/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>7819885
If you're looking at your tracking on a site other than USPS's, it may not be updating anymore because it's out of their country.

>>7819885
I am not sure to be honest. My taobao order got stuck at customs for a whole week while all of my packages from Japan has passed through customs in a day.

Sorry that it wasn't panic inducing.

>>7819889
I'm looking at USPS's site and there's no update. Just that the original country is getting ready to ship. Can it take this long for it to even arrive to the states? Everything I've ever ordered EMS at least gets to the US in less than 5 days.

>Ordered a binder from under works
>Package is marked as delivered
>two seconds latter it is marked as "Undeliverable"
>Then it is marked at delivered again
>Look in mailbox, get NOTHING
I called USPS and they 'opened a case' and would call me back after one business day
They better fucking call me back tomorrow I called them on Thursday.

hey OP I'm another chicago anon. I had a taobao order ship out from china via EMS on the 27th of last month. Tracking didn't update AT ALL until after I got the package on the 11th of this month. Then it updated with back dates of when it actually arrived in Chicago along with an entry that it was posting to my location.
Fuck Chicago.

>>7819897
This happened to me once, turns out the driver was just too lazy to knock on our door and deliver it to us and took it back to the post office to make us pick it up there instead. We were home, the weather was nice, and the package was only a couple of pounds...undeliverable, my ass.

>>7819900
Bless you anon. I don't actually live in Chicago, but my package has to go through customs there. This makes me feel a little better.

>>7819885

Customs at O'Hare airport is the worst. I once sent a package that got lost for three months at customs...All you can really do is wait.

>>7819905
You're welcome! I've always had a problem with my stuff getting stuck in Chicago customs for a week at a time but usually they at least update the tracking. I guess no one there gives a shit anymore.

>>7819906
This really fucking sucks too. All my Taobao orders have to go through there. It's really offputting, makes me only want to order from Japan. My orders from glorious Nippon sail through customs in NY in less than 2 days.

>>7819907
Mine have always cleared Chicago the same day it arrives, I can't imagine having to wait a week. Whenever my package arrives in Chicago, I know it'll be at my house the next morning.

Anyway good news for people that hate picking up packages or missing them because of work- USPS has started waiving signature requirements because it's such a fucking pain to drag packages around for multiple days and a hassle for the customers to come pick them up. My blouse from Baby got left at my door when I was at work, which was pretty awesome. I'm not sure if this only works for packages under a certain value, though.

>>7819916
My postal worker decided he didn't want to climb the stairs to my 3rd floor apartment so he signs for me and puts them in the package lockers. I'd be nervous about having a package left on my doorstep.

>ship something
>it goes to louisiana
>it then comes back to my state
>it was supposed to go to a city in my state to begin with
>7 days to travel to a destination 50 miles away

>>7819916
Once when I was coming home from work there was a package from HP just sitting on the doorstep to my building. I don't know what was in it but it was huge and kind of heavy. I hauled it up to the apartment that was listed on the address. I REALLY hope it wasn't a laptop.

>ship item via EMS
>item arrives to US, makes it to my town's sort center
>next update in customs 8 hours away
>"Failed delivery"
>sent back to Japan

Had to pay for shipping twice. $60 in shipping on a fucking cardigan. USPS won't refund me the original shipping cost because it's "not their fault". The company I shipped from even showed me the packing slip that had my correct address and everything.

>>7819917
It really is up to our discretion as to what a "safe place" is, and some neighborhoods you just shouldn't leave packages in. But where I deliver and where I live, leaving things on the doorstep is considered a fairly safe practice. I really don't mind having mine left out. Package lockers are awesome, though, unless you have some idiot that NEVER CHECKS and it just sits there for a week.

>>7819932
I can understand that. I assume the people getting stuff left on their doorstep don't live in huge apartment complexes. If I lived in a house in a nice suburb I wouldn't mind.

Chicago customs is godawful. Good luck, OP.

>>7819936
WTF.

>>7819933
I don't deliver to any apartments but I wouldn't feel comfortable just leaving packages out there, especially anything that seemed expensive. Our office advises us to take that sort of thing back for pick up if nobody is there to sign for it. But the carriers that deliver to apartments aren't generally given a lot of leeway on time to get those finished in and those offices are crowded, and so unfortunately you get people taking shortcuts and just trying to get the packages out of their trucks. I'm lucky enough not to work delivery in a big city.

That fucking biscuit replica bag.
Ask the seller if it's in stock. Seriously. Well it is a replica. Even so FOUR times i tried to buy the brown biscuit. Every time it's out of stock and also after i get told its out of stock they still display the product picture.

>>7819936
awesome

>order old lolita dress
>super excited
>stay up all night to win this auction
>ask bf to purchase it for me (we live pretty much as a married couple)
>his paypal address is the wrong address
>he DOESNT READ THE WARNINGS AT ALL AND CLICKS THROUGH
>it ships to a place he lived three years ago in a mexican neighborhood
>the leiseowner hates him

>I show up a month later asking what happen
>he lies to my face and tells me he never got it
>package says it was SIGNED FOR
>cry on the way home

I'm not sure what to do. its been 3 months since them.
I'm still upset

Yeah..this fucking shit. My local post office ALWAYS loses my packages somehow delivers it to the wrong apartment building. Is it so hard to read the address on the package?

Also got this stupid shit happening...package was delivered to chicago, then rerouted to Iowa ff, theb shipped BACK to IL. I live in green bay, wi - how the hell is Forest Park, IL my "destination"?? Pic related.

>order from IW
>reserve Union Jack high waist JSK in chocolate
>pay them via Paypal
>they ship the item
>sits in customs in New York for a few days
>weird cause this never happens to me
>finally gets delivered
>it's in a box and not the standard paper package
>there's duck tape everywhere
>open the top of the box
>smells p bad
>get the JSK out
>smells like urine
>the JSK smells like cat urine
>the entire JSK smells like cat urine
>my entire dress is ruined because of cat urine
>check the box again
>there's a dead kitty in the box
>kitty must have gotten in the packaging and pissed itself to death
>go to post office
>it's not our problem, it's JPost's problem

>>7819972
Are you fucking serious? Pics or it didn't happen.

>>7819972
it's called insurance

>>7819972
Call JFK customs.

>>7819972
A CAT
ARE YOU SERIOUS

>>7819929
Happened to me too. My package made it to the next town over and was marked "invalid address" for reasons unknown to me since it was absolutely correct. Package was returned oversees and the sender claims they never got it. USPS stopped updating the tracking info when it left NYC so I'm out the full cost of the items. Thanks, USPS.

>>7819972
Sorry, calling bullshit on this. You had to recheck the box a second time to realize there was a 10lb animal there? Did you just assume they'd cushioned your dress with bricks?

>>7819976
Can't post a dead kitty on here since it's against the rules. I've contacted IW about this with the photos taken and haven't gotten word yet.

Poor kitty, I don't know how it got in. I do know it's a pure breed from Japan and someone was going to use it for breeding or for their enjoyment as a companion.

>>7819980
I know. Didn't realize it.

>>7819981
I did. They're getting into the bottom of this.

>>7819885
I'd call them to be honest and have them put in an inquiry as to where your package is.
And also sign up on the USPS tracking site to be emailed about every update on that package.

>>7819972
Well, if this is true this just might be one of the worst horror stories I've heard. A dead animal coming in with your ruined dress is way more awful than missing items.

Also, it's really sad for the kitty, but why did it end up anywhere near mail?

>>7820002
Thanks. I'll call them tomorrow then. I did sign up for the emails. First time I actually got anything too, I've tried signing up for texts and it never works.

>>7819993
>I do know it's a pure breed from Japan and someone was going to use it for breeding or for their enjoyment as a companion.

Looks like you have autism, sorry you had to find out this way.

>>7819993
Since it's board relevant I'm pretty sure you can post it, I mean have you seen /an/ lately?
Animal kingdom guro everywhere, and it's a blue board too.

>>7820012
Yeah its ok to post it because it is relevant I think. Noone will believe you until you do anon.

>>7819993
upload to imgur and post link, its not against the rules for that, as long as you warn people what you're linking too

>>7820008
looks like you do too, edgemaster.

>>7819993
Uh, if it went through customs and got opened like you said, they would have removed the cat, liar.

>>7820020
How about you rethink your standpoint
>how the fuck would they know about the cat being a purebred Japanese cat
>why would customs leave a dead cat in a package
>why is the dress not ripped to shreads as well as covered in pee
>IW wraps their dresses in plastic

nothing adds up.

I've had a package sent EMS from California to Arizona that got lost in the mail. When I called asking where it was, I was told they don't know. Like how the fuck do you not know where an EMS package is.

Also had another package coming from New York to Texas that took over a month to get to me after it was mailed.
Had a tracked package coming from Japan that was MIA for almost 3 weeks once it entered the US sorting facility and left to JFK. I called my post office, the main USPS line, and the sorting facility that it left from to find out where it was. No one was sure where it was, but would look into it. A few days later the tracking finally updated and I eventually got my package.
And a package that was delivered to the wrong house. No idea who got it, and the postal worker that does my route couldn't remember what house they ended up giving it to. I hope the asshole who kept my package fucking choke on it.

Gotta see dem photos anon.

>>7819992
It appears the poster pointed out it was a kitten. Those don't weigh 10lbs.

>>7820008
Shut up. She just lost a dress and had an unexpected surprise. I would have been in shock too.

