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Naparima Cookbook Order Updates!

13 January 2008 3,382 views 16 Comments

Naparima Girls' CookbookIn other news… 2008 has barely begun and already it’s stressing me out. The New Year literally started out with me submitting my first refund, in over a year of mailing out Naparima Cookbooks. And it wasn’t the last… It appears that everything shipped on December 5th has gone AWOL. What makes this upsetting to me is that the packages were mailed promptly from my end and did arrive in the US, however the US Postal Service still has failed to forward them from the port of entry. Now I get to bear the brunt of everyone’s frustrations… fun… (not). Looks like I’ll be filing a few compensation claims with TTPost by the end of the month :?

Over the past 4 months TTPost has made quite a few changes when it comes to the rules and regulations governing Express Mail packages. They’ve been inconvenient and timeconsuming enough for me to consider discontinuing my Naparima Book Service (and I do consider it a service, as opposed to the opinions of a few I am -definitely- not making any wild profits on this – I wish :lol: ). We’ll see :(

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  • Josh Lane said:

    I’m sorry to hear your year is off to such a start. I can not imagine how frustrating this must be for you.

    Hopefully, it is all uphill from here!

    # 13 January 2008 at 2:17 am | link
  • Chennette said:

    that’s definitely not good – but I am sure the year will get better
    and completely OT – I think I am doing something wrong with mybloglog widget – it was much easier when I was on wordpress.com
    Sigh…

    # 13 January 2008 at 2:30 am | link
  • Januaryjoy said:

    Glad your back :)

    # 13 January 2008 at 10:55 pm | link
  • Chris said:

    Oh gosh! What a bummer. I am sending you positive vibes from ATL…:) Things will get better…

    # 15 January 2008 at 10:13 pm | link
  • Trig said:

    Keep fighting the system and get that book out there! We’ve got three copies in the family.

    # 16 January 2008 at 1:02 pm | link
  • Topchef said:

    I’m sure that the post on both Trinidad’s side and USPS will honor their end of the bargain, but unfortunately it will take some pressing. I’d imagine with everything it takes to ship between, there should be *some* tracking info somewhere, and I’d think a few calls to the USPS, working your way up the ladder might be in order. I’ve had luck tracking down packages with them that didn’t have any tracking info, so long as I was able to provide a few details. Best of luck!

    Topchef at http://www.epicureforum.com
    Your Mise En Place for restaurants, recipes, and everything food!

    # 18 January 2008 at 8:00 pm | link
  • Sorina said:

    You have a very nice blog, good post…keep up the good job

    # 25 January 2008 at 5:10 am | link
  • Ola said:

    I got my book and it only took a week to arrive in Canada. It was shipped on 24 January and I received on 31 January……thank you

    # 31 January 2008 at 9:24 pm | link
  • Cakespy said:

    Oh man! Best of luck with those taxes, they can be awful to get through when you aren’t working for a typical company. Stay happy!

    # 28 February 2008 at 11:36 am | link
  • Christine said:

    I am sorry that your year is getting off to such a bad start. I wish you the best of luck.

    # 1 March 2008 at 10:05 pm | link
  • Teresa said:

    I’m not sure where you are located. I am in Canada and I don’t live far from Toronto. On that note there is a store called Charlies West Indies Supermarket located in Mississauga Ontario, the last time I was there they were selling the cookbook for around $30 – $35 so if you are having problems you can search for them on the net they are on Hurontario and Dundas St. Possible you can find out some info from them and possibly make a deal with them. Sorry to hear of your troubles, thought I could give a suggestion, since I lost my book I myself want to replace it, but I do love the web site, I’m married to a Trini and have stayed there for months on end so I am a self learner and that book has taught me alot on top of adding my own touches… I would really love the recipie for chiken and dumpling soup, actually some call it West Idies soup they add provisions as well and Corn soup if anyone has this recipie Please send it to me… triniteresa@hotmail.com Thanks and Good Luck…..

    # 2 March 2008 at 1:16 am | link
  • Mike Goodheart said:

    you can find this cook book on amazon.com ,I am going to make the purchase just now:
    Price + Shipping Condition Seller Information
    $40.99
    + $3.99shipping

    New Seller: abcenterprise
    Rating:92% positive over the past 12 months (12 ratings.) 12 lifetime ratings.
    Shipping: In Stock. Ships from MD, United States Expedited shipping available International shipping available See shipping rates
    Comments: BRAND NEW NEVER OPEN

    # 8 March 2008 at 4:49 pm | link
  • Sanginee Rattan said:

    Hello,

    I enjoy viewing your website. Please would like to purchase the Naparima Cook Book. Please give me more details on that I can only pay in money order also I am looking for a recipe for curried potato and channa. Thank you, keep up the good work.

    Sanginee

    # 24 October 2008 at 11:33 am | link
  • Kajmere said:

    I am aslo interested in ordering a copy of The Naparima Cook Book.

    May I have the details?

    # 26 October 2008 at 12:07 am | link
  • Bob said:

    I need one as well…where can I get it in the US?

    # 26 October 2008 at 11:39 am | link
  • Lenore said:

    I will like to purchase a Naparima girls high school cook book. please let me know where I can purchase one.
    Thanks

    # 17 November 2008 at 10:17 pm | link

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