So we send my mother, who is currently in Italy, a mother’s day present. In April. It was a busy day, so I asked Ian to post the box, having already paid for the postage and filled out the likely customs form. The post office wanted a different customs form, so a new one was completed, only the post people didn’t bother to check to see that the customs form address matched the address already on the box. It was all ok, except it had the word “Italy” on it, which sent it through the Italian post instead of military mail, where it belonged.
Nevermind that the postage was printed via computer on a Click-to-Ship form, with the correct address, that should have sent the box through the military mail system correctly. This was taped to the front of the box. Instead, people are going to go by the customs form that had the word “Italy” on it and ship it through the Italian mail system. After languishing in the Italian post for 3 weeks, someone thought it would be a good idea to just return the box to us: “Adresse insuffisante”.
Who knew people would use the customs form for the actual mail delivery? The USPS likely did! Just one reason to match up addresses… because that’s what they do for a lot of the day, right?
I can see how the click-to-ship address pasted on the front of the box with boldfaced type would be difficult to miss.
Sigh.
Funny that on the way back to us from Bethpage, NY, the box went through military mail.
Really?
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