qz2026 wrote:
I think Alex hire pretty Ukrainian girl to lick stamp
I wouldn't say they are very pretty. Just old ladies from the Post Office
joe7170 wrote:
Too bad he can't send pretty Ukraine girl with book
Considering their weight, shipping will be VERY expensive
Ok, now I'm talking seriously. They have special tooling to place stamps. It is allowed to send books as special type of package, which is cheaper than package for example for goods (6$-7$ difference). But it require stamps. So sometimes this cause 1 day delay with shipping - post office don't have enough stamps to process all packages, so they order them ,receive them at the next day, and than they process parcels.
However, if somebody did not like stamps, and want to pay more for shipping, please ask about this option
Besides, I should think about this earlier - it is possible to order custom design of stamps. It will be cool if stamps had Mosins on them
When book is not exported from Ukraine, it can be tracked here
http://ukrposhta.ua/en/vidslidkuvati-forma-poshuku
Up to October 2015 it was possible to track parcels at USPS website. But then they changed their policies, and tracking info now is not visible online. However, they are tracked. If somebody have Ebay account, and sold something recently, he can upload tracking number that I provided to the details of Ebay transaction, and you will have tracking info (in few hours, when database will be updated).
I have such possibility, but as you understand, it's difficult to do it for every parcel. So if somebody did not received parcel in 2,5 weeks after I provided tracking number, please write me, I will check your tracking info.
And small tip - if at the classic USPS website (not mobile version), after you enter tracking number you get message "The Postal Service could not locate the tracking information for your request. Please verify your tracking number and try again later", parcel currently is not imported to USA, in case you see "USPS Tracking™ is unavailable for this product for UKRAINE.", it is alreasy imported.