The Donald has long been pushing the idea to privatize USPS for a long time.
Deutsche Post DHL have been privatized several years ago. Ever since, the costs are constantly rising and their service is constantly declining. A few years ago, Deutsche Post sold my local post office building to a private investor. First chance they had, the investors kicked the post office out and turned the building into a start-up location. I lost my PO Box and now I have to deliver my mail at a tobacco shop. One of the local mail pickup places even made the news before Christmas: DHL Parcel Post drivers frequently deliver lots of packages to this shop. People would have to wait in line for over an hour, only to be turned down and to learn that the guys who run the shop would require at least three days to sort through their packages. On Saturdays, they are closing at 4 pm. At 4 pm sharp, they kicked everybody out of the shop and threatened to call the police if people should refuse to leave. If you think that your local post office is bad now, wait and see what happens when The Donald gets his way... Helmut www.filmposter.net <http://filmposter.net/> > Am 10.01.2020 um 04:29 schrieb Susan Heim <[email protected]>: > > There seems to be a lot of changes that have occurred with International > shipping in the last 6 months. I was trying to ship a package to England > Priority International Express and the most it can be insured for is a > maximum of $650. > If I go Global Shipping International Express, you can ship with up to > $2500 insurance, but the cost is astronomical......I spoke with my post > office rep and they said they had changed all the rules within the past six > months due to > the enormous amount of losses they had incurred...some countries they won't > even insure at all….so, I assume if one wants to ship a poster with insurance > above $2500 you need to have insurance on your own. My postal rep suggested > UPick insurance so I am going to look into that. As Bruce said, > international shipping costs have almost doubled in the past five > years...……….it's amazing. > > Sue > Hollywood Poster Frames > HollywoodPosters.com <http://hollywoodposters.com/> > > From: MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Craig Miller > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 3:09 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [MOPO] International Shipping > > Hi Folks > > As some of you know, I wrote a recently released book called "Star Wars > Memories: My Time in the (Death Star) Trenches). It's about the years I > worked on the marketing of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. > > I have two international requests for copies of my book. They could, of > course, just order from Amazon in their home countries but they want signed > copies so they have to get them from me. > > Case 1) A guy in Australia (and possibly a couple of his friends) want signed > copies. I went to the Post Office and the cheapest rate they quoted me -- > the clerk admitted she didn't really know how to look this up -- was $24 to > ship a 2.1 pound envelope. That would be one copy of the book. Media Mail > apparently can't be used overseas. > > Case 2) A Star Wars convention in Norway wants to buy 30 (!) copies, some > personalized and some just signed. They'd like to bring me in as a guest (in > which case they could buy from Amazon locally and I'd sign on site) but I > don't know if my wife, Genny, whose still recovering after two and a half > months in the hospital from a nerve-destroying ailment, will be well enough > by March for me to travel like that. Thirty copies of my book, which is > large and fairly heavy, would require two boxes weighing about 32 pounds > each. I'm getting quotes for shipping from USPS, UPS, and FedEx ranging from > $500 to $1100. > > $24 for one copy or $1100 for two boxes of copies is nuts. 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