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OT but pertaining to increasing frictions at/across borders. I'm in the U.S. Today -- for the first time in quite some time -- I went to the post office to ma
by pasbesoin 10y ago
OT but pertaining to increasing frictions at/across borders.
I'm in the U.S. Today -- for the first time in quite some time -- I went to the post office to mail a small box to an old friend in Belgium. Five paperback books and an inexpensive ceramic dish with a catchy/inspiring quote on it. $38 worth of gifts. Weighed in at 3 lbs, 10 oz.
I'm used to being able to mail something like that for, I don't know, $15 -$20. Maybe $25.
Today, the cheapest option they have for such a thing is "first class". $50. For less than four pounds, in a small cardboard box.
The postal clerk told me she herself has been shocked by the increases. The supposed explanation: "Security."
As I commented elsewhere, it's almost like they don't want us to have international family and friends, anymore.