/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

A friend of mine told me that customs in Canada used a box cutter on her package that contained SC black op (back when it cost an arm +leg). The box cutter ripped through and slashed the dress!!!! So awful!

>>7719998
>Orders from Bodyline
>Miss the package so Poste Canada
>They didn't indicate WHERE or HOW I should I pick up or anything,
>Stay confused for many days til I finally receive a message from them saying it's going to get sent if I don't pick it up at XXXX soon.
?!?!?!?!??!
Post Canada is a shit.

>buy a dream dress
>ask seller to mark down the value
>it's okay! it's usps what can go wrong lol
>package gets lost

>>7720059
Anon please tell me at least you had tracking. Otherwise I cannot feel sorry for you.

>>7719998
I picked u my IW order last week from the custom office, and it looked like OP's pic. Except it was actually teared open. When I picked it up they had at least put it in a plasitc bag but I was still pretty pissed. Thank God nothing of my items was lost, but the little IW letter with the "Thank you"-note was already missing.

>>7720059
I hope this won't happen with my package soon, it's also send by USPS. plus the tracking is fucked up, because it probably wasn't scanned properly. I hope it will pop up at my home in a few weeks

I once ordered a pair of those platform sandals for a cosplay I was doing and it was coming from China. Once it got to the states it went through USPS. I had it shipped to my apartment rather than my childhood home, and being an apartment we have a small mailbox. Usually they either leave the package in the backstairs or leave me a slip to go pick it up. No slip, no package. Go to USPS center to pick up package which tracking says was attempted to be delivered. End up getting sent around the whole office looking for the right person to help me before finding the right desk. They told me that because I A) don't have an attempted delivery slip (which they didn't leave) and that my drivers license didn't have my current address on it (had childhood home's address incase anything happened to me/it) that there was no possible way to get it even though I had multiple forms of state issued ID to prove who I was. Package sat for 30 days in their office before being sent back to China, lost $30.

>bought extra spiderman mask by this dude on therpf
>is about 60 with shipping
>package comes in bumped and dented
>oh yeah that's 40$ customs
>one of the lenses is damaged

th-thanks poste canada

A wig I ordered from AliExpress was stuck for almost two months in the delivery center. When It finally arrived the box was ripped and the wig could be seen from the outside. Never again.
Also, a 10kg Taobao order was stuck in customs for a good month and a half. They sent me the invoice more than two weeks after it had arrived to the warehouse and had to wait another two more after paying before they sent me the actual package.
Things like these make me want to live in the US.

>>7720102
USPS is pretty damn good. It's actually one of the best.

Ughh USPS is the worst. I bought CC from a girl within my own state and the guy delivering that day was a replacement for the usual person. Turns out that after everything he didn't even put the package in my box tho he scanned that the package was delivered on my tracking, claimed to check TWICE for it with no luck in the truck it actually was in, and no 'while you were out' slip. I called the office and they claimed they could do nothing for me until it actually turned up and that was it.

It wasn't until I called and made an official claim that they were able to give me updated information that they had found the package on the delivery truck they claimed it wasn't on. Ugh. It was a rough two weeks. Oh! And the girl marked it as insured for wayyy less than what I paid.

And they did the same thing with CDC. I have no luck.

>>7720157
You don't live in the main 48 do you

>My very first largish commission (for someone from /cgl/ for that matter!)
>It's a plush with some sculpted teeth and things
>Mail it USPS in a 1'x1' box, neatly wrapped in bubble wrap
>Feel really happy, I got the commission done really quickly, I had good communication with the buyer, they appreciated my progress pics, etc.
>Buyer sends me photos of the arrived box
>Box is smooshed
>Box has been opened and re-taped
>Bubble wrap is missing entirely
>A tooth is broken off the commission and is nowhere to be found
>Auuuuuggggg

Thank goodness the buyer was sweet about it.

>send package with tracking and insurance
>wrap in two plastic bags, followed by cardboard box closed with strong duct tape
>package somehow arrives all ruined: that is, only the plastic bags remain
>buyer gives positive feedback anyway
>so ashamed I can't bring myself to respond to her latest message or leave feedback
>pretend I've dropped of the face of the earth
I'm a weak bitch.

>>7719998
>boyfriend of 6 years breaks up with me
>spends almost a grand worth of brand on mbok and y!a to cope with the depression
>package goes through customs
>stays in customs for weeks
>only received a portion of what I purchased

more depressed than ever now

>>7719998

>have order coming in through USPS after days of waiting
>been staring at tracking info all week
>delivery day comes
>staring outside my door like a hawk
>phone beeps with notification of successful delivery
>....w-what?
>no postman ever came to my door.
>next day
>go to local USPS office ready to rip someone's head off
>nice old asian lady greets me
>i tell her what happened
>she tells me to wait a moment and goes in the back
>comes back with my package in perfect condition
>old asian lady tells me the box never left the post office, it must have been left behind
>t-thank you...

>>7720168
Duct tape is terrible for wrapping a package. You should only use packing tape.

>>7720116
Reading that made me feel so angry. I have no idea what I would have done, I'm sorry that happened to you.

I bought my dream dress from Yahoo Japan Auctions via shopping service and last week I finally picked it up from the post office. However, yesterday when I was organizing my wardrobe I noticed that there was a hole right in the middle of the dress. The auction description only stated that it was "in used condition" and now I'm pretty pissed that I paid so much for a dress that has a noticeable hole right in the middle. I'm not sure if I can make a complaint about it, because I didn't choose the check service (which I regret now)....

I might try to fix it, but I'm not sure how? Picture related.

>>7720174

Based USPS

>>7720182
Ow take it to a tailor

Got this in the mail once. The jewelry had fallen out.

>>7720182
Sorry that happened to you, anon.
I bought a pricey chiffon JSK off of Y!JA and it said it had been only worn twice and it was in good condition, but it arrived with discoloration on the silver attachments (had to fix this with toothpaste) and there were tiny loops of thread unwinding from the chiffon in various places all over the skirt. I was pretty disappointed.
And I just bought a Meta dress from Y!JA and the description says "several times wear" but "still in good condition" again. I'm expecting the worst now, really, but at least this one didn't cost me an arm and a leg.

>>7720161
Floridafag.

Personally I fucking hate couriers like Fedex and UPS, I've literally had almost nothing but problems with those fucks.

USPS on the other hand, they're great and cheap as hell. I've never lost a package and only once had one delivered to the wrong house.

Fedex has lost 2 of my packages this year alone, and UPS is just fucking slow

>>7720116
That sucks, but I'm confused (been in this situation before where tracking says delivery attempted, no pink slip, addy doesn't match on ID because I recently moved). Did they never make another delivery attempt, especially when you said you did not receive a pink slip, and were you unable to update your ID in 30 days? The final pink slip is the one that includes the date it will be sent back if you don't pick it up from the post office, but that's usually their third attempt. Update your ID addy as soon as you can, anon!

>>7720177
Just googled it and that's what I used, not the gray stuff. Just thought the see-through shit was called duct tape as well.

>order a dress and jewlery from F21
>says it is UPS, generally I have things sent to my PO Box since no one seems to be able to find my house ever
>send it to my house, check tracking, says it's undeliverable as addressed, since it's UPS no way to pick it up
>contact F21 3 times
>last time I get a tracking code that goes to USPS instead
>says it's being returned
all of my what

>>7720173
WHat do you mean just a portion? Are those purchases all in one parcel and some items are missing? If so I don't even know what to say, that's utter unprofessional and horrible urghhh

>>7720182
That really sucks, anon, I'm sorry.
What dress is that, by the way?

>>7720181
I was quite upset at first obviously but now I've learned to just send things from overseas to my parents place. It just sucks because I'd love to get it at my place by I'd rather make sure I actually get it than have it happen again.

>>7720174
>nice old asian lady

I have one of those too at my post office!

>>7720215
They "claimed" to have attempted to deliver it multiple times but I never got a single slip. The reason I didn't change my ID addy was this happened in early July and I actually just moved into a new place so I didn't see the point in changing the addy right before a move.

>>7720229
omg me too

It's probably a position at USPS

>>7720230
Ah. Super suck. At least it was only sandals and not a dream item, but still.

>Order a few AP rings off a girl on LSE
>She ships in an envelope, not even a bubble envelope
>Everything arrives quickly, but it's all in pieces.
>Each ring is broken into at least 3 pieces
>Message the girl
>She blocks on me fb

At least I didn't pay much for them, but still, it sucks to be all excited to get them only for them to arrive destroyed.

I've never had USPS do this with parcels before (pic related). Are they supposed to leave it on the porch or is this actually allowed?

so glad I don't live in Canada, customs sounds horrible

>>7720288

My new mail UPSP driver does this all the time. My packages have gotten soak in the rain from him doing this and two have gotten stolen.

I wish the old mail carrier didn't retire. He left packages on the porch where no one could see them from the road and honked when every there was a package.

> seller doesn't specify which shipping method they use
> it's DHL
> receive a call from DHL saying I need to pay customs
> 100$ for a 300$ package what the fuck
> bank transfer doesn't go trough
> postman can receive the money, need to pay in person
> fucking office is 1 hour away
> person in charge doesn't know whether they can take the money
> calls the head office, they can
> she laughs as she tells me she had never filled a form for receiving money before since it's so rare
> whatever woman just give me my damn package

DHL, never again. They always get hit by customs for "some reasons", it's a fucking scam.

>>7720268
I hope you opened a dispute against her.

>>7720161
I live in PA and USPS is the bomb diggity, at least compared to pretty much all other mail/post carriers.