>>7820012
Please don't encourage her. I don't what to see guro on here especially after a certain someone eating menstrual blood. >_<

>>7820028
> >_<
nobody cares about whether or not you get triggered, tumblr trash.

>>7820029
Oh knock it off cunt. At least you will never live through the trauma of shipping nightmares. :^)

>>7820033
But she's clearly lying.

>>7819929
THIS FUCKING HAPPENED TO ME TOO! I bought a dress on mbok and paid for EMS. USPS sent my fucking package back to goddamn Japan after ONE delivery attempt. I was furious. I'm still furious. It's been months and I'm still mad about how I had to pay $60 for shipping, it wasn't even a dream dress.

>>7819936
I'm crying

>>7819956
Well, he already paid for it, so that's that. His money to lose. If he complains about having wasted money, call him a faggot for getting it shipped to the wrong place.

where's all the gore at boii

>>7820045
OP was lying, OP won't delivar.

>>7819936
HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN?

>>7820038
I hope you're crying in a good way
If that happened to me I'd be laughing my ass off

>>7820039
he sees it as
>well it was just $75 and was tacky anyway

I see it ass
>I'm so tall it was strapless, it was adorably tacky, It would fit me, its gone forever

Man, what a disappointment. Now I've got blue balls for some fresh shipping nightmare stories.

I am going through my mail horror story right now. The address marked on my package was incorrect, and in my trying to retrieve it, it went to at least three other states. Finally it arrived in Chicago (so close, and yet so far) and there was no tracking update for weeks, so I contacted the post office and they said they opened an investigation. I spoke to them at least once a week, and now its been two months, and FINALLY someone responded to me saying the package has most likely been returned to the sender. So I contacted my shopping service and let them know, and offered to pay for shipping again if they can resend it when it arrives.

All the shopping service does is read the tracking information and say it has arrived in Chicago. Its taken me three emails to reach someone who seems to understand the situation, and they are asking for proof that the package has been shipped back to them. The proof will be when they receive the package, I guess?

I am just so frustrated over this, its the second time in a row that an international package of mine has been completely lost. It was a large taobao order, and it was a lot of money to just write off as lost.

>>7819972
Yeah right

>>7820051
Possibly strong winds? That or the postal man threw it, but then the real question is fucking why?

>>7819993
How do you know it was a purebred? What breed was it?

>>7819956
Get the USPS involved. If you live in the USA taking someone else's mail is a crime. So is keeping it. So have USPS investigate it. Tell them that it was signed for but it wasn't by you and say that he took it and forged your signature.

>>7820259
I've had them investigate it as well.
I was on the phone with them since day one.
he told them he never recieved it as well.
I'm not sure what to do at this point.

>>7819993
This post is so much bullshit .

>live 30 min away from la
>order something on ebay
>seller location in la
>won't let me pick up
>4 days later, remember and check tracking
>should've been here in like 2 days max wtf is up
>package sent to kansas
>what the fuck
>continue tracking package over the next week
>send to wyoming, then louisiana, then back to kansas
>2 weeks later finally back in cali
>delivered safely but have no use for the item anymore because late
address was typed out clearly too, don't know what was the post office's deal

Moved across country, family was to send out a really expensive item, didn't insure it, 300 dollars of good vanish out of fucking nowhere and no one has any answers, marked as 'delivered' and USPS refuses to even look into it.

>>7820270
It's what happens when old people work the manual tracking# input machines.

See, USPS allocates jobs based on seniority. So literally, seniority goes to the seniors. They get to do a terrible lazy job in the sorting facilities.

I've had so many lost/stolen parcels that i've had 2 couriers' jobs terminated in the past 5 months.

Serious advice going into the holiday season- get your shit insured and don't use first class.

>>7820892
The amount of people that just won't retire from the USPS is ridiculous. The retirement benefits are great, just fucking take them and leave.

I have an aliexpress order that "sent to airline" after clearing Chinese customs on August 23. USPS tracking still has no record of it, and it's now September 15. What the fuck did it fall off the plane I AM SO CONFUSED. I need my socks, you bitches.

Currently waiting on a wig too that's just totally MIA. My fault for buying cheap shit on ebay, but I have to wait until September 22 til ebay will let me report it missing. Sonuvabitch.

But then I had a petticoat reach me in exactly a week via airmail so I guess for every two or three major panic-inducing fuck-ups I get a pleasant surprise.

>>7820904
Yea. It needs to be forced once they reach a certain age. They are the largest cause of our lost and mis-routed packages. They also cause the most workplace issues by taking jobs ill-suited for them but are the easiest compared to being put on overnights or delivery. If they see you (a newbie) in a job position they want (even though you're much better than them at it), they will cry to the union and have you removed so they can have your job.

Also, i've had $60 worth of parcels lost in the past 30 days and i'll never get them reimbursed since he marked both as delivered. I'll never know what happened to them because he was fired shortly after for the previous fuckups.

>>7820927
Sent to airline doesn't mean it's actually made it onto a plane yet or even assigned a flight. China can be weirdly slow or weirdly fast without any real predictable pattern.

>>7820934
At least he was fired. Yikes. We haven't been able to keep many CCAs despite hiring so many at my office because they keep sending us out on the most difficult routes that none of the people with seniority want, yet they can't understand why newbies can't get them done "on time" without the sufficient experience. It's a bit of a mess, and it sucks because the the constant in and out of new people means that more and more packages are being handled by new people with very little experience and proper training. The first day they sent me out, I didn't even have a scanner or the pink slips on me and was expected to drop off packages. lol

>>7820972
Ooooh, that's bizarre. Thank you. My basic google about the situation had me thinking that Sent To Airline meant it was happily actually on its way to me which is why I was so confused. 3 weeks on an airplane ain't cute.

>>7820262
Do you still have the tracking page? I don't live in the US, so I'm not exactly sure how their site works, but can you see a picture of his signature under the signed status or when you click on it? If he did sign for it, I imagine there must be a record of his signature somewhere.

Honestly, I would go to the police station and see if you can at least file a police report.

>>7821156
When packages are signed for, we use a scanner to image capture the signature so there should be a record of it.

>>7820259
USPS doesnt give a shit though, I had a package misdelivered and I called every day for like 2 weeks, left a note on the house it went to asking for my shit back, USPS just started hanging up on me after 10 days, went in person, the whole 9 yards. It was like worth $15 but I was pissed bc it wasnt the first time I had problems

The only horror stories I really have is that fuckwads steal our mail from our letter box. So at one point we randomly got a final notice for a bill we didn't know was due, but the company were pretty chill about the situation and gave us an extra few weeks to pay.

I always get aany important packages sent to my parent's po box because of this. They used to work for Aus Post so when the local delivery centres see our names they know not to fuck around lest my dad kicks their asses.

>>7821659
>fuckwads steal our mail from our letter box
>fucking straya

Seriously though, fuck Aus Post. My delivery lady got fired recently because she couldn't even come to try and deliver my fucking engagement ring. I spent a week thinking it was missing.

>>7821716
fucking hell though, why would you get your ring sent in the post?

auspost is pretty good for not losing shit, but they're pretty stupid sometimes. they don't bother looking at postcodes (sent my mail to a po box in some other suburb) and their help line people are so undertrained they give different answers to the simplest things

the delivery people in my area are pretty good (before i got my po box) and they always knocked on the door

>>7821156
yeah I still have the tracking number and investigation number.
you can't click to see the signature, it just says "arrived"

I saw this at a stoplight today and thought of you ladies.

>>7822139
You know, I saw one getting towed too the other day. Not on that kind of truck, but still.

>>7820934
>>7820972
welcome to unionized package services
it's kind of the same with UPS. there are guys whose bodies are all fucked up from the years of working there (some having worked there decades) but they stay on because of seniority and pay and because it's hard for UPS to can anyone because of the union

I'm all for unions establishing a baseline but at a certain point things just start getting taken advantage of

Not a horror story, but im pretty mad. This is the last thing I need to finish a costume, and it just.. didnt get delivered. No mail did. Ugh.

>>7822207
Maybe your truck was the one in >7822139.

>package sent EMS from japan
>passes through customs quickly, comes to LA from CA
>arrives my post office
>"Out for Delivery" this morning
>no slip for delivery attempt, check tracking again
>"arrived at unit" "sorting complete" "out for delivery" in some bumfuck bayou cajun trash town 2 hrs outside my city
>pls don't deliver my magical etoile op to random swamp people

>>7820270
Same thing happened to me. Sent my parents who live in NY something through 2 Day ended up in cali enough though I sent another package going the same way that day and it ended up where it need to be. sometimes usps just amazes me.

>>7821716
>>7821752

I just made an order with Hot Topic this morning and they don't deliver to PO boxes. So now it's up to my partner to make sure scumbags don't pillage pur order because his birthday present is in there ._.

Please Aus Post hold out for me!

>>7819885
>>7819894
smh quit buying illegal

>>7824564
What?

Is anyone getting packages slow from Bodyline or Japan post recently? My Bodyline order's tracking hasn't been updated for 4-5 days and I'm starting to get worried (hasn't left the country yet)

>>7824642
My bodyline order actually came by AIR in like a week and a half. It left customs yesterday morning.

I have had issues with things from bodyline getting stuck in customs though, it came in from japan in two days and then sat in customs for a week, same as the last one. Last package had shoes in it, so I thought it might be the metal on the buckles, but this one's just a seifuku.

