Russrep Emitter Shipment
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defstartrooper
Sr Member
Can be random security checks but most of time for custom delays it usually boils down to seeing if they can sting you for duty and how much for.
SaberFreak
Sr Member
When that happens, 'United Earth' would be a reality...
But World War 3 need to happen first
SnDMaN
Active Member
Back to being detective, I decided to cover more avenues in my plight to track down this package. Here's where I'm at:
I called customs at JFK Airport and they referred me to the Postal Office WITHIN JFK. The folks there said that every package shipped to the United States MUST have an identification number that starts with a "C". No package, they said, enters the good ole US of A without that ID number.
This is true, they said, even if the package was sent via standard airmail. The identification number is on the package and on the receipt received when the package was sent. They said without an ID number, they cannot help. BUUUT to be fair...I doubt that all airmail has this ID number (that's just my belief).
So now I'm trying to find this ID number. The search continues.....It's all kind of interesting actually!
I called customs at JFK Airport and they referred me to the Postal Office WITHIN JFK. The folks there said that every package shipped to the United States MUST have an identification number that starts with a "C". No package, they said, enters the good ole US of A without that ID number.
This is true, they said, even if the package was sent via standard airmail. The identification number is on the package and on the receipt received when the package was sent. They said without an ID number, they cannot help. BUUUT to be fair...I doubt that all airmail has this ID number (that's just my belief).
So now I'm trying to find this ID number. The search continues.....It's all kind of interesting actually!
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lonepigeon
Master Member
You can probably track the package online with the customs number.
I do it all the time with shipments I send internationally.
I do it all the time with shipments I send internationally.
SnDMaN
Active Member
You are correct about using a tracking number and tracking online. BUUUT it must be sent using non-standard airmail. It must be airmail with tracking. That's more expensive....
SnDMaN
Active Member
I believe so. Russ says he's not aware of any ID number. I also looked at the customs declaration that would have been filled out and there is no area on the declaration that has a customs number:
http://www.royalmail.com/link/download?catId=4200004&mediaId=39900677
Update: The woman at JFK's Postal Office was adamant about there being a customs number or tracking number on any package. She claims that no package enters the USA without it (she says that's part of some rules and regulations). Maybe the ID number/customs number/tracking number was on the shipment receipt and the shipper was never made aware of it?
Update 2: I spoke to the head of shipments and receiving at my company (I work for a HUGE global media corporation) and he gave me some insight. Basically, the woman from JFK's Post Office is wrong. International shipments do not necessarily have a trackable or identification number. Packages can be sent from overseas with a customs declaration and without ID numbers. He's been in this business for over 20 years...so I think his opinion matters
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lonepigeon
Master Member
Not true.
The tracking number is on the Customs Declaration form required for all international packages. In the US it's either the small green form or the larger 6-copy form (for more expensive items). There's a number and bar code on each form.
See here:
https://webapps.usps.com/customsforms/#
Forms 2976 and 2976-A
They scan the form at the Post Office when you mail the package. The Customs number also shows up on your receipt.
That's for shipping from the US though. I don't know how the UK does it.
SnDMaN
Active Member
For shipping from the UK, the customs form is posted above (CN-22). My collegue here at work showed me forms Forms 2976 and 2976-A....but those, like you said, are for shipments leaving the USA going abroad.
I also updated my post above with some more updated info!
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franz bolo
Sr Member
Murphy's law says if you want it really, really bad then it will come late! :lol
Mine will be last I'm sure!!
FB
Mine will be last I'm sure!!
FB
SnDMaN
Active Member
I'm in full agreement with FB! But just because I'm psycho, I ordered another one
Russ is still the man in my book!
SaberFreak
Sr Member
I'm looking at 2 packages right now as I type: one from the USA and the other from the UK. Both were sent using the cheapest available air mail option from the respective countries.
Package from the USA has a Customs Declaration form with a bar code and a number below it (which I often use to find out if it has entered the customs in my country, and when it has cleared customs).
Package from the UK has a Customs Declaration form without a bar code and without any number on it, except the 'CN 22' which I believe denotes the kind of form used. The only other numbers that look like it can be of any kind of help are the two on the electronically generated 'stamp'; one is a 5-digit number, the other is a 9-digit number. Both do not have any alphabets in it.
Package from the USA has a Customs Declaration form with a bar code and a number below it (which I often use to find out if it has entered the customs in my country, and when it has cleared customs).
Package from the UK has a Customs Declaration form without a bar code and without any number on it, except the 'CN 22' which I believe denotes the kind of form used. The only other numbers that look like it can be of any kind of help are the two on the electronically generated 'stamp'; one is a 5-digit number, the other is a 9-digit number. Both do not have any alphabets in it.
SnDMaN
Active Member
That's exactly what I was referring to. I don't think the USA customs slips are pertinent in this thread (as we're talking about shipment FROM the UK). But interesting nonetheless that the USA has a better tracking method on international shipments.
Here's the link to CN-22
http://www.royalmail.com/link/download?catId=4200004&mediaId=39900677
My belief is that the lady at JFK Airport's Post Office doesn't know what she's talking about. The CN-22 form doesn't appear to have any tracking or ID number that is followed/tracked by the USA.
SnDMaN
Active Member
Anyone else NOT get theirs yet?
I still haven't gotten my 1st shipment. My 2nd shipment was sent trackable and according to customs & USPS, they don't know where it is! The 2nd shipment has been cleared by customs on June 30th. They don't know where it is but they tell me I should have gotten it.
I think my post office and/or customs hates me!
I still haven't gotten my 1st shipment. My 2nd shipment was sent trackable and according to customs & USPS, they don't know where it is! The 2nd shipment has been cleared by customs on June 30th. They don't know where it is but they tell me I should have gotten it.
I think my post office and/or customs hates me!
