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| edavid:
--- Quote from: ciccio on March 27, 2020, 07:49:20 pm ---It usually takes about three weeks for delivery and other two week for the cheque to be cleared by the Italian bank. A cheque mailed on January 13 ha not yet been received, as one other mailed on February 20. We called the Italian Post Office and they said that no standard postage is leaving the US for Europe because there are no flights leaving the US to Europe. --- End quote --- The USPS is not reporting any problem with mail to Italy: https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Mail-Service-Alerts-and-Updates I mailed a package from the US to Europe on March 5, and everything was normal (maybe faster than usual). He could ask the bank to stop payment on the lost checks and send replacements. |
| NiHaoMike:
--- Quote from: Rick Law on March 27, 2020, 06:55:24 pm ---Irresponsible behavior is causing problem even from those not in self-quarantine. Some idiot kids in Kentucky held a "Virus Party". As of now, one of them is tested positive. Of the Spring Break go-ers, at least 5 UT (Univ. of Tampa) is now tested positive. --- End quote --- Perhaps hospitals should deprioritize caring for those idiots (allowing responsible people to get care instead) and/or insurance companies refuse to cover for "self inflicted harm". |
| rdl:
I've shipped hundreds of items by USPS (though not in recent years), every now and then one would just "disappear" from their system for a short while, then continue on as if nothing happened. I only remember it occurring a few times and the longest was about 10 days. |
| Stray Electron:
--- Quote from: TerraHertz on March 27, 2020, 12:39:28 pm ---Does anyone else have a tracked parcel in transit in the USA? How is it going atm? --- End quote --- I had two that arrived yesterday. No problem with the tracking and the senders (amazon and Ebay) both sent me notifications that they had been delivered within about 30 seconds after they had been dropped off. The only problem that I've seen is that the delivery people are working their butts off because they're making so many deliveries these days. "How is it going atm?" What??? ATM = Automatic Teller Machine. |
| chickenHeadKnob:
--- Quote from: NiHaoMike on March 27, 2020, 10:22:44 pm ---Perhaps hospitals should deprioritize caring for those idiots (allowing responsible people to get care instead) and/or insurance companies refuse to cover for "self inflicted harm". --- End quote --- While that sounds reasonable it would require something like a "Universal social credit score" and continuous monitoring of personal behaviour to implement. Oops. Don't think you want to go there. TerraHertz asked about shipping in US/North America. I am about to place two orders with Mauser and Digi-key. I haven’t decided on the carrier yet. Will report back here on the progress to Canada. I can tell you one thing Western Canada Select crude price has hit a record lows, now at $7.20 a barrel and heading to zero. Can't even give that shit away. Oil and copper price are leading indicators for the economy in the next quarter and longer. |
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