>>7823326
>get item from Lancaster, PA
>live in small town ~40 minutes from there
>package goes from Lancaster to Harrisburg
>to Cincinnatti
>back to Harrisburg
>back to Lancaster
>then finally to me

It took them over 24 driving hours to make a fucking 40 minute trip.

Usually when I get packages from anywhere outside the state, they go to Harrisburg, then to Lancaster, and then from Lancaster directly to my PO. I don't know what the fuck happened, but my guaranteed 2-day shipping went out the fucking window.

>>7819929
>>7819988

My parents recently got a letter. The street and house number were correct... but everything else - name, postal code and city - were wrong. FREAKIN CITY! It wasn't even a nearby one, the letter missed the destination by half a country and nobody involved noticed.
I don't know how something like that can ever possibly happen, but it does and it completely blows my mind. I'm terrified for my purchases now even though I never personally experienced anything worse than package stuck at customs...

>>7824798
You were very lucky. In the UK if the postcode is wrong you're usually fucked. I received an item from someone off one of the fb lolita comms, they spelt my whole address wrong but luckily as there was the postcode and house number that were correct I was fine.

>>7819936
...
wat
I can't...
even...

wtf

>>7824642
Dude I had the same thing and was super worried but now it's in my country so don't worry

Also fuck the customs with Bodyline fuck being an eurofag for this

>>7824725
Similar thing happened to a package I sent to a friend in Cleveland. I live about an hour south. Package hadn't arrived to her so we checked tracking. Went from my post office, to Somewhere in Pa, then to a processing plant in NY, then back to Cleveland. Just...why?

>>7826960
>You were very lucky. In the UK if the postcode is wrong you're usually fucked.

This isn't true at all. I've personally recieved packages with the wrong postcode numerous times (Home address and uni postcode entered by accident) Usually it just gets sent to manual sorting and as long as everything else is correct it's fine.

>>7819956
You post this in every mail thread. Shut the fuck up about it or get the police involved. At this point you only have yourself to blame.

>>7819956
>>7820064
Anon, I understand why you're frazzled, and I would be too. However, it was your boyfriend's fuckup, and more importantly his own money. If he orders you stuff in the future, just watch over him to make sure he doesn't fuck up.

>>7827103
This.
If you didn't go HAM on that spic in the begining, it's your own goddamned fault.

>buyers too fucking dumb to get their packages from their local post office or the customs office
>"BAAAAAAWWWW THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE"
>it is always somehow my fault
>they enter 300% bitch mode when I try to explain it's out of my hands and their problem because they didn't open their fucking door when the package came
>leave bad reviews because I "took too long" to send the package or because it "didn't arrive", therefore I'm a scammer
I love etsy, but I swear 10% of all buyers are complete and utter retards. Also I've yet to have a bride who wasn't batshit insane.

> get a bunch of shit delivered
> notice one of the packages isn't mine, but a similar address on another street
> take the package to correct address
> security guy asks me if I want to hand it myself
> wtf no I don't even know the dude
> realize security is so shitty that they let in random people just because they have a bag with your name on it
> leave it at the gate and go home

Seriously, I could have been an axe murderer or something. They didn't even ask me for and ID.

On the plus side if something of mine doesn't artive I know where to check.

>>7827235
> take the package to correct address

bless your heart, anonnette

>buy DIY craft supplies
>given tracking number
>three weeks later
>tracking never activates
>package from China arrives
>bag is fully ripped open
>inside is a brooch
>this is not what I paid for
>can't prove it's even from the shop I ordered from
>at least it was only $1.50

>>7822139
That explains a lot..

>order pair of shoes from Ebay seller one state away
>shipped priority but don't get any tracking
>arrival date comes, no shoes
>instead I get an envelope with the paypal information and a note saying 'found loose in mail stream'
>think the worst, contact shipper and ask for tracking
>"They didn't give me a tracking number. The envelope got there though?"

>all my what?
>ask for pictures of the receipt
>shipper gives me number for post office, tells me to contact them myself
>finally posts receipt
>receipt shows one purchase for 3oz letter
>get pissed off thinking they scammed me

>"I mailed a package, not an envelope!!"
>swears they'll go to the post office on Monday
>open a dispute on Ebay the next day

>Monday comes, they finally give me a tracking number
>tracking number shows they mailed package
>package arrives in my city
>out for delivery
>Cannot Be Delivered As Addressed
>Returned to Sender

>mfw seller fucked up my address on package but some how got it right on envelope

A couple weeks ago I was out with my friends and it was pretty late when we were driving home. We were coming off a bride when we all started to smell something burning and quickly noticed a USPS mail truck crashed into the divider for the bridge and another road.
If that wasn't bad enough, it was completely engulfed in flames.
>All I can think about was any leftover mail/packages being destroyed forever

>>7828014
There's some seller feedback on lacemarket that said the buyer's items had gotten destroyed in a mail truck fire. So apparently this is more common than you'd think.

>>7827163
Any neg feedback on etsy pertaining to 3rd party experiences (shipping, usps, fedex, ups) can be removed by reporting the feedback (see the link under the feedback they left).

>>7819936
What kind of karma must you have to have something like this happen to you

Might as well post mine.
>almost two years ago
>be in a taobao group order with a lot of people
>we're all really hype, start getting links together
>>cosplays, wigs, props, makeup, the works
>we all end up paying, the order totals to a LOT of money
>i put $100 into it which isn't as bad as some of the others did
>some of the people spent about $300 on the order iirc
>the person in charge (a friend of ours) gets all the money, pays the taobao agent and starts getting things going
>we all wait
>and wait
>and wait
>our collective faces when we realized we got gypped by the agent
>the friend in charge tried contacting them but they said it was on the way and never did jack shit
>it's almost been two years

Welp.
I have a minor story that worked itself out, so I might as well post it too.
>a couple of years ago
>see pic related online and buy it
>wait a few days for it to come in
>checking shipping status after classes
>says delivered
>aw yeah
>check door
>it's not there
>go to neighbour's house
>see my name on a package with the website I bought the DeLorean from on the box
>grab it
>go home
>open it
>it's fucking awesome
>display it on top of my display case

>>7828157
Getting scammed by an agent is hardly mail horror. Mail horror can only occur after items have been shipped. That is online shopping horror.

Sorry about your order though, that sucks. Who/what service did you use?

>order knifehead kaiju figure
>missed delivery slip in mailbox with a "pick up before 11am @post office A or wait for redelivery" marked
>next day go to post office A, they don't have it
>next day, same missed delivery with pick up before 11am at post office A message
>next day, they don't have it again
>postman at post office A is super cool guy. he calls post office B a town over and asks if they have it
>they say no
>final missed delivery slip
>give up and go to post office B
>they had it all along, just kept taking it back rather than dropping it off at post office A like they were supposed to
It almost got sent back. Fuck you guys.

>>7828160
I thought it was par for the course since they said it was shipped. Sorry for the mistake! Also, I think we used TaobaoNow, although I'm not sure, since I wasn't in charge.

>get a fancy new dildo
>live with roomates
>we sign eachothers packages
>says package was delivered but refused by recipient
>mfw

>>7828332
I ordered some new toys (pic related) and they should be arriving sometime next week.

I'm currently staying with my mother and her boyfriend. My mother and I both work during the day so there's a great chance that her boyfriend will be the one who handles my package before me. I don't know how discreet the packaging is, so I've been waiting for its arrival with both fear and amusement.

>>7829655
I got a sound respondent one and I'm curious to how it will turn out

I'm not one for dubstep, but man am I curious.

>>7828166
That must've been a hell of a screw up or a different agent, been using taobaonow for two+ years without issue. Sorry to hear it.

>>7828157
>implying your friend that was in charge didn't rob you blind
yeah, I'm "sure" the "agent" ripped you off, as your friend rolls around in your collective thousands of dollars

This would be bad enough on it's own, without the fact that I live in California. What the hell does "tendered to final delivery agent" even mean, anyway.

>>7830265
Forgot to mention, it shipped out on September 30th, didn't update until August 19th

>>7830267
Fuck, early morning no coffee, JULY 30th motherfuck

>>7819956
>completely capable of making a purchase
>tell someone else to buy it instead
>they fuck up
>"oh my god, this is all their fault"

No, anon, you should only be angry with yourself.

>>7830265
Considering context clues, delivery agent could mean the final retard postal office that's going to send out your package straight to you. From NC. But the hell do I know.

My packages also like to take a USA tour.

>>7830265
Call USPS over it.

>>7819972
If there's duck tape everywhere, I assume they opened the package.
The kitty would've moved and there's seriously no way they couldn't have noticed there's a fucking cat in the package.

So I'm calling bullshit.

>Buy 3 pairs of boots from bodyline
>Ask to mark down 75%
>Shipping goes fine
>Ending up in customs, ok fuck.
>Get mail from customs that they are missing invoice details.
>Make a flawless Photoshop job.
>Get answerd that bodyline has marked is as 6 pair of shoes
>What..
>Says I just ordered 3 pairs.
>"The size and the weight suggest it is 6 pairs"
>Can't possible be.

Come on customs guy.. please don't be a sandy cunt just because they have wrote it wrong... Please don't send them back to japan... Bodyline don't refund money...

>>7831641
>Name faging by mistake....

>>7831641
Ask them to open it

I guess this is sort of thread related.

