Someone in Germany promised to send me a parcel by DHL, and I expected that it would arrive around one week later. It recently came, but had taken over three months.
I discovered that the parcel had been sent by post office instead of DHL. I asked the sender, and the sender said that DHL and post office were the same in Germany. Is that true?
Furthermore, what are the meanings of 'paket' and 'päckchen' in German? Are they to do with insurance? It is because the sender told me that if I had chosen insured delivery, it would have come a lot faster.
Thanks.
PS There are three stamps on the parcel, a big blue flower is on each stamp; on the top, it is written 'Rittersporn'; and at the bottom, it is written '430' and then 'Deutschland'. Does the '430' mean the amount of the stamp? Is it Euro 4.30?
Edited by MaLing, 20 March 2007 - 07:29 AM.