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Samantha
Joined: 25 Oct 2003
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Location: Mexican Riviera
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| Me too, but from July, and it contained $20.00 (USD). But my Dad thinks it was mailed to the wrong address. So...maybe not the postman's fault. |
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Mexico City
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| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 3:38 am Post subject: |
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Back east, we call a 20-dollar bill a Grin.
I think maybe somebody in the mail system here is grinning...
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Prof.Gringo
Joined: 07 Nov 2006
Posts: 2236
Location: Dang Cong San Viet Nam Quang Vinh Muon Nam!
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| Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:03 am Post subject: |
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A long time back I asked a friend to mail me some diplomas and other official type documents to me in DF. I remember telling him to NOT send them through the US Postal Service as they would hand them off to the Mexican Postal Service. I asked him to ship them by FedEx, UPS or DHL.
I called him a few days later to find that he had sent them by regular 1st class mail! Needless to say, I was quite worried and thought for sure they would end up on the wall of a letter carrier or MexPost manager somewhere. About two weeks later the large envelope arrived intact, in perfect condition from Servicio Postal Mexicano. It's not always that bad, now is it? |
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ls650
Joined: 10 May 2003
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:47 am Post subject: |
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It's not all that good either, that's for sure. I was mailed about 10 different packages in the months of September and October. I'm still waiting for three.  I don't consider a delivery rate of 70% to be too good.
On the other hand I had something couriered to me from Minnesota by DHL. The guy shipped it Monday night; it arrived in my office Thursday morning. Of course, I had to pay about five times as much as it would have cost to send USPS - but at least I got it! |
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business2300
Joined: 14 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 3:29 am Post subject: |
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| How about through Fed Ex or DHL? Are they reliable once entering Mexico? |
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ls650
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Location: British Columbia
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| Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| How about through Fed Ex or DHL? |
They're a lot better than Mexipost. I've used DHL a few times because I've been told they're the most reliable courier service in Mexico. They're quite expensive but fast and I've never had any problems with them.
When I came back from holidays January 3rd, I had a couple of packets waiting for me, so I'd say my shipping success rate for packages from the US via regular mail is running at about 90%. Don't ship anything of major value by post. |
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business2300
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| Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks.. Just curious because I'm debating sending checks through fedex or auto deposit... but I'll need to open a Mex bank account first. |
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