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Kali

(55,007 posts)
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:34 PM Apr 2020

anybody able to translate some German for me?

just got this package returned to me after 2+ months, no refund on the double digit postage either. I am furious. can anybody tell me what the orange, green or small white stickers say? the postmaster at my PO said the orange one should have had one of the boxes checked but she still didn't know what they said.




thanks! I can try to do more close ups if you can't expand the image.

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kimbutgar

(21,130 posts)
1. If you go to google and type in translate they have this great translation tool that you can put in
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:35 PM
Apr 2020

German to English. I use it when I am teaching kids when English is their second language and when I travel abroad and encounter someone who doesn’t speak English.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
3. What a mess. That has to be infuriating and frustrating.
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:39 PM
Apr 2020

Now I'm curious too. I hope somebody can figure this out.

Can you tell if customs (or anybody) opened and resealed the package?

Could something have happened to the recipient? Could they have suddenly moved? Did someone refuse to accept it?

Kali

(55,007 posts)
6. doesnt look like it
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:41 PM
Apr 2020

I wonder if it was the pecans - they were homegrown, but if they didn't open not sure that is even a question.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
5. Let's see:
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:39 PM
Apr 2020

The white one with "DHL" on it is from the german post-service, how they can't find the recipient: building/street-number unknown.

The green one says that the package has been inspected by the customs service at Saarbrücken.

The orange one is basically a "return to sender" but hasn't been filled out properly.

Kali

(55,007 posts)
9. Thank you! the "to" address is correct and on both the hand printed custom form
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 03:54 PM
Apr 2020

and the other one (where somebody put a "return to sender" sticker OVER the address)

so this is some kind of real screw up there, not me sneaking nuts in the shell or cheap chocolates (hey they are turtles!) that caused this?

it is a kind of strange house/location, but it has been there since the war and I have sent numerous letters and packages over the years. I wonder if they changed street numbers or some stupid thing like we had done to us by the county.

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
10. No complaints from customs. The problem is the adress:
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 04:18 PM
Apr 2020

The white sticker says that they couldn't determine the recipient. House-number unknown. They recommend a re-examination of the adress. The rest is date, time and a serial-number.

Kali

(55,007 posts)
13. if I put the street name and number into google it pops up a map that is exactly correct!
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 04:37 PM
Apr 2020

no city or postal code needed! idiots!

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
12. The Google Translate App has a camera mode
Mon Apr 20, 2020, 04:36 PM
Apr 2020

...which is very convenient.

But, basically, it says you shouldn't ship cannabis edibles internationally.

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