Fedex, Capital Federal & Cairo

[igor]

Guys,

When you send letters here, do you write "Capital Federal, Argentina" or "Buenos Aires, Argentina"?

Letter sent to me by Fedex went to Cairo, Egypt 3 times! on the way here. I guess Cairo is the very first city that starts with CA and that's probably is considered to be a pretty good match for delivery purposes .

Have you tried other express mail carriers: DHL, USPS Global Express, UPS? What are your experiences?


Nov 12 CAPITAL FEDERAL AR
Nov 11 MEMPHIS, TN
Nov 10 PARIS FR
Nov 9 CAIRO EG
Nov 5 MEMPHIS, TN
Nov 3 NEWARK, NJ
Nov 2 MEMPHIS, TN
Nov 2 PARIS FR
Oct 30 CAIRO EG
Oct 28 MEMPHIS, TN
Oct 27 PARIS FR
Oct 26 CAIRO EG
Oct 23 INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Oct 22 HOUSTON, TX

 

[criswkh]

Your name, street name, number, zip code (C1057BCA), city (Buenos Aires), Argentina
Worked for UPS, got here in about 7-10 days.

 

[igor]

Worked for UPS, got here in about 7-10 days.

Do they deliver it to your house, or do you have to pick it up at the International Post Office?

 

[criswkh]

Letters I get sent to my house. The letters come via USPostOffice. Other stuff, such as important apostilled documents, books, etc, I get sent via UPS or FedEx and they go to my work office. Hint *if you don't want to get the box open* write in a different language Yiddish or Welsh works..remember if you claim over I believe over $100 US dollars you have to pay an import fee or some fee. This depends on the the type of thing you are shipping.

 

[RWS]

. . . When you send letters here, do you write "Capital Federal, Argentina" or "Buenos Aires, Argentina"? . . . .

What a well-travelled letter!

I address mail this way:

Don Francisco Fulano
Callao 1967, 8o. piso, 94
1459 Buenos Aires, C.F.
ARGENTINA.

I've yet to have a problem.

(Writing "Capital Federal" in place of the name of the city is comparable to writing "District of Columbia" in place of "Washington", or "Distrito Federal" in place of "Mexico": it's an incomplete address.)