>>7720299
Canada customs is the absolute fucking worst. I had to pay 100$ customs fees on a 200$ Baby dress last year because they misread the price. You can't dispute it or anything until you pay. I almost cried in the post office.

>>7720268
Dispute that shit. Or if it's too late for that, call your bank and do a chargeback.

Reading all this made me call USPS about a package that's been stuck in customs for a week now.
>It's still being sorted through customs.
>I'm not sure what the hold up is.
>If you want to start an inquiry you need the sender to file one with the American postal service

Thankfully, the rep said even if we don't file an inquiry that the package will eventually be delivered.

>>7720161
Not that person but I live in the continential states and USPS is by far the fastest shipping i've ever used. I use them for my business and most of the time shit gets delivered to the main 48 in 2-3 days.
UPS, on the other hand, last time I ordered from them it took almost 2 weeks(!!) for a package to get from Nevada to Oregon, and then they left it on my porch in the middle of the day without so much as knocking. UPS takes so fucking long, I hate them.

>>7720232
I wish I had a nice old asian lady in my post office. :c

>year ago
>epilator hadn't arrived yet
>ETA was like two weeks ago
>rag on them
>get a free one
>turns out my apartment mail people were retarded and temporarily lost my package
>they would continue to do this for a lot of my mail

>April
>bought two kawaii french-themed bentos from Aliexpress
>wanted it for Sakura Sunday picnic
>mine came wonderfully
>his came completely smashed
>literally
>it was like someone threw it at a wall
>at least tiny fork and spoon were intact
>get a new one for free on time

>come home from college
>old mailman just left packages at my door like I liked it
>there's a new mailman now
>constant "hey we missed you" cards
>annoying as fuck

>>7720369
Same. I go to two different post offices: one to pick packages up (my area's post office) and one to drop them off, because I fucking hate my post office and like to keep visits there to an absolute minimum.
Both of these post offices have an old Asian lady, the one in my local post office is a cranky bitch, and the woman in the other one isn't terrible, but she doesn't do much to try to hide the fact that she seriously hates her job.

>>7720166
My jimmies are rustled. Did your buyer ream the post office at least? It sounded like they shoved it into a washing machine.

>>7720309
>>7720356
I actually did a dispute when it happened (about two years ago) but paypal was super unhelpful. She had put in her terms that she wasn't responsible for any damages so they couldn't really do anything about it. The whole event actually scared me off of lolita for a long time, so I ended up selling the broken rings to my friend for dirt cheap (she glued them back together, they look fine in photos). Also I'm sorry, I meant ECS, not LSE. Those darn acronyms!

>literally less than a minute ago
>waiting for important package
>doorbells rings
>get to door in less than fucking 10 seconds
>no delivery person, they just left a slip on my door and bounced
Fucking Fedex, Jesus Christ. Yes, I'm mad.

Also adding to the 'USPS is better than all' argument. Fuck you, Fedex.

>Order nintendo 3DS from nintendo
>Shipping from Washington to Illinois
>Being shipped by UPS
>Package makes it to Hodgkins Illinois
>Yes, almost here because that's less than two hours away
>Departs Hodgkins and disappears for 4 days
>Call UPS asking what the fuck happened
>Dumb fucks shipped it BACK to Washington for no reason
>All my rage
>Ship it back to me, but I was still pissed

I'm also on the USPS is better than the rest boat. Fuck UPS and FedEx

>sending package to bf
>bring it into USPS center
>lady asks if it has glass/ceramics
>"it has a mug, but it's bubble wrapped"
>she rolls her eyes at me
>ok
>two weeks, bf still hasn't gotten package
>checking tracking
>package ends up in wrong city
>apparently they put the zip code in wrong
>call post office in city where they shipped it to
>they noticed they had the zip code wrong
>they nicely mail the package to the right destination
>call bf when he gets package
>I did get the zip code right and the last number was clearly a 2
>I'm pretty sure the lady put in the wrong zip code on purpose

I've never tried FedEx, and I don't prefer UPS because they're slow. I like USPS's flat rates. USPS usually isn't bad, but this was the worst story I have.

Not really a horror story, just disappointing.

>Live in an apartment, mailboxes are all together up the driveway, with parcel lockers underneath
>One day, get a "lol missed ya" slip in my letterbox
>I was chatting in my kitchen with my mom in front of a plate glass storm door at the time on the slip
>Are you shitting me
>But, I have two parcel keys what
>open first, it's a different package, neato
>second locker contains package addressed to a completely different person in a completely different building in the complex
>Can't re lock the lockers, gotta bring it with me and deliver it myself
>Pick it up, it rattles
>Bitch gave me the keys to some old person's meds
>Obviously delivered it to the proper person with the explanation, but what if I had been a shit person? I coulda sold that shit or just threw it out
>Back to the original package I was hoping to get
>Go in to the PO the next day, leaving for a two month trip in the next hour, but might as well get this out of the way so I don't have to ask my roommate to pick it up
>Explained what happened, they hop to the back to look for it
>Gone for 10 minutes
>come back empty-handed
>"Lol, guess she put it back on the truck for some can you come pick it up later or something?"
> No, no I can't. Can I just sign something saying they can leave it inside the storm door/parcel locker?
>"Okay yeah sure."
>Get a call the next day from roommate, tells me I got a slip from the post office
>For the same package

Best part was, when I told the clerk at the post office what happened, their response was "Heh, I'm not surprised."

>pay for ems
>takes 5 days anyway
>sitting at home waiting for the package since i have to sign for it
>no package, no slip
>check tracking at 5 again
>says they left a slip and no one was home

>go down to post office the next day to ask where my package is
>they didn't even try to redeliver that day
>lady at desk apologizes

i really fucking hate usps

>>7720400
fedex did this to me when i ordered a new phone and when i ordered new glasses.
they didnt even bother coming to the door either time and just slapped the fucking slip on the door.
i always make complaints because it's your fucking job

>>7720443
Oh, I actually remember another one, but it's still not really much of a horror.

>come back from vacation
>three stickies on my door saying I missed a package
>lol oops
>live in bumfuck nowhere
>have to drive 50 minutes to the closest UPS pickup
>show up to the place
>this couple is fighting really loudly, swearing, even the guy is hitting the lady
>some part of the US treasury is there
>wanting to send 20 large suitcase sized cases weighing about 80 pounds each
>I have to wait behind all of this
>treasury people say they forgot 2 more cases
>we all have to wait until these two cases get dropped off
>two hours later
>finally get up to counter
>takes 3 minutes tops to get my package
>UPS, never again

>Waiting to see if I get accepted to dream school
>Letter comes in from school. It's raining
>Envelope is completely soaked through
>Coffee cup stains all over the outside
>Rainwater and coffee stains soak through and leaks into the folder they sent

But I got into the school! Shame I couldn't make out half of the acceptance letter. Or keep it.

>>7720166 here
Despite my experience, I now have come to decide (now that I've done more commissions) that USPS is the best available. Everyone else is even more shit than they are, and at least USPS is affordable.

>>7720383
I honestly don't know. I was so mortified. They were such a nice buyer though, they took photos of themselves with the commission for me and everything.
I was terrified I was going to wind up in a "bad seller" thread, but nothing like that happened.
I got really spooked about mailing stuff after that, but nothing that bad has happened since.

This entire thread has made me angrier than anything I have ever read on /cgl/.
Yes I mad.

sage for no contribution

>>7720475
It's made me equal parts mad and terrified.

>>7720400
Forgot to add
>need package today
Kind of why I paid extra for your "fast" service.
>slip says I can pick the package up at the Fedex location after 5:45
Ok fine.
>oh but we close at 6 tho
u srs
>we'll redeliver it tomorrow!
Not looking to get more ring and run bullshit until you fuckers just send my package back.

>>7720456
I'm actually waiting for my new replacement phone. I want to complain to them when I go over there today to pick up my package, but I'll probably refrain. Unless they do something like not giving me my package because of the ridiculous time frame given.

>>7720400
>Waiting at home for large Sintra shipment
>hype as fuck for first time getting to mess with it.
>Wasn't home for first day
>We'll be back tomorrow notice
>Waits at door like excited doge next day
>No FedEx all day.
>site says it's delivered
>AllMyWat.jpg
>Delivered it to cousin downstairs who doesn't talk to rest of family
>have to wait 5 extra days because his stroke made him forget who I am.
It clearly said main part of the house. Fuck off FedEx.
The USPS guy always shows up just before 10Am and he's this old dude who's sweet as pie

Slightly different scenario, any advice would be appreciated:

> live in apartment complex with 80+ flats
> come home from work a week ago
> see lonely package sitting outside in the pouring rain
> take it in to prevent it from getting stolen/completely ruined
> look at door bell nameplates; recipient's name nowhere to be found
> write short note, "Hey [name], your package from [company] was sitting outside - your name doesn't seem to be on the nameplates, please pick it up at [my name], thank you!" and put it up on the noticeboard in the hallway
> two days go by, nobody comes to pick it up or leaves a note at the board that a package is missing
> start thinking maybe the street number on the package is wrong and check other houses' nameplates, nothing
> google recipient's name in hopes to find out address to drop off the package, nothing
> write another note, stick it to the front door this time, nothing
> package is still sitting on my kitchen counter

What do I do? By now, I feel pretty much like a mail thief and am scared I accidentally turned this into a mail horror story for somebody else by taking the package in ;_; I only wanted to help, goddammit.

>>7720692
Why not contact the local post office?...

