Several PPC cards on Amibench

[preacher]

I really can't see how sending a letter to the swedish police will help, but ok, I can't hurt.
If you want to include me that's ok.

[preacher]

@all concerned

I recieved a recommended letter today and indeed, there was a reciept from the 'Deutche Post AG, 72461 Albstadt'
(The blury stamp on the letter says Albstadt also).

The date says '19.04.04 16:58'. 'CSPPC 604/233 MHz', my initials and my country is written by hand with an ink pen.
The reciept seems to be genuine. There's URL at the bottom that says's 'www.deutschepost.de/briefstatus'. Of course I went right ahead to search for my package, but all I could find out was that the parcel had been delivered to some central for international distribution at 20.04.04.

Here is the answer from the german postal service site:
'Die Sendung wurde am 20.4.2004 an das Internationale Briefzentrum zur Weiterbeförderung ins Ausland übergeben.'

Translate, anyone??

There is also an international service phone number, wich I most definitely will call tomorrow. Of course you will be the first to know the result, as I post any updates here.

[preacher]

@punkpie

I live in Sweden.
I also ran the word 'übergeben' in an online german-swedish translator and got the word 'puke' or 'throw up' :lol:

@all concerned

There is still something fishy about it. Since the letter is recommended, it has a trackingnumber. I used that number on the german postal site, but I had to guess the date it was sent because the stamp on the letter is too blury and the site requires a date to be able to search. Now, on 20.04.2004 I finally got a match. Assuming they don't use the same trackingnumber for several letters/parcels at different dates, I got what I wanted.
(note: this is still an assumption)

The wierd thing is that Tibor sent me an email on April 22, where he asked me again for my address. Quote:
'Need again your address to check it, and I send you than the bill and the id number of the parcel.'

Why would he ask me for my address if he already sent the letter? Or is this just paranoid thinking... (?) :-o
Maybe he sent me a brick...

[preacher]

Mr. Binder has, maybe without his own knowledge, created the longest thread in Amiga.Org history  :-P

[preacher]

I've been on the phone for several hours today trying to track my parcel. A colleague in Germany helped me by talking to the 'Deutsche Post'. They claim that the parcel had been delivered to Sweden (ie. me) on 23.04.2004.

So, with only a german tracking number I started calling various postal companies in Sweden: Swedish Postal Service, DHL, EMS.
I've been jumping from department to department, but no one can find my parcel. Not a single hit!
So the only thing left, I'm told' is to make a complaint to the Deutsches Post. The only problem is that this complaint has to be done by THE SENDER! And you now how easy he is to find... Furthermore, he can't prove a thing, because I HAVE THE RECIEPT!

@punkpie

I'm not sure I'm that hopefull. yet... Sorry.

So my next step is to try contacting DHL in Germany to see if the parcel passed through their system, and maybe got a new trackingnumber (airbill number)
It's wierd that a large company like DHL in germany doesn't have a tollfree number...  :pissed:

[preacher]

@punkpie

Did the German Postal company actually say which address they claim it was delivered too?

No, just that they delivered it to 'the address in Sweden'... Either way, I have no proof that the parcel actually reached Sweden  :-?
We have a very well-working postal service here and and they can't find the parcel.
The problem is that neither Deutche Post or DHL in Germany has a toll free number I can call (that I know of at least). If any of you find such a number, feel free to email me or send a PM. I will of course do my best to to try to find my parcel. I'll keep you posted.

[preacher]

@all

I spoke with Deutsche Post just now and this time I got some more information from them. It turns out that the reference number on my reciept belongs to a parcel that has been delivered to Switzerland about a mount ago (23-04-2004)

The guy I talked to couldn't give away the reciever's address due to privacy reasons and we both agreed that the only thing left to do is for the seller to file a complaint towards Deutche Post. So, this is where I am right now. If I can't get hold of mr Binder, the only hope left is that the police will sort this out.

The guy I spoke with at the Deutsche Post was very nice, and I told him about our situation. I asked him if he could help some friends of mine track their parcels aswell. He agreed and with his permission I publish this:

Steffen Wagner, Deutsche Post, Investigation Bureau
+49 69 97 502 140

The aswering machine says welcome, basically, and that someone will answer soon. Just ask for Steffen. He speaks pretty good english, so that shouldn't be a problem. Would be interesting to see if mr Binder sent me the wrong reciept or if he just sent me 'a reciept'.

I kind of had a feeling that something like this might happen...

[preacher]

Well, I got my reciept and found out that my parcel was sent to Switzerland and that didn't make me any happier.
The guy is obviously a fraud. End of story. I'm sorry guys, but I'm getting quite tired at this.
The only thing left is to wait for the police to take some action.

[preacher]

I mean how likely is it that postal office sent a package to an interely different country, by mistake?

@x56h34
Funny you mention this. I actually asked the guy at Deutche Post that and he told me that's impossible. Of course, packages can get lost and so on, but they will never be delivered if the address don't match.

[preacher]

I just don't get it. As for myself, the package has already been delivered, but to the wrong address. The rest of you that actually got a reciept -  call Deutsche Post and ask where your parcel is. I find it VERY hard to believe that a guy could mix up 10 reciept out of 10, and just send them to people without double checking that he actually sent them to the right person. On top of it all, he cancels his email address, so that no one can get hold of him. Maybe he suffers from ahlzimers or something...