Customs

cormie

Hi,
I'm not too sure where this best fits in so feel free to move to appropriate forum:)

I just checked a shipping code for a package that arrived in Irish customs at 9.10am this morning delivered by USPS. Does anyone know when I should expect to receive it? Is it too late to get it today (14:30 now)? If it has been dispatched from customs to a delivery van, would it have been updated on the tracking?

Thanks for any feedback.

Rew

cormie wrote:

Hi,
I'm not too sure where this best fits in so feel free to move to appropriate forum:)

I just checked a shipping code for a package that arrived in Irish customs at 9.10am this morning delivered by USPS. Does anyone know when I should expect to receive it? Is it too late to get it today (14:30 now)? If it has been dispatched from customs to a delivery van, would it have been updated on the tracking?

Thanks for any feedback.

Customs dont deliver anything they will just check it. It will go with An Phost from there id say. So monday at the earliest.

slumped

If its UPS then chances are you will get it today, if it's gone to An Post, consider walking to the airport now and picking it up!

Pighead

Theres nothing i love more than a good old chin wag about the different weird and wonderful customs around the world,heres a few of Pigheads favourites

In Japan, monkeys can’t be brought indoors – it is thought that they bring ‘chaos’ to the household. But birds can come right in – some homes have indoor feeding platforms for wild birds to eat at – the birds bring good luck.

Food should only be eaten with wooden utensils – metal utensils ‘poison’ the food. It’s alright to use metal utensils in the preparation stages, however, because ‘handling’ and cooking dissipate the toxins.

It is distasteful to wear fur of any kind in Japan – fur is the ‘clothing’ of animals, and the animal’s spirit will haunt you if you wear its fur.

Melons must be cut along the natural lines of their rinds – it is very bad taste to cut them in any other way. In fact, taste is the reasoning here, for melons are the most human-like of fruit, and have ‘veins’ inside their flesh. If you slice them anywhere but along the natural lines, you will sever these veins and the melon will ‘bleed’ into its own flesh and the taste will be off.

declanoneill

Last time I got something delivered by USPS it was taken by GLS/Parcelforce, I'm got the impression from An Post that they don't handle that stuff). If that's still the case you can expect the package to get to you sometime in the next 6 months

cormie

Thanks Pighead :rolleyes:

Yup, I know customs don't deliver it is USPS yes, I was just wondering would anpost have it to me by today, or if I did go into Customs, would it be ready to be collected by me. Do they have a number where you can check this? I take it they are at the airport yes? Does anyone know their hours?

Thanks for the feedback:)

Pighead

cormie wrote:

Thanks Pighead :rolleyes:

no cormie thank you for starting this wonderful thread,i've got a feeling that this one could smash through the hundred reply's mark
By the way were you aware that in indonesia In the Irtundra tribe, men must never cut their hair with stone or metal – it must be bitten off by the man’s wife, sister, mother, grandmother, or sister-in-law (in that descending order if you don’t have a woman to fill the necessary role).

The Chutuu people each have a spirit animal. They watch a certain animal for an entire moon, learning its habits, secrets, and personality. Then they kill it and wear the bloody skin for seven days as they run about the perimeter of the village, acting like their animal. After that the animal’s spirit is within them, and will guide them throughout their lives. That is, unless they ever eat the flesh of that animal again. If they do, their spirit animal will leave them in anger, and they’ll be without for the rest of their lives.

Deep in the jungles lies the Asati tribe. They have a complex schedule that dictates the stages of the first seventeen years of a person’s life. After the person turns eighteen, they are ‘dead’, and leave the tribe to live a solitary life in the jungle. They aren’t allowed to talk or associate with any humans after that seventeenth year.
Absolutely Fascinating.
I've just rated this thread a 5 cormie.Keep em coming buddy

John R

declanoneill wrote:

Last time I got something delivered by USPS it was taken by GLS/Parcelforce, I'm got the impression from An Post that they don't handle that stuff). If that's still the case you can expect the package to get to you sometime in the next 6 months

They lost the contract with USPS and AnPost got it, so a few days delay instead of a few months/never and a much better chance of getting goods through without customs charges.

cormie

I'd be very pleased if I get away without being charged for customs on this order!

