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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8360334, member: 110350"]I wonder if Germany to the USA via China sets some kind of record for misdirected mail! I guess I'm lucky that nobody in the Chinese postal system wherever it ended up collects Roman Republican coins. (Although I admit that the envelope and its contents show no signs of having been opened or otherwise disturbed.)</p><p><br /></p><p>For once, I'm pretty sure this isn't the fault of the USPS; it seems to me that it's Deutsche Post that screwed up. I don't think the envelope was ever in the USA until the other day. So much for the vaunted German efficiency! I've had bad experiences with Deutsche Post before, especially with German dealers who don't seem able to comprehend the difference between sending something via Deutsche Post international mail, which seems to essentially = "DHL," and sending it via DHL Express. Even though they're the same underlying entity, they're very different things! As in, the difference between several weeks or more, and a few days.</p><p><br /></p><p>I sent Künker a copy of the envelope and asked them to try to look into what happened, but am not expecting much. They have not been responsive in general to my inquiries over the last six weeks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8360334, member: 110350"]I wonder if Germany to the USA via China sets some kind of record for misdirected mail! I guess I'm lucky that nobody in the Chinese postal system wherever it ended up collects Roman Republican coins. (Although I admit that the envelope and its contents show no signs of having been opened or otherwise disturbed.) For once, I'm pretty sure this isn't the fault of the USPS; it seems to me that it's Deutsche Post that screwed up. I don't think the envelope was ever in the USA until the other day. So much for the vaunted German efficiency! I've had bad experiences with Deutsche Post before, especially with German dealers who don't seem able to comprehend the difference between sending something via Deutsche Post international mail, which seems to essentially = "DHL," and sending it via DHL Express. Even though they're the same underlying entity, they're very different things! As in, the difference between several weeks or more, and a few days. I sent Künker a copy of the envelope and asked them to try to look into what happened, but am not expecting much. They have not been responsive in general to my inquiries over the last six weeks.[/QUOTE]
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