Thai Mail - Posting documents to Europe

[MajorBloodnok]

Hello,

does anyone know if Thai Mail offers a "safer" mode to post
documents to Europe than mere 'registered mail'?

Thanks for your info!
Hope everyone is ok!

Take care!

MB aka 'Mike the Fritz'

[lomuamart]

I've sent important stuff before by EMS and it worked really well. You can track the package at numerous steps of the delivery process right up to when it's signed for in the UK.

[HHTel]

I echo the above. I've sent many many documents to the UK at about 1,000 bt a go by EMS. Never had a problem and as has already been said, it's trackable. The way to go.

[Big Boy]

We tend to use something called Long Tabien (that's my spelling, which may not be correct), which is about 1/10 of the cost. Never had a problem, and still traceable all of the way through.

[MajorBloodnok]

Thanks everyone!

Have a nice week!

MB aka 'Mike the Fritz'

[MajorBloodnok]

Expedited mail?

Is there a possibility of sending mail faster than just air mail? (Other than Email!Lol)

Thanks!
MB aka 'Mike the Fritz'

[Big Boy]

UPS? We have threads on here.

[Nereus]

Sent some stuff via FedEx recently. Bangkok delivered to an office in York, UK in 3 days. BUT, it cost nearly as much as a cheap air ticket!

[hhinner]

Expedited mail?

Is there a possibility of sending mail faster than just air mail? (Other than Email!Lol)

Thanks!
MB aka 'Mike the Fritz'

Yes. Registered mail (or long tabien as BB said above). This takes about a week to 10 days to UK, and you can track it. More expensive but also much faster is EMS, also trackable.

[europtimiste]

Never had problem sending with Reg. air mail or EMS. It's safer than some EU countries, UK, and others........

[PET]

Never had problem sending with Reg. air mail or EMS. It's safer than some EU countries, UK, and others........

I agrree 100% - I have sent a lot and never a problem with Reg or EMS

[Big Boy]

An old thread, but very relevant

For years, I have had no problems. On 15th December I tried to send some important stuff by EMS. The Post Office said because it was a PO Box in the UK, the best they could offer was Long Tabien. As I've said further up the page it is a lot cheaper. I accepted.

My letter seems to have become trapped at Suvarnabhumi.

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We went to the Post Office today to find out what was happening. They showed us the above phone screen and basically said, not their problem.

Does anybody know how to make any sort of claim when you've paid for the Long Tabien service?

[hhinner]

Surprised they accepted it for recorded delivery as it's going to a PO box.

You could try Thai Post contact centre on 1545.

https://www.thailandpost.co.th/index.ph ... anguage=en

[Big Boy]

Thank you, that looks great.

They originally accepted it for EMS, and charged over 2,000฿. They then phoned and asked to go back, where they downgraded it to Long Tabien, which I'm assuming is Recorded Delivery for 200฿, which seemed to be a bargain.

[hhinner]

Thank you, that looks great.

They originally accepted it for EMS, and charged over 2,000฿. They then phoned and asked to go back, where they downgraded it to Long Tabien, which I'm assuming is Recorded Delivery for 200฿, which seemed to be a bargain.

Long tabien strictly translates as registered but I tend to use 'recorded' as meaning the same thing.