OneeyedJohn Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I have now received letters from the UK some 3 months after they were posted, the second occurrence yesterday. Annoyingly both times they contained letters that required a reply within a certain timeframe. The first time it didn't matter too much but this second time is slightly more important. Date on letter 8th August 2020, received yesterday. How do I know if when I reply that the same thing won't happen. It is all very well the post office saying it will take two weeks to get to UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robblok Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Depends a bit where you live the more you live in the sticks the worse delivery can get. I live in BKK and get my UK post (from ebay) usually in 2 weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetphet Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) Maybe you should specify "By Airmail" for return if it is a letter. I think price comes into with most people sending things long distance. So if the sender chose a cheaper option it might even have come by boat. I have had some things take three months. Others, and these were boxes, not letters, I have specifically asked for "tracked and signed for" at the UK Post Office, and have been given the options of delivery within either 5 or 10 business days. But these are not cheap. Edited October 31, 2020 by phetphet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eindhoven Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 49 minutes ago, OneeyedJohn said: I have now received letters from the UK some 3 months after they were posted, the second occurrence yesterday. Annoyingly both times they contained letters that required a reply within a certain timeframe. The first time it didn't matter too much but this second time is slightly more important. Date on letter 8th August 2020, received yesterday. How do I know if when I reply that the same thing won't happen. It is all very well the post office saying it will take two weeks to get to UK. They told me four to six weeks to the U.K.....it arrived in less than two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltire Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) I just last week sent an A4 document to Scotland and it got there in 7 days. I had asked the post office here (very rural, very small) for EMS but it seems they didn't understand me and sent it regular mail at a cost of 37 Baht, which I haven't paid yet as they couldn't tell me how much. I think luck more than plays a part with mail anywhere now. Edited October 31, 2020 by Saltire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 The girl showed me the big red R for registered post labels, so I said how much and she wrote out on a piece of paper, 800 baht for 1 week, or 180 baht for two weeks, so I just said normal, which cost 48 baht for two identical letters. I had to explain that Great Britain was the UK. By boat - u have to be kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 14 hours ago, Saltire said: I just last week sent an A4 document to Scotland and it got there in 7 days. Yeah, but did u fold it up ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I had one recently, from UK address to me in the North, exactly 10 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltire Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, OneeyedJohn said: Yeah, but did u fold it up ? No, sent A4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 I wouldn't call Chiang Rai , where I live in the sticks, so what is going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, OneeyedJohn said: I wouldn't call Chiang Rai , where I live in the sticks, so what is going on. Thats an easy one, Thailand, where consistency is rare and luck of the draw is the norm ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalevo Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I requested a new debit card from the UK. M-I-L sent it registered post. (I had asked her to courier it.) After three weeks I requested another one. S-I-L sent it by courier. It arrived on Samui four days later. The posted one arrived after 6 weeks. A lot of problems with the post from the UK is a shortage of flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 Had a parcel sent by Royal Mail came in 10 days, sent a birthday card to UK, arrived 7 days later,the first PO I went to wanted to charge 200 THB, as they said no normal post to anywhere,don't know if they were trying to con me,or just did not know,so went to the PO i normally use 24 THB, regards worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfHuy Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 46 minutes ago, phetphet said: Maybe you should specify "By Airmail" for return if it is a letter. I think price comes into with most people sending things long distance. So if the sender chose a cheaper option it might even have come by boat. I have had some things take three months. Others, and these were boxes, not letters, I have specifically asked for "tracked and signed for" at the UK Post Office, and have been given the options of delivery within either 5 or 10 business days. But these are not cheap. Update from Royal Mail England. James, the local donkey post delivery agent was stuck and post could not be delivered on time. Please accept our sincere apologies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 If it's important mail then you should send International Tracked, it's about £7 for an envelope. I got a sim sent to me for £7 arrived in 7 days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 14 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: If it's important mail then you should send International Tracked, it's about £7 for an envelope. I got a sim sent to me for £7 arrived in 7 days I'm not sending, I am receiving, that's