Totally unacceptable auction exclusion!

You yanks are paranoid about International postage. I have lived all over the world and posted hundreds of items without a single loss or problem.
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You cannot use the same procedures to all countries. I recently mailed a money order to a country in South America. I was told by the lady at the post office (she showed me her book) where tracking numbers to this particular location was not reliable. The non-US postal system takes over at some point.

BTW, I love how Americans have to be SOOOO careful about how they refer to somebody from another country, but not the reverse. When somebody outside the US uses 'yanks', it is usually in a derogatory way "you yanks are paranoid"...kind of like "you people" or "your kind". I see your location is Japan, im sure if I put "you Japs" I would catch no end of hell.
 
Temper said:
NEWS FLASH, yes you can and I get a lot of stock that I track using USPS.

You yanks are paranoid about International postage. I have lived all over the world and posted hundreds of items without a single loss or problem.
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Actually they don't have a tracking system,they have a scan in and a delivery scan.That is not tracking,doesn't tell you where the package is at any given moment.The system is just about worthless.
 
Yes they do.

I guess this must be a hallucination then...

Label/Receipt Number: EQ09 6927 XXXX S
Detailed Results:

Delivered Abroad, September 17, 2005, 7:53 pm, JAPAN
At Foreign Delivery Unit, September 17, 2005, 6:29 am, JAPAN
Out of Foreign Customs, September 16, 2005, 7:20 pm, JAPAN
Into Foreign Customs, September 16, 2005, 9:00 am, JAPAN
Arrived Abroad, September 16, 2005, 12:21 am, JAPAN
International Dispatch, September 13, 2005, 4:24 pm, LOS ANGELES AMC
Enroute, September 13, 2005, 4:23 pm, LONG BEACH, CA 90810
Acceptance, September 12, 2005, 11:12 pm, SAN DIEGO, CA 92186
 
Late to this little drama, but that was the crappiest excuse for an apology if ever I saw one. You don't have the RIGHT to bid, its a privilige and its for FREAKING CHARITY, the organizers decide who gets to bid. Nice to try and put a discrimination against overseas buyers/collectors spin on this......a bit of a spoon aren't you??

Chuck, you have the biggest heart of gold and I love your whole family.


I send knives overseas all the time, never get a tracking number, I am always told there is no way to track using USPS........but then I am just a dumb yank...or is it chink? I'm confused as to what I am anyway.

Tanya
 
Temper said:
Yes they do.

I guess this must be a hallucination then...

Label/Receipt Number: EQ09 6927 XXXX S
Detailed Results:

Delivered Abroad, September 17, 2005, 7:53 pm, JAPAN
At Foreign Delivery Unit, September 17, 2005, 6:29 am, JAPAN
Out of Foreign Customs, September 16, 2005, 7:20 pm, JAPAN
Into Foreign Customs, September 16, 2005, 9:00 am, JAPAN
Arrived Abroad, September 16, 2005, 12:21 am, JAPAN
International Dispatch, September 13, 2005, 4:24 pm, LOS ANGELES AMC
Enroute, September 13, 2005, 4:23 pm, LONG BEACH, CA 90810
Acceptance, September 12, 2005, 11:12 pm, SAN DIEGO, CA 92186
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Exactly what method of shipping is that? It's amazing USPS has no way to track Domestic packages but they can for Overseas packages? Better lay off the crack,so say's the "yanks"
 
TOMBSTONE said:
Exactly what method of shipping is that? It's amazing USPS has no way to track Domestic packages but they can for Overseas packages? Better lay off the crack,so say's the "yanks"
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Its regular USPS International, no bells no whistles.

Sensitive arn't we?
 
Temper, yup, I'm paranoid indeed - I will ship international - Fed Ex, declared value.

I ship Fed Ex declared value CONUS as well - just my way of making sure little pricks with designs on claiming fraud are handled proactively and also makes sure the other 99.95% of the good guys out there are covered too.

I also understand that you get customs taxes assessed when declared value is hit - however, when sending a $1000 blade to Sinagapore, as a handy example, I have NO idea how honest anyone along the route is and I am not about to get into a case of arguing about the value should I need to claim insurance from fed Ex.

