A Hong Kong based overseas Filipino worker was astonished to find out that the contents of the balikbayan box she sent to her family not only arrived much later than expected, its contents also appeared pilfered.
Ailyne Gumabon posted on Facebook how her experience unraveled. She sent her balikbayan box through Speedpost Multipack from Hongkong Post on Feb. 16. She claimed that the box contained six pairs of shoes, six pieces of shirts, a short, one bag, a cup and 32 pieces of chocolate to her family in San Miguel, Bulacan.
She anticipated that using the more expensive Speedpost option, she’ll have the box arrive at its destination in just three days, as she was told by Hongkong Post. However, after two weeks, her package still failed to arrive. When she used the tracking facility of Hongkong Post, Gumabon found out that the box had already arrived in the Philippines and was at the Bureau of Customs since Feb. 17.
Gumabon then told her husband to verify its whereabouts in Pasay City. But her husband was told the box was not in its premises and suggested it could be on another office.
A week later, the family received a text message that the balikbayan box had arrived at the post office. Feeling apprehensive about the whole delay and suspected something was amiss, Gumabon suggested to her husband to open the box right at the post office.
The family was shocked to discover that while the box appeared to weigh normally and content intact, the actual items were replaced with newspaper and mail parcel.
Nagsend ako ng box sa speedpost nung february 16/2016 at ang laman ay 6pair shoes 6pcs shirth 1pc short 1bag 1cup at…
Posted by Ailyne Gumabon on Thursday, March 17, 2016