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aramatic · 2023-07-17T16:53:20.304000Z

They say to be careful what you wish for. Well, time to eat humble pie. I was a voluble critic of Global Shipping's mysterious "import charges" and of course the apparent nonsense of shipping an item twice, first to Erlanger, Kentucky, and then to wherever it was actually going. I've got what wished for, sort of... no more "import charges". Worse, CBSA collecting sales tax, charging $9.95 for the pleasure of doing so, and even adding 8% duty apparently at random. The federal government must be running short of money as it's grabbing every penny it can, and more. And instead of Erlanger, everything from the US now seems to be sucked into a postal black hole in Illinois, inching forward from one post office to another somewhere in the Chicago area until finally being released. Even slower than GPS! I didn't think it was possible. I had something sent from Sweden on June 28. It arrived July 10. On June 23 I bought something that was shipped from Texas. Still waiting.

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