Comments on: Russia: Snail Mail http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/07/russia-snail-mail/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:24:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Hungary: Post Office http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/07/russia-snail-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-944194 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Hungary: Post Office Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:42:41 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/07/russia-snail-mail/#comment-944194 [...] We’ve already reported on postal service inefficiency in Russia and in Romania, and now here’s a rather typical post office horror story from Hungary, written by Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar: “So, yes I needed one measley stamp, but had to wait forty minutes to purchase it from the little ray of sunshine behind the counter.” Veronica Khokhlova [...] [...] We’ve already reported on postal service inefficiency in Russia and in Romania, and now here’s a rather typical post office horror story from Hungary, written by Further Ramblings of a N.Irish Magyar: “So, yes I needed one measley stamp, but had to wait forty minutes to purchase it from the little ray of sunshine behind the counter.” Veronica Khokhlova [...]

]]> By: Rako http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/07/russia-snail-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-941648 Rako Wed, 04 Apr 2007 04:05:12 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/07/russia-snail-mail/#comment-941648 Why does mail between Belarus and the US always go through, but now it seems that mail between the US and Russia does NOT always go through? Have "mail thieves" found capitalism in Russia to be profitable too? Why does mail between Belarus and the US always go through, but now it seems that mail between the US and Russia does NOT always go through?

Have “mail thieves” found capitalism in Russia to be profitable too?

]]> By: Andy http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/07/russia-snail-mail/comment-page-1/#comment-823639 Andy Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:33:58 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/03/07/russia-snail-mail/#comment-823639 When I was in Irkutsk my parents sent me a parcel for Christmas. It arrived at the post office in Irkutsk just fine. Unfortunately, either they didn't let me know about it, or they sent the notification to the wrong address, because when I didn't collect it in a month, they sent it back to England. So, my parents sent it back to Irkutsk again. It arrived at the post office in Irkutsk just fine. Unfortunately, either they didn't let me know about it, or they sent the notification to the wrong address, because when I didn't collect it in a month, they sent it back to England. At which point, I decided to collect my parcel - slightly battered but in otherwise good condition - direct from my parents on my return home to England that summer. When I was in Irkutsk my parents sent me a parcel for Christmas.

It arrived at the post office in Irkutsk just fine. Unfortunately, either they didn’t let me know about it, or they sent the notification to the wrong address, because when I didn’t collect it in a month, they sent it back to England.

So, my parents sent it back to Irkutsk again.

It arrived at the post office in Irkutsk just fine. Unfortunately, either they didn’t let me know about it, or they sent the notification to the wrong address, because when I didn’t collect it in a month, they sent it back to England.

At which point, I decided to collect my parcel – slightly battered but in otherwise good condition – direct from my parents on my return home to England that summer.

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