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anyone knows what happens to packages shipped to UAE with no PO BOX ???

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 12 January 2014 - 15:02

Does anyone know what happens to packages shipped to UAE with no PO BOX. I had no idea that they didn't do home deliveries :-( My family sent 2 small packages to me via regular mail, one from USA, one from Spain. Obviously none of them have arrived so started reading online and realize they don't do home deliveries only to PO Box, which I don't have yet. Is there any possible way to find out what they do with the packages that don't have a PO Box on the label ? I was wondering if there's still a chance that they keep them at a post office for some short period of time until some claims them then discard them. That will be my perfect scenario, but maybe I'm just being too optimistic. If anyone has an answer or suggestions please let me know. Where is the main Dubai Post Office ? I'll go and ask in person.

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EW MASTER
Latest post on 16 January 2014 - 07:14
I have had stuff with my street address delivered to my PO Box, obviously some where along the lines your name is attached to a PO Box
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 16 January 2014 - 06:47
If there is a return address, they are immediately returned to the sender.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 15 January 2014 - 23:29
Here is what I find out personally from the post office: Packages without PO Box, like mines are returned to the Sender the same day. In fact this is true because my mother has just advised me that the package was just received back today. I can't believe my package just went for a round trip from USA to Dubai and back in exactly 4 weeks. Lol. Anyways, now we know how it works.
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 12 January 2014 - 19:54
as said they go to the main post office... stay there for a couple of weeks and then return to sender if they can if not they will be destroyed. did you put a phsyical address then? as its always been post office box numbers whether private or company for ever...... they dont have the systems in place yet to have a postman walking around. they are now naming all the streets so that in a few years time a proper postal system etc would be in place but not now.
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EW MASTER
Latest post on 12 January 2014 - 15:09
It gets sent to the Main Post Office in Karama. If its not collected within two weeks of arrival it is sent back to the sender. If there is no return address on package, the package is destroyed.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 12 January 2014 - 15:06
Probably floating about at the post office or retruned to sender.
 
 

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