Andy Pastuszak
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What I collect: United States, Ukraine, Ireland
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Jan 1, 2014 1:16:43 GMT
Logged into ukrposhta.com to order the remaining Ukrainian stamps, before I head of for New Years festivities.
Ukraine issued a LOT of stamps in the second half of 2013, especially expensive souvenir sheets.
So I checked off everything I did not have and the total came to a whopping ₴197.03! I went into a slight panic there till I did a currency conversion. With the conversion, that total came to US$23.91, a much more affordable amount!
Now I just have to wait for the confirmation email that they have all the stamps, and I will be allowed to pay. Hopefully, I get the email soon. With Christmas coming on January 7th over there, I'm thinking things will be slowed down by the holiday.
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Ryan
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What I collect: If I have a catalogue for it, I collect it. And I have many catalogues ....
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Post by Ryan on Jan 1, 2014 19:36:25 GMT
I always say you need to learn something new every day or you're ready to die. What did I learn today? ₴, the more-or-less new currency symbol for the Ukrainian hryvnia. Once again I am baffled by Cyrillic italics - the Cyrillic letter Г is written in lower-case italics as a mirrored letter S. Add two horizontal strokes and you have a currency symbol. Looks like I'm not ready to die today, I learned something new! ha ha
Ryan
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Andy Pastuszak
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Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Jan 11, 2014 16:43:39 GMT
The interesting thing about the Cyrillic alphabet is that EVERYTHING is spelled the way it sounds. Which is obviously useful if you know how read Cyrillic.
So, I got the email from ukrposhta that they're procession my order, but am still waiting on the email to pay for my order. I assume they're behind with the New Year on the 1st and Christmas on the 7th.
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Andy Pastuszak
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Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
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What I collect: United States, Ukraine, Ireland
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Jan 13, 2014 21:25:51 GMT
So, the fine folks at ukrposhta just emailed me and told me that my order was ready to be paid for. My order for ₴254 is being converted by their system to US$197! It should be $30. They didn't seem to have a problem with this when I emailed them. I sent another email and am still waiting for a reply.
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Philatarium
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What I collect: Primarily focused on Japan, but lots of other material catches my eye as well ...
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Post by Philatarium on Jan 13, 2014 23:10:36 GMT
Yikes, Andy! Let's hope that's just a learning curve blip for them ...
-- Dave
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Andy Pastuszak
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Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Jan 14, 2014 16:14:44 GMT
This is my fifth order from them, and the first one I had a problem with.
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Andy Pastuszak
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Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Jan 21, 2014 13:14:17 GMT
So, I recreated the order and it came to around $24. They cancelled the old order and I went to pay for the new order. It took my credit card and I was sent an email by the bank that the transaction went through, but their website threw an order and it now says it's still waiting for payment. I emailed them again to straighten this mess out.
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Andy Pastuszak
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Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
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What I collect: United States, Ukraine, Ireland
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Jan 21, 2014 17:26:57 GMT
And FINALLY, my order is marked as paid. Hopefully, I'll have stamps in 2 weeks.
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Andy Pastuszak
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Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
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What I collect: United States, Ukraine, Ireland
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Jan 22, 2014 1:14:54 GMT
So, I just realized the entire city of Kyiv is mired in protests from people wanting the current president to resign from office, and for good reason. So, I am going to expect my order to take a bit...
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Philatarium
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What I collect: Primarily focused on Japan, but lots of other material catches my eye as well ...
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Post by Philatarium on Jan 22, 2014 3:24:30 GMT
Hopefully it goes smoothly from here on, both for your order and for the citizens of Ukraine. (I've seen those protests on the news.)
-- Dave
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Andy Pastuszak
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Jan 22, 2014 15:40:54 GMT
I think some of my Mom's family is in those protests. I know they went Kyiv to protest during the Orange Revolution.
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Andy Pastuszak
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Praying for my family and everyone in Ukraine.
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What I collect: United States, Ukraine, Ireland
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Post by Andy Pastuszak on Feb 11, 2014 3:35:38 GMT
And the stamps have shipped! Woohoo!
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