Sending Post to Santo Domingo

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Narinka

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You guys have probably been asked before: How good (or, how bad) is the postal system in The DR; Namely, getting letters/packages sent intact to residential addresses in Santo Domingo?

I sent an un-tracked postcard to a good friend in early October from the UK. It never reached them, and I'm not surprised.

Has anyone had any experience/luck with sending letters/parcels without them getting lost, from overseas to Santo Domingo? Any recommendations on couriers?

Should I just not bother sending anything in-case it gets lost?

Thanks! :classic::classic:
 
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bienamor

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Let the ivorys roll. SS administration sends stuff like the annual earning stuff and the payee form through the USA-DR mail. I Have sent stuff to the US but always used tracking. Never sent anything domestic.
 
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2dlight

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I used to send photos of his grandkids to my dad from California to SD and they'd arrive in a month or so using USPS. Recently, a friend sent me an item using the USPS from NYC, against my recommendations, and the package never got here; that was six months ago. My sister sends me a package monthly from California using FEDEX and except for some minor theft at aduanas upon opening the package for "inspection", they get here in two to three days.
 
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william webster

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Incoming mail

All my mail from the Cdn government got here ...to my surprise
Of course, they didn’t know where to find me...
it sat at the post office until I asked if I had mail.

I have since changed the mailing instructions.

They told me at the time when I asked if this was all my mail ...
No, there’s one in Nagua that will come tomorrow

So, it’s not hopeless...just different

Oh, that mail....?
It was about $12,000 ... my pension starting
 
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USA DOC

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...Social Security department of the American Embassy in Santo Domingo sent me a replacement medicare card months ago.....and told me the card would arrive via Dominican post office, I then said whats a Dominican Post office??...I have never seen a mail box on a house or someone delivering mail....never....I am wating and waiting...and more waiting....I am sure IF it every arrives I will be well past needing it, unless they deliver under ground........Doc..........
 
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Dr_Taylor

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Narinka said:
You guys have probably been asked before: How good (or, how bad) is the postal system in The DR; Namely, getting letters/packages sent intact to residential addresses in Santo Domingo?

I sent an un-tracked postcard to a good friend in early October from the UK. It never reached them, and I'm not surprised.

Has anyone had any experience/luck with sending letters/parcels without them getting lost, from overseas to Santo Domingo? Any recommendations on couriers?

Should I just not bother sending anything in-case it gets lost?

Thanks! :classic::classic:
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Previously, I sent first-class mail from the U.S., and it generally arrived within two weeks. Now, I used the complete address, with alley, building, floor, sector, and city. Some addresses only require U.S. style addresses, but I always add the sector.
 
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