Should I file a paypal claim to a possible storenvy scammer? I had bought a shirt from them in late august and I never received a shipping confirmation after waiting for 2 weeks. I sent them a message asking for it, but they sent me the following message: "I’m so sorry! I should be getting emails when an order is placed, and again when the payment goes through, but I didn't get the second one. Now that I know the money’s gone into PayPal, I’ll start working to ship it right away. I’m so, so sorry this took long at all, if you have any more questions or anything feel free to message me! I’ll message you when the shirt is shipped!" It's been a month since I bought the item and I still haven't received a shipping notification. I sent them yet another message last week asking for the item or a refund, but no answer. Somehow the owner's tumblr is pretty active, though. Did I get scammed? What should I do?

>>7832904
File the claim before the 45 days is up.

I ordered a wig from animestuffstore, paypal completed the transaction after I noticed they put they were on hiatus until the 19th and wouldnt be sending packages until after they get back. Little buttmad - if I wouldve known that I wouldnt have ordered in the first place...that was on the 3rd...its the 21st. If I wouldve ordered from anyone else, I wouldve had the wig by now. Its my own fault for not reading their disclaimer, which wasnt posted anywhere but on their homepage - but oh well.

>>7832904
As someone who runs a storenvy, I can tell you that their email/message system has been fucking up, so much that store owners have had to be notified to manually check for orders because the system stopped working.
That being said, a month is a completely inappropriate amount of time to have passed. File a Paypal claim and be done with it. Good luck anon

>>7832904
Yes. why do you even have to ask? Idiot stuff like this is why paypal is raising the dispute limit to 180 days, because apparently 45 days isn't long enough for dingbats like you to figure out you got scammed.

>>7832904
File a claim. Had a similar situation and never got my order because I tried to be accommodating when the store owner said she was busy with school. Eventually she sent me a tiny part of my order (eyelashes and a hairbow) but none of my dresses. When I complained she had some BS excuse about her supplier but had I saw several "tumblr famous" girls get their "sponsored" dresses from her.

It's all a game for some of these storenvy owners - do a claim ASAP.

>>7819897
>USPS never has any answers besides file a claim it is insured.
>Contacted under works
>Was a pain in the ass but they agreed to re-send it, they say they want to send it to a different address
>Um ok, hear is my parents address that should be fine
>They ship it to my apartment anyway
>Well then what was the point of that
>Work up really early because it is supposed to be delivered today
>Marked as arriving at post office
>Watching for that postman like a hawk.
You better fucking give me my boobie smoother post man you don't fucking want it.

Tracking stops when out of USA the package waits weeks at the Customs.

I ordered something via SAL through a taobao SS, i tracked it up until some sorta security scan in China and now it says the tracking number doesnt exist???

I feel like I'm about to have one or two

>be buying cosmetics
>went with an independent courier company since it's the first thing on the check out form instead of AusPost
>it's been 3 days since the parcel left Brisbane (most parcels get to the Melbourne sorting facility the next days)
>search up the company
>60 glaringly bad reviews on google
>welp
I just hope it will arrive, if at all.

Another one, I'm the seller in this one.
>sends parcel to Korea via pack and track
>promises 3-10 delivery
>I shipped it out on the 10th of September
>hasn't arrived in Korea yet according to the tracking
I messaged the buyer and she seems nonchalant about it, she said it hasn't been delivered, so it might not be the problem of the Korean post not scanning it.
I'm freaking out because I've never had a parcel get lost before, the only time this happened to me was when a parcel was sent to Mexico and disappeared for 2 weeks before being delivered. I blamed that on the Mexican postal system, thought the Korean one would be better though.

>hold me cgl

>>7833117
Got my order in the mail today. They never sent me an email with a tracking number or even a notice that "hey we shipped your shiz".

Pretty much one of the worst made wigs Ive purchased from an online vendor. Guess I learned my lesson - time to go back to good old Epic Cosplay.

My current mail horror story is that my stupid taobao agent marked down my taobao order as the wrong value. $19USD for a 15kg box. Really? Anyway, its being held by customs and I am jumping through hoops trying to prove the actual value so they dont seize it altogether. Going to have to pay a BS amount of customs though.

>>7831641
Did they send it back Rebecca?

I need to stop being a tight ass and getting slow untracked shipping....6 weeks, and no sign of my parcel.

> two days ago
>my birthday
> shoes are supposed to arrive this day
> tracking says it's out for delivery
> wait from 10am to 7pm
> no shoes
> tracking says they weren't delivered due to problems
> ok.jpg
>next day, shoes out for delivery again
> another pair I ordered are also out for delivery
> wait again
> no shoes
> both trackings shows same excuse

I'm in hopes they will arrive today, I just wish I could find out why the fuck they weren't delivered.

>>7835508
The mexican postal system is about extremes - you either get excellent service or non exsistent service.

>>7833811
>The re-send came the other day
>It fit in my mailbox
How the fuck did it get lost/stolen the first time like the post office tried to tell me?
Fucking hell.

Pow!

>first thought
Holyshitaretheyalright
>second thought
My shit out for delivery better not be on that exact truck...

>>7823717
Australia Post didn't deliver my Hot Topic order, Startrack Express did. Startrack are bros.

>>7820028
talking about tampon eater ophelia?

A couple of days ago, I was turning off the highway onto a side street and ran over a box in the road that I didn't see in time. USPS truck was stopped at the light and the mail lady had jumped out and was running for the box I hit... sorry random person that I smashed your stuff, hope you had insurance. But seriously, how the hell did that box fall off the truck in the first place?

>>7840267
People are retarded and don't close the backs of their trucks all the way. MULTIPLE TIMES while driving on the highway I've seen trucks with their back doors open. Once it was a Culligan delivery truck and I noped the fuck out of that lane real fast.

How often do you guys get deadbeat bidders on ebay?

I've only been using ebay for a month and already I've had someone win a bid and not pay or not bother trying to communicate with me. Why do people do this?

>>7840276
I had someone with 1000+ feedback win an item and then not pay for three days despite me sending them an invoice. It wasn't until I told them they had 24 hours before I opened a case that they finally paid and then never left me feedback. All over a $5 item.

My stupid EMS package is finally on US soil. What's the point of paying for express when it takes the same amount of time to get here as it does airmail? Goddamn customs.

>>7840276
All. The. Time.

I used to send multiple invoices and messages, but they'd never respond, so now I just relist. They don't deserve the item.

>>7819972
Nice lie lel

>>7819926
It was probably a tower.

>>7819885
>order limited edition piece from my fav designer, the last one
>in a rush to get it so speed thru paypal
>get email: it's shipped!
>yay
>wait
>the address is horribly wrong
>Right street and room but wrong city and zip code
>FUCK
I can only hope it gets sent back now instead of just circulating around the other side of the country, fuck me.

>>7841128
How is that possible...?

>>7819929
>$60 in shipping

wtf?

>UPS missed delivery slip on the door to my building yesterday
>I was home ALL DAY
>redelivery today
What the fuck is the point of redelivery if they aren't going to buzz me? I ordered lights to take some cute pics of my coords and I'd really appreciate actually getting them delivered to me.

>THIS THREAD

This reminds of a time I ordered a Yoshitaka Amano artbook.

It was somewhat rare having been out of print since 1980-something, but I managed to track down a mint condition one online that I had to import from Japan.

I was elated the day it arrived, but the postman hurriedly stuffed a parcel into my hands and very briskly ran off. The packaging was all torn up and had been secured from falling apart with rubber bands.

When I pulled off whatever bit of paper was left, I was met with this.

My mint condition copy of Genmukyu virtually destroyed.
It was water damaged, all the pages were ripped and torn on the inside, and it actually looked like it had been lain in the street and ran over by their mail van a couple of times.

Furious is not the right word. I was Sargeras tier mad.

>>7843238

>>7843241

>>7843238
There should be a way to sue companies that allow shit like this.

>>7843251

The thing that stung the most was because it's been out of print for over 30 years now mint condition copies are becoming rarer and rarer to find and they basically destroyed one more and then wouldn't even accept responsibility for it. I had to get my money back from the poor Japanese seller. I felt like shit.

>>7843251
Problem is you really don't know when the damage occurred or at what point in the shipping process. It might have been in Japan, it could have been damaged during loading/unloading of flights (often fed-ex or ups co-ops), or through customs, more flights, delivery to the receiving office via truck, or by the carrier. Which company would you sue or hold responsible?

>>7843238
>>7843241
>>7843243
This is so sad. I'm so sorry, anon.

>>7843296

Royal Mail most likely.
They should have at least explained what the fuck happened to the packaging, why it was being held together with elastic bands/replaced the packaging for me instead of scuttling away like some gross beetle.

>>7827235
>walk to another home
>find it strange not to be stopped by security guard for ID

are you from UK or something? It's pretty normal to walk to someone else's door, even if you don't know them, knock on their door, have a little friendly conversation and hand over their stuff.

It's not like it's the first time in the world you've received something that was destined for a closeby neighbour.

>>7840276
>deadbeat bidders

I did this once accidentally.. I thought I had paid, but I forgot about it. I felt so stupid. The seller sent me a message warning me he'd open a case, but I quickly paid and sent him a message I was sorry.

damn eBay can really screw people over, so I felt pretty bad about it, but luckily nothing bad had happened in this case

>order cheap $7 wig on ebay
>seller just starting out, has a few things up
>Pay for it Sept 5th, they ship it out same day
>Suppose to arrive Sept 18-Oct 3, but no tracking #
>Wait around till the 18th, get on ebay
>Looking at items I need to give feedback on, notice listing about wig is fucked up
>"this ebay seller is no longer on ebay the listing is also removed. . If you've already sent payment, the sale should process as normal and you don't have anything to worry about."
>tells m to contact seller or go to resolution center if problems
B-but the seller deleted themselves..
I mean I'll wait till the 3rd of Oct to see if it comes, but I've never had this happen before on ebay

> tfw seller didn't mark down the price or marked it as a gift
> tfw you had to pay more then half of the price on top of it in fees

being an Eurofag is suffering. I know it's not really a horror story by any means but it's so disappointing to wait for a package only to get a slip saying you need to pay up before you get it.

