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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #674 from previous page: June 04, 2004, 04:05:16 PM »
@x56h34

Yes, but it still would be nice to be able to track one of those packages and see what was really in it...
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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #675 on: June 04, 2004, 04:50:55 PM »
@Jose

I agree, but the logic in me just doesn't want to quit, I guess. :-) I mean, how many times can postal office screw up and send 10 out of 10 packages to a wrong country from the same sender? :-)
 

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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #676 on: June 05, 2004, 11:48:51 AM »
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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #677 on: June 05, 2004, 03:40:55 PM »
@CU_AMiGA

No, nothing. If I get any feedback at all, I'll post immediately.

Haven't even had an acknowledgement of receipt of the letter to Albstadt Police. I sent it at extra cost to get a signed for receipt, but Royal Mail's tracking system appears to be as useless as the Deutsches Post version.

Using Royal Mail's tracking system, I can't get beyond the ubiquitous message that the package has been 'handed over to others for delivery abroad'.

What's the point of paying extra for tracking when the track is lost once the mail leaves our shores! It seems as far as Royal Mail is concerned, it's out of their hands. So why do they charge so much?

I tried to get an answer to that question by calling the Customer Care Centre. All you get there are recorded messages saying they're too busy to do extra searching beyond the automated service (which as I said is useless!)

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'very busy ensuring the mails get delivered on time'....unquote

So how come they're making millions in profit this year but have missed every single productivity target set by the Regulator? (OffPost I think it is).

Anyway, I've nothing to add other than I haven't even got my 'binder-receipt' yet.

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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #678 on: June 05, 2004, 04:24:44 PM »
Dunno guys,

I think your best bet is to plan a vacation to Germany and drop by Mr. Binder (or Bender more like) in person (and I don't mean to beat him up, but just to face him).

And Germany is a nice holiday country! Or so I've been told :-).

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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #679 on: June 08, 2004, 01:48:30 PM »
Some update

i checked out jose tr nr today.. and some guy in malmö have picked it up 04-04-21.. have phone nr to the guy and will check out what he got, and why he have jose package.

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i have pm u all the info

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does u guys have msn icq irc or something where we can talk.. cuz this 28 pages thread isnt the esiest way to comunicate =) pm me and u will get my msn or icq.
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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #680 on: June 09, 2004, 04:18:17 PM »
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What's the point of paying extra for tracking when the track is lost once the mail leaves our shores! It seems as far as Royal Mail is concerned, it's out of their hands. So why do they charge so much?


You can probably use your tracking nr. on deutsche post's homepage. The packages coming from abroad entering Norway always keeps the original tracking-nr., you just have to use it with the respective offices postal service. (In this example Norway's.)

Most probably the german post works the same way. Find their site and punch in the tr.nr.(from GB or from wherever you sent it), and see if you get anything useful. It usually works for me.
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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #681 on: June 09, 2004, 08:02:41 PM »
@Morley

Oh, never thought of that. Good idea!

So, I've been to the Deutsches Post websit and tried to track the letter from there.

Guess what? The Shipment Status service for registered letters crashes! System Server Error.....

See, just like the Royal Mail service, useless!

One thing I did notice (btw, there's an English version) was the price schedule for various forms of package registration and delivery. Each tier of service is only a few Euros. Maybe this could explain the seemingly low postal rates apparently used for the packages (those with receipts that is). The cost may just be for the extra registration service (?).

If anyone with a receipt checks on the website, they may figure out what the cost recorded on the receipt actually paid for.

Other than that...ZZZZ...zzzz....zzzz....

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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #682 on: June 09, 2004, 09:59:34 PM »
Hoya

As extreme as it may seem...

Since you have been ripped off for quite an ammount.
Since MANY people have been had.
Since you KNOW each other.
Since MANY AORg members can read this thread...
Since the German/English/whatever postal service just DOES NOT give a damn

I guess you have quite a bit of legitimacy.

So, what about contacting a BIG organism, like Interpol or a European commission against fraud? I know, it may sound easy to say but after all, WHY on Earth Binder, who appears more and more to be a crook, should win???

Just my two pence :-)

Hope you will win...

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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #683 on: June 09, 2004, 10:11:32 PM »
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MAD wrote:
Hoya

As extreme as it may seem...

Since you have been ripped off for quite an ammount.
Since MANY people have been had.
Since you KNOW each other.
Since MANY AORg members can read this thread...
Since the German/English/whatever postal service just DOES NOT give a damn

I guess you have quite a bit of legitimacy.

So, what about contacting a BIG organism, like Intrpol or a European commision against fraud? I know, it may sound easy to say but after all, WHY on Earth Binder, who appears more and more to be a crook, should win???

Just my two pence :-)

Hope you will win...

Be funky

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isn't interpol to do with copyrighted movie stuff?

oh wait, that's fact...

euro pol could be useful...

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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #684 on: June 09, 2004, 10:58:39 PM »
@MAD

It may be worth a try, I suppose. After all, what do we (the UK) transfer £50million a day into Brussels for?

(I don't expect an answer to that question, so please anyone, don't divert this thread!)

I'll put together a comprehensive email to OLAF (the EU Fraud Commission) and see what happens. Clearly the Postal services are too busy making profits to get concerned about their customers!

Don't expect an overnite update on this. It'll take a while to compose.

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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #685 on: June 10, 2004, 06:22:40 AM »
@JAX and everybody else

Why not just call the police in Albstadt and ask if they have got the letter and have taken some steps? Some of you that have been frauded must speak german, and if you don't, somebody at the police is sure to speak english.

Remember, -Germany is definetly _not_ a banana republic, I would be very surprised if mr. Binder or whoever he is gets away with this in the end. Maybe he has spent all your money and it can't be recovered, but at least he'll get busted.
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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #686 on: June 10, 2004, 11:47:58 PM »
@Everyone concerned

I just sent an appropriately modified copy of the letter to the Europen Union Fraud Commission (OLAF).

Don't hold breath, but stay hopeful!

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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #687 on: June 11, 2004, 11:23:23 AM »
As strange as it sounds has anyone actually tried speaking to Mr Binder again? :-?
 

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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #688 on: June 11, 2004, 02:00:05 PM »
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Remember, -Germany is definetly _not_ a banana republic, I would be very surprised if mr. Binder or whoever he is gets away with this in the end. Maybe he has spent all your money and it can't be recovered, but at least he'll get busted.


Dont be so quick to assume. DCE has got away with the exact same thing, only in reverse. They took cards and never fixed them and kept them all. The numbers they have is far more money then these 10 cards you all are talking of. I know of 25 from Software Hut here in the US alone. I sent a letter out myself to the local police in DCE's town and got nothing back other then asking for more information, and then nothing again.
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Re: Several PPC cards on Amibench
« Reply #689 on: June 17, 2004, 02:14:55 AM »
Hey guys. So any news :-?
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