Postal shipments suspended to US

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Azza ☠ 29 Aug @ 1:33pm

Since Trump has terminated Obama's "de minimis" trade allowance of under $800 value shipments to be US Duty Free (and Trump Tariff free), more than 30 countries have now just suspended all postal shipments to America.

This includes:
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
France
Germany
Greece
India
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Malta
Mexico
Moldova
Montenegro
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Serbia
Singapore
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
New Zealand
United Kingdom

Trump managed to screw up the postal system setup and established since 1874.

Have you attempted to post something to America lately and found it denied?

Do you think this will be addressed in time for Christmas gifts?

Would you have to smuggle them across the Mexican or Canadian border, just to get them in the third-world country of America?

Last edited by Azza ☠; 29 Aug @ 1:34pm

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OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle 29 Aug @ 1:35pm

I have attempted to post something to America, and I found it - not denied - but disappeared.

The twist is, the origin of this completely innocuous package was also inside America

Azza ☠ 29 Aug @ 1:42pm

Originally posted by OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle:
I have attempted to post something to America, and I found it - not denied - but disappeared.

The twist is, the origin of this completely innocuous package was also inside America

Yeah, it's concerning if it doesn't bounce back to the sender after failure of delivery.

Fake 29 Aug @ 1:52pm

No more duty free shipping, what's the problem?

OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle 29 Aug @ 1:56pm

Originally posted by Azza ☠:
Originally posted by OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle:
I have attempted to post something to America, and I found it - not denied - but disappeared.

The twist is, the origin of this completely innocuous package was also inside America

Yeah, it's concerning if it doesn't bounce back to the sender after failure of delivery.

Yeah....
And I never like to accuse the postal service of systemic, normalized incompetence.

Instead, my theory is that homeland security was just hungry that day, so they seized my crackers 'n snacks over "suspicion of terrorism."

whole9yard 29 Aug @ 2:00pm

Originally posted by OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle:
Originally posted by Azza ☠:

Yeah, it's concerning if it doesn't bounce back to the sender after failure of delivery.

Yeah....
And I never like to accuse the postal service of systemic, normalized incompetence.

Instead, my theory is that homeland security was just hungry that day, so they seized my crackers 'n snacks over "suspicion of terrorism."

When you ship packages internationally, if left unclaimed and duties not paid, then the package will be destroyed. Customs will not send your packages back at their expense.

OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle 29 Aug @ 2:05pm

Originally posted by whole9yard:
Originally posted by OoOoOoooOOoOoorgle:

Yeah....
And I never like to accuse the postal service of systemic, normalized incompetence.

Instead, my theory is that homeland security was just hungry that day, so they seized my crackers 'n snacks over "suspicion of terrorism."

When you ship packages internationally, if left unclaimed and duties not paid, then the package will be destroyed. Customs will not send your packages back at their expense.

I explicitly stated this package was domestic, dummy 😂

-OrLoK- Слава Україн 29 Aug @ 2:06pm

The UK did this some time ago.

$2 Hero 29 Aug @ 2:07pm

Maybe yall should just do your own thing have you ever thought of that.

Bernard The Gurnard 29 Aug @ 2:08pm

Yeah it has been on the TV News all day...

-OrLoK- Слава Україн 29 Aug @ 2:08pm

Originally posted by $2 Hero:
Maybe yall should just do your own thing have you ever thought of that.

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Grimno 29 Aug @ 2:09pm

"We won. A reminder that-

No more Figma. No more Nendoroids. No more dolls.
You will enjoy your GameStop Funko Pops and nothing more.

Last edited by Grimno; 29 Aug @ 2:12pm

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Lupa 29 Aug @ 2:10pm

It's such a shame. I love buying hand-made items and some of the sellers are outside of the country. The Japan one is going to hit pretty hard for some hobbyist I know and probably some of the game shops.

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DoomsDay 29 Aug @ 2:11pm

what happened to their best theory of upstairs have policy, they have countermeasure, what is this thread trying to smear.

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Delta 29 Aug @ 2:13pm

I'm located in Canada.

I used to sell on Ebay to Americans. That's where the bulk of my customers are located.

Now there will be a tariff placed on my product when an American buys from me.

I can no longer sell because the added cost to the buyer makes my offer undesirable.

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