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Best way to send a letter to Germany?
May 12, 2020, 10:08 AM
12131Best way to send a letter to Germany?
DHL, FedEx, UPS, or USPS?
Important document that has to be physically sent, in addition to emailing it. Thanks.
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May 12, 2020, 10:17 AM
AglifterHow fast? Others, probably, have more up-to-date information. DHL tends to be good, IME, for foreign packages.
Registered mail, seems to work, eventually.
May 12, 2020, 11:00 AM
airbubbawhen i imported the 229sl's from germany, i sent the bafa docs/atf 4473 equivalent to the exporter, fedex for about $60.
fedex stays with fedex, usps will be 3rd party handler.
May 12, 2020, 11:17 AM
Sig2340I think the very best way to send a letter to Germany is to hire a Gulfstream to fly me DC to Houston, give me the letter, then I'll fly the G650 from Houston to the closest airport to the recipient. I'll drive to the recipient and hand deliver it. Then I'll jump back on the G650 and fly home.
If that's too much, I can fly first class on Emirates or Lufthansa; even United will suffice.
Seriously, the Postal Service International Priority Mail does well at getting stuff across the Pond, but if it needs to be there fast (2 days), you can't beat FEDEX.
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May 12, 2020, 11:18 AM
h2oysUSPS unless you are in a hurry.
May 12, 2020, 11:48 AM
FundmanJust send by USPS. First-class international or priority mail international if you are really concerned. I wouldn't be concerned about delivery reliability to Germany.
May 12, 2020, 11:55 AM
ZSMICHAELI have to send correspondence to France on a regular basis. USPS is fine. Just be sure that the proper postage is affixed and the address formatted properly. I found that the French postal service can be picky sometimes on addresses.
May 12, 2020, 03:06 PM
wrightdI'd start out with an envelope and see how it goes.
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Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster May 12, 2020, 03:18 PM
SR025My wife sends and receives letters/cards/packages from her family in Germany and she always uses Usps without issue.
May 12, 2020, 05:51 PM
heathtxFedEx, everything else is stupid expensive or slow.
I send important stuff FEDEX to Italy, it's 3 days. I just sent a USPS priority letter to the UK and it was 4 days to New York, then 7 days to Londay, 2 days to Newcastle.
May 12, 2020, 06:38 PM
Rey HRHOf those you listed, DHL is the biggest air logistics company internationally
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May 12, 2020, 08:12 PM
12131It's gone out FedEx. Thanks, gentlemen.
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May 12, 2020, 10:13 PM
Rey HRHquote:
Originally posted by 12131:
It's gone out FedEx. Thanks, gentlemen.
If it's any reassurance, in my last company, I had to oversee air freight of small parts to Germany on just about a weekly basis to either Schweinfurt or Thalheim and I used FedEx. Never had any problems getting there except when we entered the wrong address one time.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
May 12, 2020, 10:19 PM
sns3guppyquote:
Originally posted by Sig2340:
If that's too much, I can fly first class on Emirates or Lufthansa; even United will suffice.
Not any more...