Postcards

Ant · Post by **Ant** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 3:40 pm

Hello all

Just wondering if anyone else has had any trouble with sending postcards, I sent 8 around the 2nd of September and thus far only 3 have arrived

They were handed over at our hotel and paid for, not posted personally (possible mistake??)

Ant

lizzie h · Post by **lizzie h** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:44 pm

We were in Carvoeiro from august 13th to 27th and sent cards to Uk they took 4 weeks to arrive, Holland, 6 weeks Australia 6 weeks.By contrast a birthday card in an envolope took 3 days, speaks for itself.The same thing has happened for the past 6 years.Isnt life grand, mind you it is nice to read your own card when back at work.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 6:55 pm

Anything in an envelope arrives in CVO normally 2 days from UK. Vice versa also 2 days. Anytime of year! Mike

Ant · Post by **Ant** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:00 pm

Thanks guys

6 weeks to reach Holland, so there is still hope for my missing few

I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Ant

suzy-chigwell · Post by **suzy-chigwell** » Wed Oct 06, 2004 9:21 pm

I sent my post cards 1st day of holiday 13th Sept went back to work on 29th and my postcard to the boss had reached there 5 mins before me, could have saved the postage and had another drink

digger · Post by **digger** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 12:00 pm

Bom Dia Antonio, I’ve just checked my mailbox………….and still nothing!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:04 pm

I sent a parcel last Tuesday( to England) and it arrived on Thursday. I sent Christmas presents on the 19th of December and they arrived before the end of December. A parcel sent to me at the begining of November (from England) didn't arrive until March, having been sent back to sender (they said couldn't be delivered, wrong address) open and gifts missing. The only difference? The first address was written in crayon, the second in pen

Ant · Post by **Ant** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:36 pm

digger wrote:Bom Dia Antonio, I’ve just checked my mailbox………….and still nothing!

Ant · Post by **Ant** » Sat Dec 04, 2004 10:06 pm

Last one arrived today!!

Not bad, just over three months to deliver a postcard

Ant

Ellie · Post by **Ellie** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 12:06 am

Son sent a small parcel to me in Algarve from UK...after a month it arrived ?........back at his home in Essex!..having first travelled the length and breadth of Portugal

( he was slightly put out

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Chris · Post by **Chris** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:44 am

I subscribe the Algarve Resident, out every Friday and it arrives in the UK, every Friday or at the latest Saturday, every week without fail... Dodgy hotel not posting you cards

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Ant · Post by **Ant** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 1:54 am

Chris wrote:... Dodgy hotel not posting you cards ?

That's what I had thought, but as they are all here, I guess not.

Ant

Debs G · Post by **Debs G** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 3:56 pm

I thought it was well-known that postcards are low priority and so not dealt with very quickly by the postal service - this generally applies in most European countried. If you put the postcard in an envelope it would arrive in days instead of weeks.

I have found that the postal service between here and the UK is not all that bad - after some initial problems. The address we were given by the estate agent & lawyer of our house here in cvo was not quite correct. We were having all our mail re-directed form the UK and it was all building up at the sorting office in Lagoa. We went to see them and got it sorted out and now get all our mail from the UK within 3 days, including parcels.

The parcels I have sent from here have arrive in the UK within a week too.

Ant · Post by **Ant** » Sun Dec 05, 2004 7:11 pm

You are right, they are low priority, that's why you expect it to take a couple of weeks, at a push a month. But 3 months is too long

never mind, here now

Ant