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Important Question on shipping something to ship on DEPLOYMENT @ SEA
Hey guys need some help here.... gotta go ship my daughter her contacts and glasses out to her seeing that she lost them and is at sea blind as a bat deployed!! This is my first time shipping a package and need it to get to her ASAP. I have heard it will take up to 4 MONTHS ;( please please please tell me this is not so....
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Four weeks is more likely, although it can be shorter. Have back ups made, packages do tend to lose their way.
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Permalink Reply by iriejennifer on
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Thank you should I send it Prioity mail??
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That will only get it to the Fleet Post Office quicker, not to the ship itself. However, I always use priority, because you can get FPO/APO flat rate boxes which are the most efficient way to mail things. Express or overnight? Nope. You will need a customs form. Which is why I never send true valuables, because anyone handling the package can read what's inside and the value.
Once it gets into the military mail system, it isn't quite the same as the USPS. Depending on the size of the ship and where it is at, the mail may arrive by air (helo or plane), by supply ship, or be held until they dock in a port. So there's too many variables to "guarantee" timely delivery.
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Permalink Reply by Kathy (AOMom) on
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So not true on the time you heard. My daughter is also deployed at sea, and some packages have only taken 7 days, (those were the fastest) some up to 3 weeks, unless the ship is in an area that will not allow them replenishments at sea, they eventually will. If you only ship the contacts and glasses in a box or padded envelope, it somehow gets there quicker. I think its because its smaller and they can include it with the mail (letters,small boxes) rather than wait for the bigger boxes to arrive.
Like Anti M I always ship priority, it goes by air to the military sort, on either the east or west coast, if you just send it parcel post, it goes by truck to the military sort.
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Wow thank you both so very much! I sent it flat rate box FPO ! You have been wonderful on giving me some great and comforting advice. This is all so very new to me... Thanks again !
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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Go to this discussion I posted on my San Francisco site. It has information on addressing, etc.
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/sfbayareanavyfamilies/forum/topics...
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