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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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 Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| tomwaits wrote: |
| Hollywoodaction wrote: |
Your story about Canada Post reminds me of a scene in the movie 'Les Invasions Barbares' (Barbarian Invasions) where one of the main characters 'loses' his laptop computer at the hospital after having left it in his father's room. Security guards tell him they are powerless to help him, and that they cops are unwilling to investigate crimes commited at hospitals. So, he goes the hospital workers' union office for help in locating his computer. After so time, a guy from the union returns his computer. The guy asks "Did someone find my computer?", the man from the union replies "Yeah, something like that."
(And to answer your question, one out of three parcels sent to me from Canada goes missing). |
Yes but he also slips a 100 bill to the union rep guy earlier. |
Right. When I saw the movie, I kept thinking about the time my friend had to go to the emergency room in Montreal because he had busted his hand after falling off his bike. He made it to the hospital with his bike, asks the security guard if he would keep it safe for him since he didn't have a lock. The guy agrees, so my friend goes in to get patched up. When he comes out and asks the guard for his bike back, he says "What bike?". |
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Wisco Kid
Joined: 07 Sep 2004
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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My girlfriend in Thailand sent me a package containing some candy that I never got. But I've gotten every postcard she sent, and everything I've sent has gotten to its destination. I just don't trust the Korean post office reading an address in English the way it is usually written ie.: name, address, street, city, state or province, zip code, country.
I just picture the Korean mailman looking at a package with an English address and wondering where "Wisco Kid" provence is. |
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Apple Scruff
Joined: 29 Oct 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| I've got roughly a 50% success rate with packages coming from Canada. There is a Korean postal dude out there somewhere wearing my underwear and eating my Pringles. |
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trevorcollins
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 3:00 am Post subject: Re: yes |
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| I put a handphone charm in an envelope and sent it to China to my girlfriend. It never made it. Out of 10 letters I sent her, that one never made it. I don't know if it got stopped because of Korea or China's mail system. I suspect the commies.......... |
I have a Chinese friend who I mail a lot from all over the world. I think she gets my letters / postcards 20% of the time. I'd put yours down to a fault at the Chinese end. |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 3:18 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, Korea Post rules. Never a problem. |
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waterbaby
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Baking Gord a Cheescake pie
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:52 am Post subject: |
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| I've never had a problem receiving things (to Australia)... I've shipped dozens of boxes and packages using surface mail and they take anywhere between 2 weeks and 3 months to arrive... I wouldn't panic just yet! Did you keep your receipt? You might be able to check its progress through that??? |
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Ilsanman
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Bucheon, Korea
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:10 am Post subject: yes |
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My brother sent a bottle of expensive liquor to my parents for Xmas. This was from Edmonton to Saskatoon, Canada. He paid for some sort of express delivery, and the package was handled by only 1 person.
So the package arrived at my parents home, broken open and totally drank. My brother got his insurance money, but Canada Post or whoever did the delivery did no investigation whatsoever, even though it was totally obvious who did it. |
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