>>7843389

I always hear about people having to pay more cash when collecting a parcel but I have never once encountered this happening to anybody in the UK and I am like an online shopping addict.

>>7843425
Depends on where you live. Customs are managed by each country's post, not by the EU, so they are a bitch in some places but let stuff pass through easily in others.

>>7843373
Put a paypal claim in at the very least. If the seller deleted themselves then it most likely isn't coming. The same thing happened to me when I was buying DIY supplies. It's a common scam.

>>7843430
>>7843425
>>7843389
Countries within EU (not sure about UK) are bound by the 23€ limit, though

It's not so much the customs fee that kills it (which is 20% I believe), but the postal company delivering your parcel will also charge you for charging you (it's really retarded, but if you think about it, someone needs to come to your door to collect the money)

So on top of the 20%, you also pay anywhere from 12.50€ to 25€ depending on courier in fees. So if you happen to buy a €40 item, it can cost you like €70 before you actually have it in your hands.

This really infuriates me, and I often ask sellers to mark their stuff down to €20 if it's not a stupidly large package, because customs and additional fees really kills the experience for me. I can understand EU wants to protect its homeland economy, but you're not protecting anyone if it's not made here.

>>7843425
You're shitting me right? Customs is roulette with the UK - EMS packages basically always get hit as soon as the value goes above £15 or so, and you have to pay VAT + whatever 'handling fees' customs decides to charge. Airmail and SAL get hit way less frequently though. I'm surprised you've never noticed this, unless you're only buying from within the EU/UK or from ebay sellers who always mark down the value as a standard thing...

>>7844873
Yeah I can confirm UK customs is "lazy" like this. The rule of thumb is that economy int packages have a low chance of containing high-value items (why the fuck would you send a high-value item with economy shipping).

so statistically, you're just a lot more likely to be charged on EMS compared to economy. However, I wouldn't use this logic by default to "save money" on customs. It will hit you on the head if the package is larger than a shoe box. It's just not possible for a large package to be worth less than 15 quid, hence why it's checked

>>7844912
So far I've gotten two 3.5-4kg boxes with about 60k yen worth of goods through UK customs and as it was marked down and sent as SAL luckily I was fine. If it was EMS they would have opened it (which HAS happened to me, literally was only 1 dress sent as EMS but they opened it and charged more.)

>>7844930
It all sounds very unprofessional.

UK customs either doesn't have the skill, the people, or the equipment to check every single package for value.

Here in NL, each CN-22 is read out. If the value exceeds the customs threshold, it'll be marked with extra fees. No chance to get stuff through it unnoticed. You should be glad you got that shit through customs

Closet Child failed to put my address on my package. If I hadn't been tracking my package like a hawk, it could have been sent back. Who the hell ships a package with no address?

>>7844868
Not every country. It's 45 euros in France.

>>7844912
They don't check everything though. I had a corset worth £100 shipped from the states in a box, airmail (insured but not tracked), marked at full value etc. I'd geared myself up for the customs and nothing happened, it sailed through...

>>7844960
CC just sent me the wrong tracking, I think. I just posted on EGL about it. I sent them a message and I hope they reply back, because this is seriously rustling my jimmies.

>>7844934
ugh the NL seems really bad with this stuff. As in having to pay so much. I just wish I could buy shit online without having to worry about paying a shitton of fees on top of it.

Wasn't the accidental 1000euro fee on a bodyline package from the NL too?

>>7844962
it's 22€ for commercial goods, €45 for "gifts". However, customs will almost never accept a Chinese CN-22 with "gift" on it because it's obviously bullshit.

>>7845004
>Wasn't the accidental 1000euro fee on a bodyline package from the NL too?

Not sure what you're referring to, though. Customs start getting really nasty above €150 value. You pay both the 21% tax, the 8-12% customs fee, and the declaration costs of the courier. Marking down the real value is clearly illegal, but (accidental) marking up the value is not, so if a seller accidentally writes 10.000 $ (instead of yen) on a package, you're pretty much screwed.

>>7845634
>Not sure what you're referring to
I think that the story was Bodyline sent a package out, declaring the value at 1000Y or something, customs sees it and assumes it's €1000 and charges the fees accordingly, charging hundreds and not accepting that the price is actually €15 or whatever. They said they'd have to pay the hundreds up front and then take it up with the post office afterwards. Details are incredibly fuzzy, but this was pretty much the gist of it.

Okay, so this month only :
> First IW package makes it to me fine
> ... with over 50% of its value in tax
> ouch

> Closet child writes stupid address not including street name, and including wrong apartment number
> They never sent me the tracking no. or order confirmation emails
> Postal services never bothered calling me
> It was sent back
> Tracking has since been silent

> Second IW package somehow made it to customs of other country
> Oh IW, you gave me the wrong tracking didn't you?

> Postal services call about package
> "are you home?" "no sir, leave a slip please"
> did not leave slip
> since IW's package is the only one I'm expecting, and their tracking says it's in Russia, have no idea what tracking number this is
> well.

>>7845634
Commercial goods are always hit with the VAT. No lower limit (from the customs' office website :"Les marchandises expédiées dans le cadre d’une vente par correspondance ne bénéficient d’aucune franchise de TVA/Comercial goods are never exempted from VAT" ). However my recent CN22 package marked down to around 40€, declared as gift and sent with EMS got a "untaxable" mention on the tracking, and I had nothing to pay. It was my first time with ems so maybe I was just very lucky.

>>7845636
I find this so strange. In my country if the declared amount is misread or seems incorrect, they call you and you email them your invoices. I did this for a taobao order where they didnt declare a value, they told me fir next time to just send them invoices and they would go by what was actually paid, it seems bizarre that they wouldnt correct it.

Seeing this story made me think of this thread

>>7840276
Quite a few times when I sold stuff over the summer. In fact, this person won one of my auctions for a shirt and hadn't paid for a few days. I let it slide and waited until they sent this: "I'm going to pay you tomorrow it is only $10 its not 10 million"
They didn't pay, I opened a case and waited a week before closing it and it got relisted. So many people on ebay have the worst attitudes.

>>7843010
Not OP but the same thing happened to me. I think they're talking about $30 for the first time it came to their door but then turned the fuck back to Japan, then another $30 to ship it again.

>>7846049
this is crazy..

most of that will be family cards, corporate shit and advertisements, but shit imagine the amount of internet purchases in there.

though I would feel pretty bad if there were penpal-stuff in there. I had penpals for years, it hurt my heart when letters were delayed

>>7846049
Somewhere out there a mailman is playing with my Apocalypse Zero Kasumi figure while another reads the first volume of Me & the Devil Blue that was mysteriously "destroyed in transit"

Anyone ever use fromjapan and have the not send an item? My order just came in and it was missing a couple keychains; nothing super expensive but I really wanted them...

not really horror but
>sun hat that was already going to take a month to deliver delayed another half a month
>by the time it gets here there won't be any sun to protect myself from

>>7848039
ugh those dolls

>mfw reading their story on tumblr

>>7848053
sauce?

>Order halloween demon horns on ebay on 25th
>Expected between to arrive in 1-2 weeks
>Out for delivery on 29th
>Booyahhh
>Check mail, no package at all. Okay
>Keep checking usps tracking to see if it got send back to PS
>Says it got delivered at 1:25pm
>wat
No it didn't. It wasn't out there at all. My mailman fucks up sometimes, drops mail from the wrong address at our house sometimes. One time I caught him delivering my package to my neighbors but turned around to put it in my mailbox.
So.. I'll wait tomorrow and see if it does arrive and if not, contact the seller.

>>7848053
For what it is (decorated doll) it's pretty neat. I like how puffy/swollen the fucked up eyes look around the edges.
But I also don't know any stories about it, I just have the picture.

>>7848053
I believe that doll is owned by elfgutz on tumblr though I don't get the hype over her dolls

Love it how China Post never updates their tracking site often.
So you never know when you get your package because before you know it, it's already delivered while it says it just got out to you on the China Post tracking.

>>7819885
>>ship order via EMS
>>sent to Chicago from China last week

If you have the tracking number, you CAN contact the USPS and email them the tracking number.

Because it's EMS, it should be hand delivered right to your door within 3 days or so. 9 days is too long. Time to get on their case and fucking find out where your parcel is.

>>7819972
>>my entire dress is ruined because of cat urine
No it's not. Oxygen-based cleaners can help with a lot of that. Nature's Miracle can also remove the smell. Also look for pet shampoos that also remove things like urine smell from fur.

Unless there's urea staining, getting the smell out is easy enough. Speaking from experience.

So I opened up a case with an ebay seller about an item I bought never showing up, despite USPS tracking saying it was delivered.
I'm not too worried about the ebay seller, as I do hope they re-send me the item.
I'm more worried about my mail man fucking up my future package orders as I have over 6 packages expected to come.
He's the type to leave important documents out in the rain, shove letters and mail badly in my mailbox, drop the wrong addressed things here and also I even caught him almost delivery my circle lenses to the wrong house.
Calling my local PS won't do much if I complain I assume? I've never had a package not be delivered to me..

