Deliveries from the UK

[laptahall]

We have recently moved to the area from the TRNC and wonder about having letters and parcels sent to us from the UK.  This was a huge problem in Turkish Cyprus!  Is the postal service reliable?  If not, what about courier services?  Can anyone recommend a service that won't bankrupt us?

June

[vonny]

You can go to the post office and try to get a p.o box but i'm told there is a waiting list,of how long i don't know

[nichola]

Have anything sent over reorded delivery - requires a signature on receipt.

[Jacqui Harvey]

If you get things sent from the U.K. parcels under 2 kilos can be sent International Signed For, which is insured and will require a signature. Anything over 2 kilos will be sent by Parcelforce and will be expensive. If you go 1 gramme over 2 kilos then it must go by Parcelforce and that will double the price. If you get parcels sent get the sender to use polystyrene boxes which are light and very strong. I have a website and I get my poly boxes from a local factory that make them, they are the best things to use when sending abroad, as cardboard is heavy and not as strong as polystyrene.   These are the two websites I use to calculate postage First Royal Mail, Second Parcelforce.

http://sg.royalmail.com/portal/rm/PriceFinder?catId=23500532gear=pricingcalc

http://www.pfwwsg.parcelforce.com/portal/pw/PriceFinder;jsessionid=4USFCNDYR0OHWFB2IGKUOSQ;jsessionid=4USFCNDYR0OHWFB2IGKUOSQ?catId=24400720&reset=truegear=pricingcalc

[kizkucuk]

I have had a few letters from the UK in the 8 weeks I've been here.  Seem to take about 3 weeks to arrive.  I have no letter box but there is always someone in one of the apartments.  Whoever answers the door leaves the mail on the other peoples door steps for when they come home.  Not had any problems so far.

[lance]

I Get quite a bit of post from UK on ave it takes about 10 days letters and small packages

[nichola]

http://www.parcel2go.com/

this may be a good option too - I believe they now include delivery to Turkey.

My mum has used internally in the UK and also to some other overseas countries (not Turkey) and she says they are excellent.

[Firo]

Amazon despatched a parcel to me on 21st Oct by DHL Deutsche Post(not trackable after it leaves Germany). It was due to arrive 5th Nov and it arrived on 29th November!
I reported it not received on 17th Nov and they called me and refunded the postage and resent the goods. No sign of that one yet!
Normal mail seems to take about 7-10 days but a magazine I subscibe to turns up (if at all) about 1 month later.
Very frustrating postal system coming into Turkey.
Fi

[Scunner]

It makes sending anything to Turkey non-viable for many companies I believe, due to the costs involved in lost product and compensation in so many cases. I was amused (in a tragic way) to recently read that Marks & Spencer will deliver to Syria, Lebanon and Libya, but not Turkey.

[nichola]

Its the same on ebay - lots of sellers who will generally send overseas won't send to Turkey.