I need this by Monday. Do you reckon I will have it by Monday morning or should I be looking to ring them up and go and collect it? Does anyone know the phone number for them if there is one?

Thanks:)

Pighead

John R wrote:

They lost the contract with USPS and AnPost got it, so a few days delay instead of a few months/never and a much better chance of getting goods through without customs charges.

Warning for going off topic for John R,you would have got a ban but its Friday and Piggys in great form

Back on topic my korean grandmother always says not to sleep on New Year's Eve. If you sleep, your eyebrows will turn white. I don't know where these words come from. Of course, it doesn't happen. Every New Year's Eve we can watch a striking-a-bell ceremony on TV. The bell is struck 33 times. This is in memory of 33 fighters who died for the restoration of Korea. On New Year's Day a lot of people go to the sea to watch the sunrise. The beaches of eastern Korea are filled with crowds of people. On seeing the sunrise, people make their new wishes.

jor el

Best thing to do would be ring An Post, the number is on their website where you enter the tracking info, and find out where it is. They might be able to tell you if it is out for delivery today or whether it will be Monday.

Depends on the value declared on the package, but with An Post you generally get away without customs charges.

@Pighead, you are without a doubt the strangest poster in these parts, even the cookoo's nest can't compare. And long may you continue. Loved the "Get your tits out" thread BTW

cormie

Ah ja hay zus! It's in Co. Laois so no chance of collecting it anyway. Suppose I'll just have to sit it out.

I never knew you could track the number with An Post once it arrives here:) Value including shipping will be about the $600 mark and it's an order unlikely to be seen as a gift. Fingers remain crossed anyway.

Pighead, I liked reading your posts, are they all authentic customs of the said people?

Pighead

cormie wrote:

Pighead, I liked reading your posts, are they all authentic customs of the said people?

To be honest these customs have been passed down to me by various korean indonesian and japanese relatives.It is possible that the korean one is a load of crap because my korean granny was a lying bitch but i'm almost certain the rest of the are true
oh and while i'm in the customs thread i may as well tell you what my swedish aunty told me just yesterday,
Apparently In Sweden, many customs are closely associated with the changing seasons. Swedes celebrate summer with an intensity that can only be found in a people who have just endured a long, dark winter. They light candles at Advent and pay homage to a white-clad Lucia with a crown of candles in her hair.
Swedes are like most others: the street scene is becoming increasingly continental, and manners and customs increasingly international. If you are invited for dinner with a Swedish family today, there is little etiquette to breach. Just remember to say thank you – tack! Swedes do it all the time. It’s like the English ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ rolled into one:

“Could you pass the salt, please (Kan du skicka saltet, tack)?”
“Here you are (Varsågod).”
“Thank you (Tack)!”

netwhizkid

I belive it is a custom in the Middle East to burp loudly after a meal, a sign that the meal was good and that you enjoyed it or so i read somewhere. It is also a custom now in Ireland to get ripped off for everything and get the worst serivce imaginable with the worst wages also :mad:

Regards netwhizkid

cormie

Have you any relatives from Pukapuka? I've always had an interest in their customs but if you have any more information, please share:)

Pighead

netwhizkid wrote:

I belive it is a custom in the Middle East to burp loudly after a meal, a sign that the meal was good and that you enjoyed it or so i read somewhere. It is also a custom now in Ireland to get ripped off for everything and get the worst serivce imaginable with the worst wages also :mad:

Regards netwhizkid

Excellent info netwhizkid,i knew this thread would be a classic,last one from me
In the faraway land of boards.ie it is tradition to call Pighead a muppet,tosser twat or sad desperado after his juvenile posts,failure to do so will ensure a curse will be put upon you and your family and all your household pets
Happy weekend
Can't wait to come back monday and see this thread sit proudly on top of the tree
respect to cormie

county

Food should only be eaten with wooden utensils – metal utensils ‘poison’ the food. It’s alright to use metal utensils in the preparation stages, however, because ‘handling’ and cooking dissipate the toxins.
what about sushi????