new bank card from england to china
- Joined: Feb 25th, 2011
- Posts: 9
hello i need the forums advice please?
i have a new bank card in the uk (my old one expired)
how to get it here what method is best for safe delivery?
i sent 3 things to beijing with the address in english of course none arrived ever
china post is a joke
so if i sent it royal mail either recorded or registered delivery would that arrive
do china post have a main office in beijing where you can have things sent and pick them up
or would a courier firm like dhl fed ex etc be best
has anybody used these firms and did it work ok?
thanks have a good time here
maxwu
Re: new bank card from england to china
Not sure about bank card,I've had ebay users send me stuff from UK and they arrived okay, though I did provide a Chinese address as well, I think you might want to do that, get a friend and make sure your phone number and address is absolutely correct when a Chinese person sees it, then there's a better chance of it being delivered.
Hope this helps.
Max Wu - Web Editorial Assistant at the Beijinger
liveforfood
Re: new bank card from england to china
You cannot send a card - any kind of plastic card via China Post. If they detect it, it will be withheld (no notice).
You need to have cards sent via courier to a business address.
I learned this the painful hard way when I lost my wallet a couple of years ago.
admirerdr
Re: new bank card from england to china
Use any courier e.g. DHL, FedEx etc. It works !
MsTang
Re: new bank card from england to china
Ive had cards sent (plastic) no problem on standard post from UK to here. 5 days.
MrTang is a f-kin idiot!
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gdbill
Re: new bank card from england to china
Technically I think you are right, but have never had that happen to me.
Best is to use EMS or FedEx. When you have to list the contents of the package, it would be extremely stupid to write "credit card" or "bank card".
"Truth is not a commodity in short supply: The problem is, there's very little demand for it." -- ???
liveforfood
Re: new bank card from england to china
gdbill, (well and others ...)
re: ". . . When you have to list the contents of the package, it would be extremely stupid to write "credit card" or "bank card"."
I was the receiver, not the sender ....
What do you expect from a general bank employee back home who has no knowledge of Chinese idiosyncronies (shpellink?)
I, of course, as is usual in these situations, learned the rules in retrospect.
gdbill
Re: new bank card from england to china
Please forgive me, I did not mean you when I said "... you have to be ... ."
I was trying to say that if anybody here wants to send a bank card in the future that will ultimately pass through China Post or even FedEx in China, it is better to not indicate that the envelope contains a bank card.
Although in my experience ordinarily China Post or FedEx would never guess what is in the envelope, if one indicates it is a bank card they will refuse to transport the item and return it to the sender. FedEx's conditions of carriage prohibit any type of bank card unless the sender has a specific contract with FedEx that allows them.
"Truth is not a commodity in short supply: The problem is, there's very little demand for it." -- ???