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	Create New Topic   My Posts   My forum buddies   Invite friends   Private messages Russian brides > Main Forum > new to the game Author Post Jeff M Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/24/2004 2:14:40 PM   ok as Monty Python would say, 'now for something completely different'....how can i get email reminders when the forums i post to get responded to. Is this possible?! TOo many boards to scan and watch I guess. GO LITHUANIA!!!!!! Youre in first now baby!! ;-o Jeff M Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/24/2004 2:41:26 PM   Ok, sorry for the multiple posts. I just recieved a postal address from a lady in ST petes and I have heard that if you do not address it in cyrillic, it may not be delivered. ANy thoughts, my elders ;-)))) Buran_Fan Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/24/2004 3:39:42 PM   It would be best if you could get the raw, untranslated address from your young lady or the agency - speaking from experience, trying to re-translate a translation is only asking for trouble. Russian Addresses are usually written in reverse order from US addresses. I usually address my stuff like this: Large Type (16-24 point Cyrillic): ---------------------------------- Postal Code Country Region (if necessary) City Address Lady's Name (In Genetive case, I think) The USPS requires an English version on the mail as well, so in smaller (12-14 point) type, right below the Russian address: --------------------------------------- Lady's name address City Region (if necessary) Postal Code Country Note that the country name must go last. Hope this helps. Buran_Fan Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/24/2004 3:49:51 PM   Whoops! While it's probably obvious, my post refers to stuff mailed from the US. Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/24/2004 3:57:06 PM   Rubbish, any Latin lettering is delivered anywhwere. The postal code as well as the correct numbering (dual - the street's address and the flatnumber of that address) are of course important, and the spelling in 'our' letters may vary slighty (due to conversion by 'sound'/pronunciation, and sometimes more spellings can be correct). Ask her for the correct spelling if you're in doubt, but 'our' letters arrive. Hey, by all means use dual-character addressing, but you asked - and now you've got answers. Buran_Fan Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/24/2004 4:04:31 PM   I guess I'm not as lucky - in the beginning, my success rate using English-only addressing was -zero-. With the addition of the Cyrillic address, it's much better now for letters, but the success rate for other things is still spotty. TimH Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/24/2004 5:14:50 PM   Crash, and I wasn't having a go at you either mate :o))) Just telling everyone my luck :o))) I know what you mean about "putting as much into it as you do" mate thats why I am happy with the one I have, writes every day (goes to agency every day to do it, apart from weekends as they don't open weekends) You know when its right don't you mate, and I think everything with me and my girl is good :o)))) Jeff: Customs is No problem mate, they speak English, its a requisite for the job !! Yeah the tour personnel can meet you at the airport, but you wont get near them until you clear customs, so you will be on your own until you have run the gauntlet, but I'm not sure who you have been talking to, because I think they may just be trying to scare you !!! Don't be nervous and you will be perfectly OK, FSU customs guys are the same as any customs guy in any country, look as if you have something to hide, and they Will pull you, look relaxed and at ease and they wont even look at you twice !! Ive never even been asked a question by any one of them, ever !! Ive brough back 4000 cigarettes on more occasions than I can recall (and when you realise the legal limit for the UK is 0 !! thats not bad going :o)))) and taken all sorts of gifts with me to the FSU and never had the slightest problem. In fact the last time I came back I had 6000 cigs in a suitcase with 2 sweaters and a pair of shoes !! The only time it got a bit "Odd" was as myself and my X were l;leaving there to come home to England last May, They were not happy about her leaving, but with her visa in order there wasn't much they could do :o)) Thats the only time you will get stress from them, when you take one of their women out of the country, so don't try it until you have the right papers :o)))) It will be tempting, and considering their size and how bendy they are, quite easy to put a lovely Russian beauty in your wheel on suitcase, but don't do it :o)) You know it makes sense :o)) Regards mailing by air, Don't forget that for your package to even have a hope of arriving at your girl it first has to leave Your country !! I know that UK postal workers don't read too well, and certainly don't read Russian !! So I agree with Buran, put the address on the front in Both languages, and make it very clear that they are the Addressee. I have sent parcels to Ukraine, Russia and Uzbekistan and so far have only lost one small one (of the probably 25 Ive sent !!) the lost one contained Cadbury`s cream Eggs !! I suspect the postman was hungry :o)) Buran: Although I agree with your double address thing mate, I have Never done it myself so far. I have to say though, if you are at all worried then thats the way to do it for sure. But I have personally never tried it, mine have all been sent in plain English and only the one has ever not arrived. 