Hello all,

This thread is for you to share experiences and opinion on our beloved Indian Postal Service  & customs . Please post any event which you would like to share with us all.

Thx & Regds.

here is some interesting info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Postal_Service

There is a picture of A. Raja on that wiki

Yeah Indian Post is largest Postal administration in World.

Quote from: SunLikeStar on March 22, 2011, 09:11:11 AM
There is a picture of A. Raja on that wiki

Sir, what else do u expect? i have lost more than a dozen parcels amounting to 900$ approx after they reached India just because these were sent by ordinary post. couldn't track them after that. i wonder if they use them or sell. last thing i lost was http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHSW2&P=ML bought on ebay us. after losing this one i decided to pay twice or sometimes thrice but to make sure the parcel reaches me.

on the contrary, I have sent and received parcels from all over the world. Once a letter sent from France by ordinary post reached me in 5 days, from USA average is 5-10 days. And to USA in 7 days, I have experience of sending to Bangkok in 4 days. And of course all by India Post with out any track no. just ordinary reg. Airmail.

maybe in Bangalore they all are honest & hard working.

I got a printed material from towers in just 7 days exact. Wonder why dont we get our packages in the same time...?

Quote from: CrazyPilot on March 23, 2011, 08:12:22 AM
maybe in Bangalore they all are honest & hard working.

You spoke to soon http://www.deccanherald.com/content/147012/goods-foreign-parcels-fall-prey.html

This is really a sorry state of affairs.

It is always wise and safe to get your parcel registered while sending and ask for registration while being sent to you. In this case it's always obligatory for postal department to delivery parcel safely and undamaged.

Once Austrian sent me a cover containing some stamps four times to reach me, than they had made it mandatory for all Indian buyer to order the stamps only through registered mail.

Quote from: hellfire on March 23, 2011, 10:48:30 AMYou spoke to soon

Having just paid almost a months salary in tax, talks of corruption like this give me sleepless nights

I found intresting link pl check out.

http://foreignpostmumbai.blogspot.com/p/ipswebclient_1246.html

download zip file which is in .txt format. Open the downloaded file with excel

But I found the List of undelivered Parcels was having all the five delivered items of HK to me also with it.

The list is misleading. 

Same with me, but if you see status is "D" it means its delivered. Pl. verify.

Hi all, how about bringing two Lipo batteries to India (Cochin)? I was hoping to bring a HK 6ch packed along a toy car with two 2.2 3s 20c lipo batteries in a Lipo Safe pouch. Anyone ever brought Lipos through our customs?

Been travelling in and out on India with lipos, so do multiple people I know.  In checked baggage, at storage charge, each lipo wrapped individually in a separate plastic pouch like Zip-Loc bags (so that connectors cannot short at all).  The Lipo safe bag is always a good idea.

Always a good idea to  keep them away from anything sharp, and any liquid bottles.

Point taken Will make sure they are properly wrapped and inside the LipoSafe. That saves me some money since I dont have to buy them locally Thanks anwar.