Recently changed where it won't track it from the stateside port to you BUT it will tell you it has been delivered now.I am a contractor, but have used an APO address for the last ~14 years while working overseas. APO is considered a US address and costs the same as domestic shipping. In my experience, however, tracking is only valid for the US portion of the journey. When it finally hits air freight, its usually handled by military aircraft and no tracking is available from that point forward. Now, USPS will still sell you tracking and I have seen plenty of shippers use it. It just comes up as "delivered" as soon as the military has it in their hand, despite the fact it can still be half a world away.
Generally speaking, APO isnt anything to worry about. EBay feedback is a much better indicator. You can still purchase insurance on the item if youre that bothered about it.
I've had items worth upwards of $10k shipped USPS to my APO. No sweat.
I am n Landstuhl and tracking works 100% for me. It shows deliverd only when my mail room has it here in Germany. Shows when and where it leaves the states as well.Yes, and it always pops up as delivered for me when, in fact, its still days out from me receiving it. The last point the United States Postal service handles it is when its being handed off to the Mil Air. That is when they tick their "delivered" status. Its usually not even crossed the pond at that point.
Your dad was at Camp Lemonnier eh? Yeah, having stuff shipped there was incredibly hit or miss. Spent 7 months there last year while deployed and some things would show up in a week, other stuff taking nearly a month.Most stuff's been said already. Fastest transit time is using one of the flat rate military boxes. Those have the highest preference once stuff starts heading out of the country. USPS tracking will usually stop at that exit point as well, but every now and then you'll get it past there. It was incredibly hit and miss when I sent shit over to my dad to his FPO in Djibouti. Anyway, other than what's been said in here, really nothing else different about sending to APO/FPO/DPOs. As for Ebay, at the bottom of the page you make your listings on, there's buyer blocking options you can select to try and help weed out shitheads if you haven't looked into those.
Yep that's the place. Only US base in all of Africa so it kind of narrows it down a bit, and Camp Lemonnier is in fact a Navy base!Not sure the name of where he was at, but he was on contract for the Navy at the Naval base there.