>>7850967
Thanks for the tips. I ended up getting my package in time. It finally showed up in Chicago the day I called them and then was in my hands less than 24 hours later.

>>7851044
I suggest you call and complain anyway.

>>7820972
Dang, sounds like hell for you guys

I understand the whole seniority thing though, there's a guy at our station who moved in outta St. Louis, his route is all stop and hop and he usually can't finish it on full coverage days.

CCAs can finish faster than this guy so we're just wondering why he doesn't just retire for gods sake.

>>7851044
mail delivery is taken pretty seriously

they will have a serious conversation with your mailman if you complain to the company. Handing over mail and parcels to the wrong address is strictly illegal, and damaging/losing mail even more so.

We might live in a digital age where we often assume stuff isn't working or didn't get through, but physical mail is taken very serious worldwide.

>>7822180
>I'm all for unions establishing a baseline but at a certain point things just start getting taken advantage of
that's sort of the point of a union, I often imagine. Not to protect the working class, but to advantage the workers. But in all honesty, I think older workers are generally less physically capable, but they make up for it with experience and end up being faster anyway

>>7820972
>Sent to airline doesn't mean it's actually made it onto a plane yet or even assigned a flight. China can be weirdly slow or weirdly fast without any real predictable pattern.
I never even understood what is taking mail so long when it's on its way for 3 weeks. I honestly think they're delaying it on purpose to give EMS an advantage to justify its costs. I can understand that certain periods of the year are more busy, but fuck rest of the year the aeroplanes carrying post are practically empty. You could mail a parcel and it should arrive anywhere in the world within 3 or 4 days.

Whyyyy

>>7843238
Man just looking at it makes my blood rise.

>>7851672
What's wrong with this? I don't see what's wrong

>>7851891
Shenzhen is shut down due to customs problems, nothing is being sent out from that location.

I bought a $80 teapot from overseas and now I'm seriously rethinking this decision. All the mail horror stories I've read are starting to make me nervous as hell ;-; I can only pray that they packed it up good...
In retrospect I probably never should have ordered this fucking thing but look at it, how could I not? It's perfect for my Halloween Lolita tea party...

>>7851983
Are they rerouting it all to another location, or are they just... not sending anything?

Well if you read >>7851672
>>7852013
you can see that it says sent to the next station(Hong Kong). So everything seems to be getting re-routed else where to be sent out.

>>7851983
>Shenzhen is shut down due to customs problems, nothing is being sent out from that location.
okay but why does this matter? It's wasteful, I will give you that, but the shipping looks pretty fucking fast to me. The Shenzhen thing only took you one extra day. Good luck receiving it!

>>7852009
Pretty fucking cute. I've never ordered glass or ceramic stuff before. I've been willing to order some uranium glass (picture) from an overseas seller, but I'm not really sure how well it'd hold up.

I bought a silicon wafer once. Those things are extremely brittle and will shatter upon the smallest impacts, but the seller stuck it down on a piece of wood and it arrived in one piece.

>>7852034
I'm not the OP of that poster, just merely replying to someone.

I'm currently moving so I gave a printed out copy of my Change of Address form to my postal worker around 3 weeks ago and scheduled mail forwarding to start on the 22nd of September. Now I'm in some kind of bizarre mail Bermuda Triangle where I don't get mail for days, then one day the box is stuffed full of stuff from the days it wasn't delivered, I'm getting some packages here and other packages show that they've been forwarded.

I talked to my mail carrier.. who apparently is someone new that I've never seen before and all she would tell me is that it could take 2 weeks for CoA to go through and they should send me confirmation letters here and my new address to confirm my move. I haven't gotten any confirmation letters at all and so far my 'forwarded' packages haven't turned up at my new address or my old one.

>order cute satchel from China last December on e-bay
>expect to get it late January/mid-February because lolchinapost
>both months pass
>check e-bay
>seller packed up shop (had been left hundreds of positive feedback, seemed legit)
>tracking number they gave me lead to nothing
>go to open up a dispute to get money back
>window has closed

I never got my damn satchel. Even worse? None of those satchels can by found on e-bay now. I swear, when several shops start selling the same item and they mysteriously go missing from searches I can't help but feel they're all sourced to the same shop. I mean, I know they're all taobao resellers, but...

>>7843238
>>7843241
>>7843243

omg tell me you contacted the postal office about this.

>>7851891
>>7851983
I was actually complaining on the fact that it went into transit after arriving at the Chicago Gateway, but ended back up at the Chicago Gateway for no foreseeable reason 5 hours later.
I understood the Shenzhen/Hong Kong one.

Not necessarily horrific but:

>EMS a figure from Japan to US
>usually takes 3-4 days to my place in Florida
>tracking says it's left Japan
>by day 3 it's made it through New York customs and is in Virginia
>"out for delivery" in buttfuck nowhere, Virginia
>I freak and call the post office
>they say it was a mistake and will be re-routed
>it arrives two days later

I had a conniption when I saw that "out for delivery" update. Thankfully it arrived in perfect condition.

>>7852009
I bought a terrarium in February and the mail company broke it on purpose. I saw it happen because I have to stalk through window since my doorbell is broken and some mailmen are so retarded they don't know how to knock.

Hope you get it in one piece, anon.

>>7854511
>I bought a terrarium in February and the mail company broke it on purpose

that's a bummer, anon-san.. I feel bad for people shipping glass and ceramic only to see it get broken. I mean lots of things are pretty brittle, but glass is about the worst

>>7843238
Oh my god, anon, that is just tragic.. I have that same artbook (hi5 fellow Amano fan!) and it is stunning. What a sad fate for something so pretty.

If you ever get a chance to visit a BookOff, check their artbook section? That's actually where I got my copy along with another out-of-print Amano book, for just 1/2 the cover price.

Not really horrific but its rustling my jimmies right now
>Find beautiful dress online a few weeks ago
>Contact seller asking if they can send it out before October 10th
>Seller agrees and promises to have it shipped by Monday the 29th
>Seller agreed to ship it out by Monday
>Monday comes, no shipment
>What the fuck
>Contact seller asking when dress will be shipped
>We will ship it on Thursday, anon!
>Thursday comes
>No fucking shipment
>I told the seller I needed the dress before a specific date and even paid for rush delivery
>This shit has exactly one week to get here on time
>MFW not getting my dress for my birthday

>>7854752
I was lucky that the company I bought the terrarium from has sweetest people working in customer service. They actually send me another one using a different courier and said I don't need to pay anything.
On another occasion they sent me freebies because one cheap item was missing from my package. Best pet supply store ever.

>>7854962
>On another occasion they sent me freebies because one cheap item was missing from my package. Best pet supply store ever.

Hey just a question though.. in the city where I live there's like 4 different pet stores, and it's only a 100k population town, so it's not that big.

Do you live in the countryside, was it a special-designed large terrarium, or could you just not be bothered to pick up the terrarium yourself due to lack of a car?

I'm trying to envision why you chose to get the glass terrarium delivered by courier, instead of picking it up.

I'm going to get a pretty big 100 gallon glass aquarium in a couple of weeks and I wouldn't dare get it delivered by courier, they'd just break it no matter how careful you handle it.

>>7851044
I don't get it with USPS showing items delivered when they are not really delivered. I was suppose to get three packages this month, they all say delivered but no package. And there is no way to get the money back because the tracking says "delivered"

>>7854511
I really hope you reported the mail person if you saw them deliberately break your stuff

>>7856109
There is no pet stores that sell terrariums near me and I don't have a car.

>>7856190
I did. Their reply to me was that it was customers fault for using their service (I hope they say this same thing to people whose letters they destroy daily). Not even a simple sorry.
I also filed a reclamation together with the seller.
Fucking, Itella.

>>7854847
Demand a refund for the shipping. If they can't be bothered to ship it when you specifically paid to have it my a certain date, they need to refund you.

>>7851596
THIS

My dad worked as a mailman for about 20 years and he was really fucking good at his job despite his age. (he will be 63 this year)

He just retired this march though because they re-wrote all of the routes to cut back on people and now routes take atleast 3 hours longer than they should.

He told me a lot of the older people working at USPS as mailmen have started to retire because they keep getting fucked over despite having a Union.

>>7851594
THIS

My dad worked as a mailman for about 20 years and he was really fucking good at his job despite his age. (he will be 63 this year)

He just retired this march though because they re-wrote all of the routes to cut back on people and now routes take atleast 3 hours longer than they should.

He told me a lot of the older people working at USPS as mailmen have started to retire because they keep getting fucked over despite having a Union.

>>7852009
I really hope it gets to you in one piece anon.
Update us in a future thread please (hopefully with a positive conclusion)

>order from Innocent World
>customs is more expensive than the item
>pay for it anyways because purse was on sale and I need it in a week for an event and generally Canada Post has really random rates
>look more carefully at the box and realize that the declared value has an extra "1" in front of the value

I'm banging my head on a wall for accepting that parcel before looking at why customs cost so damn much.

>>7852009
>dat shit taste.

>>7857526
Give your dad a hug from me and tell him that I wish I could thank all the mail carriers that are dedicated to their job. I like getting home to find parcels left by these mysterious post workers, some days I swear they are like santa's elves. It's the best thing after a shitty day at work.

One time I had a package that the tracking page was delivered, and wasn't in the box. I called, and yelled someone's ear off, and a delivery truck came back out that day.