>>7720692
take the notes down and open that shit
I want to know what it is
Then package it back up

>>7720288
My mail guy does this but only when my vehicle is in the driveway, and he honks his horn to let me know it's there (he is also too old/lazy to put them on the front step instead, I have to go to the mailbox to sign packages or they'll just give me the "missed delivery" slip)

UPS and Fedex just throw their packages on the doorstep and don't bother with ringing/knocking even when they know I'm there. IMO I think that's kind of rude.

>>7720709
They probably shouldn't unless they can make up a good excuse for it. If they live in the US it's illegal to open another person's mail (assuming they live there)

It's not a horror story but this just happened a week ago.

>Go out front to look for package
>no package
>What?
>Check tracking to see where it is
>"DELIVERED!"
>WHAT??
>Check out front again
>Package is now there
>... fucking what?

and it's not like I just missed it the first time, It was set nice and square on my doormat.

Not my story, but a girl in my comm ordered a bodyline dress a while ago. Idiots at customs read the yen price as euros and charged her €600 tax over it.

>>7720706
Forgot to mention - I actually called my PO after a couple of days to ask what to do and gave them the tracking number. They just said it was delivered and therefore it's not their responsibility anymore.
I just said, "Well, it obviously wasn't delivered, unless 'delivered' means 'left somewhere in hopes someone else will do the job'." And PO lady just responded, "But it SAYS right HERE in the COMPUTER that it was DELIVERED." And I'm like, alright.

>>7720709
I'd lie if I said that I hadn't thought about that myself but I'd feel pretty shitty if that happened to me, tbh. Also, what >>7720716 said. Not in the US, but still illegal where I live.

>>7720737
Phantom packages, phantom recipients... I feel like I'm in the twilight zone right now.

>>7720747
What country are you in?

I've never had anything this bad happen in australia. I live way in the back of a townhouse too and the mailman/guy with a van drives deep inside regardless.

>>7720747

>>7720803
No problems over here Finland either. It helps when almost every package gets delivered to post office or package locker.

Got this today and there's a huge cut/rip on the plastic and the dress was just shoved back inside and also seems wet/damp.

CANADA POST WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY PACKAGE WHILE IT WAS IN CUSTOMS?

Going through the dress for any signs of actual damage now and I'm on the verge of freaking out because this is one of my dream dresses.

>>7720747
Please tell me she did not have to pay that.

Once I ordered a designer hoodie (i was 16 okay?) and it never showed up. an 80 buck, collectible (1 in 500) hoodie and I never got it. this was USPS.

>>7721198
Holy shit is that BTSSB's Cinderella dress?
Please tell me it's ok

My first taobao order was a starter set of pettis, blouses, some tights, and Chess Story's Starry Night Angel JSK. I don't blame my SS for how it arrived to me, I'm 99% sure it was customs that took the pink plastic Chess Story bag and wadded it into a ball with 2 star clips and a postcard inside. The post card was smashed to hell and one of the star clips was ruined. It's deeply creased and you can't iron those out. The JSK was also wadded in a ball and it took a lot of starching and steaming to get the front bow looking presentable again.
I don't understand why they wadded those things though. I don't mean rolled into a ball either, I mean crunched up and shoved back into the clear plastic pouch. It's faster and easier to quickly fold things to put them in bags.

>>7721198
The fucking lace is torn.
I'm going to cry.

>>7721272
>>7721198
When something like this happens, how do you know for sure that it was the post office and not the buyer? As in, how do you know the damage wasn't already there?
I feel really bad for you, anon. That's one of my worst nightmares.

>>7720737
This happened to my friend once, but it was because his neighbor stole a package that was left at his door. Their landlord caught the guy in the act and told him to return it. Took the guy like 2 hours to put it back though.

>>7721280
It was from closetchild and my previous orders were packaged amazingly. The lace might have been from the previous owner, but the pics on their site looked fine? It definately wouldn't have been wet though.

Tracking says customs had it for a day and they also charged me like $125, so I know there was some inspection going on....

>>7721291
Closetchild is very good at showing damage (compared to tokyo alice) so I reckon it was most likely customs.

>>7721291
Can't you complain and seek compensation for the damage?

>>7720332
This. I sold a bunch of my weeb shit this summer and I have had zero problems with USPS, I live in PA as well.

>>7721308
I'm trying to figure out who I should complain to right now.

And if they'll even take my complaints seriously.
Watch Canada Post go "it says on the declaration it was used clothing the damage must have been there already" and not give me anything.

I buy from ebay a lot, and though we haven't had any lost packages, I've had SO many of the 'sorry we missed you!' cards, and they never try to deliver it again I'd understand if they were large packages, but they are small envelopes of small things. It's just annoying to have to drive all the way across town to go to the post office.

>>7721318
I am crossing my fingers and hoping for the best anon! If you can see if you can find the sellers photos and see if you can prove that the damage wasn't there before.

>>7721291
>charged you $125
Jesus. What method did you use/what was the value? I've been trying to pin down exactly when the fuck I'm gonna be charged customs because it seems completely arbitrary.
>$40 package from the UK, $60 tax
>$700 package from Korea, $30 tax
>$300 package from Japan, no tax
>$300 package from Japan, same company, same method, $110 tax

Like ??

Also, I would definitely complain to Canada Post if you haven't already. I mean I know they're allowed to look inside, but they ripped that fucker open, damaged your parcel, possibly risked water damaging it, AND removed the sturdy box it was packed in for a fucking reason. My guess is maybe some dipshit dropped the box in a puddle, box got wet, they disposed of box and when they cut it they cut open the plastic.

>>7720182
>>7720206
Japanese Lolitas are the biggest dipshit liars. Their proof pictures are tiny (and probably stolen from somewhere) flaws are not depicted either. I've recevied dusty, unwashed stained clothes so many times. I only buy auctions because it's cheaper than shipping from USA.

>>7721318
You should ask Closet Child to initiate a claim for you thru Canada Post.

You'll probably have to surrender the package to get the declared value of the dress, though.

>>7721335
EMS, and around 31k yen. Closet Child doesn't usually mark down packages.

18% duty + 13% customs

It was still in a box when it got to me, but it has obviosuly been open. They probably dropped the insides in a puddle when they were looking at it and shoved the entire thing back.

>>7721324
Ugh, this. I used to live a few blocks from a post office and could just walk there if I ever missed a delivery but I moved 5 mins down the road which is now technically in another town. I'm still closer to my old post office but because my zip code is different now, all missed packages get sent way the fuck out to a different post office that is 20 minutes away (30 mins now thanks to construction that hasn't changed in months). It's in the opposite direction of my job too so it's a fucking pain to pick anything up.

>>7721343
Ah, I thought it arrived without even the box. That would have been a bit extreme, though, even for Canada Post lol. I could barely believe it.

Hm, weird, I've definitely had $300 packages sent EMS from Japan and not gotten taxed. But that might have been a few years ago and maybe they've changed how their tax works now.

>>7721335
>$40 package from the UK, $60 tax
>tax higher than the cost of the package itself
Wtf. My deepest condolences, Canadian anons.

>>7721357
Might be random. My last order was around 26k yen and I didn't get taxed.

>>7721339
TBH i would rather keep the dress and just live with it being damaged. ><
I've been looking for this print for forever and gaah this is all my nightmares

>>7720161
NY here, USPS is the best, Buster Brown and Fedex items always come absolutely smashed.
I once ordered a ring for my boyfriend from Jared and it came in a crumpled, ripped, black (oily?) package with a little note on it that said "sorry package was mangled by machines " I was so mad. Thankfully, even though the box and case were ruined, the ring was fine. So I had to make up a cute way to present it to him since that was the only thing salvageable.
But my USPS is really nice, and I've never had an issue with them. I live in a suburb immediately outside the city and everyone has those tiny pocket mailboxes attached to their house so she actually has to walk, and she leaves packages on our porches or inside our screen doors. Unlike others who throw and shatter things on our concrete steps or leave them on top of our hedges(I guess they threw it) for whatever reason.

>>7720116
I don't know where you live but technically it's illegal for your driver's license/id to not state your current living address.

I'm surprised at all the good reviews USPS has, they're the only ones that give me shit. (I'm from Chicago btw.)
Lost one of my packages, almost lost another (Got a pink slip on my door, went to their office the next day, took them half an hour to find it in their mail room.)
>>7721324
This irks me so much too. I've tried for 5 consecutive days to get USPS to "redeliver" my shit and they never did, and of course when I drag my ass to their office it's sitting their waiting for me.

>Pay SS to go to jrock concert and buy me special expensive members only t-shirt designed by the band
>She sends it in this shit

>>7721395
Wow. Even at my worst I re-use actual packets and then just clear tape the shit out of them even if there are no visible holes.

>>7721400
Thank goodness it didn't open in transit

>>7721395
Is that a thin plastic bag?

>>7720116
Holy crap, are you me?

I'm seriously worried that this is what's going to happen to me. My tracking number has expired, so they weren't able to figure out what happened to my package YET. It's been about 7-8 weeks and like you, I've also lost $30 for a cosplay wig. I don't know if it's being sent bacl to China, but it certainly wasn't sitting in their office when it had apparently "arrived" at my apartment address (Man I really should have kept the address at my parents' house instead of my apartment). I'm going to try to be around when the mail carrier visits my complex so I can confront him. I'm tired of waiting for relayed messages with the office's supervisor. I would have done it sooner if I hadn't had to work every morning.

>>7721395
Sorry, but I'm laughing

>>7721395
I feel like every thread we see some SS has sent something in that crappy packaging.