George, get a life. Calling and demanding to be included in a charity event and threatening someone over something like this shows you to be of low character and unworthy of your membership here. Quit your whining. If you are unable to do so, leave.
 
TOMBSTONE said:
Exactly what method of shipping is that? It's amazing USPS has no way to track Domestic packages but they can for Overseas packages? Better lay off the crack,so say's the "yanks"
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To clarify, USPS CAN track domestic packages, you need to ask for delivery confirmation then you get a tracking number.
 
tracking is not the same as delivery confirmation. Sorry.

I think the reason they can track to some destinations is when systems where introduced. It's likely that intl dshipping has a newer computer system and process that allows them to track packages better then domestic packages.
 
tntbegg said:
To clarify, USPS CAN track domestic packages, you need to ask for delivery confirmation then you get a tracking number.
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It's a delivery confirmation number,not a tracking number actually.
Only UPS and Fed-X have a real tracking system.I have no idea what Temper is even talking about,when I go to the Post Office they say they do not have any tracking capabilities for the customer.They can only confirm arrival.In any case,whatever a tracking number even has anything to do with this thread or having problems shipping Overseas is beyond me.It still won't get anybodies money or items back to them,if there is a problem.
 
Temper said:
Its regular USPS International, no bells no whistles.

Sensitive arn't we?
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Well, we consider "Yanks" to be derogatory,so I have a problem with your comment.I'm not sensitive,but I don't take any crap off anybody either.Feel free to put me on your ignore list.Have a nice day!
 
True tracking requires scanning along the way, at each transfer point, not just receipot and delivery.

USPS tracks Registered and Express Mail, for security more than anything else. Registered was always tracked manually, every time it was handed over to another person.

Once mail leaves the USPS system, tracking and security both become meaningless.
 
Temper said:
Yes they do.

I guess this must be a hallucination then...

Label/Receipt Number: EQ09 6927 XXXX S
Detailed Results:

Delivered Abroad, September 17, 2005, 7:53 pm, JAPAN
At Foreign Delivery Unit, September 17, 2005, 6:29 am, JAPAN
Out of Foreign Customs, September 16, 2005, 7:20 pm, JAPAN
Into Foreign Customs, September 16, 2005, 9:00 am, JAPAN
Arrived Abroad, September 16, 2005, 12:21 am, JAPAN
International Dispatch, September 13, 2005, 4:24 pm, LOS ANGELES AMC
Enroute, September 13, 2005, 4:23 pm, LONG BEACH, CA 90810
Acceptance, September 12, 2005, 11:12 pm, SAN DIEGO, CA 92186
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We've had good results sending packages to Japan. Have you sent anything to Europe? We've had very mixed results there.
 
How 'bout this, then:

If we Yanks decide not to ship to Japs, Krauts, Limeys, or any other foreigners I may have callously overlooked, then that's the way it's going to be! Nobody owes you an explanation for anything they choose to do. Deal with it! Don't like it? We don't care. So spare us your whining, your belly-aching, your bed-wetting, your irrelevant arguments, and your sanctimonious attitude. We don't care who can track to where. For a bunch of people who hold so much contempt for Americans, you sure have a fetish for buying our stuff--so much so that you get argumentative and belligerent when told that you can't. You won't take "no" for an answer, will you?

Buying from America is a privilege, not a right. And for us, selling to foreigners is often a pain in the ___.
 
TOMBSTONE said:
It's a delivery confirmation number,not a tracking number actually.
Only UPS and Fed-X have a real tracking system.I have no idea what Temper is even talking about,when I go to the Post Office they say they do not have any tracking capabilities for the customer.They can only confirm arrival.In any case,whatever a tracking number even has anything to do with this thread or having problems shipping Overseas is beyond me.It still won't get anybodies money or items back to them,if there is a problem.
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My bad...you are correct, just went to the post office yesterday and asked specifically about this....DELIVERY confirmation is not the same as TRACKING...where you know at any given moment where your package is....only FedEx and UPS offer actual TRACKING.
 
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