We have some problems with some of our mail that had been arriving at our current address, suddenly start going to the address we lived at 2 years ago.

>Chicago

Lmao. Imagine if it accidentally got sent to the south or west side and some belligerent black guy's wonder wtf it is

Not so much a horror story as it is horrible series of events but...

>pre-order a figure from Japan because I'm a super fucking weeb
>it comes out, ships really quickly
>make sure I'm home on the day that it's to arrive so I can sign for it
>have to use the restroom
>the mailperson comes while I'm on the toilet
>by the time I come back I hear the mailtruck starting to leave, open front door, see they left one of those dreaded slips
>arrange for it to be delivered the next day, friday
>it doesn't come
>arrange for it to come Tuesday as I can't afford to be home on Monday
>it doesn't come
>at my wits end as it'll be sent back Wednesday if they don't redeliver it then and the post office it's at is so damn far out of the way of anything and I have no car
>fill out the slip, leave it at my front door with a note begging for them to knock several times if they have the package and if not to deliver it ASAP
>mailperson comes, no package, they don't take the note or slip
>about to kick something
>two hours later another mailperson comes with the package, I sign, everything's good

Man was that fucking stressful.

>>7835508
Korean post is pretty good, anon. Don't freak out!

>>7858538
>We have some problems with some of our mail that had been arriving at our current address, suddenly start going to the address we lived at 2 years ago.

How does this even work? Does anyone call up their post office to request THEM to deal with a change in address?

Instead of, you know, dealing with all the companies that have your address and telling them that you address changed, it's not that much work. Just keep a tab on who has your address. Jeez

>>7858882
>this story

Like what the actual fuck country do you live in? Here in the Netherlands, unsigned mail can be handed over to your neighbours without an issue. Signed mail is brought to the post office where you can pick it up and sign for it.

How hard can it fucking be? And before anyone starts about trusting your neighbours with your stuff.. well your town is shit if you can't trust your neighbours.

>>7859052
Just one country away from yours, and I would never trust my neighbours with anything. Many of them are butthurt Flemings, others are butthurt Moroccans, seriously fuck multiculti. And that's IF the mail gets delivered to my home. Man, fuck Brussels.

> mfw I live in Oklahoma and order stuff world wide
> Never get charged these outrageous customs fees or have the hassle
> mfw mfw mfw

>>7859122
>having to live in oklahoma
not worth the convenience

>>7859122
It's extremely rare for people in the US to pay customs. I live in Boston and I don't pay shit for customs, and I don't have to live in the middle of nowhere.

>>7859122
>>7859151
>>7859169
I will say that the southern/midwestern mailmen and mailwomen are more diligent than big city ones.

in other news, Paypal updated their user agreement extending dispute limit from 45 days to 180 days taking effect on November 18.
>this is great news for buying international

>>7859669
>in other news, Paypal updated their user agreement extending dispute limit from 45 days to 180 days taking effect on November 18.

Does this extend to eBay as well?

ebay does not preserve order information for 180 days

I have a mail trhead, but it is a good one
Can I post here?

(btw, was a nightmare for a friend...)

>>7859890
Story*
not thread, sorry

>order wig from american seller (be in Yurop)
>this is taking forever, check tracking
>tracking page says PROCESSED THROUGH SORT FACILITY CHICAGO
>...that was 25 days ago

I didn't get a customs notification or anything. I can probably safely assume the package is lost, right :/? Baawww.

>>7857526
My boyfriend's family lives in a pretty rural area and are very friendly with their postman. They bake him cookies and shit like that. I met the postman a couple times while I stayed over and we had exchanged names and such. One time I needed a packaged delivered to me while I was staying at their place and he happened to be the one delivering it. He said he was surprised to see my name on the packaged and joked if I had married and moved in already.

Seriously though the dedicated ones are so nice. I live in the city and every postman I've met had crummy personalities.

>>7859961
That would be nice to make a good relationship with your postman.

I've never had a problem with postal workers till I moved into the city. Lived in two rural areas and both PM were friendly or had no problems. PM in the city though, they.. are reckless and sloppy sometimes(can't say all of them.)
My fedex lady however is very friendly and we always greet each other, but I don't order through fedex often.

>>7859961
That feel, anon. My post lady knows me by name and never complains about the amount of packages I get. I'm moving so I'm going to miss her and I have to get used to using an actual mail box now instead of a porch box/"wherever you wanna toss my package in the general porch area" set-up.

My dress got stuck in customs for a little under a month. I'm finally getting it in a few days, thank god. Not so much of a horror story though since it only got charged 35%

hey seagulls, I'm really confused.
I just got my EMS parcel from China today and I noticed that while everything else was well packaged, I bought like 5 pillow cases and their wrapping arrived completely undone. the cases are all swirled up together into a ball and this made them very wrinkly. The only plastic packaging that's been holding them together is sliced open. there's no custom tape on my box nor any notices that they opened my box inside.
I talked with my SS about this and she swore that when she warped everything was neat.
I didn't miss any item in my order either. shipping took me a week and a half which is fairly normal. I live in Canada.
what should I do?

>>7860567
Is any of the items you ordered damaged, have stains, ect?

>>7860583
They are all fine.

>>7860567
ghost in the box

>>7860590
Well it if the outside looks fine, and it's just the inside then.. As long as none of your items are damaged then there really isn't much of a problem.
I get it feels like someone went through your shit, but if you feel like something should be done maybe make a complaint to your local post office.

>Your package has left seller facility and is in transit (Updated 16 day(s) ago)

>>7859122
I live in Vegas and I've never been charged customs fees. Viva Las Vegas.

>live on a gated campus
>post office is across the street, but only open from 10am to 5pm
>I get home at five or a bit later
>shitty PO boxes so I have to go to the campus post office to get anything I don't have have to sign for. I have to go to the main campus post to pick up verified packages
>bitch ass postal worker in close post office hates me because I get frequent packages.
>he regularly closes the office five minutes early
>gives me lip if I know the package has been sitting in his office for days and I haven't gotten a slip yet. (Based tracking)
>I'm always polite because I can get in trouble otherwise
>never fails to send a package back if it's been 10 days. (This includes days he never delivers the slip)
Bitch, I know you get paid at least twice what regular post guys get paid. Stop pitching a fit any time I get a package.

In the other hand, the main post office guy is awesome and knows me by name and face. When I walk into his post office, he immediately goes and gets my package. If the fuckwad at the mail room hasn't given me my slip and they need to send it back soon, he calls and leaves a message. I fucking love this guy.

>>7859961

Hey just to clear something up.. I worked in mail delivery and mail delivery and package delivery are two very different things. In many parts of the world, package delivery is completely separate from regular mail delivery, even if it's done by the same company

that said, I was paid 2-3 hours (15$) per neighbourhood and on bad days it took 5-6 hours of walking through the rain and snow

I can't speak for everyone, but it was by far one of the worst jobs I ever had. when people spoke to me while delivering shit, I spoke back to them and tried to be friendly, but in the back of my head I just knew my shift was only going to take longer and ultimately I didn't want to talk to them and I just wanted to get back to studying for upcoming exams

also, the pay was so bad, it was a joke.

Got a letter today and the address was correct except that York is apparently in Sheffield. I'm just so fucking insulted

>>7861047
Stay strong.

>>7854511
>>7857707
It actually got here in one piece! Picked it up today. It came in a gigantic box stuffed with paper and styrofoam, they really went all out to assure it didn't break in the mail. It makes me happy after all the shit I went through to even order the goddamn thing.

>>7859122
>Bragging about living in Oklahoma

oh, anon....

>>7860949
Wow, that's shit. I work mail delivery and get paid $15 per hour, not per neighborhood. I do both mail and packages, but the express packages are usually handled by a designated carrier because they arrive a little later and have to be delivered by a certain time.

I have plenty of postal horror stories from the other end of things, though. I don't think it's a bad job, but it's definitely not easy. Makes me wish people would bother packaging things properly. Busted jars of pasta sauce and jams in boxes not even marked fragile is the worst and happens weirdly often.

>>7861134
>I have plenty of postal horror stories from the other end of things, though. I don't think it's a bad job, but it's definitely not easy. Makes me wish people would bother packaging things properly. Busted jars of pasta sauce and jams in boxes not even marked fragile is the worst and happens weirdly often.

I'm the anon you commented on, I can also attest to horror shit. I didn't personally see a lot of foodstuff, but again I just delivered "mail", which is anything that doesn't need to be signed for and is thinner than 3cm. The reason being was that mail delivery (what I did) was without the aid of a truck; it was just me with a cart I had to push, whereas package delivery is done via vehicle.

That was what I hated about the job, anyway. I'm a pretty fit person, but having to drag the mail cart and all the bags through a neighbourhood is really tough. During Christmas time there was a lot of mail and I started losing weight and feeling pretty depressed. I just wasn't cut out for it.

Hats off to anyone that can do it for more than a couple of months. I could not. And technically I did get paid per hour, but the postage company simply states "this neighbourhood should take you 1.5 hours, that one takes you 2 hours", and the times they specify are grossly underestimated and with no chance to get extra paid when there's a lot of mail or the weather sucks. Mailmen get exploited a lot. I feel really bad whenever I see mailman and I know not to make a conversation with them because they probably can't get overpay

I bought some Super Sonico CD/poster sets and shipping was free. I received them wrapped in nothing but a thin plastic bag and as a collector I actually care about boxes. I'm super thankful the cd didn't crack at least, I just wish I had known free meant no protection.