I have bitched a lot about my post man in these threads, but I think we have gotten a new one or he is sinking to new levels of bad.
>Live in a big apt building
>Start to notice non-amazon packages sitting outside peoples doors, this never used to happen.
>Order an expensive BJD head with delicate elf ears.
>Refreshing the tracking like mad, not risking this sitting by my door
>Out for delivery finally
>Hear a THUD
>not a knock, a THUD at my door.
>Open door
>Package strewn halfway across hallway, DENTED FROM WERE IT FUCKING HIT MY DOOR BECAUSE HE CHUCKED IT AT IT.
>Thankfully the seller bubble wrapped that thing like mad and it was fine.
But it gets fucking worse.
>Come home from work one day. There is a plastic UPS crate like thing just chilling inside of the door of the common room, full of peoples packages.
I have also seen packages just thrown in a pile next to the recycling in the room our mailboxes are in...
Thankfully I was not waiting for anything, but REALLY?
I prefer fedex or UPS because they give there packages to the front desk and I don't have to go through that pink slip shit, or things just sitting around wherever, or getting chucked at my door.

>>7720202
oh my god

>>7721324
Ebay, paypal and USPS

The holy trinity of stupid shit

I ordered something from Germany (I'm from the USA) and it was shipped via FedEx.

I got the item after the tracking was fucked up, no big deal.

About a week later I get a bill from FedEx for like $63. Apparently they paid my customs fee for me, despite me not signing any shit saying they could do that. In addition to the customs fee they paid without my consent, they're charging me a convenience tax.

Fuck that, I'm not paying you, FedEx. And you can't do shit, because you don't have my ssn. I find it hard to believe my item was even charged customs fee of $60 anyhow, the item was only worth $190 in the fucking first place.

I hate FedEx, raage

>>7721620
>was thinking about using FedEx for next Taobao order for shorter wait time
>nope, nevermind

>>7720116
maybe bringing a bill with your current address and name could have helped

>>7720221
> UPS no way to pick it up
wut
call UPS and ask them to reroute? UPS store or UPS warehouse you can pick up at, or address change to somewhere else period

I'm like the only person in this thread who hasn't been fucked over by any of the three major carriers or smaller ones like GSO and Ontrac

>Win an auction for a ton of cute shit from Japan on eBay; mainly candy
>30 days later, hasn't arrived
>Ask for refund and apologise
>It arrived two months later
>Half of the candy is rotten or melted

well

>>7721687
Well, that's why you don't buy out of country perishable and melt able items online. Canada to US sort of thing sure. But certainly not that far.

>>7721675
The thread's for horror stories, man. You wouldn't go to a rock concert to listen to classical, would you?

The worst I've had are things like tracking taking forever to update.

All these stories scare me, especially the Canada Post ones. I want to get into doing etsy/whatever sales for my AA goodies but damn I don't want customers or I to deal with unexpected custom fees when shipped across border. I have some experience in the past mailing things to my BF across the border as gifts and he didn't have to pay anything, thankfully. Just not sure what would happen when I mail to multiple different places and it's part of business... Bleh.

>>7720166
Ahhh I know who you are, that sucks! I hope it doesn't happen again

Nothing personally has happened to me but the UPS guy who delivers packages to the animal hospital I work at its just terrible. He throws boxes labeled "fragile" and puts "refrigerate immediately" boxes on the bottom of the stack. He gets paid $28 to break our supplies.

The UPS people who deliver to my house are always polite luckily.

>>7720232
I have a nice little old Asian man at my office, so it's an equal opportunity position.

>>7721588
I would fucking complain about that shit.

if you're afraid of what your UPS/Fedex/mailman will do to your package at your house you don't even want to know what goes on in the facilities. The actual delivery is like a victory lap.

>>7720797
not that anon, but the Netherlands
>>7721227
no, she didn't luckily. it eventually turned up at her door, and she had to pay a lot less (18-19 euros?)

>>7719998
>>7720012
>>7720116
>>7720159
>>7720288
>>7720444
>>7720737

That's why you tip the mailman, greedy whores. If it works in my 3rd world hellhole it should work in your cozy, privileged first world suburb.

>>7721808
Mailmen aren't allowed to accept tips where I live.

If I would rank from best to worst from personal experience, it would probably be

> USPS/Canada Post
> FedEX
> Purolator
> DHL
> UPS

Fuck UPS and DHL for their bogus fees. FedEX ranks slightly higher than Purolator because find their customer service better- but that could also be because I harass them so much (I always make them redeliver and drop the package at the door because I can't be assed to take a 60+ minutes trip to pick it up). I like Canada Post because their office is near my off so when I miss it, it takes me 5 minutes to pick it up. Plus their custom fees are flat rate ~$9 or something.

>>7720012
You didn't think of calling? Whenever there's a problem, I always call them and keep pushing until I get answers. Sucks to do their jobs I guess, but goddammit, I just want my package.

I've shared this story once or twice before.
>Order a package from Mattel's website
>Package ships out, no problem
>Get confirmation email that package has been delivered
>Get home, no package anywhere. ask family, say they never heard the doorbell ring
>Shit, UPS left my package and somebody jacked it.
>Call Mattel and let them know my package was stolen, after going through a few customer service numbers, finally get them to replace the missing item.
>Ask them if they could use a different shipping method or make sure the package is signed for on delivery
>Nope, has to go UPS and you have to talk to them about having it signed for
>Call UPS, and told that I can have the package set to be picked up at one of their sorting facilities instead of dropped at my house.
>Works for me, sign up, set package for nearest sorting facility to me.
>Tracking shows package arrived at the facility
>Head on over to the facility after work, make sure I have a copy of my tracking info and all that jazz.
>Get there, and go to the customer service counter
>Nope, we can't find your package in our system.
>What? Show them my papers
>Guy goes and physically checks the warehouse
>My package is sitting in the warehouse, somebody never fucking scanned it. Finally got my damn package.

I should not have had to fuss so much over an $8 package.

Not CGL related purchase but

>Buy Tablet from amazon, we want it asap the less time its in transit the better
>We pay an extra $20 for UPS next day shipping
>We order it on Thursday
>Tablets don't come till Tuesday
>Tablets are powered on in sleep mode when we open the package.

Mothers day was that Sunday, so its possibility that's why it was head up, we wanted to get our money back but we were unsure how to. we didn't know if we should have contacted amazon or UPS and in the end we just let it go.
anyways fuck UPS, and fuck Amazon and their vague seller information
im never using ether company again

On another note USPS is great. Ive never really had any huge problems with them and am satisfied with their service most of the time, but I only order cheap Ebay china shit so ive never had to deal with them in terms of third party shipping services.

Any order from cosplaysupplies before? Do they give out tracking or...?

>>7721232
It wasn't that expensive but still, what the fuck.

>>7721790
I fear the truth, anon.

For about a month every single one of my packages were being stopped by customs (no fees because Ausfag) and opened for inspection.
I think the quantity of my packages was suspicious and they probably had me earmarked as some sort of smuggler. I just picture the surprised look on their faces every time they opened my supposed drug packages, only to find a butt load of frilly dresses.

>>7721808
USPS mail carriers aren't allowed to accept tips.

To anyone shipping out anything valuable or fragile. Double boxing is your friend. It may cost more to ship and in materials, but it is worth it to avoid the heartache. Also insurance is cheap, just insured a helmet for 500 for 2.50. While it may seem like a pain it's worth it for the ease of mind. Also if you use usps for shipping, print your labels online I saved 25 dollars in shipping just by printing the label at home, and then all you have to do is drop it off or get it picked up instead of waiting in line at the post office.

>>7721808
>implying having to bribe postal workers is better

>>7721726
Have you guys complained about that jackass?

>>7721375
>dif NYfag here
I lie in a private house in the shitty part of the city where people walk up to your por hand take a package eva use "hey free package no one took out of their mailbox so I guess it's mine"

My usps lady and guy are keen to the area and are sweet enough to ring a few times or hide the mail so the hoods don't steal it. Haven't lost andythig I was expecting in a couple years because of it.

The fedex guy is some teenager who barely has his license and sits in front of the bodega while I'm waiting for my package. The guy before him used to let me approach and show him my is to verify that I was where the package was going. But this kid is like "I'll get to it eventually. "

Does anyone have any experience with ordering from amazon? I want to get some stuff from there but I'm nervous about the shipping. Especially in the checkout when you can select the different days you want it on, will the items actually get there on that day or just around that time? Pic related, it seemed weird that they had specific dates listed instead of 1-3 days.

>>7721818
the important thing is WHEN it was shipped. UPS will do all they can to get a next day where it needs to be. The drivers have to separate them specifically from the rest and hand them off personally so the package can get on their way. If it was Amazon itself then being that late is simply unacceptable, especially for next day, and Amazon will own up to it. If it was a marketplace seller then all bets are off. You may have paid for next day but that's just the shipping method. The seller might not actually get your package out the door for those two days.

Since it's Amazon, holler at Amazon. They'll most likely refund your shipping money. Then again it's been MONTHS so even I don't know if you're able to get anything.

>>7721843
It's okay. I had DHS show up at work ready to raid us. We all smugglers and shit. Probably confused the hell out of them with our very inconspicuous roll-up door open allowing them to see down the entire length of our building.

>>7721851
you can give them shit at Christmastime. They'll remember and probably handle your stuff carefully as long as they're on your route.

