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KYC
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 Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 6:05 am Post subject: Sending Things Home: Surface Mail |
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| I need to send a few things home and plan on doing it by surface mail. Will it arrive to my home address or will someone need to pick it up? Anyone know? thanks! |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 6:06 am Post subject: |
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Depends on what country you send it to and the local post office.
In my state in the US, they try to deliver it at home, but if no one is there, they keep it until someone picks it up. |
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KYC
Joined: 11 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 6:12 am Post subject: |
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| How long will the post office hold it? My parents back home don't drive and won't be able to pick it up. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 6:18 am Post subject: |
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| KYC wrote: |
| How long will the post office hold it? My parents back home don't drive and won't be able to pick it up. |
Then don't mail it to your parents.
Wait, how do your parents get food, go to the bank, etc.? Surely they have one friend in the world with a car.
You can check a box at the Korean post office that says "return to send after ___ days," and there are other options you can check if the box is not received. There may be rules at your local post office, too. |
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ms.catbc
Joined: 11 Jan 2008
Location: Ilsan
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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Your parents or you could call the post office in whatever country you come from and find out how long they can keep it for you.
you could send your things to a friend if your parents can't help you out.
Surface mail takes faster then i had expected. i was told 2 to 3 months for a huge box and it arrived in toronto in 2 weeks. my smaller box only took 3 weeks as well. Not quite sure how that happened. |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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Surface mail takes faster then i had expected. i was told 2 to 3 months for a huge box and it arrived in toronto in 2 weeks. my smaller box only took 3 weeks as well. Not quite sure how that happened. |
The deal is that it is sent on a "space available" basis. If there's room on the boat, it will go. If there isn't, it will wait for the next one. Sounds like you got lucky (or it's now actually faster since boats aren't full of exports!) |
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MrRogers
Joined: 29 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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I was told at the post office that they don't do surface mail ...
it is all air |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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I was told at the post office that they don't do surface mail ...
it is all air |
What "post office" is this?
The US does not send out surface mail here, yes. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Sun May 03, 2009 8:22 pm Post subject: Re: Sending Things Home: Surface Mail |
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| KYC wrote: |
| I need to send a few things home and plan on doing it by surface mail. Will it arrive to my home address or will someone need to pick it up? Anyone know? thanks! |
I walk up to a place off post, hand them the item(s), they pack them, then I hand them a check card, and I get an e-mail a week later from the person in the US who received whatever it was (or in one case, I sent soju glasses to a friend of mine in Canada for his wedding, but I sent them to his office, so YMMV). |
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ChinaBoy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 1:07 am Post subject: |
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The OP's strange question has more to do with his local post office than Korean mail.
I suppose in some rural areas, maybe they don't deliver packages to people's homes. You know, where there's just one long lonely road and the mail boxes are all you can see. People's houses are miles back from the main road. |
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MrRogers
Joined: 29 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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I was told at the post office that they don't do surface mail ...
it is all air |
What "post office" is this?
The US does not send out surface mail here, yes. |
I was told this in the Korean Post Office. |
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KYC
Joined: 11 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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MrRogers wrote:
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I was told at the post office that they don't do surface mail ...
it is all air |
What "post office" is this?
The US does not send out surface mail here, yes. |
I was told this in the Korean Post Office. |
I was told that last year too. Go to a different PO. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| ChinaBoy wrote: |
| I suppose in some rural areas, maybe they don't deliver packages to people's homes. You know, where there's just one long lonely road and the mail boxes are all you can see. People's houses are miles back from the main road. |
For future reference, that's called an RR - a Rural Route. |
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