i still heart usps
On Friday, I was delighted to discover another package from the USA sitting outside the door of our apartment. My sister had ordered my birthday gift from etsy, and asked the artisan/seller to send the package directly to me here in Thailand. It wasn't really a package - it was a manilla envelope that contained two silk-screened tees. The total cost of postage from somewhere in the USA? $6.50. For TWO shirts.
Anyone care to guess how much Canada Post would have charged?
I'm dumbfounded that I envy Americans their postal system! "Envy" and "postal system" are not normally used in the same sentence, no?
Yes, the mail is pretty reasonable. However, we've got other issues. I guess that what makes the grass greener everywhere!
Posted by: chronicler | March 11, 2008 at 06:20 AM
Somewhere there is a big slowdown, I am finding parcels from the states are taking over three weeks to get to Canada. Ones going to the USA get there in 10 days but of course we pay very high postage this end.
Posted by: nana | March 20, 2008 at 09:34 AM