Udon Thani / Thailand Post & Courier details

by **Deacz9** » July 6, 2011, 7:05 pm

With respect I do not want to go back
to Cambodia until Oct, need to send stuff there now from LOS, is the post office (EMS) still the one to use for this or a courier more likely to get the parcel delivered with no problems/missing stuff? Anyone sent stuff to Cambodia?

by **parrot** » December 1, 2011, 4:21 pm

Given a choice of sending some documents to the American Embassy in Manila for about 1300 baht via UPS, and probably less than 500 via EMS, my cheapness tells me to go with EMS. Would anyone care to comment on EMS pitfalls?

by **BobHelm** » December 1, 2011, 4:31 pm

I have never had a problem with EMS within Thailand - sending my passport to & from embassy for example.
I believe that British passports now have to be sent to Hong Kong to be renewed - the suggested method to citizens from the embassy is EMS.

Don't know if that is much of a recommendation though as many UK Citizens are not as enthusiastic about our embasssy as Americans are about theirs...(with good reason)

by **lee** » December 2, 2011, 9:07 am

I've never had any problems sending via EMS in the past. The tracking is not as detailed as UPS and it's not as fast IMO, however all items I've sent in the past have arrived safely.

by **fdimike** » December 2, 2011, 10:10 am

Parrot

We also sent our documents to the USEMB Manila by EMS without any problem at all.

by **parrot** » December 2, 2011, 6:07 pm

I sent them by EMS, cost 400 baht. Thanks for the input.

by **douglas** » December 3, 2011, 2:32 pm

Hi,
Always sent things, birthdays, Christmas etc., to Britian, using standard Thai mail. Used to go to main post office, but since Big C opened near the airport, i now go there, On the ground floor near back. Opens at 1100Hrs. It's also where you get the ID's from. Those steps at the main office were getting to me.
Never had a parcel or letter go missing for the last six years. Takes about four to seven days for delivery, to the Isle of Man.
Nothing but praise for the Thai postal service. They have done me well.
Cheers Doug.

by **parrot** » December 3, 2011, 2:46 pm

Thanks for the tip on the post office at Big C. Yesterday I picked a number at the main office.......serving 450, my number was 480. I went to the Srisuk office, one person in front of me. But the Big C office is on my way to town.....I'll have to give them a try in the future.

by **read** » April 20, 2012, 5:27 pm

Bit of a 'how long is a length of string' question but does anyone have any experience of getting 'registered' post from the UK.
A letter's been posted to me today and I would appreciate a rough idea of when it may be delivered.

by **GENTLEY** » April 21, 2012, 12:22 pm

Read, my last registered mail from UK last month took a week however recently I was expecting mail from the UK and finally received it on 18/04/12.

Looking on the rear of the envelope Udon Central Post Office, where they receive incoming mail, date stamp it on arrival. Mine was stamped 04/04/12 so i've complained to them asking where it was for 2 weeks.

Not holding my breath on a reply but maybe get one.

by **read** » April 21, 2012, 6:59 pm

Thanks 'G' - that's a long time to remain at the Udon PO - maybe something to do with all the water splashing going on!
Hope you get an explanation! Thanks again for the info!

by **jackspratt** » April 21, 2012, 7:25 pm

Unfortunately, for the Udon Post Office it is not an inordinate time.

A package from Australia to my PO box in Ban Dung also spent 2 weeks (confirmed by PO stamps) in the UPO black hole not so long ago - and it had nothing to do with Songkran.

My hypothesis is that the staff in there are either terribly slack, or just plain lazy - take your pick. :shock:

by **read** » April 26, 2012, 4:01 pm

read wrote:Bit of a 'how long is a length of string' question but does anyone have any experience of getting 'registered' post from the UK.
A letter's been posted to me today and I would appreciate a rough idea of when it may be delivered.

Pleased to say the letter arrived today ( 6 days including the weekend!!)- it was from my UK bank and contained my new/replacement visa card that I stupidly left in the local bank here in Nong Hans ATM - the clowns immediately cut it in half!!). Unfortunately I now find that my old PIN number has to be replaced too ( I mistakenly thought PIN numbers carried on to new/replacement cards) - to do that I now have to notify the bank of receipt of card and await a further letter containing the new PIN number enclosed upon a slip of paper - 'which has to be memorised and immediately destroyed'!!!!!!!

The card left in machine incident happened on 2nd April - long time no ATM card is annoying to say the least - now long time with ATM card but no PIN is just the bee's knees!!! My local Thai friends tell me that Thai banks issue new cards and PIN's in just a matter of minutes ----- yeah right!!!!

by **rick** » April 26, 2012, 5:06 pm

The card left in machine incident happened on 2nd April - long time no ATM card is annoying to say the least - now long time with ATM card but no PIN is just the bee's knees!!! My local Thai friends tell me that Thai banks issue new cards and PIN's in just a matter of minutes ----- yeah right!!!!

Don't know for certain about replacement cards, but for a new account they do it in about 10 minutes.

by **jackspratt** » April 26, 2012, 5:12 pm

rick wrote:
The card left in machine incident happened on 2nd April - long time no ATM card is annoying to say the least - now long time with ATM card but no PIN is just the bee's knees!!! My local Thai friends tell me that Thai banks issue new cards and PIN's in just a matter of minutes ----- yeah right!!!!

Don't know for certain about replacement cards, but for a new account they do it in about 10 minutes.

Based on my most recent experience, to replace my out-of-date Kasikorn ATM card, that was about right. Only problem was it took about 2 days waiting in the bank to get to the counter.

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