Cost to send postcard from Mexico

Michigirl · 03-15-2004

Does anyone know how much it cost for a postcard stamp to send a postcard from Mexico to US?

jx2 · 03-15-2004

We sent postcards and the stamps cost $1.10 each. Nobody has received them yet though (we sent them on 3/8) and we're home now. So I guess we'll wait and see. Not sure how long the mail takes. Maybe a Mexican minute :lol:

Irlandesa · 03-15-2004

I used to send cards home (from Cancun) just for fun, to see how long it would take. Once it took about 3 months, another time roughly 4-5 months...

**denisea** · 03-15-2004

The Mexican Postal Service is known to provide notoriously slow service. Odds are your mail will arrive long after you've returned home. Plan on a minimum of 2-4 weeks for mail to reach the US, if it arrives at all. :roll:

**james** · 03-15-2004

It would make a good Mastercard advert.

sending a postcard from Mexico: 12 pesos

receiving a postcard sent from Mexico: priceless

**sctx** · 03-15-2004

from the Coba Central Postal Center ( :lol: ) to McPherson , Kansas.... a blistering 5 1/2 week delivery time!

Rainman · 03-15-2004

Sent friend at work a post card last May from PDC, cost approximately $1.30 USD, to this day she has not received it yet. Do I hold the record or what? :lol:

**james** · 03-15-2004

nope. I've heard of one taking over a year. It has to actually arrive to be in the running.

**denisea** · 03-16-2004

Here's a true story from my hometown in CT....

A rift in the friendship of two couples occurred because of a wedding invitation that was mailed but never delivered. The couple who's daughter was getting married was insulted because their closest friends, not only did not attend the wedding, they never even responded to the invitation. The other couple was insulted because they had not received an invitation to the wedding. As a result, both couples stopped talking and socializing with each other without ever discussing anything about it.

Now my hometown was so small (population 1500) that mail was delivered to the correct address with just a person's name --- no joke. So no one ever suspected that the post office could be the culprit. Over a year later, a bundle of mail was discovered that had inadvertently been misplaced in another post office the next town over. I bet you can guess what was in that bundle of lost mail --- the infamous wedding invitation. The eventual delivery of this wedding invitation resulted in a saved friendship --- and, of course, a story on the front page of all the local newspapers as this was big news.

So it just goes to show that snail mail is far from perfect here in the states either. But even more importantly, it illustrates how dangerous it is to simply assume anything and stresses the need for open and honest communication in all relationships.

**Jesus** · 03-16-2004

Quote:

Originally posted by "denisea"

Now my hometown was so small (population 1500) that mail was delivered to the correct address with just a person's name --- no joke.

The other side of the coin.
I live in one of the most populated cities in the world, Mexico city, now close to 23-25 million.
My mom used to own a coffe shop. She was born in China and sometimes her friends or relatives would write a letter, they would write the name of my mom in Chinese characters and just the name of the coffe shop and Mexico city. Those letters DID arrive, I don't know how, but the guys at the central post office did an excelent job every time.

03-15-2004	#1 (permalink)
Michigirl lost on fifth Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 15	Cost to send postcard from Mexico Does anyone know how much it cost for a postcard stamp to send a postcard from Mexico to US?

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jx2 añejo Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Pac. NW. Posts: 3,950	post card cost We sent postcards and the stamps cost $1.10 each. Nobody has received them yet though (we sent them on 3/8) and we're home now. So I guess we'll wait and see. Not sure how long the mail takes. Maybe a Mexican minute :lol:

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james beach geek admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: 10 year Playa resident lost in Kullavik, Sweden Posts: 9,745	It would make a good Mastercard advert. sending a postcard from Mexico: 12 pesos receiving a postcard sent from Mexico: priceless __________________ My lovely house is for sale Get your own signature countdown image!

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james beach geek admin Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: 10 year Playa resident lost in Kullavik, Sweden Posts: 9,745	nope. I've heard of one taking over a year. It has to actually arrive to be in the running. __________________ My lovely house is for sale Get your own signature countdown image!

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Irlandesa very sparkly Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: QR, MX Posts: 32	I used to send cards home (from Cancun) just for fun, to see how long it would take. Once it took about 3 months, another time roughly 4-5 months...

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denisea Forum Goddess Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: On the road to ruins... Posts: 7,025	The Mexican Postal Service is known to provide notoriously slow service. Odds are your mail will arrive long after you've returned home. Plan on a minimum of 2-4 weeks for mail to reach the US, if it arrives at all. :roll:

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sctx political anarchist Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Body in San Marcos Tx....Tankah in my mind Posts: 27,792	from the Coba Central Postal Center ( :lol: ) to McPherson , Kansas.... a blistering 5 1/2 week delivery time!

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Rainman life=playa Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Cincinnati;OH Posts: 538	Sent friend at work a post card last May from PDC, cost approximately $1.30 USD, to this day she has not received it yet. Do I hold the record or what? :lol:

03-16-2004	#9 (permalink)
denisea Forum Goddess Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: On the road to ruins... Posts: 7,025	Here's a true story from my hometown in CT.... A rift in the friendship of two couples occurred because of a wedding invitation that was mailed but never delivered. The couple who's daughter was getting married was insulted because their closest friends, not only did not attend the wedding, they never even responded to the invitation. The other couple was insulted because they had not received an invitation to the wedding. As a result, both couples stopped talking and socializing with each other without ever discussing anything about it. Now my hometown was so small (population 1500) that mail was delivered to the correct address with just a person's name --- no joke. So no one ever suspected that the post office could be the culprit. Over a year later, a bundle of mail was discovered that had inadvertently been misplaced in another post office the next town over. I bet you can guess what was in that bundle of lost mail --- the infamous wedding invitation. The eventual delivery of this wedding invitation resulted in a saved friendship --- and, of course, a story on the front page of all the local newspapers as this was big news. So it just goes to show that snail mail is far from perfect here in the states either. But even more importantly, it illustrates how dangerous it is to simply assume anything and stresses the need for open and honest communication in all relationships.

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