I Am Angry Today Because . . .
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Some of them mean to do that. It makes them feel good.
you are not alone...
I am not so much angry as frustrated at the whole changing clocks things. It is because my body does not change its internal clock so easily, still wake up at the same time.
Started our Christmas posting today for our son and his family who live in Oz. Took 4 parcels of "goodies" to our local post office only to be told that 1 was 9 grams to heavy to go Royal Mail Airmail, and another 10 cms to large!
Ended up sending the whole lot by Global Parcel Force, cost £108 ($173) for 6.93kg.
Christmas is getting a very expensive business with the postage costing more than the contents in some cases. Time I became Mr Scrooge!!!!
Ended up sending the whole lot by Global Parcel Force, cost £108 ($173) for 6.93kg.
Christmas is getting a very expensive business with the postage costing more than the contents in some cases. Time I became Mr Scrooge!!!!
Yes. Some of them. There are jerks in the world.
But not most of them.It's just hard when two people are trying to be heard by each other and are not making much headway.
Started our Christmas posting today for our son and his family who live in Oz. Took 4 parcels of "goodies" to our local post office only to be told that 1 was 9 grams to heavy to go Royal Mail Airmail, and another 10 cms to large!
Ended up sending the whole lot by Global Parcel Force, cost £108 ($173) for 6.93kg.
Christmas is getting a very expensive business with the postage costing more than the contents in some cases. Time I became Mr Scrooge!!!!
Can relate. Why does a simple Christmas card with a small needlepoint decoration enclosed require a customs form? It isn't any thicker than a regular card. International postal rates are very expensive. Had one postal man tell me- well that country just isn't around the corner you know. Hope all your packages arrive safe.
Thanks Spidey, I agree postal rules and regulations are really getting to be a pain. Why don't the mail service providers be honest and admit that any item that cannot be sorted by machine you will be charged a premium for. Here in the UK, prices go up and the service gets less reliable. It appears that if it's not business mail, ie. a nice financially lucrative bulk contract, then it will be delivered when they get round to it!
The Oz parcels are meant to be there in 4 days, I'll let you know when they're delivered.
4 days international would be awesome. In the states we're told for a priority international is usually 6-10 business days. They neglect to state that is time through customs. Then add on travel time to destination country. I've had packages take as long at 34 days! I think the best I did was a first class card to NZ at 10 days.
Yes international shipping is to exspensive. I always try to sent it out all at one time.
Bizarrely, my wife just used Amazon.com in the U.S. to send gift wrapped Xmas toys to Melbourne and the gift arrived 4 days later! We've also had small packets sent from Oz to the UK in 3 days, so someone can do it.
It's too bad there isn't a way to buy online and have stuff delivered locally. Like Walmart's site to store option. It might not have that personal touch with wrapping and bows and all that, but it would certainly cut down on the cost of the post.
Unfortunately On-line shopping in Oz is still very limited, we do use Oz based suppliers when we can but as you rightly identify they can't do the little "personal" touches that make it special!
What if a service existed that not only let you buy online and deliver locally anywhere in the world, but also let you pick out the wrapping paper and bow? Would that make the difference?
Yep sure would, as a family we also have a tradition of putting cryptic clues on Christmas present gift tags.
The recipient can't open it until they deduce what's inside! This can be great fun as you are playing a game and opening gifts at the same time. Has been known to last until early Christmas evening.
Ah, yes. And this service would have to include the message on the tag.Yep sure would, as a family we also have a tradition of putting cryptic clues on Christmas present gift tags.
The recipient can't open it until they deduce what's inside! This can be great fun as you are playing a game and opening gifts at the same time. Has been known to last until early Christmas evening.
What a great idea. My kids would maneuver me into a closet and keep me there so they could open their stuff if I did that.Yep sure would, as a family we also have a tradition of putting cryptic clues on Christmas present gift tags.
The recipient can't open it until they deduce what's inside! This can be great fun as you are playing a game and opening gifts at the same time. Has been known to last until early Christmas evening.
I reckon most kids would, we started doing it when our son was a teenager. He now knows the meaning of life, he's (42) and we put simple, easy clues on his kids tags.
I've pretty much given up mailing packages to Oz--it jut got too expensive. I send cards,and found Amazon to be much less expensive for my friend's last BD pressie. It wasn't gift wrapped when she received it, but I could do a personalized card and didn't go into the poor house sending the book I got for her. With friends in Ireland, we've decided to stick with what can fit in a padded envelope. Shipping has just gotten crazy, that's all there is to it.