I’m from Pune, Maharashtra and I’ve been using for around 18 months now. So far, I’ve sent 13 postcards and all of them reached their destinations correctly. The problem is — I have never received a single postcard myself through Postcrossing.
I’ve also done many direct swaps through Instagram, WhatsApp groups, and Reddit. Still no luck for a very long time.
I tried a lot of things for this issue:
Sent postcards to myself
Sent envelopes to my own address
Tried yellow postcards as well
Checked multiple times with my local postman
Confirmed that my address is correct
Recently, I filed an official complaint online about missing mail, and right after that, I finally received my first-ever postcard from a direct swap on May 4th. The cards I received were domestic (within India), but I still haven’t received any international postcards that were supposed to come through Postcrossing.
I just wanted to ask:
Has anyone faced something similar in India?
Is there anything else I can do to make sure international mail gets delivered correctly?
Do post offices keep undelivered international mail somewhere, or is it eventually discarded/returned?
Is there any way to recover older undelivered postcards?
Would really appreciate any advice or information from people who’ve dealt with similar postal issues.