>>7721976
why do you type like an imbecile

>>7722012
Amazon will do their best to get you your package on that date. As long as you're in time with their cutoff for shipping those dates will be accurate. Sometimes it'll be shipped from a warehouse halfway across the US via UPS 2 Day, sometimes it'll be shipped overnight from a warehouse in your state by Ontrac, but either way it'll probably show up on the date stated. Standard shipping is going to be something like ground because they get the most discounts on that which is why it has such a far away date.

If it doesn't show up on that date then contact Amazon and they'll make it up to you somehow. Refund your shipping cost, give you some credit on top, etc.

>tfw all my parcels are now Australia Post or Toll
Never had an issue with either of these guys. Yet friends tell me the crap their packages go through before they get them.
Mind you joking that if anything happens I'll walk to the warehouses near my work and go through their stock myself may have helped.

Only twice I have had lost t-shirts that were replaced instantly by the seller so I've never had to file a complaint anywhere.

my bodyline package, a shoe group order, hasn't moved from the processing office (USPS) since the 21st and i'm getting really worried, it's never taken this long before. :(

>have an order shipped by ups/fedex
>get a call. 'I can't find your adress'
>idiot wasn't in the right city
>the charge me 20 euros to have it delivered again to the right adress, while it's their error, not mine (I'm 100% sure to have written the correct adress).

>commission items
>never get said items
>had tracking which claimed I received it
>FedEx never resolve the issue despite constantly calling them
>months later, no package and no money returned either even though the items were insured
Worst postal company.

>>7721816
DHL is even better for paying those fees. I remember buying some BDs off Amazon.jp and it was like pulling teeth.
1st arrived at my PO like any other piece of mail.
2nd got held hostage and had to figure out it was for customs. Also went to the drop off in a different part of town.
3rd was considered "undeliverable" because of my PO Box address, despite the first two packages.
4th time the depot attempted to double charge me on the customs.
5th just arrived at the depot, paid the ransom there.
6th repeated the 2nd with less confusion.

FedEx is slightly derp as well for any time I have to use it. Both times I've had to fight them to deliver it to me because the 4 hour round trip is 4 fucking hours and a good chunk of gas.

>Buy some shoes and a dress from Bodyline
>Not expensive but the shoes aren't cheap either
>Check tracking they provided daily, then it seems stuck in customs in my country
>Don't have any info about what to do, what service is handling my package
>Try my tracking number with all the shipping services I know, nobody got this
>Bodyline is not answering any of my mails
>Finally see the package is sent back
>Decide to message the Yan on facebook
>Basically I can only get 40 or 60% or my order refunded which is bullshit
>Never got refunded anyway
>Avoid Bodyline like the plague, Never again

Btw yes this was Mr. Yen real answer. So dreamy.

>>7722324

Also my post office is really shitty and everybody hates it in my country. If you're in a nice wealthy neighbourhood it's ok, everything will be mailed in good condition, if you're in a poorer area (As I was, like big complex with hundreds of tiny flats) they don't give a single fuck and now they just stick their "missed ya" paper on the building door, not even bothering to put it in people letterbox anymore.

Also if you work and have the possibilty to, get your package delivered to your workplace, usually they're too afraid to fuck up company's important package and mail so there's no issues (though I avoid to do it if I might get customs taxes as I don't know how I would deal with it)

>>7722324
file a dispute?

Reading all these stories makes me feel incredibly lucky.
The worst thing that happened to me is that I have to pay customs on a lot of packages because I want them fully declared. I always choose to ship insured.
In the last six months I probably spent approx. 300 euro's on customs alone but that was my own choice.

>>7720457
how is this ups's fault?

>>7721395
J ROC?!

>>7722429

>>7721790
I've got a friend that used to work at a UPS sorting facility and, oh boy, the stories I have heard!

>>7722446
deets gurl.

>mfw I'm a mailman

Not much if a story but might as well tell it
>Order morph suit and some boots from amazon on a Tuesday
>stuff is shipping from Texas
>Order a hookah, some shisha tobacco, coals and tongs from an independent hookah store my friend owns out in California on Saturday
>estimated delivery for morphsuit+boots is next Tuesday
>estimated delivery for hookah+tobacco and tongs is next Saturday
>Hookah and tobacco shows up on Tuesday
>Morphsuit and boots show up Saturday
>mfw

>>7722012
I've had amazon prime for years and they always come within the stated 2 days. (Maybe once or twice the items have been delayed a day.)
It kind of sucks because I live close to a warehouse, they'll hold packages so items come EXACTLY to the date, not earlier. (Once they shipped something straight away for some reason, I got it in less than 24 hours. But since then they'll keep items "Preparing for Shipment/Shipping now" for a day before I actually get a tracking #.)

>>7722927
Hopefully you don't do the things in the thread,

>>7721808
The only time here it's even remotely customary to tip the postal workers is at Christmas where you can leave them a card.

>>7721808
Who tips the postman? They have a salary for that. That's weirder than tipping taxi drivers. The only people who get tips are waiters, and only if they earn it.

>>7721976
I hate to say it but I read your post twice and still can't make sense of it. Were you drunk?

>>7722067
I know that feeling, friend. My package from Taobao has been stuck in processing for just over a week now.

>>7722941
Never. I hate it when someone along the way has wrecked a package and then I have to deliver it to the customer, because the customers usually think that only one guy has handled their packages, when it's closer to 10. I don't understand why anyone would leave packages outside either, unless the customer had told them to leave them there.

>>7722968
We sometimes get tips on Christmas, I don't really understand why though.

>>7722975
They live in a crap place where people steal packages that are visable.
They used to have a good mailman who hid the packages away or rang a few extra times on the door.
But now they have a teenage mailman whom is a lazy fuck.
I think

>>7722968
Hell, it's better to tip waiters/waitresses here in the USA because they don't get paid minimum wage. Most of their earnings comes from tips.

>>7722987
Yeah, I get why people do it in the States. Waiters here get minimum wage, though, so I'm still not sure why we tip them. Although, I'm the only one out of my friends who actually does tip, and it's always 10% unless they really went the extra mile (like this one waitress who overheard it was my bf's birthday and since the birthday singing people had finished their shift she made us a free bowl of brownies and ice cream). I don't tip in places where they write 'Service not included' on the bill, though. In Pizza Hut, they highlight it, which is especially rude. Some places include it on the bill, too, which annoys me a bit.

Tipping etiquette is really weird. Nobody even knows who you're supposed to tip anymore. My last bf worked as a bartender for about 6 months, and in that time he got 20p in tips.

>>7722917
Cliff notes of what I can remember as it was a few years ago:

1:
>small box labeled "fragile" and some uncommon nonsense
>box somehow opens as truck is being unloaded into sorting facility
>box was full of spiders
>SOMEONE WAS SHIPPING SPIDERS
>now covered in spiders
>trying to squash them and get them off of you
>boss yelling about "damaged goods"
>"FUCK YOU I'M IN THE TRUCK OF SPIDERS"

2:
>Shipment of speculums breaks open and spills all over floor
>sized "small", "medium", and "snowman"

3:
>150 gallon drum of bull semen coming through facility
>guess wot
>breaks open
>all over floor
>all over workers
>reeks to high hell
>workers start calling each other mock native american names like "little running bull"
>clothes smell like bull semen even after 5 washes

4:
Sometimes when they're bored they take the tape gun and just wrap the veer living hell out of someone's package. For no reason. Just because "HAHA SO FUNNY XD"


There's more but I forget. Enjoy the shitty small stories.

>>7723012
>Sometimes when they're bored they take the tape gun and just wrap the veer living hell out of someone's package. For no reason. Just because "HAHA SO FUNNY XD"
I've had packages come in like this.
Thanks for waterproofing the shit out of my wigs' packaging.

>>7723012
>box was full of spiders
>SOMEONE WAS SHIPPING SPIDERS

>>7723012
I'm allergic to bee stings and I had to deliver bees once. Living on the edge.

>>7721336
Do you have any experiences with them then?

>>7723012
>"FUCK YOU I'M IN THE TRUCK OF SPIDERS"
Noooooooooooppppeeeee

>>7721588
You should report him, because I'm pretty sure that's grounds to be fired. Start taking photos every time it happens.

>>7721620
What did you even order? Most shit doesn't get import taxes in the US. There's a small list of items, or if the package is worth more than like $2000.

>>7722012
Amazon is usually really good about arrival times. I would just be wary about ordering books directly from them because the packaging is terribly unprotective and nearly any book I've ordered through them has a dent.

>>7721808
Well, first off, the postman gets paid mad bank for what they do, and I believe they're guaranteed lifelong benefits after they retire (as long as they don't quit or are fired). They don't fucking need tips.

However, we do make cookies for our mail carrier at christmas and she's pretty great.

>Just ordered a bag
>hope to have it by vaccation
>delivery estimate Aug 8th - Aug 22nd
>leaving on the 19th
>pray to the based gods

I've had shit arrive in under a week with estimates like that, and I've had shit take almost a month after the last estimated delivery date.

>>7723115
>>7721808
From what I've seen, people only treat the good mailmen. People won't treat the bad ones in hope that they turn good.

>>7722927
I want to be a mailperson, but no post offices near me have been hiring for like three years.

I don't care if I'm delivering, working in the office, or being a janitor. I want in on the USPS workforce.

>>7722929
>hookah

Fucking disgusting.

>>7723000
Nice trips.

I don't even tip waitresses, mostly because I eat mainly at chains like Applebees where I know they're getting at LEAST minimum wage. I'll tip if they were good, but the other day the waitress asked if we wanted to leave a tip, when all she'd done was get our drinks. They recently got those screen things at the tables, and it was half priced appetizers after 9, so we ordered everything and paid using that. She comes back around with our checks to sign and asks if we want to leave a tip.

