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I am 90% certain that a majority of international dealing Chinese vendors simply use counterfeit postage.
by shiftpgdn 11y ago
I am 90% certain that a majority of international dealing Chinese vendors simply use counterfeit postage.
- andyana 11y agoI was under the impression that there is a yearly accounting process that occurs between countries that accept mail from each other. So, while the counterfeit postage would allow the mail to be delivered, questions would eventually be asked.
- ars 11y agoThere is no yearly accounting. The treaty is that countries deliver first-class postage letters and packages for free, for each other. The idea was that there is an equal amount of packages shipped each way, so the post office makes up the difference in packages sent. That used to be true, and now isn't, but the treaty stayed.
- mikeash 11y agoWouldn't that fail when trying to use a tracking number along with it?
- Scoundreller 11y agoJust like gift cards, it might depend on who manages to use the number first ;) Even if an entry scan isn't made, it still gets scanned along the way. Most of this stuff is shipped untracked though.