This is the 3rd time, I am swapping with people with good intention, and the pack is lost/stolen UNLESS you send it registered.
Simply: If you send a pack to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Albania, Moldova, Montenegro, Slovakia, Czech Republic, PLUS any ex-Soviet republics through unregistered mail, then the pack will will be stolen by default!
Do not hope for the best!
Do not trust God! (we usually don't have one )
Do not pray! That is the law of nature... and postmen... ...(well, they need to make a living from something, right?...)
This is the 3rd time, I am swapping with people with good intention, and the pack is lost/stolen UNLESS you send it registered.
Simply: If you send a pack to Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Albania, Moldova, Montenegro, Slovakia, Czech Republic, PLUS any ex-Soviet republics through unregistered mail, then the pack will will be stolen by default!
Do not hope for the best!
Do not trust God! (we usually don't have one )
Do not pray! That is the law of nature... and postmen... ...(well, they need to make a living from something, right?...)
Hello everyone.
I and Bosnia-Hercegovina precisely the places Mostar.
As for shipments everything is fine when I sent in the normal or recommended any good comes and people are satisfied with the coins.
I see no reason why these words. Send to want to just pack up well and will not be a problem.
Sorry I use Google Translator
Tko ce bola to promjenuti stanje svijesti gledam vijesti danas nemas koga cijeniti sve su to lopovi iskreno meni je glupo da ja sad tamo nekog uvjeravam kako sve je skupo iz prostog razloga sto se ne znamo dogovoriti.
One post I used regular one and so far it has not reached Croatia.
Places I feel confident to send by regular mail and without registration - 1000% confident are, Holland, UK, USA, Portugal, Belgium, Canada, France. All others I keep my fingers crossed always.
Verweis : DappereDodoPortugal safe? Ah, I had that scored the same as Spain, which is a definite no-go for regular mail. I have no personal experience though.
I'm from Portugal. I have done more than 70 swaps here at Numista. I send 90% my coins by regular mail, my friends always get the coins. And, until now, if the member send is coins to me I always get them. Portugal is a safe country to swap. But there are many countries in the "black list"...
I think the problem is not on a national scale but regional, some regions are safe some not, it depends where in the country you send the coins to. A bit of geography for you guys.
Nordfljot Groningen-Friesland.
Referee for Dutch Republic, Netherlands and Frisia
Hi:
I'm from Spain and usually I always swap and buy coins by ordinary mail. It's not 100% safe, I've lost some letters, but the risk is minimum. Maybe I can say of two losing letters with coins (one swap with Numista, other external) in more than ten years swapping, sending and receiving coins. Anyway I've lost other two letters with no coins, but probably my mailbox is the busiest in the street. No significative risk.
About rest of world, many problems said with South-America and a letter non-registered lost from Russia few years ago. I've sent and received from west-Europe, Romania, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia by ordinary mail with no problems.
Nowadays I only send registered mail, before the only regular letters with coins that never arrived (2 in total) were to the Ukraine.
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You can easily add Poland to the list. Regular mail has a fifty-fifty chance of disappearing. Despite the numerous stamps (Superman, Guess Who, Christmas theme, etc.) that our post office produces on a seasonal basis, I have made every attempt possible to always buy the regular, standard and boring Canadian stamps. Having a larger, more colourful, rare, unique stamp present on a standard mail envelope, unnecessarily draws the attention of philately driven thieves along the way. Remember, coins are not the only hobby that mail gets stolen for. A nice stamp can make a few photos and a letter to family, just disappear (I do not send a lot of letters and photos, yet, it has happened to me tens of times over the years. One more thing to consider, in my opinion, in general, overseas packages are more prone to theft in Eastern Europe and have been for decades.
In my opinion it's really depends how you had packaged your coins and if you are using regular mail or registered. I had received many letters were I can only imagine how lucky I'm because of poor packing - coins are moving and you can hear that there is something like coins inside. So first please pack your coins good use registered mail and everything should be ok.
I think a lot of it is how you pack it. I have lost three things in the mail. Romania, France, and Italy. And I think it was packing or forms filled in wrong. I think it's all the luck of the draw. One time I sent a small swap to the UK and my post office said I didn't have to fill out a customs form. Regular mail. It got there faster than first class and registered mail. All I can say is talk to the other person, and pack your coins good.
yours daryl
I do agree with Allred. If you pack loose and coins make a lot of clanking noice then chances are some one will have the urge to open and see what is inside and then gone. I also feel that for certain countries you must use registered mail and expecially if the coins are more or valuable. I also discuss upfront with the swap partner how we both should send to ensure risk is shared by both.
Just swap with a Numista from Romania. Sent the coins by regular mail and the coins were delivered in less than a week. Do hope that this helps to prove the realiability of the postofficers in Romania.
It's my second swap with Romanian collectors, no problem at all.
Unfortunately I think parcel theft from postal workers occurs in all countries. I don't think we can draw up a list of safe and unsafe countries. Sending by registered mail is the only way to protect your coins.
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