Fucking. For. What.

>>7723139
Depends who is shipping, what is being shipped and who's the courier. Pinkyparadise/Honeycolor always come in at the end of the estimated dates. Stuff from Amazon or the lighter stuff usually comes within the first.

>>7723147
Find out where they sort the mail in your city/town/whatever. Go there or phone them and tell them that you're ready to work for them as a mail sorter if they need anyone, tell them that you'll even work part time. Summer and Christmas is usually the time they need more people.

>>7720226
Wait I'm confused about this, because I also had 2 addresses (campus apartment and parent's place) and would sometimes have to battle to post office for international packages because they always tried to deliver them while I was in class. But I don't have a driver's license, just a passport, which doesn't have any address on it, but they never pulled the "address doesn't match" bullshit on me. I wonder why.

>>7723162
It's just a canvas backpack, but it's from a chinese seller, so who the fuck knows.

I wanted to order it two weeks ago, but then bills happened and I had no money left.

It has shipped, though, and actually has a working tracking number.

>>7723176
What might work also is waiting for your mail man and asking him/her where they sort the mail and who you should contact about getting a job there.

>>7723155
Oh hey, I didn't even notice.

Yeah, when I was in Canada recently I had to tip the pizza delivery guy. I almost forgot, it was kind of awkward. My boyfriend made me tip in this airport restaurant in Toronto where you order your food on an iPad. I really didn't get why, since the waiter didn't do anything except hand me a plate, but I guess he was just being careful. But man, asking for a tip is so tacky. It's one thing when it's written on the bill, but to actually say "hey do you want to leave a tip?" is awful. Tips are a reward for good service, you're not entitled to them.

>>7723197
>"hey do you want to leave a tip?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqrrTO6nmSQ

>>7723197
I get tipping the pizza guy, he did drive to your house so you can be lazy about it.

>>7723201
The takeaway I worked at paid the delivery guys £1 per delivery on top of the £5/hr or whatever it was they earned. I assumed that was common practice, which is why I've never tipped them.

>>7723000
>>7723155
I don't get this, "they make minimum wage so it's cool".
Minimum wage is barely liveable as is. I tip everywhere that I get at least a minor amount of service. Unless the service was completely awful. I've had pizza guys show up two hours late so fuck them no they didn't get tips.

>>7723235
By that logic, do you tip cashiers and bus drivers too?

>>7723235
Do you tip your fast food service workers?

because, being one, I can state that I make minimum wage, and there are times when I take an order, makeit, bag it, and hand it out, and I never get tips.

>>7723247
Bus Drivers in NYC make a shit load of money.

>>7723247
If they have a tip jar/tip option and weren't shit at their job I tip.

>>7723235
In the UK, minimum wage full-time works out at about £14.5k/year, which is manageable if you're on your own (unless you live in London but the minimum wage is higher there) and if you're not you probably qualify for benefits of some sort. Workers here don't rely on tips, they're more like a performance bonus.

>>7723265
In the U.S. full time minimum wage works out to about half of that.

>>7723265
>>7723277
Wow, full time minimum wage in Canada works out to apparently around 20k-ish a year.

>>7723280
If they ever get around to raising minimum wage to $10/hr here, before taxes it'll be about £10k/year

But good luck finding a full-time job.

>>7723286
It's 10.25 in my province currently and there's apparently been talk of raising it to 13.
I make 13 and get more than full time hours and I don't even find that liveable most of the time. Maybe I'm just greedy.

>>7723303
You're probably just shit at saving your money.

>>7723247
I am pretty sure bus drivers get paid pretty well, and are unionized or whatever so they arent paid shitty. Cashiers dont have a tip option usually and I wouldnt call that service. The ones that have a jar tend to have an actual service to tip for.

>>7723303
Remember that it isnt just about how much you get paid but how much cost of living is. If we did it right min wage would be how much you need to live with, but that isnt the case as it doesnt go up with the price of living. Also even when Canada is on par with the US, things are more expensive.

>>7721808

My regular mailman is pretty good so my dad tipped him $10 once. Since then, he calls me to my cellphone if I'm not home/someone else in the house receives my package/etc. and he evens delivers the packages to other addresses (say, a neighbour's) if I ask him to.

Pretty damn good service, I'll probably give him something when it's postal service day.

>>7723344
Give him the D.

>>7722012
>>7722040
They also have these lockboxes as an option now. Your local area might have a few places you can just quickly pick up a package (or, if you're worried you'll miss the mail, pick up at your convenience) instead of waiting for the mail to make its rounds around your area. Might be a little faster?

Reading all this I'm really relieved that my postal worker is so nice. I've had over five packages this week from China/Hong Kong and every time they'v put them in the mail box on the porch if they fit and if not, put them in the rocking chair beside the door. They're kinda visible from the sidewalk but it's a decent part of town so nothing's ever been stolen.

And for horror story a few years ago when I was just starting out selling stuff online I sent off a package to someone after I confirmed their address. The post office also confirmed the address when I mailed it from their building but a week later it gets sent back to me and the sender's name and address was marked out in thick black marker. I tried to contact the buyer and they never replied so that just made things odder.

Britfags will know all about the joys of Yodel.

>at home all day, no parcel arrives
>check tracking in the evening, apparently I wasn't in and the driver left it in my 'outhouse'
>live in a terraced house with a tiny front garden, definitely no outhouse
>call Yodel
>they tell me to contact the company I ordered from
>but it was you that fucked up the delivery?? ok whatever
>company tell me they're going to send out a replacement and file a complaint with Yodel
>replacement sent by Royal Mail, arrives safely
>begin to forget about the whole thing
>a couple of weeks later a Yodel driver knocks on the door
>haven't ordered anything else, is this the original parcel turning up super late?
>lol nope
>tells me he left it at my house number but a different street
>since the company complained, Yodel investigated the parcel and now he's in trouble
>spends fucking ages trying to convince me to cancel the complaint even though he just admitted that he did in fact fuck up the delivery
>conversation is just going round and round in circles
>”I wasn’t the one who actually made the complaint anyway, it was the company I ordered from.”
>”You got the parcel in the end yeah?”
>”Yeah but-“
>”So cancel the complaint. If something like this happens again I might get fired."
>he’s getting more and more agitated
>eventually just have to tell him ok and close the door
>not before he tells me he’s going to come back
>never tried to cancel complaint but he never came back

>>7723389
Jesus. That sounded mildly unsettling.

>>7723389
>not before he tells me he’s going to come back

this sounds like the beginning of a slasher movie

>>7721620
Fedex always send the customs invoice afterwards. Seems fucking stupid because they must spend so much time chasing people up for payment. If you ignore it they'll send you more reminders and then pass it on to a debt collection agency. They might not have your SSN but they have your address...

>>7721950
We sure have! He's been delivering since I started working there over two years ago so maybe they don't want to fire him because he has experience. After we complain, for a week or so he's good but then it's back to square one.

He gets paid almost three times as much as I do to throw around our supplies.

>>7723389
>>”So cancel the complaint. If something like this happens again I might get fired."
Fucking good, he should be. God, I can't stand when people try and make you feel bad about their fuckups by being all "Baaaw I might get fired if my boss finds out I can't do my job".

>>7721198
>Went to post office to complain
>Worker says they have to take the package back to determine if its damaged enough to get compensation.
>Process may take up to two months

I think at this point I'm just going to keep the dress. No point waiting 2 months for nothing to happen.

>>7723155
>implying hookah isn't fun as fuck and safer than cigarettes if you get certain types of shisha and tobacco free molasses

Shiggy

>>7721808
I treat my mail people nicely, but I'm pretty sure like previous anons said, it is illegal
>tfw I reply to bait.

>>7721723
Honestly, if you're only selling small things you'd be fine. I'd warn a customer if they were placing a $100+ order if you wanna be courteous (though I've almost never had a seller do that).

>>7723389
Fucking Yodel. Last time I used them, they rang the door and as I went to answer, he threw the package over my 6ft back gate where the ceramic mug inside smashed on the head of my dog. I screamed bloody murder at him and he didn't see the issue.

>>7723711
Ow I would hurt him

>>7722324
>package gets sent back
>will only refund you 60%

But... they have the items again... that's highway robbery. Fucking Bodyline, I swear.

>>7723711
I would have called the police.
Throwing things at pets must be illegal where you live.

>>7723303
>>7723307
She might be in Vancouver. Vancouver is very close to unliveable on minimum wage. A studio apartment with no kitchen that isn't in buttfuck nowhere is $800. If you do decide to live in buttfuck nowhere, you'll need a bus pass, which is $121 or $175, depending on your zone.
So already that's almost $1000, and full time min wage is only about $1200.

>>7722968
>living in nyc
>have to tip food delivery guy
Don't fucking want to, but im afraid they might do something to my food next time i order from them.

>>7722986
>wrong usage of "whom"

>>7723711
Please tell me you filed a complaint or something.

>>7723012
>Mfw I receive live insects in the post all the time

Sorry for my kind anon.

>>7720229
I have a nice old black lady at my post office.

USPS for me has been a godsend. I don't have my own car so it's great when I need to send out packages I can just stick it in the mailbox and they pick it up. Also once I was checking tracking for an item and it said it arrived at the PO ready for pick up... 2 minutes before it closed on Saturday. I was really bummed but then an hour later they came and delivered it.