1 in 25 isn't bad !! I think the UK mail loses that many every day in inland mail alone !!! Jeff M Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/24/2004 10:13:12 PM   Thanks guys and Tim, you da-man ;-)) Man this is fun or what?? I just sent flowers to Lithuania and cant wait to hear how it went over with her. GO LITHUANIA!! And yeah, they may bend nicely but I guess I better not try to stick one through customs, LOL!! I guess I will try the old english lettering on some mails and see how it goes. On another note, has anyone of you even bought that online book by Elana (from Elanas models) about how to 'find and marry a girl like me'? IT was INCREDIBLE!! So many things to learn, so little time, you should check it out guys! I can provide the address if you need it. LATER! jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/24/2004 11:53:53 PM   JeffM: Living in the US as BuranFan mentions above, I cannot stress enough the importance of having the country name written (preferably in capital letters) as the BOTTOM LINE. There is a nifty little rubber stamp that the Post Office has and uses if you fail to do this. Not surprisingly it says (something like): "For foreign mail, country name must be on the bottom line". When I address my mail to Moldova (another FSU country) I use this format, in English. Moldova (City name)- city - (City numeric postal code) (Street name) - str - (Street numeric postal code) ap. (Apartment #) (Last name), (First name) MOLDOVA The bottom line ("MOLDOVA") simply gets it out of the country and into Moldova. Once there the rest of the address is used. I have never lost a package or a letter this way either. But I have an aquaintance who send things to Ukraine frequently. He insisits on using his own format and has lost three of four packages sent. Of course he blames the US Postal service and is now trying (at considerably more expense) FedEx. jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/25/2004 12:06:16 AM   Just an extra comment - the first time I took a package address exactly as written above, to the window at the Post Office, I was told very sternly that the "Country name has to be on the bottom line." I told the clerk that it was. She said "Where?" And I pointed at the all-caps, word "MOLDOVA". She said "Okay. See, I didn't even know that Moldova was a country." I told her that she would be amazed at how many people are not aware of that. dma Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/25/2004 4:53:12 AM   > She said "Okay. See, I didn't even know that Moldova was a country." ...but jet, she was an American! ;) Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/25/2004 11:40:49 AM   Packages? By mail? Ordinary snail-mail you mean? And you're complaining it does not arrive hence blame the used character-set? Sorry Guys, no comment - such stupidity cannot be cured. Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/25/2004 11:42:28 AM   dam, "she was an American" No, she was American ;-) Jeff M Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/25/2004 12:00:05 PM   Thanks Jet. Is Moldovia really a country or are you just got a virtual girlfriend? ;-)) haha just kidding. Jeff M Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/25/2004 12:00:32 PM   really only kidding. thanks for the good advice. jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/25/2004 12:23:48 PM   Thunder: In the US there are several services associated with the US Postal Service that are not typical "snail mail". We have First Class, Priority and Global Priority Express. One of them "Global Priority Express" is expedited in the US and then placed with a private carrier in (most) foreign countries. If I send something to Moldova by First Class Mail (which I wouldn't) or by Priority Mail (which I have) it is handled by Moldovan government snailmail. If I send it by Global Priority Express - it is handled by a premium carrier called (I think) TNT Moldova. And Thunder: She was unaware. Its a characteristic shared by citizens of every country and continent. No other generalization is needed. jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/25/2004 12:29:04 PM   Actually Jeff M - Its Moldova, not Moldovia. (And you're not making us Americans look good right now.) (just kidding too.) jetmba. Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/25/2004 1:31:14 PM   Just got a telephone call from my aquaintance regarding the three of four packages he sent to Ukraine that were not delivered. You might recall I mentioned tha he tried FedEx (at considerably more expense). Well it seems that FedEx package was held up in Kyev awaiting a $15 tarrif payment - before it would be sent to Odessa. Seems that on talking to a FedEx representative he found that packages semt via the US Postal Service First Class are generaly held there too pending payment by SOMEONE of a tarrif. Now he is looking for advice on who to call to find out if his packages are there and how he might pay the tarrif. Fortunately I have not had this problem in Moldova. Jeff M Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/25/2004 1:53:00 PM   Oh yeah sorry,Jet MOLDOVA. hehe ("IS she real or not"!?) TEASING are any of em real till we actually meet em? Ok I know I read it somewhere, but I just called a gal in Crimea for 2 bucks a minute (Tim can you spare some change?),how do I go about getting a calling card or what have you to ease the burden of cash? Thanks guys. Thunderdome Member send PM   block PM add to buddies Send: 3/25/2004 4:38:15 PM   Jet, "she was an American" - that's bisexual but you missed it, let's call it 'unaware' ;-) Packages should be sent by courier simply because of the tracking facility hence some protection against loss. Anything else runs the risk of getting stolen, in fact a good chance even. Mail (whatever name you want to give to it, priority, express or whatever - does not work there) is ok for cards & letters, nothing else. 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