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Amazon Mexico

4x4abc - 7-25-2015 at 08:33 AM

now that Amazon has a presence in Mexico - is it necessary to create a new account (different from the US account)?

CortezBlue - 7-25-2015 at 08:37 AM

unless they are using DHL Prime delivery would be 2 months:bounce:

monoloco - 7-25-2015 at 08:52 AM

Quote: Originally posted by CortezBlue  
unless they are using DHL Prime delivery would be 2 months:bounce:
LOL. If they use Baja Pack there will be a lot of boxes arriving empty.

Mula - 7-25-2015 at 11:09 AM

I registered with Amazon Mexico this morning.
Used my Amazon USA e mail and password and it worked just fine.

It tells you what is imported and what is not.

Pretty cool.

weebray - 7-25-2015 at 11:55 AM

Amazon Mexico is still in beta. Better wait awhile to download.

DENNIS - 7-25-2015 at 12:23 PM


When Amazon Mexico becomes viable, they should take over mail delivery.
Don't hold your breath.

weebray - 7-25-2015 at 02:06 PM

FYI, We have been using Correos de Mexico for almost 25 years now. We have a mail package sent to us about once a month. We also have any number of small packages (never over 100 bucks value) sent to us from China. The number of packages lost by Correos in 25 years is cero (0). The normal delivery time from the US or China is about the same - 3 to 5 weeks. If it goes beyond 5 weeks and we really need it usually a visit to the PO gets results. You can get a tracking number which MAY help but we have never had to use this hammer. One time a package of mail sent from the US in November did not arrive here until Feb. but that is very rare. The moral of the story? Correos won't open your package and take chit and they WILL deliver eventually. Oh yeah, a small propina every time you get a package helps a bunch. Lastly do not forget that the 11th of November is el dia del cartero. (postman's day) Make sure you remember your cartero so he will remember you.

After thought, I should have posted this somewhere else?

[Edited on 7-25-2015 by weebray]

DENNIS - 7-25-2015 at 02:48 PM



I'm still waiting for deliveries from twenty years ago. Maybe if I gave that little propina, but to whom?

Alm - 7-25-2015 at 03:14 PM

Quote: Originally posted by DENNIS  

When Amazon Mexico becomes viable, they should take over mail delivery.

Will they, i.e. China, also take over local manufacturing? You know, what Amazon has become lately, not much different from Ebay. A rhetorical question, I think...

elfbrewery - 7-26-2015 at 09:53 AM

I am also waiting for a package from Canada mailed last November.

vandenberg - 7-26-2015 at 11:05 AM

Quote: Originally posted by elfbrewery  
I am also waiting for a package from Canada mailed last November.


Don't hold your breath, brother!!:biggrin:

DENNIS - 7-26-2015 at 11:13 AM



The check's in the mail.

Hook - 7-26-2015 at 12:11 PM

I'll tell you how bad, Correos de Mexico is. Even CFE and Telmex dont trust them with delivering their bills in our area. Not even a piece of paper.

I cant imagine trusting them with a package, on a regular basis.

We did, once. It took three months from the US, we got it ripped open and poorly repackaged, and it had sustained water damage. It was simply used books, so no real loss. It was a test, anyway. A big fail.

The postmarks indicated it had made it to the Mexican border in three days in the US. The rest of the time, it spent bouncing around in Mexico, somewhere........

weebray - 7-26-2015 at 05:20 PM

I don't make this stuff up. Correos has never failed to deliver - ever. To be sure we have developed a very friendly relationship with our cartero, asking about his family, thanking him humbly for his service and occasionally rewarding him with 20 pesos or so for bringing us a package. He was initially a little gruff but we just kept treating him kindly and now he treats us with respect and friendship too. Maybe you people need to change your attitude. These people work for extremely low wages and have no incentive to satisfy a cranky complaining old fool from the other side. We treat our street sweeper and garbage and water people the same way. Guess what, our garbage people take away stuff they really should not, our water guy comes in the house and changes out the garafon and the street sweeper sweeps our driveway. Get to know your helpers.

