Is anyone travelling from Mumbai in the coming weeks?
Need to carry some docs from Mumbai for me. Cannot trust the courrier services on this, hence this request here.

Would be great if you could also point me to any of your acquaintances.

Cheers

Sorry, this seems a little odd. These documents are so important that you can't entrust them to one of the big, established courier services (you know, the ones who will enable you to track your documents the entire way and insure them again loss?) but you're prepared to trust a complete stranger to carry them?

Strange.

I'm actually completely with Village Idiot on this.

I don't think it's in ANYONES best interest to carry belongings of a stranger on a flight.... end of story.


You should be able to trust the bigger international express people.

Just pay the premium and you can guarantee it's delivery.


...... If you are just being tight and don't want to spend money.... mate, you moved to the WRONG country.

I did not want to get this argument starting, so should have rather made it clear at first.
I have tried my hands at the courrier services before, (not with my documents though). The recipient received the packet for sure but sans the content.
Anyways cutting the long story short, these docs are my original certificates and cannot take any chances with the courrier services for doing any harm to it.
Now that you guys mention of free service, I have drinks to offer to anyone who would help.

..but you're willing to entrust your certificates to a complete strange for a few beers?

Don't worry, I don't think anyone is being argumentative.

It's just simple common sense.

With the way the world works now with bomb scares etc. NOBODY is allowed to carry anything from anyone else, or they are liable.

I do realise that these are just documents, however, the morality of the question stands - No one in their right mind will carry anything onto a flight belonging to a complete stranger.

Besides - riddle me this batman:
Why would you not trust an authorised courier, but you will trust a complete stranger?

Pay the postage and take the risk mate..... or fly back and get them yourself.

I can't allow you to encourage someone to do this for you... it's just wrong.

If I was travelling from Mumbai (I'm afraid that I'm not so I can't help), I'd carry your documents for you and I can fully understand why you do not trust them to a courier company based on your past experiences.

Good luck and I hope you find someone!

I just re-read my own post.

It does come across a bit harsh, but if you read into why no one will do this for you - you will see why everyone's answers are so defensive.


If you don't mean any harm by asking then it's best to just take this as an experience and step back.

I would begin by asking family or friends (assuming you are an Indian national) if they are planning to visit. That's the only safe way that someone will do this for you.


If at the very least that it hasn't occured to you that you maybe just 'helping' someone if they asked you to carry something for them. Please don't ever do that for anyone else either.

You could land in a world of sh1t you can never crawl out of.

"Post it"

Just who are you to say this I think it would be nice if you stop posting on this thread.

OP: I am sure your mate will meet the person at Mumbai and the work will take place only if the vibes are right, sounds perfectly fine. I hope you find someone soon.

"billhardie" appreciate your concerns and inputs on this.
"Tom1234" thank you.

I have checked with few friends and friends of friends but none travelling.

I am sensitive towards the world order of air travels and the risk it brings along with it. It was probably a hasty decision from my side to put such a request on this forum blatantly.

When it comes to trust, I guess I should have targetted only the Indian community on this forum where a fellow Mumbaikar would lend a helping hand. "No offence meant to anyone here."

Thanks for all the inputs guys. I will try some other means to get around this.
Request moderator to please close this thread. (not sure if I can do this)

Chill, no need to close the thread just because some random guy sounded rude. I have availed of comparable help earlier, one just needs to be intelligent enough to know how to do due diligence (your skeptics sound thick to me). If I were you I would wait a bit longer.

Do you work for a courier company?

Chill dude... some little documents are not the end of the world...

I will do it if you pay for my return flight to Mumbai and back