Once, though, they left a slip for a package but I had been home all that day waiting for them to knock with nothing, so they didn't even try. Had to wait until Saturday to go pick it up.
If they leave a slip and you just want them to leave the package there, do you put the slip in the mailbox with the flag up? I did that the next day and when I got home the slip remained untouched.

>live in NYC
>used to tipping
>tip at least 10-20$ around holiday time for mailperson
>never really had a problem with them

I always seem to have a problem with FedEx, UPS and DHL though. Either smooshed or openings in the boxes

It wasn't damaged but there was a notice from FedEx that they were deliver again the next day and we can post it with a signature and they can leave it front door. I was home all day and they never came by but when I checked tracking for it, they said it was an attempt around the time I went outside to check for mail like I usually do. I called them up and after whatever I got it the next day

There was only one that was really damaged which was , fortunately, just a pair of gloves. One side of the bubble wrap package was torn open and that torn piece was stuffed inside along with the gloves. I don't know if it just got torn from pulling other things or what but I'm just glad it wasn't anything expensive

>>7723096
It was a monofin (pic related that's the monofin) and a mermaid tail cover/top. And the total only came to like $190, too!

I buy things all the time from all over the world, and I've been doing this for at least 3 years now. I've gotten giant packages from Taobao and from Japan and was never hit with customs...

Like I said, I find it nearly impossible to believe that I was even charged customs.

>>7723408
"they have my address"
My name's not on the lease, I don't pay rent here. Also, I didn't sign shit saying they were allowed to pay anything on my behalf.

They literally can't do shit, you can't collect debt without a SSN or credit card number (credit card companies have your SSN, might I add). They have neither. I'm not going to let FedEx scam me out of $63.

Also I haven't received anything from them or about it for like... 4 months? I'm pretty sure they're scamming people who don't know better out of money through intimidation, which is insane.

>>7723096
It was a monofin (pic related that's the monofin) and a mermaid tail cover/top. And the total only came to like $190, too!

I buy things all the time from all over the world, and I've been doing this for at least 3 years now. I've gotten giant packages from Taobao and from Japan and was never hit with customs...

Like I said, I find it nearly impossible to believe that I was even charged customs.

>>7723408
>they have your address
My name's not on the lease, I don't pay rent here. Also, I didn't sign shit saying they were allowed to pay anything on my behalf.

They literally can't do shit, you can't collect debt without a SSN or credit card number (credit card companies have your SSN, might I add). They have neither. I'm not going to let FedEx scam me out of $63.

Also I haven't received anything from them or about it for like... 4 months? I'm pretty sure they're scamming people who don't know better out of money through intimidation, which is insane.

>>7721620
Careful with that, I had customs issues with FedEx once. They misread my package value as $2500 instead of 2500 yen (in July). So I got charged customs on $2500. I disputed it and they took for-fucking-ever to sort it out. They kept trying to get me to pay the customs on $2500. When they finally adjusted it (in October), they wouldn't let me pay (phone office said I had to pay in a depot, depot said I had to call and pay by phone, etc.).

They called me to say they were sending it to a 3rd party debt collection agency and finally let me pay the fee by phone (in December, after months of trying to get them to let me fucking pay).

>>7723894
Pretty sure they were just intimidating you. They can't send you to a real debt collection agency without signatures and SSNs, it's why it still takes a few minutes to do things like get loans, open bank accounts, etc. There's a reason things like that aren't instant like everything else nowadays.

I guess I'm really lucky with my mail, except that one story which turned out good but was quite nerve wrecking

>buy a pair of shoes from bodyline
>hope i'll be lucky with customes since it's a fucking pain to get your package when you get hit (driving to the custom office and all that)
>of course the package got hit
>no time to drive to the custom office so I choose to let DHL do the stuff for me
>everthing seems to go smooth
>check tracking "package is ready for export"
>wat
>call DHL to ask what's going on, turns out customes decided to sent it back despite me sending all the papers they need
>get really mad but DHL can't do shit
>file paypal claim because I know BL support is shit and well they are going to get their package back anyways
>check tracking two days later because of said claim "package arrived in portugal"
>wat neither me nor bodyline is in portugal
>a day later tracking says something like "whoops we made a mistake the package shouldn't be there"
>after that it goes back to my country and I'm confused as fuck as it should go back to japan
>call DHL because I want to be safe with my PP claim and DHL lady is also confused as fuck about my package "I have never seen something like this happen before, but my data says it is supposed to go to customes"
>fuck it, they will send it back for sure
>four days later my doorbell rings and the
mailman hands me over the package that should be in japan right now and no customs are charged
>confused but happy and close the paypal claim
>package was full of stickers from customes and notices and was apperently never opened by customes

This made me never want to order anything online ever again:

>make big order from UK high street clothing store
>normalfag clothes for work, as lolita isn't office friendly
>tracked delivery, apparently sent via Yodel
>thinking "oh thank fuck it's not hermes"
>hahaha no
>next day comes, tracking says "delivery attempted, no access to property"
>I live in a gated block of flats, so was expecting this
>call up Yodel
>pass on gate entry code and phone number to courier
>also tape note with my flat and mobile number on to the gate, most people in the block of flats have done this
>next day comes
>tracking says "attempted delivery, incomplete address"
>rly yodel. rly.
>ring up again
>yodel say they haven't got the door codes or my phone number on their records
>ugh, fine, will pass them on again
>next day
>SAME FUCKING THING, ATTEMPTED DELIVERY, NO ACCESS etc
>call up yodel
>they say normally they send packages back to sender at this point, but because I have rung, they will escalate this to management and make sure it gets to me

2nd part incoming

>ordering something
>day of delivery, expected at 1pm (as usual, its always delivered at this time)
>waiting at the door at 12:30-45 eating breakfast
>nothing until 1:10
>see a shadow
>run to open the door
>the fucking delivery guy DIDNT KNOCK OR RING
>JUST POSTED THE NOTE AND BOLTED
>HEY DUDE MY PACKAGE!
>oh..sorry...hehe

third or fourth time this happens, why do they do this? why dont they just fucking KNOCK

>>7723939
Because they're jackasses.

>>7723408
Even then that won't do much. They sent my bill to a collection agency, they called me multiple times a day for weeks and when I finally had time to email them, I spent weeks just waiting to be able to pay them. They couldn't figure their shit out with a direct transfer from my bank and when they did, they never accepted it- I got it back after a month. I sent them a couple emails saying "Hey I'd like to pay you what the heck" and they never replied to me so. I guess they stopped caring?

>>7723925
>next day
>know what time the courier swings by
>sit on my balcony for two hours watching the front gate
>see a man with armfuls of packages with the high street store branding on it
>aw yiss, muthafuckin packages
>watching him walk up to other blocks of flats, stare at the door, then walk off, no attempt to get in
>feeling nervous
>call down to ask if he has anything for flat 18
>"nope, nothing"
>see him walk back towards front gate
>NO, FUCK, COME BACK HERE WITH MY CLOTHES
>"a-are you sure none of those are for flat 18?"
>he checks one package, shouts up "no" and keeps walking
>"p-please check the others"
>he looks at a few more of the parcels
>"uhh, yeah, these two are yours"
>you little shit
>"come down to get them"
>lazy fuckin piece of shit courier asked me to come down to get them
>fuckin
>ugh

Only part of my order actually arrived, the rest got returned to the store. I reckon that he had more packages for me somewhere, probably in his van.

>>7721266
I actually had something similar happen recently with a Taobao order where they balled up a skirt into a bag I ordered. It turned out to be alright but I was super mad about it at the time.

I'm not sure if it was customs or my SS to this day.

>>7723939
I did this to a FedEx guy once, except I opened the door as he was walking up to tack the note.

I partially think the delivery people are just shy and trying to avoid talking to people, but it's also their job to do exactly this.

>>7721620 >>7723872 >>7723911
this anon here again

>>7723894
>>7723951
So I decided fuck it, might as well call FedEx and tell them to waive the charge.

First call, I get a bitch who says nothing can be done blah blah whatever, she's a cunt so I hang up on her

Second call I get a nice as fuck dude with a mild Southern accent, tell him I need an erroneous charged waived, give him the invoice number. I give him my name and he's like "okay, sorry about that, it's all taken care of now!"

Seriously if you're not getting your way with a call center just call back and try different people, having worked at a call center myself, I can tell you right now a good 75% of the people have no fucking clue how to do their jobs.

>>7723961
That's not a very good excuse. I am shy and avoid talking to people even though I work in customer service at a store. What does a postal worker have to say other than "Just sign right here thank you"?
This thread actually makes me want to become a postal worker.

The Fedex guys who come to my apartment complex just leave the packages at the door, not even a slip. They never knock either.
The USPS, however always delivers my packages really quickly, like a day early every time and our normal postman is super cautious about leaving packages out. He always knocks and keeps the package to redeliver later in the day or the next day if he doesn't get anyone. I'll be sad when he leaves.

>>7720173
Aw anon...I broke up recently as well. You'll get better with the time I'm sure. I hope your items will be safe.

>>7723952
Wow, what a totally shit employee.

>>7721375
City or state? NYC USPS is the absolute fucking worst.

>every time I order something I check for the mark of the beast
>it's there, FedEx
>packages left outside the garage in the driveway, outside the porch, next to the bushes
>always dented, smooshed, or broken
EVERY
FUCKING
TIME

UPS + USPS MASTER RACE

>>7723247
Bus drivers in most major US cities make $20+ an hour STARTING. Within their first year it's not uncommon to bump up to making $25/hr.

