put things in it that can't go through the bracket.
Yours faithfully,
Erwin
Provided you do NOT put things in it that are not acceptable.
We regularly send parcels to chiang mai. And I have to say it always goes well.
Parcel shipped last week. Left on Tuesday and arrived today.
Apparently the experiences are quite different. As a radio amateur living in Thailand, I receive and send a lot of mail to just about every corner of the world. I also receive and send at least one package to Belgium and Japan every two months. Not a single package has been 'lost' after 7 years. It is very rare that I receive a message: I have sent you a confirmation card, with a paid reply, and have not received a reply. Everything is kept very strictly in the database of the logging program as the labels are printed from here, so easy to check. I find that even less than 0.2% don't gain weight. The mail to be sent is handed in here, next to my door, at the post office and provided with a printed seal.
I do mention here: 'printed labels' and not, as with some, an illegible scribble that no one can make sense of. Perhaps I am an exception?
Never had any problems with normal mail sent to Thailand. Also papers for tourist visa application. Copy of passport etc.. Sent once by registered mail, it ended up in India! Never seen again. PostNL washes its hands in innocence. They point to UPS.