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I wonder whether webmaster in latinamerica (Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Argentina), but specially in Mexico have already received february checks?
Usually stuff from ebay takes one week and a half to arrive and the check, supposedly released on March 25th is taking too long.
As of today it hasn't shown up.
What's really annoying is that I have a mail drop in Miami that forwards my mail by courier to a P/U depot here on my Island. Very frustrating that I can't use it or have a direct deposit to my Miami bank account because of the tax problem.
P.S. After 2― years I finally made my 1000th post.
I saw your post in the other thread. I think somehow this month is bit more late for an unknown reason.
I would not request them another check immediatly, because that way they cancel the older and if you receive it you could not cash it.
Now, that I see the timings, I think has been just two weeks since the delivery.
I'll wait this week too.
I also have an account in the US, in Texas. I asked them to ETF to that account and also they replied something about taxes.
I don't understand : with or without ETF, or paying with checks you choose to pay or cheat your local IRS.
That's something Google has nothing to do with.
I don't know if they can adjust the system (probably not) however I was going to take a shot at it.
It's now been almost 4 weeks and the pin code mail has not arrived.
It's really a pain because if it even looked remotely like a cheque it would have been stolen by now.
It's not a very nice comment about our postal system however the last parcel we received had the wrappers of the chocolates that someone had sent us and nothing else. I guess it was nice they left the wrappers so we could see what we didn't receive.
AdSense has advised us they would send any cheques by special delivery however if they use the same postal system we are in big trouble.
It has been well over 2 weeks now, no check, and no one from Adsense has any idea of where the check can be.
Fedex used to bring me the checks in 3 days.
So, anyone else from Mexico?
Tropical, I was in Caracas on October of last year. There were very nice people there.
I look forward to going back there soon.
It was a secure delivery because I had to sign to get the envelope (they wonīt drop it under the door). It was a guy from OCA S.A. with violet uniform. I really donīt care to wait more for the checks, as soon as they arrive safely is enough good for me.
Publishers in Latin America are not charged for the secured delivery, thatīs a good thing. I understand also that 30 U$S per check for Google was high, compared to the rates they would pay to send the checks to other countries, and considering a lot of checks ammounts are fairly over 100. They could give you the choice to pay the 30 USD and get the check via Fedex.
According to Google FAQS for international publishers you have to wait 40 days after the delivery of the check to ask them to reissue it.
I'm still going to see if they can direct deposit to our Miami bank where the check will be sent to eventually anyway.
I have my fingers crossed.
What do you mean by your "PIN" number?
When you first open an AdSense account Google mails you a "PIN" number when your account reaches $50 to the address you have registered to assure themselves that you are who you say you are. They won't send out your cheque until you enter this number in your account.
Mine was mailed in mid-March and arrived today almost 5 weeks later.
Actually, I can't find any place in my account to enter such number. Is that for all countries?
Could I have this waived because I'm also an adwords advertiser?
Right from the get-go when we registered in early March we were advised about the PIN number.
Maybe it doesn't apply to all countries.
Also, my account already shows the "payment" and it say the check was express delivered ...
:(
Now, what seems more strange, there's really no one else from Mexico!? :)
I asked to Google support about sending me the airbill number to track it locally, but they didn't respond.
It was by "Estafeta", btw, the mexican courier. I never heard of "Ocasa" here, I think they have no presence.
It seems they just passed the delivery to Estafeta. The airbill was dated as received yesterday for Estafeta, so they took just one day to send it to my door, while Ocasa took 5 weeks to give it to them.
End of this history for me :)
I hope the guys in Tijuana and Queretaro will receive it soon.
