It's me. It's so me.

[demiurgent]

So. I sent Wednesday a care package. Two weeks ago. By Global Priority Mail.

It came back to me the following week. It seems they wanted greater detail on my customs form. And they'd opened it. But everything was in it.

So I filled in greater detail, brought it back to the postoffice, and resent it.

It came back, today. No explanation. And it apparently made it to Britain before being returned (which means it was returned via air as well, since it didn't take a month to get back). This time, it has not been opened.

Fuck it. It goes FedEx tomorrow.

Comments

Re: I don't think you can blame the Post Office

[demiurgent.livejournal.com]

I was decrying the Post Office in its greater, general sense. Not the United States Postal Service per se. (Granted, they were the ones who returned it to me the first time, for lack of granularity in my customs form -- which is somewhat haphazard. At least once in the last six months a general "gifts" declaration was sufficient to get right through to Wednesday, while my detailed but not specific list wasn't.)

It was definitely the fault of the Royal Mail that it got sent back to me. However, I decry the fraternity as a whole today. For I am... UNREASONABLE!

Re: I don't think you can blame the Post Office

[howardtayler.livejournal.com]

Ah. A cavil made generally against postal services... that I can understand. Here's to broad-brushed grievances!

Re: I don't think you can blame the Post Office

[wednesday]

Longer than six months, but it has worked. "Nonperishable food items" has generally also worked for, like, several different kinds of eatin' stuff.

Come to think of it, the box marked "gifts" was sent at either Global Priority or one class above, if they have one... so it can't even be *that*.

It's gotta be the iPod condom. They're looking at the iPod condom entry and going, "Is it *sexy*?"

Re: I don't think you can blame the Post Office

[mechaman.livejournal.com]

was decrying the Post Office in its greater, general sense. Not the United States Postal Service per se. (Granted, they were the ones who returned it to me the first time, for lack of granularity in my customs form -- which is somewhat haphazard. At least once in the last six months a general "gifts" declaration was sufficient to get right through to Wednesday, while my detailed but not specific list wasn't.)

Sorry, but not us there. We have no control at all on customs. That's literally 'hand it off to the nice boys at the DHS / Customs / Whomever has current control of that duty'. And well, you know as well as I do how even handed that little job is.

Re: I don't think you can blame the Post Office

[wednesday]

But the parcel didn't even make it to Britain before it came back with that request.

Re: I don't think you can blame the Post Office

[mechaman.livejournal.com]

But the parcel didn't even make it to Britain before it came back with that request.

Actually, I didn't even suppose it had. I'm honestly not sure if customs acts on outgoing mail as well as incoming. I'd think they do to some degree, but again, not something I have info on.