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An Post - sent mail keeps going AWOL

LuckyMe63 · 2011-04-08 10:22:16

I have returned from some years living in the US and am really disappointed & disgusted with the service from An Post. And they're so expensive. So far this year I have sent 4 packages that have all gone missing. 1 to UK, 2 to US and 1 to Cayman Islands. Each of these contained a gift. Not only is it a pain that they've…

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#32 24-05-2011 09:23PM

tallaghtoutlaws

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redzer44 wrote: »

I have been having the same problem with registered mail to the US going missing. It has happened 4 times in the last 6 months. Each time i have tracked the post using the tracking system but the last entry is alway Dublin Mail Centre. Having spoke to someone in An post I was told that all mail to the US is being sent to another European Country to be scanned and x-rayed by Homeland Security. Can anyone verify this?

They go to Germany or the UK and its sometimes from that point that you will find the details on the USPS website as they will continue on the tracking within the US or US territories.

Go to USPS eireal suggested:

http://www.usps.com/shipping/trackandconfirm.htm?from=home_header&page=trackandconfirm

Have to say I send a lot of parcels and letters to the US and rarely have things go missing when they are tracked.

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