what this thread is about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 5 minutes ago, OneeyedJohn said: I'm not sending, I am receiving, that's what this thread is about. I was receiving too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 14 hours ago, scubascuba3 said: I was receiving too What's the matter with you, I am not buying something and having the choice of how it is sent to me, I am talking about normal mail sent to me without my volition, and having it take up to three months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctormann Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 (edited) Mail deliveries here on Pattaya dark side are very hit and miss. Not just from UK, where priority mail still takes upwards of a month to arrive, but local post as well. Quite often, stuff such as phone bills just seems to get lost. I think that this is probably a problem with the local postie. It's been going on for some time and a visit to the local post office sometimes turns up 'lost' mail that the postie just couldn't be bothered to deliver. As for sending mail TO the UK, I find that it's essential to at least register it and if you want it delivered within a reasonable time frame you need to use EMS. Yes, it's expensive but it seems to work. I believe that EMS more or less guarantees that the item will be on the first available flight out of Suvarnabhumi whereas registered (only) mail will maybe wait until a container of UK destined mail is full before actually leaving Thailand. Of course, once in the UK, there is still the possibility that the item will disappear into the black hole of the Langley post centre at Heathrow. It usually turns up eventually. Another option for urgent stuff is to use DHL. Also expensive but not too different to using EMS, cost-wise. Edited October 31, 2020 by doctormann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 £20 to post a letter, I don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 1 minute ago, OneeyedJohn said: £20 to post a letter, I don't think so. Up to you. If it is the ONLY way to get a time-sensitive document delivered in time, beyond buying a one-way ticket, leaving Thailand and delivering it yourself, what are your choices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share Posted October 31, 2020 14 hours ago, NanLaew said: Up to you. If it is the ONLY way to get a time-sensitive document delivered in time, beyond buying a one-way ticket, leaving Thailand and delivering it yourself, what are your choices? Don't be so stupid. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnydrops Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 I've been pretty lucky getting my mail from the States (I know--not the UK) in 10 days. But one time it took over a month, I had it sent again because it was important. I got a tracing number. It got to Thailand in 5 days and then sat at a sorting facility north of Bangkok for another 5. The two posts came one day apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NUMBAS Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 the letters page to the BKK post has had complaints about the terrible mail going back 30years or more..many never arrived due to pilfering or 6 months late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Hna Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 8 days is standard transit for untracked mail uk to KK and it never fails. Address to a Thai person reduces any delays. That's based on anything upto 2g and with certain dims. 50 shipments and counting and zero failure rate. Had a couple of delays here and there but overall it's 8 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.B Posted October 31, 2020 Share Posted October 31, 2020 5 hours ago, OneeyedJohn said: I have now received letters from the UK some 3 months after they were posted, the second occurrence yesterday. Annoyingly both times they contained letters that required a reply within a certain timeframe. The first time it didn't matter too much but this second time is slightly more important. Date on letter 8th August 2020, received yesterday. How do I know if when I reply that the same thing won't happen. It is all very well the post office saying it will take two weeks to get to UK. In the UK you need to send International tracked and signed for. Sending from Thailand best to send EMS (Express Mail Service). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedo1968 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 If it's post from the DWP or similar agency in the UK it does not always come from the UK but via Europe, e.g. the "Are you still alive" documents from the pensions agency. Bank statements often take a month or more ( yes I check online too ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 My Are you still alive" documents from the UK pensions agency, with a Post stamped July 2020 took 7 weeks to arrive.. sent back as normal Registered she put a Airmail sticker on it.. 148 baht. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse123 Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 I got a tracked credit card in 12 days probably six weeks ago, and a tracked parcel in 8 days last month from UK to Kalasin. Some of those waiting three months, maybe this is when the air mail was all over the place to and from Thailand with the covid19 and did their mail possibly take a circuitous route with a backlog ? I remember also on here I sent important documents to Guernsey and they were returned from Bangkok. I was refunded in full. I then sent them and put ' UK ' at the bottom following advice on TVF and they went no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 I had two bank statements arrive yesterday one dated July 2020 and the other November 2019 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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