Update
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Track Your Boxes
Receivers should call our hotline @ 054-686-8705 on May 7 (shipment #95 that left NY on March 22) after 5:00 PM for instructions
It is the responsibility
of the RECEIVER to find out the pick-up date and time.
| As of: | Information |
| Erev Yom Tov Sunday |
Container was processed, meches and port
fees paid for yesterday. Meches ordered the container to be checked
on Monday. Checked means entirely emptied, and they decide how many boxes to open. Inspection moved to Tuesday. Check back with us on Tuesday night (after 5:00 PM) for an update. |
| Tuesday Wednesday |
Inspection showed multiple "illegal" items. Container was moved to an
area where meches will empty the entire container and probably open
every box for closer inspection, taking place on Wed. morning. Drove to Ashdod port a second time. Arrived ahead of time. Was told inspection will first take place on Sunday. |
| Sunday Night Tuesday |
Spent the entire day at Ashdod port
(third time) as meches removed every single box, opened
every one of them, and removed "smugled" items. Then they returned all
boxes back into the container (minus the
"smugled" items). The container is now "seized" untill the uper
offices decides how and what to do. The
inspector said: no explosives, no drugs, but you were autherised to
bring in only clothing. The expenses are now in the thousands.
Lets try again on Tuesday, BEH thing will work itself out. All day long with paperwork going back and forth. They said that I'll probably get some kind of answer Wed morning/afternoon. Try again Wed night. Daven! |
| Wed Thurs |
Just an email to wait till Thursday. Filled a form to allow them to destroy the 'illegal' items. As if they need my permission! We'll see what happens on Sunday. Daven!!! |
| Sun | Same form had to be emailed again. Won't happen today. |
| Mon |
Emailed another form at 9:00 AM. Got back an answer at 3:45. Seems they can only do one step per day. In the meantime it's costing NIS 550/day for container storage. |
| Location | Alleyway behind Rechov Sorotzkin 9 |
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Drivers may call
054-686-8705
for directions after 1:00 PM on Pick-Up day. (but PLEASE don't call to ask "how many boxes", "what color are my boxes" etc, check that out with your SENDER) |
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Please note: To
avoid local residents complaining, and to prevent us paying a hefty
municipal fine (440 Shekel/box) left on location , a gemach will
pick up all boxes left over, after 9:30 PM, and it's theirs to keep. And
NO, we cannot give anyone the location or phone number of the gemach.
He was bothered too many times and at all hours. HIS conditions. Please
don't ask me to break my promise to him. Without his service it would be
impossible for me to unload the container at this very convenient |
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Dear Chaverim, we have in our data base 1398 email addresses of SENDERS, but only 375 RECEIVERS (and about 20% of these are inaccurate). PLEASE, get ahold of your RECEIVERS’ email addresses so we
can inform them of incoming containers. |
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New New
WhatsApp Service
New
New To improve our service, we are starting a WhatsApp broadcast system to keep you informed of container drop-offs and/or pick-ups. To
join: 1 - Add
Minchas Shlomo to your contact list
3 – Send us an email stating that you wish to
join and your customer number (if you know it). Specify if you are
PLEASE, DO NOT use
this WhatsApp to contact us, ever. Anyone who does will be
removed from our broadcast list and blocked.
We
hope to better serve you with this new service. |
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Estimated Future Container Drop-off dates (Sunday - Boro Park): June 21 Please check back. Always subject to change. ALWAYS recheck 1-2 weeks before date. |
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