US Postal service - International...

dhromed

So... this is a thread about mail?

Sutherlands

So... this is a thread about male? *excited*

DTFY

RTapeLoadingError

Recall reading that DHL provided sevice to Mt. Everest base camp... which, while it makes you say "WTF", isn't really a WTF, it's kinda cool.

Well, Everest Base Camp* is like a mini-village of huts where the dozens of climbers and tourists congregate waiting to climb or look at the mountain. It's not a couple of tents hanging to the side of the mountain in the middle of a blizzard.

The climbers can be at the base camp for weeks getting used to the altitude and waiting for the right weather so it'd be nice for them to get the odd parcel.

*The Chinese (Tibetan) side, don't know about the Nepalese one

serguey123

@nexekho said:

@Cursorkeys said:
Jesus Christ, they don't even try any more to make up reasons for gouging you.
I think that was pretty cheap if you were importing a box of cougars on hallucinogens. I wouldn't touch that for twice as much.

More often than not Custom are dipshits that overcharge you or steal from you.... so where can I get one of those hallucinogenics cougars?

Sutherlands

@serguey123 said:

@nexekho said:
@Cursorkeys said:
Jesus Christ, they don't even try any more to make up reasons for gouging you.
I think that was pretty cheap if you were importing a box of cougars on hallucinogens. I wouldn't touch that for twice as much.

More often than not Custom are dipshits that overcharge you or steal from you.... so where can I get one of those hallucinogenics cougars?

Order something on ebay from the xkcd.com guy.

dhromed

@Sutherlands said:

@dhromed said:
So... this is a thread about male? *excited*
DTFY

dtobias

Second-class (back when they still used numbered classes other than First Class; eventually the Marketing Types at the USPS decided it would sound better to use different names) was what is now Periodicals.

dubbreak

@blakeyrat said:

@dubbreak said:
They have also left sign for packages in the rain outside the door of the house without having gotten a signature.

Signatures are optional in UPS, if the package is below a certain value/weight cut-off. If you want to sign for it so badly, ask the shipper to require one.

Personally, I think "not requiring signatures" is UPS' best feature. I work for a living; I'm not home at 3:00 PM on weekdays. Although I usually work around the situation by having stuff delivered to work anyway.

The packages were "sign for" (if you reread the portion you quoted) i.e. signature required and yet they left the package without a signature. They the package in the rain, with no signature (>$600 worth of electronics).

Edit: oops, just noticed Sutherland already corrected blakey.. of course it probably takes a few times to stick with him.

Lorne Kates

@dubbreak said:

The packages were "sign for" (if you reread the portion you quoted) i.e. signature required and yet they left the package without a signature. They the package in the rain, with no signature (>$600 worth of electronics).

That's only because they it was too warm to leave them in a snow bank.