Sending a Parcel from Australia to Istanbul, Turkey

LOvercomerak on 17/09/2022 - 11:59
Last edited 17/09/2022 - 13:26 by 1 other user

Hello my fellow OzBargainers,

Hope you are all well. I hope there are some Australian Turks who may be able to help me on this matter. I am sending a small parcel (1-2 kg - a small gift, vitamins and chocolate - value less than 100 AUD) to someone in Istanbul, Turkey.

My question is, would my friend in Istanbul be able to set up a 'Parcel Collect address' (similar to what we have here at Australia Post office) at his local post office and collect the item from there? I have tried googling this topic but could not find any answers.

P/s: sending the parcel to his residential or work address is not possible.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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  thatonethere on 17/09/2022 - 12:07

  +1

  Your friend could get a parcel locker. Eg Pudo

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    Overcomerak on 17/09/2022 - 12:59

    Thank you. I'm looking into it now. Have you used Pudo before? Is it safe?

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  silenthillrocks on 17/09/2022 - 12:11

  +1

  Bikies

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    Overcomerak on 17/09/2022 - 13:06

    +1

    I'm not a bikie, lol.

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  jjjaar on 17/09/2022 - 12:18

  +5

  I feel like your friend needs to ask his local post office this question.

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    SF3 on 17/09/2022 - 12:39

    +2

    What’s this common sense that you are offering…

    There is probably a plot twist reason that OP hasn’t shared with us.

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      Overcomerak on 17/09/2022 - 13:06

      -1

      Yes that's true. Reason why I'm asking all these is because my friend is only 14 years old and I want to make the process as easy as possible for the parcel to arrive to him safely.

      There is also a reason why posting to his residential address is not possible. We only met online and I agree that it is unsafe for him to share his home address to a stranger.

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        thatonethere on 17/09/2022 - 15:32

        +4

        righto…

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        Dave Bowman on 17/09/2022 - 15:42

        -1

        MODS

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          Plankton on 18/09/2022 - 08:11

          -1

          @Dave Bowman: AFP

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        Leho on 17/09/2022 - 17:44

        🧐 14???

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        websterp on 17/09/2022 - 19:47

        Chocolates, I'll give it a pass but vitamins as a present for a 14yo? Sure!

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  Baysew on 17/09/2022 - 13:56

  +5

  I hope there are some Australian Turks who may be able to help me on this matter.

  Perhaps ask some Greeks as well, as their ancestors have had great success in getting things into Turkey.

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    tharlow on 19/09/2022 - 16:06

    …the Greeks have been camped outside Troy, kerpowing, zapping, and kersplatting the Trojans for the best part of a decade, yeah?
    So?
    So all of a sudden they wake up one mornin' and the Greeks have gone. And there outside the city walls they've left this gift; this tribute to their valiant foes: a huge wooden horse, just large enough to happily contain 500 Greeks in full battle dress and still leave adequate room for toilet facilities? Are you telling me not one Trojan goes, "Hang on a minute, that's a bit of a funny prezzy. What's wrong with a couple hundred pairs of socks and some aftershave?" No, they don't — they just wheel it in and all decide to go for an early night! People that stupid deserve to be kerpowed, zapped and kersplatted in their beds! You know what the big joke is? From this particular phase in history we derive the phrase, "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts," when it would be much more logical to derive the phrase, "Beware of Trojans, they're complete smegheads!"

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  whatwasherproblem on 17/09/2022 - 15:11

  +2

  Sending a Parcel from Australia to Istanbul

  Istanbul, not Constantinople?

  Eh, I guess I can't help you with your works. 'Tis nobody's business but the Turks.