monoloco - 7-26-2015 at 05:45 PM

I fail to see how treating your correos guy kindly would have much to do with insuring delivery, after all the guy isn't picking it up at the border and driving it down to La Paz. For years we had a PO box at the Correos office in Todos Santos and it was hit and miss, we usually got things eventually, but there were a few times that they never made it, once we received a xmas card in July that had been sent to London before it came to Todos. I certainly would not rely on them for anything valuable or time sensitive. As a side note, don't ever use Baja Pak, there are a bunch of thieves that work there. Send a package and an empty box shows up at the other end.

Lee - 7-26-2015 at 05:59 PM

Quote: Originally posted by weebray  
Maybe you people need to change your attitude. These people work for extremely low wages and have no incentive to satisfy a cranky complaining old fool from the other side.


What's the incentive for the extremely low wage earners delivering to those of us who aren't ''cranky complaining old fools?''

Are you writing that if we get bad mail service, we need to change our attitudes?

You probably don't mean to write derisive and demeaning posts but it might come across that way to some people.

DENNIS - 7-26-2015 at 06:21 PM

Quote: Originally posted by weebray  
I don't make this stuff up. Correos has never failed to deliver - ever.


I don't believe your experience is typical, but I'm glad you're happy.

DENNIS - 7-26-2015 at 06:26 PM

Quote: Originally posted by weebray  
These people work for extremely low wages and have no incentive to satisfy a cranky complaining old fool from the other side.


OK...I'm willing to learn. How much are they paid for doing their job? List everything...cash...Social Security....vacation pay....all of it, please.
Then...tell us how you know this.
Thanks.

sargentodiaz - 7-28-2015 at 10:02 AM

Just curious - does this mean people on Amazon Mexico can buy Kindle books that are on Amazon USA?

DENNIS - 7-29-2015 at 07:05 AM


Who knows at this point. I do know businesses separated at the border may, or may not recognize the structure of the other. Home Depot credit cards aren't accepted here, but Costco membership cards are.
Is Amazon Mexico even up and running yet?

Alm - 7-29-2015 at 10:58 AM

It's interesting sometimes to watch how the topic unfolds. Some real gems can be found:

1) Amazon is taking over the postal services.
2) It is unlikely that Mexican post workers are paid lower than Americans.
3) Most Americans living in Baja are not retirees or not old - or so it was implied. So they can not be cranky - alright, I won't comment on the IQ level changes in old age, the science have been known to be wrong before ;)...

[Edited on 7-29-2015 by Alm]

shari - 7-29-2015 at 11:35 AM

people must keep in mind that in Mexico things arent standardized like NOB...you cant judge a whole company by a few bad apples. Each office is different with different people and ideas and ethics. What happens as a result may not be the fault of your local dealer but further on up the line. For example, our mail comes from the PO in Sta.Rosalia where perhaps there is a bad apple or not...so the mail or packages may have been opened there instead of the GN post office or where we receive mail here which is a tiny store.

I have always had good luck with Baja Pack but that's not to say some offices or employees where you are are bad. This applies for all companies here...from government offices to chain stores. Each place is unique with different rules and officers so one must check in with the local place for local customs, rules etc.

One cannot paint everything with a broad brush based on their personal experiences as things change so quickly and are so local.

But I do believe in general, the mail service is fairly poor and I would never depend on it. Best bet is to get someone to bring your packages and mail down for you.

DENNIS - 7-29-2015 at 12:22 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Alm  
It's interesting sometimes to watch how the topic unfolds. Some real gems can be found:

1) Amazon is taking over the postal services.




"When Amazon Mexico becomes viable, they should take over mail delivery."

It was a joke.








[Edited on 7-29-2015 by DENNIS]