Not sure if this is the right place but I'm ordering a figure and I'm not fussed about how long it takes to get here. What shipping should I get? Would I get hit with customs living in the uk? I don't want the figure getting destroyed since it's coming from japan but I'm also a cheapskate.

>>7861177
how they fuck can they guarantee no taxes in the EU if the prices indicate it's from Japan?

That's literally tax evasion

>>7819885
I don't know why this thread managed to stay alive for almost a month,but I'm a supervisor at my local USPS office.

Much like Fedex,UPS,Ontrac,and other shipping services,the tracking information all relies on the person with the ability to scan it appropriately and accordingly

The USPS isn't the best when it comes to handling packages because the business model itself didn't care for parcels for the longest fucking time.The current postmaster Pat Donahue doesn't give two shits about it either,BUT thanks to a few people in R&D,the USPS finally has some up to date method to contact you via text or email for every single second that it's in the hands of someone at or involved with USPS.

tl;dr:A lot of orders that have to go through customs regularly get neglected in a way that makes you wonder where the fuck is my package at?

We have to do extra labor to produce proper documentation on our end when it arrives to try and satisfy you.

If it's coming from overseas,you would be lucky if they gave enough of a shit to produce a fucking tracking number instead of us having to generate one

>>7861179
The actual shop is in france so I figure they get it imported to their store and then ship to me.

>>7861159
I'm guessing you're not from the US. I don't think it's that way in my region at all. Everybody where I work gets a vehicle, although rural routes you have to drive your own. I end up walking about 15 miles a day according to the app on my phone. The cart thing sounds like a pain.

I'm given an estimated time for how long each part should take (and they still act like it should take that long regardless of volume of mail or weather conditions lol fucking rain) but I still get paid per hour no matter how long it actually takes me. They don't want anybody working overtime at my office, so if you're unable to finish your route by a certain time they'll call somebody and have them split part of it with you. Only regulars/employees with higher seniority get "their" route and the new employees just fill in wherever we're needed.

>>7861181
My office obsesses over "priority failures" and making sure express gets delivered before noon. But even before I worked for the post office, I've always been impressed with my area's ability to never lose my packages and deliver them on time. I've noticed the tracking info has become a lot more detailed and better updated for my own packages recently, though.

>>7861217
>I'm guessing you're not from the US

That's correct, I'm not from the USA

mailmen walk their route on foot here, with the mail in either a mail cart or a bicycle depending on how large the route is.

However, regular mail is delivered this way in most of Western Europe, and perhaps in other countries as well. It seems absurd to do a mail route by car. You'd be mucking around with the car more often than actually delivering the mail. I can understand why you'd use a car when you're handling packages; due to their weight and size, but regular mail (post cards, advertisement, envelopes, nothing thicker than 3cm) does not weigh a lot

As much as I hated the job, I don't think using a car is a better solution. Perhaps it'd be nice to have a little motor in the mail cart lol, I fucking hated pushing that thing, especially at the beginning of the route

>>7861261
I can understand why a vehicle wouldn't be convenient for your situation, but for mine it'd be impossible to do it without. Most of my routes are a 10 minute drive away from my office just to get to the neighborhood. I typically have about 7 hours worth of mail and packages packed into my vehicle, which yeah does weigh a lot and takes up the entire back of my van and takes multiple carts to even load it all. I have to deliver to houses up steep hills and with barely any sidewalks and along major roads, and a lot of these houses have huge yards I have to cut through. Trying to figure out how I'd even navigate a cart through all that is pretty laughable. Carrying one street's worth of mail is already pretty heavy, carrying my entire route on me at all times would weigh at least three times as much as I do on a normal day. But then again, I think the USPS alone delivers about 40% of the world's mail volume. I think we might just have a lot more than you would elsewhere. I don't spend that much time in the van, only when I'm driving to the next streets or having to drop off packages, or mail to houses that are literally impossible to walk to and have to be delivered separately.

And then there's rural routes around here that would be a ten minute walk between each house. It'd be pretty stupid not to do that from a vehicle, especially since a lot of those roads aren't even paved hahaha. I think our sorts of routes must be pretty different here.

>>7861184
Then you wont be charged import tax. How fucking hard is this /cgl/? If you're in the EU, and it comes from within the EU then there is no tax. If it comes from outside the EU you are charged import tax. There's some complete fucking retard asking this in every single mail thread.

UK anons especially have no excuse because it's all spelled out on the HMRC site.

I don't know if this is really a "horror story" but I just found an (thankfully) unused sanitary napkin in the pocket of a dress I bought off of mbok

>>7861544
> unused
Funny but not very horrific

>>7861544
Nah previous owner probably just forgot to check the pockets before sending it out.
It's unused so no big deal

>>7861497
The other shipping options don't come from within the EU that's why I was asking. I guess I'd better just pay the extra shipping then to make sure I don't get charged import tax.

>>7861648
>I knew the answer to the question in the first place

Why did you have to ask anything if you knew which shipping options came from where and how import tax works?

>>7861681
I was wondering if the other options would be worth it because that shipping costs £20

>>7861261
I'm baffled that you guys don't have scooters/small motorbikes like the posties here in NZ had. Used to see the posties on their push bikes when I was a kid but now it's all motorized and they don't even have to get off their bike/scooter to chuck the stuff in your box at most houses.

>>7861544
Try to sell it on lacemarket.

>>7861544
You have a real life japanese pad, anon

Bleed on it with honor.

>>7861718
Because if your item is 100£ or under, the price includes custom taxes from france, maybe even some extra (20% of the price in VAT + 3,5% custom fees iirc if the item is worth over 150€) and since Amazon france offers free shipping on items over 25€, you're not paying for shipping, only taxes.

>>7861261
in Brazil we have mailman on foot aswell. They don't push a cart or have bikes, they have to drag mail in a huge bag... but the public transport is free to them.
There's also cars and trucks, packages come in cars and are always delivered at the same time (at least in my area).
There's also online complaint forms that get answered in 1-5 working days and avaiable phone lines.
The only bad thing is that they take 1-3 months to deliver international packs AFTER they are already inside the country, but I have never lost mail/have it delivered in the wrong place.

>be newbie lolita
>all dresses purchased in the past couple of months, nothing over $150, mostly IW and Taobao brands
>no issues buying from anons/China/LM
>see MMM's stained glass OP in BST
>fuck I love that dress
>throw caution to the wind and buy it
>most expensive lolita purchase so far
>check the tracking number
>"Out for delivery in [NOT YOUR STATE]"
>PANIC

Pic related. I messaged the seller to make sure that she had the right address, then called the postal service. It turns out that they just "accidentally" sent the package to the wrong state. They said it should arrive at my place tomorrow, which is fine but... damn, just had to have my first shitty postal service experience with my most expensive dress!

Furthering my story.
>Purchase Halloween prop on ebay
>Sept 29th, says out for delivery
>Get mail, no package
>Uhh ok, maybe its an error. I'll wait till tomorrow to contact the seller
>Tomorrow comes, still no package.
>Message seller on ebay, and open up dispute about it never arriving despite saying delivered
>Ebay says the seller has till Oct 3rd to answer or I can get refund. I don't want refund, I want the item
>Oct 3rd comes, still no reply to either message or dispute.
>Oct 7th rolls around and seller finally makes a comment on dispute
>"The tracker says it was delivered. Can you confirm that? Thanks."
No you dense turd nugget, I've said 2 times in both your inbox and dispute that the item never arrived, why are you asking that?

Has anyone else had a parcel go missing recently from China? I ordered some stuff from Taobao last month and my tracking never worked- I contacted my shopping service (who are great and have offered to replace the missing items!) and they said the stuff is probably lost.
I'm surprised because both my parcels (the order was split in two) have gone missing- and kinda bummed because the dress I ordered is now out of stock.
Anyone else have stuff like this happen recently?

>>7861086
Great news! Enjoy your teapot.

>>7865466
Depending on where in china it came from... there's all kinds of shit going down in Hong Kong right now, and they just shut down one of the customs facilities, so it probably got lost in the confusion. It was likely all in one shipment, even if they were separate packages.

If you don't mind me asking, which SS do you use?

>>7863393
You SHOULD have contacted your postal service, and asked about the tracking number, they very well could have fucked up.

>>7866206
Probably, unfortunately! I think my SS is based in Hong Kong too because anytime I've ordered from them previously that's where the package came from.
I use TaobaoSpree and they've been really nice about the whole thing and are re-ordering my items now- just kinda bummed about that one item.
Do you think it's likely it might turn up at some point if the custom facilities re-opened? If so, what would I do? Would I need to pay back the shopping service for re-ordering the replacement items or what do you think?

>>7859052
The thing is Mai from the company I question had been going to the correct address one day, and a month later to the ok address. Everyone had been notified of the change. 2 years of mail to the new address then a month to the old is crazy.

>>7833811

>>7866207
I did contact my local PS, and they said it's under review.
The seller gave me a refund because that item is no longer in stock.. Sucks because I bought ti for $10, and other sellers are selling it for more than $16.

>>7830265

>college station

thats where I live

>>7843266
>I had to get my money back from the poor Japanese seller.

No, you didn't have to and you honestly shouldn't.

>>7843389
>> tfw seller didn't mark down the price or marked it as a gift
>> tfw you had to pay more then half of the price on top of it in fees

That's illegal in most civilized countries and fucks over the insurance (if any) for the seller, you dingus.