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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 12:21 pm
Does anyone know how to contact anyone at USPS Customs? My BF sent an audition tape to The Ellen Show on May 7th, and paid Canada Post almost $30 to get it there in three business days. US Post nabbed the package on May 9th and it has been sitting in customs ever since. All the forms were filled out properly, package was addressed correctly; there is absolutely NO reason this package should still be sitting there. We've already talked to Canada Post, and USPS, and both of them claim that it's out of their hands now that Customs has their hands on it. We know this, but we just want to talk to someone IN customs who can tell us why and how much longer. Any info would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 12:32 pm
Global Express Guaranteed service is the result of a strategic alliance with USPSŪ and FedEx. FedEx provides the international transportation, commercial customs clearance, and delivery of every shipment while USPS provides mailing labels and packaging to create the shipment, payment options, and acceptance of the shipment. If it was sent Registered Mail: The Sender may call 1-800-222-1811 to start an "Inquiry about a Registered Article or an Insured Parcel or an Ordinary Parcel," with an International agent. The information you provide will be directed to the appropriate Foreign Postal Administration. The results of the inquiry will be shared with you in writing after they have completed their investigation. If lost only the sender may file. If damaged, addressee may file unless they waive their right to payment in writing, in favor of the sender. Link Then Select a Topic, I picked "International Mail and Shipping" and All Sub-Topics.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 3:34 pm
Thanks, Kaili. We've done that already, too. Canada Post and US Post keep saying all we can do is wait, customs is a different entity, etc. I really wanna talk to someone there (at Customs itself, not the postal service) and find out WHY. This was a time-sensitive package, hence the $30 for expedited service, and the response my BF got today when he called again was, "Well, you'll have to wait 45 to 60 days for the results of your inquiry. I suggest you resend the package if it's important." That's all very well and good, you see, except for one small detail: YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ONE AND ONLY PACKAGE I NEEDED TO GET THERE!!. Sorry for yelling, it's very frustrating. Canada Post -- the only place you can send a package for only pennies a day. So much for my BF's dream of being Ellen's DJ. 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 5:01 pm
Karen, this looks like their home page: http://www.cbp.gov/ I think that is the agency that would have your package. It used to be just U.S. Customs, but after 9-11, it became Customs and Border Patrol, and Customs and Immigration Enforcement, both under Department of Homeland Security. I think you want the Border Patrol one. That seems like a kind of strange thing for them to seize or hold for further examination. Maybe your boyfriend got unlucky and mailed on a day when a big child pornography sweep was going on or something ... But the postal administrations of both countries are telling you correctly. If Customs has it, the postal people don't have any authority to influence its release.
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Halfunit
Moderator
09-02-2001
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 5:10 pm
Using Juju's link:

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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 5:38 pm
Dear Lord you guys are awesome!! Thank you so much, both of you! Juju -- I'm completely aware that neither USPS or Canada Post have no control over it right now, and I'm OK with that. I meant, "find out WHY it's been sitting there so long", not find out why I have to talk to them, not the post. I just needed to know, then, if it's not them, who at Customs can I talk to? Grrr... gotta love red tape. \sigh. Half, I'll be calling those guys tomorrow. BTW, awfully sweet of you to check and see I'm in Vancouver and find the closest area code to call. 
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 6:47 pm
Karen, I hope you get some help quickly!!! (Not sure if you did this, but having to send tapes across the U.S./Canada border a few times a week for my job, I've found the only way to get them through quickly either way without trouble is to clearly mark on the Customs form "NON-PORNOGRAPHIC." Whenever I ask people sending me tapes to do this, they think I'm funny and/or strange, but it works. Not sure if you did that or not. Just food for thought.) But seriously, good luck. Sending benign stuff across the U.S./Canada border (both ways) is often not as easy as it should be.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Monday, June 05, 2006 - 8:51 pm
Yeah, Yankee... thanks, though. It was labelled correctly -- I send a ton of DVDs through the mail at work, too. Everything was labelled No Commercial Value, Non Pornographic, etc., etc.... all the release forms were as they should be. At this point, it's just a really sucky lesson of karma, me thinks. And we havent' done anything bad lately, so something wonderful must be in the works for us. 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, June 06, 2006 - 9:30 pm
Huh! Well, thanks for the tip, Yankee. It would never occur to me to label a tape non-pornographic.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 10:37 am
Does anyone have or know Print Explosion Deluxe? My main question is if I want to print the pages at a kinkos (as my printer does not handle photos very well), can I just make the pages a jpeg or what?
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, June 07, 2006 - 7:25 pm
Vacanick, If you're staying near Carpentersville there is an amusement park right there called Santa's Village. A nine year old would like. Then there is Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. A nine year old would love. The lake is always nice. You can rent bikes at North Ave Beach. They've got great bike trails. You can buy a "City Pass it's a booklet and includes tickets to six of the most popular things to see like The Hancock Observatory, Art Institute, Adler Planetarium, Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and the Museum of Science and Industry. The booklet is $49 and you have nine days and I think kids are half price or something like that....cheaper. Imax at Navy Pier is big with kids. Lincoln Park is Free. Have fun...Chicago is a great City...you'll have fun and tons to do.
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Kiersten_love
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 6:09 pm
Calling all practicing Canadian lawyers, can you please let me know if this is part of family law and also is it part of contract law? http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=969483202845 thank you very much 
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 6:27 pm
I'm not a lawyer (but I am Canadian!), but I can't resist a link. Must -- click -- link... The link you've posted is broken, Kiersten. 
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 7:58 pm
Does Oregon put the county name at the bottom of their license plates? I saw one that said 'Salmon' and just wondered.
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Jewels
Member
09-23-2000
| Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 8:13 pm
No, it is just a designer plate that we have. We also have a Crater Lake plate and a Cultural Trust plate, those are more expensive. The regular plate is blue with mountains and a tree in the middle. Here's a link, that hopefully will work: http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/DMV/vehicle/plateregular.shtml
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Kiersten_love
Member
08-03-2001
| Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 8:20 pm
oh i am so sorry here is the correct link: Link
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Thursday, June 08, 2006 - 8:32 pm
Wow, twenty five grand in legal bills over a parrot. Poor woman. I don't know where this would fall in the legal system. Looks to me, though, that she signed over her rights, and that the SPCA was concerned about the condition of the bird when it arrived...
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Friday, June 09, 2006 - 6:41 am
Thanks for your quick and accurate response Jewels!
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Kiersten_love
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 9:27 am
I need a question answered for my neighbor's daughter, I told her how nice you all were and that you may be able to help her answer this question. thanks CHINA HAS OVER A POPULATION OF 1 BILLION YET THERE ARE ONLY? A. 3 COLLEGE UNIVERSITIES B. 200 FAMILIY NAMES C. 1,000 CARS D. 100 POST OFFICES
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 9:59 am
they have more than 3 college universities, over 700 family names, and over 300 post offices. i find it hard to believe they would have only 1,000 cars. so, i don't think any of them are correct.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 10:39 am
I thought the number of 'sir names' in China was very limited. If one of them has to be correct, I'd think that would be the one. Just a guess, though.
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 11:15 am
OG, I think you are right. They use their family name for their first name.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 11:17 am
from Wikipedia: Today, there are over 700 different Chinese family names, but as few as twenty cover a majority of Chinese people.
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Hypermom
Member
08-13-2001
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 11:30 am
Ok, I stand corrected. lol Thanks Cnd. China is third behind the USA for car ownership, so it's not that either.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Saturday, June 10, 2006 - 12:00 pm
didn't mean it as a correction but to ponder the answer to the question. wondering if they mean the few as twenty cover the majority?
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