Trading Question

[HarlequinZero]

www.post.japanpost.jp/english/index.html

There's the Japanese post's English link for when anyone deals with me and the hundreds of other traders in Japan!

[s_o_r_r_o_w]

Priority International packages from the United States to Canada are "soft" trackable using the customs number. It's not as comprehensive as full tracking per se, but you can see them moving through the system.

Plug CP731180607US into Canada Post's website to see what I mean.

I don't know if we need a sticky with a link to all the various postal services, but it seems easy enough to do.

[MagickalMemories]

Australia:
http://auspost.com.au/index.html

I tried to search by Customs form # on their main page.
Didn't work.

I used LC909812672US (sent on 11/13/10 and already confirmed receipt with recipient).


Eric

[s_o_r_r_o_w]

Australia:
http://auspost.com.au/index.html

I tried to search by Customs form # on their main page.
Didn't work.

I used LC909812672US (sent on 11/13/10 and already confirmed receipt with recipient).

According to USPS, that was sent First Class International, not Priority International.

[MagickalMemories]

Australia:
http://auspost.com.au/index.html

I tried to search by Customs form # on their main page.
Didn't work.

I used LC909812672US (sent on 11/13/10 and already confirmed receipt with recipient).

According to USPS, that was sent First Class International, not Priority International.

True.
But my only point was that the Customs form # does not *automatically* work on all non-US postal web sites.

Eric

[s_o_r_r_o_w]

But my only point was that the Customs form # does not *automatically* work on all non-US postal web sites.

Fair enough. My experience with First Class International from USPS is that it is rarely if ever soft trackable, while Priority International has been in 100% of cases I've used it.

I'd be interested in anecdotal evidence from other receiving countries about Priority International.

[MagickalMemories]

To take it a step further, I'd be interested in anecdotal evidence from ALL receiving countries about all shipping services.

You're a Canadian sending to the UK? Would love to hear your experiences.
Etc.


Eric

[blackspade]

Very interesting, I'm in the process of a trade to Canada.
I'll try the soft tracking w/the customs # and see what happens.