Page 1 of 8

Stupid postal regulations

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:35 am
by ak70g2
'cause I sent today my Chrismas gift to my norwegian relatives (Norge and his family), I had a funny surprise at postal office: is cheaper to send a parcel to Nigeria than to Norway! The postal fee was actually double than last parcel I sent to Cracker, at same weight. Amazing...

Also, because I need to send a parcel to Bypah, postal regulation here allow a parcel with maximum weight of 0,453 kg (1 lb) to the USA. Do you know something like this elsewhere?

PS. Norge, regarding also your un-employement, I suggest you to move in an civilised country. Botswana or Zimbabwe seems indicated. :mrgreen:

Re: Stupid postal regulations

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:57 am
by norge
shipping is expenzive from norway to,but here the max limit on the parcel are 10kg
but it cost close to a 100$ :shock: .

I suggest you to move in an civilised country. Botswana or Zimbabwe seems indicated. :mrgreen:
:lol: :lol: :lol: thats one of my not so interresting places to go,lebanon was enough for me :D (6 months)

cheers ken :D

Re: Stupid postal regulations

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 12:37 pm
by ak70g2
No, it's a temporary measure, lady from the postal office told me, so, I'll send Bypah just compass, flag and a map of Romania, the compass is pretty heavy, and the rest of the items I told him will be shipped at a later date.

Re: Stupid postal regulations

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:10 am
by Ruleryak
The Department of Homeland Security in the United States issued a directive banning all incoming packages to private persons over 1lb. Bunch of fear mongering BS if you ask me. Not sure when it's getting lifted...

Re: Stupid postal regulations

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:39 am
by norge
you got to be kidding :shock: :shock: 1lbs only :shock: :shock:
now the damn world is crazy,what are they thinking about :evil:

ken

Re: Stupid postal regulations

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 4:50 am
by Stef
Over 1lb or just any weight but with Arabic writting on the packet? :lol:

Re: Stupid postal regulations

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:17 am
by housil
Stef wrote:Over 1lb or just any weight but with Arabic writting on the packet? :lol:
I hope so! I (could) sent a 40lbs christmas parcel to the States... :shock:

Re: Stupid postal regulations

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:25 am
by Stef
well, at least when you have your own busyness, I imagine you can get those packets mailed to you company instead of you own name, wrong?

Re: Stupid postal regulations

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:27 am
by housil
Ruleryak wrote:The Department of Homeland Security in the United States issued a directive banning all incoming packages to private persons over 1lb. Bunch of fear mongering BS if you ask me. Not sure when it's getting lifted...
That´s all I found about:

Effective as of the 22nd November all parcels heavier than 453gms bound for the United States will incur a $9.00 surcharge due to tighter security measures introduced by the United States government, these parcels may also be delayed by around 48 hours.

So there isn´t a "banning" to me. Phew...

Just for toner and ink, heavier than 1lbs and any parcels from Yemen etc!!!

Re: Stupid postal regulations

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:33 am
by Stef
HAHA, yes, it's just hard to imagine the rabbi of a US synagog ordering some ink cartidges from a country where they haven't seen a computer in the last centuries :lol: