Stabby Narwhal Mar 19
Anyone know of a good online shopping site where you can get products from japan?
Show threadStabby Narwhal 
Product cost $12, shipping $27 😵‍💫
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Show threadStabby Narwhal Mar 19
At this rate I’ll just DIY Kirby merch
Show threadStabby Narwhal Mar 19
I’ll just buy a pink eye mask, embroider a sleepy Kirby face and call it a day. Yes? No??
Show threadMay Likes TorontoMar 19
@farah yes
Show threadMichael GemarMar 19
@farah @mayintoronto I would not recommend a mask that gives you pink eye.
Show threadWillow (she/her)Mar 19
@farah Oh yeah the shipping is batshit.
Show threadBrialaMar 19
@farah And I thought shipping from the US got insane in the last decade.
Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 19

@static @farah oftentikes that includes customs & handling fees, and OFC most of that is going to the destination country postal service.

  • So yeah, USPS is fucking expensive, slow and they "loose" a ton of stuff in transit...
Show threadBrialaMar 19

@kkarhan @farah Back when I was still buying books off Amazon, it was usually cheaper (and faster!) to buy from the UK website. That's how long USPS postage has been expensive and slow.

Still, courier costs are even more expensive. Yes, I've been slugged with those.

Show threadDB SchweinMar 19

@static @kkarhan

USPS wasn't designed to be the fastest, it was designed to go to every house in the US no matter where - something neither of the other companies do despite charging more than double USPS for equivalent services.
Try sending a letter via Fedex and see how far it gets for 73¢.
Also USPS loses fewer packages than the others, they just send a metric ton more so it seems like it.

Personal pet peeve that too many people have fallen for the "privatisation is better" 🐂💩

@farah

Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 19

@deirdrebeth @static @farah In fact I share your opinion, and if it was my decision, #PostalServices would be nationalized & monopolized and forced to provide services at fair and reasonable rates.

#USPS is just a horrible example, because #DeutschePost / #DHL can do it way better and if you gotta say "D'uh, #Germany is so smol" then consider #RoyalMail & #FrancePost as well...

Show threadJigme DatseMar 19
@farah Not had it quite that bad. Or at least, not when I haven't gone... "hm, maybe I'll add some stuff on the order, so it's closer..." I had an order which was going to cost 30% (more?) of the order cost for shipping. And that was within Canada.