Greek address help

fireflyuk

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C_Mababejive

If you have no luck,try the Greece forum on tripadvisor where,no doubt,there will be some native speakers.

sequence

Why does it need to be translated ? Just send it to the address provided.

fireflyuk

Often in the past I've had buyers give address that are missing a house number, misspelled or are incomplete.

I thought it best to check as this is a new buyer with an unusual address, better safe than sorry if anyone can help

martindow

I've just tried it in Google maps and there seem to be two possibilities - 551 34 or 566 25 (not 564 30). I agree you need to ask the buyer to confirm the address. When you've got it sorted out I would put the Greek version on the envelope.

Strapped

fireflyuk wrote: »

Hello,

I have to send a parcel to Greece to a new 0 feedback buyer and I was wondering if anyone could help me confirm / translate this address:

ΚΑΡΑΒΑΓΓΕΛΗ 29
564 30 ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ
GREECE

I think it translates as below but searching on Google the postcode doesn't seem be correct

KARAVAGGELI 29
THESSALONIKI 564 30
GREECE

thank you

If you just enter the street name and postcode (56430) then it comes up. I think your translation is slightly wrong.

http://www.vrisko.gr/Maps?XPos=22.9273258571429&YPos=40.6680838971181&ZoomLvl=16&pXPos=22.9273258571429&pYPos=40.6680838971181&pTip=%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B7%2029,%20%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B7,%2056430,%20%CE%98%CE%95%CE%A3%CE%A3%CE%91%CE%9B%CE%9F%CE%9D%CE%99%CE%9A%CE%97%CE%A3

campdave

It's more likely to go missing if you bodge the translation than just print off what you're given.

fireflyuk

thanks for the replies, the buyer confirmed their address, the postcode they gave was slightly off

campdave

Now you have it solved, I'd edit your posts to remove their address - it's not really on posting someone's address on the internet!

martindow

campdave wrote: »

Now you have it solved, I'd edit your posts to remove their address - it's not really on posting someone's address on the internet!

Not sure this is really a problem. I could post random addresses on here but it would be meaningless - they are all on Google maps!

ballisticbrian

Not sure this is really a problem. I could post random addresses on here but it would be meaningless - they are all on Google maps!

The problem is that the setup on this site is cached very rapidly (within seconds) by google, and when the buyer googles their own address, as I'm sure we've all tried at some point, they will find you (their eBay seller) discussing personal information (their address is personal to them) and it will reflect on you badly.