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puca bears Nov 18, 2009

Well - I totally missed out on the Taiwan Creative Awards, thanks to the international postal services! The Post office here told me 8 to 10 days delivery time........and it's now almost four weeks, and no sign of the poor bear.......I just hope he hasn't been deliberately disappeared, en route.
Ho hum - such is life! 
huggies
Maria

DENBY30 Nov 18, 2009

Gee, I remember last year my swap ornament went to taiwan and had the wrong address, took 3 months to come back to me.  Sorry that bit of info, hope you see the bear sooner. :hug:

peterbear Nov 18, 2009

Oh Maria, that is just awful news  .

Having to miss out on the Taiwan Awards isn't so bad (I think), but not knowing where your lovely bear is, is my worst nightmare  .
Have you got any way of tracking the parcel?  I really hope and pray that he will soon be found and then I suggest you go to Taiwan yourself to collect him  .

Hugs,  :hug:

Peter

Natascha Nov 18, 2009

Maria, how terrible  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:  :hug:
I really, really hope for you that he will be back again soon.

rowarrior Nov 18, 2009

Oh no, hope he appears soon!

puca bears Nov 19, 2009

Thanks, everyone.........
I'm not panicking yet - bears have taken longer in the post before........but it IS a worry! Last year's bears arrived in Taiwan within the allotted time span.........but the postal services seem to be more and more unreliable these days.
This one didn't have a tracking number - last time I used the service it was on a parcel to Paris........it also was "to be signed for" -
the parcel disappeared, and all the tracking number could tell me was that it has left Germany (a lot of use!!).........and as for "signed for" - it eventually turned up, stuffed into the recipients letter box.
all i can do is keep my fingers crossed................
huggies
Maria

threadteds Banner SponsorNov 21, 2009

Oh my, I hope he wil turn up soon!! Fingers crossed!! Does this mean your  bear could not participate in the challenge during the show?  I mean, voting was on-line, right?

Post is bad here too. I think this is because there is more post delivery service concurence now.  And the costum rules are more strict now..  a package I was waiting for from USA was hold by costums for 2 weeks....  before it finally arived.

Hugs,
Berta

Barling Bears Nov 21, 2009

Hi Maria,

Oh golly, I am so sorry to hear of your missing bear, I would be distraught if I was to lose a bear like that.  I hope
that you soon have good news and your lovely creation reaches its destination.

Hugs

Marilyn

puca bears Nov 21, 2009

Thanks, Berta and Marilyn........and it is very much just a matter of crossed fingers right now. But I haven't given up hope yet!
and Berta - he missed out totally - the judging in the Taiwan competition is just 10% from the public voting - the rest is up to the jury, and without the bear......no chance! Funny - last year there were no problems with the bears, and I've also sent bears to Japan a couple of times for the TITA competition - again - all went well.............but I  do wonder. We are given their postal addresses in "our" alphabet.......does that mean  all the posties there can read our alphabet????? I can't imagine that the posties here can cope with the  Chinese or Japanese alphabets....
huggies
Maria