Comments on: One Thing Americans Will Surely Miss in the Philippines

By: I May Have to Buy a Mailbox | Live In The Philippines

I May Have to Buy a Mailbox | Live In The Philippines — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:05:51 +0000

[...] written a number of times in the past, I am sure and certainly on my PhilFAQS blog about the abysmal mail service here in the Philippines. Even though we Americans sometimes [...]

By: Philly

Philly — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:58:19 +0000

@Neal in RI: As I mentioned off line, neal, this will be tomorrow’s topic. And to all, keep those questions flowing … I do not have a large list of them yet and I _know_ you have things you want to ask.

By: Neal in RI

Neal in RI — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:36:48 +0000

Not to beat a dead horse but in the past you guys said to LIP you write a check off a US based checking account then deposit it in a RP BDO account. How do you, if you have no FPO services get your monthly US based checking account statements to balance your accounts? Do all of you guys use the Internet to balance and track your US based account.
Myself being a bit of a Koreput, would rather have a monthly hard copy of US based accounts to keep track of every penny.

By: Philly

Philly — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:00:17 +0000

@Mindanao Bob: Absolutely, Bob, I’ve even writtem\n about how good the private carriers are ..as in: http://philfaqs.com/phils-business/we-dont-have-ups-here/

But they still are not anything like as cheap as the USPS is for the folks back home … and (as you know) they do _not_ reach every address in the Philippines.

My current bills frustration which prompted this post seems to be a case of a local commercial carrier service quitting, leaving a bunch of business users with no way to send their bills. A few switched to PhilPost … when I mentioned the PhilPost carrier was here a week or so back, he was delivering mail thta had been sent in August!

I spoke, for example, to the cable people yesterday and they say the company will be up and running with LBC by next month’s billing cycle. I sure hope so.

By: Philly

Philly — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 22:53:45 +0000

@Neal in RI: Hi Neal, thanks for your comment and thanks for all that you and the rest of the USPS team does, and has done for all of us in the past. Mnay people take a postal system for granted … but it’s certainly one of the foundation stones that has supported America’s greatness.

You just can’t do business properly without a system in place that reaches every address in the country. My hat is off.

By: Mindanao Bob

Mindanao Bob — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:14:25 +0000

You are right about the postal system, except that there are other (non-governmental) services that are excellent, like LBC and such. They are generally cheap too. For businesses that send out bills, they generally have their own delivery people to do that, and thus avoid the (nearly non-existent) postal service all together.

Also, when I have received parcels, I never needed a Postal ID, any government issued ID was acceptable, like my driver’s license.

By: Neal in RI

Neal in RI — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:49:25 +0000

Dave
Thats some pretty lame Postal Service there in RP.

Thanks on your high praise of the USPS as I have been humping a Mailbag around the streets R.I. for the last 22 years. In fact I just turned down a Early Retirement package as the USPS is tryng to get the top paid/seniority workers off the pay roll. I guess I will hump mail for 10 more years and be rewarded with a much more lucritave pension package.