Thanks Jocken.
That is too bad. I can no longer use the US Post office to send stuff
to Germany.
I expected more from a German company but I am forced
to now use UPS or Fed x when sending stuff to Germany.
T Mobile is not a well run company in the US either.
My cell phone requires T-Mobile and it is either that or ATT.
Half the time I cannot make or receive calls from home.
Robin is on Verizon and it works much better.
Poul, I'll send another trigger UPS.
Paul
On 06/30/2014 11:38 AM, Jochen Vielhauer wrote:
The Deutsche Post now is a private company after deregulation 1995:
they split the former Deutsche Bundespost in the private companies
Deutsche Telekom (T-Mobile etc.), Deutsche Post and Deutsche Postbank
(which now belongs to the Deutsche Bank). The Deutsche Post bought in
2002 the private company DHL.
That's all I know about it.
Have a good day over there
Jochen
Jochen Vielhauer Oberweg 33, 60318 Frankfurt Tel.: +49 (0)163 707
7841
jvielhauer@jovi.de
Am 30.06.2014 00:58, schrieb rotaryeng:
Thanks Jochen,
I'll call PVL on Monday and find out what the hell happened.
Is the post office in Germany a private company? The Post in the US
is gov controlled.
Paul
On 06/29/2014 12:20 PM, Jochen Vielhauer wrote:
Hi Paul,
The price of 283 € for a 3-kg-package is nearly impossible: DHL
price list is 36 € including insurance worth of 500 € plus 16 €
for Premium service (priority delivery).
UPS and FedEx are more expensive but with faster delivery to the
US: a package from my friend Brian from Peralta, New Mexico via
US Post office and DHL took 3 days, a package from Germany to New
Mexico via DHL and US post office took 3 weeks!! - 2 days from
Germany to the United States and the rest of the time it traveled
through the US.
And there is no shipping monopoly: there are at least 6 (SIX)
larger companies for package transportation worldwide and a lot
of smaller and regional ones. In the US I only know 3 (THREE)
major companies. There is no need for intervention of
government.
Last question: is it possible in the US to impeach your
politicians for the pricing of a private company e.g. the price
of a Chevrolet or a Samsung notebook or - better - the moon
prices of Apple products????
Jochen
Am 29.06.2014 19:08, schrieb rotaryeng:
DHL really stuck it to me on a 3 kg package from PVL. 283
Euro!!!. The parts cost were less than 200 Euro. I called DHL
on it and they gave me an entirely different price. If I had
known that I would have requested PVL to ship it United Parcel
Service or FedX. It is almost cheaper for Robin and I to fly
over and take the parts back in our luggage.
Some hanky panky is going on here :) The German people ought to
sue the German Post office for buying DHL. That constitutes an
attempt to form a shipping monopoly. Either that or you should
impeach the German politicians that allowed it ;)
Maybe my friends Juergen and Jochen (ex state Green Party
senators Essen) know somebody in the German federal
government.
This is going to hurt German export business in the long run. I
could get the parts made in China and shipped to the US for one
tenth the cost :) (Not to worry Helmut. I won't do it :))
Now that I know that I will never use the US post office (AKA
DHL) to send parts to Germany as I now know it is really DHL.
I just sent something US PP to New Zealand for $16 USD. I send
stuff US PP to Australia all the time and the cost is
reasonably. 20 pounds of books shipped to Australia was less
than 3 kg from Germany.
On top of all this DHL lost the package I sent to you :)
Maybe I should send another trigger UPS or FedX.
Paul
On 06/29/2014 02:03 AM, Poul Henrik Woelfle wrote: Hey Paul,
Thank you for the update. The last shipping status is from
June 12th. DHL says the parcel was still in the US on the
11th:
http://nolp.dhl.de/nextt-online-public/set_identcodes.do?lang=en&idc=LC589349941US&rfn=&extendedSearch=true
USPS says " Depart USPS Sort Facility" in LA on the 12th:
https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction.action?tRef=fullpage&tLc=1&text28777=&tLabels=LC589349941US
The people from DHL tend to be quite annoying in that they send us customs
notifications rather than just bringing stuff, but normally we
do get notified when deliveries arrive in Germany. If I call
them now, they will tell me they can't do anything about it as
long as it isn't in Germany, so if possible please call USPS
and ask then what they think has happened since the 12th.
German post owns DHL by the way, so there is bureaucracy, but
no monopoly. We use UPS a lot, for example.
Best Regards,
Poul Henrik Woelfle
Woelfle Engineering GmbH Randstraße 109 • D - 47804 Krefeld •
Germany Tel +49 2151 151020 • Fax +49 2151 151019
www.woelfle-engineering.com HRB 7369, Amtsgericht Krefeld •
Director / Geschäftsführer: Paul A. Woelfle
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: rotaryeng
[
mailto:rotaryeng@earthlink.net] Gesendet: Sonntag, 29. Juni
2014 02:06 An: Poul Henrik Woelfle Betreff: Re: PRIVATE
delivery status
call German customs I sent it at least 2 weeks ago parcel
post.
Maybe they think it is a bomb :)
BTW does the German post office own DHL? Rumor has it they now
have a monopoly of shipping in and out of Germany :)
Here is the PO receipt Germany first class package
international 06/11/2014 11:50 AM
1.6 Oz Customs form LC589349941US
Bill #1000405232017 US Clerk 55 Santa Paula CA
$6.55
Paul
On 06/28/2014 03:23 PM, Poul Henrik Woelfle wrote:
Hi Paul,
I hope all is well. Just wanted to check on delivery status of
the trigger as it has not arrived yet.
Best Regards,
Poul Henrik Woelfle
*Woelfle Engineering GmbH*
Randstraße 109 • D - 47804 Krefeld • Germany
Tel +49 2151 151020 • Fax +49 2151 151019
*www.woelfle-engineering.com
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HRB 7369, Amtsgericht Krefeld • Director / Geschäftsführer:
Paul A. Woelfle