posted on June 13, 2004 04:30:22 PM new
I had an auction end recently,......and the buyer's address in the EOA notice is listed as APO-AE. No zip code. Is this some military address? Need to know as it's a high ticket item and I need to know payment options that I want to make available to buyer. Is APO Paypal protected.....in the same way that USA addresses are Paypal protected?
posted on June 13, 2004 04:37:51 PM new
There is an Apo Ae in New York. Also, a google shows the term to have something to do with the military.
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posted on June 13, 2004 04:40:19 PM new
From the USPS site:
Our troops look forward to receiving your letters and packages. That’s why it’s important to make sure your mail gets there, to the right person, in the right place.
The Department of Defense has issued the following guidelines for addressing your mail to military and civilian personnel deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Use the service member’s full name. The Department of Defense cancelled the Any Service Member program so you need to send to someone specific.
Include the unit and APO/FPO (Air/Army Post Office or Fleet Post Office) address with the nine-digit ZIP Code™ (if one is assigned).
Include a return address.
For packages, print on one side only with the recipient’s address in the lower right portion.
Examples:
SSGT Kevin Taylor
Unit 2050 Box 4190
APO AP 96278-2050
SGT Robert Smith
PSC 802 Box 74
APO AE 09499-0074
Seaman Joseph Doe
USCGC Hamilton
FPO AP 96667-3931
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We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. -- John F. Kennedy
posted on June 13, 2004 05:07:31 PM new
There still should have been a zip code listed. If not, then contact your buyer and ask for their shipping address. Then they will give it to you. Also remember the item MUST ship through the post office. UPS, Fedex ect cannot ship to a APO/FPO so set your freight accordingly. Also be prepared to fill out the proper customs form for the item(s) being shipped. It will be required for most areas.
posted on June 13, 2004 07:46:04 PM new
Adding to what Stone said, be sure to write "Property of A Member Of The U.S. Armed Forces" on the customs form. You have to have a zip code to go with the APO address. Your shipping charge will be the same as priority to San Francisco or New York. Charge whichever is the highest.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on June 13, 2004 08:01:38 PM new
Thank you all for your responses. Very helpful. I'll have to amend my payment options to this buyer to no credit cards or Paypal from them. I'll accept check/MO from them or a credit card or Paypal(or check/MO) from a relative in the USA with a confirmed address. The relative can then forward it on. Maybe I'll take a chance if I actually speak with the buyer. I would like to support our brave soldiers, but as I say, it's a high ticket item......a few k's....well above my normal Paypal comfort zone.
posted on June 13, 2004 08:50:46 PM new
If we're talking a few k's here, give him your phone number and have him call you, collect if necessary. You may want to consider FedEx or UPS. You and he have to make a game plan. For a high ticket item, shipping charges don't even enter into the equation. Security is the number 1 item to consider. I would strongly suggest FedEx as the carrier. The idea of sending to a stateside relative or friend for forwarding to him seems good on the surface, but they probably don't have the expertise in international shipping that you do, and it is ultimately your responsibility to deliver the item to him safe and intact. For this kind of money, it's worth going the extra yard in customer service.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on June 14, 2004 08:33:26 PM new
Stone...He can ship it to the base postmaster via FedEx or UPS if he clears it with them ahead of time. Same as shipping FedEx to a college student with a p.o. box at a campus branch of the USPS. I do it all the time. If he's in Iraq or Afghanistan, that's a different story.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