I love USPS. Everybody at my local Post Office is really great. I had a package shipped Monday from Japan via EMS/Express USPS, and I got it Wednesday morning, even though it arrived at my local post office well after they'd sent packages out for delivery. The courier wasn't even driving a mail truck, I think they sent him out in his own car just to bring me my package.

Pic related isn't my horror story, it's from a previous thread. It's my all-time favourite bit of mail horror. Makes me laugh every time.

>>7723253
That's illegal you greedy fucking twit

>>7723939
I sit on my stoop/in front of the door window at delivery time now, for 3-4 hours or so if need be, so I can force them to deliver my package. They won't try unless I babysit them.

>>7724464
anyone working for the city itself makes mad money for seemingly nothing
seriously, city and government jobs are ka-ching

>>7724515
Government jobs pay great when the Government actually works

USPS has been good to me so far, even Airmal/SAL packages make it to me in a week or two, and EMS gets to me in 3 days. Right now I'm a bit hacked off though.

>Order small package (~$20) of makeup, mostly BB cream samples because I'm trying something new.
>Ships via Registered Mail
>Comes in through NYC ISC, leaves customs quickly and goes to Jamaica, NY.
>Tracking says package left Jamaica on the 20th, no updates since.

What the hell man, it shouldn't take 10 days for something to reach me from NYC.

>>7723952

OP pls get a sniper rifle and scope that nigger next time he rolls around. I get being confused about how to enter a flat/apartment but being lazy at your job is inexcusable.

>>7724400
Capital Region. The bf lives in Rochester currently and his USPS is better than the other carriers too.
That sucks though, anon. But from what I've heard from friends//family none of the others are good either, in the city.

>>7724529
Are you in the city? I had something similar happen and then when it updated it ended up being a "cannot be delivered as addressed", then "forwarded". After I got the "Forwarded" update it showed up maybe two days later, but the address on the box was completely accurate so I don't know what was up.

also
>package has just reached customs for me
It begins.

Pro tip for people sending dresses:
Put a piece of cardboard on top of the dress inside the box. This way, if they cut open the box too deep they'll cut into the cardboard and not the dress

>>7724620
Nope, I'm in the Midwest. Usually once in the US things take five days tops to get to me unless it's coming from California or something. Ungh maybe USPS will update soon.

>>7723598
Smoking any kind of anything is fucking gross.

>>7723742
>bus pass
>buttfuck nowhere

You don't live in buttfuck nowhere. In buttfuck nowhere, you drive yourself around because there ARE no busses.

>>7723920
Wracking. It was nerve wracking.

>>7724497
It's not illegal? Where the fuck do you live that saying "here's a tip" is illegal?

I get nice old ladies that will sometimes give me an extra dollar or two as a tip, and my manager always just tells me to keep it because I obviously earned the tip, and I work in a fast food chain.

Also how is that fucking greedy? At minimum wage full time you make like $700/month which isn't even enough to cover rent anywhere.

>>7724852
It's not "illegal" but employers don't always like it. I've worked 3 shitty retail jobs and every one of them told me accepting tips was a fireable offense. They thinks this stops theft somehow.

>>7724862
Retail =/= fast food

>>7719998
Someone stole 30 dollars from me when I commissioned them,
>I ordered it back in like January
>needed it for fanime
>still never got it
I'm debating on taking them to court, but it's just 30 dollars so idk

>>7724880
anon asked where you weren't allowed to accept tips so I replied

>>7724885
And the post before was talking about fast food, not retail.

>>7724889
Is it that far of a stretch to think crappy chains for selling food and crappy chains for selling food and other things would have vastly different policies?

>>7722377
Unfortunately it was too late as the package took a long time to come then my post office kept me in the dark for around 2 weeks and I only saw it was sent back on the tracking page, tried to work it with BL and well, kinda gave up as it happened before my finals.

>>7723725
Oops sorry it was 40% refund (more like 0%) ... I think you can read it if you search Bodyline contact on Google and find a contact page (never found it on the website). Not to mention they never answer by mail.

This was the Yan's answer
"Ah, because of dopackage send back to us we have to make all document again. Document printing system are connected with order system. So we can only refund u money 40% and u can buy again."

Yeah no what about I never shop from your shitty overpriced store ever again ? Ya seems like it. Now I pass every bodyline thread I see on cgl.

>>7724827
I'm a downtown or nothing person, so buttfuck nowhere for me is 40 minutes+ commute into downtown.

>tfw spoiled-chan

>>7725075
Lol wtf Bodyline. You should post your experience publicly on their facebook page, maybe you could persuade them with publicity.
That's what Canadians do when companies fuck them over because we have no local news to report on, lol.

>>7720288
Well theyre not allowed to put stuff in your mailbox unless its the USPS.

>>7725075
>mfw accidently made duplicate order through bodyline
>emailed them multiple times to cancel one of the orders and refund me
>never got a reply
>eventually open paypal dispute and paypal enforces refund - they didn't get any response from bodyline either
>a few weeks pass and I receive two duplicate packages
>essentially got one for free

>>7724484
>I see nothing odd about..
>Oh

>>7724484
At least their package arrived two years before they ordered it, apparently. That's quality service.

Wasn't there an anon who said she bought her dream dress or cosplay supplies only for her tracking to eventually say that the package was "run over by a truck?"

>>7725428
It was run over by a forklift at a USPS facility. Then there was the other one whose socks went up in flames when her postal truck got in an accident and caught on fire.

>>7725428
>"run over by a truck"
Reminds me of the time I bought a book, didn't arrive for a couple weeks, suddenly got a refund and then got an e-mail from USPS saying it was "destroyed in transit"

>>7724620
Similar thing happened to me too, except the package got returned to sender. Nobody could tell me why it was marked as "cannot be delivered" when it didn't even make it to my city and the address was right. My guess is someone misread the zip code, got lazy, and sent it back. Bonus fuckery is that the tracker doesn't update once the package leaves the company obviously, which means no evidence that it ever made it back. Thanks, USPS, lost both my package and my money when the vendor claimed they never received it.

>>7724484
What's so horrific about this one? A train derailment can just mean the train moves a few inches off the track...

>>7725474
There's also the fact that it was "delivered" in december of 2012, more than a year before it was ordered. Maybe a quirky story less than a horror story, but still.

>>7725201
I also got a duplicate order, because of errors I though the first one failed. I caught it early and way before the claimed they would ship but they claimed that they had already sent them out, which I still believe was a lie. I didn't open a dispute because I got someone else to take over the extra item.

Oh fuck. I wanted to order my first burando thorough yahoo auctions and now I'm scared and mad as fuck. I also live in EU so huge taxes incoming.

Fucking thieves.

This is pretty minor but still.

>order a makeup palette off amazon two weeks ago
>latest estimated delivery date is one week!
>okay cool
>one week passes, busy so I sort of forget about it
>check
>it shipped the day after I ordered it
>estimated delivery day is now in September

>>7721190
Eh, I seem to get those "we tried delivering the package but you weren't home" slips even when I spent the whole day home. The postman won't even ring the doorbell to see if I'm home or not.

>>7721335
I'm not sure how it works in your country but at least in my country the tax percentage depends on the value and type of item ordered. For example clothes have high tax, but stuff like injection kit models (gundams) have lower tax. Also if they have to open up and check your package, it usually racks up the cost. And sometimes the packages just slip through customs for some reason.

>Live in England
>Have packages fufilled by Royal Mail, Hermes, Yodel, UPS or Parcel Force.
>All deliverers knock loudly on the door and failing anyone being in will either leave it in a storage crate where we keep animal food around the side of the house or will post a slip telling us where / when to pick up parcel or how to organise a redelivery.
>Only issue I've ever had has been with one package going missing, but that was whilst it was still in the USA.

Feels good, I've gotta' say.

>>7725584

If the value is over about 50 euros you gonna' get taxed, unless they lie about the value on the customs slip. It'll probably come in at about 30% of the packages value.

>>7725584
It depends on what country you're in, some are more lax about customs than others. I can find any rhyme or reason to the Irish system; some packages get through fine, others get stopped for ages.

>>7722067
I had a package from Korea sit in like Ohio or something for 2.5 weeks before it just showed up in my mailbox one day. Within an hour my USPS tracking info got a shitload of updates for that one day.

Don't panic until you hit a 3-4 week delay with no update or delivery. Then you start calling post offices and demanding information.

I've only had one bad experience with my mail.

>Buy Surface Pro from Best Buy for college
>Excited to have all my notes on one thing instead of in 8 notebooks
>UPS delivers on a Saturday
>Wait all day because they only deliver to my neighborhood after 8PM
>Doorbell rings, guy drives off, package is on my doorstep like always
>BUT WHAT'S THIS?
>My box has a MASSIVE fucking gash straight through it
>freak out
>Tablet also has huge scratch on the back
>Call UPS to complain
>"lol things get damaged sometimes, no big deal"
>Best Buy won't do shit about damaged tablet either

Fucking UPS for not being careful with other people's shit, but also fucking Best Buy. Why the fuck would you package a $600 piece of hardware in a thin box with a single sheet of bubblewrap on one side? Especially when I paid $25 for faster shipping.

>>7723827
>>7723728
Late response, but I called the company and left a complaint. My dog was thankfully okay and the company paid for a new mug and for the vet's checkover costs. That was a pain in the arse to make them pay for.

>Order dress from girl in Poland
>Overpay for it, did that stupid thing where you get some extra cash and go "oh I can afford that" and buy something you kinda like without thinking about it
>shipping is $18 and has tracking, sounds good, pay
>"Shipping will take 2-3 months"
>PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME THAT BEFOREHAND BECAUSE I'M MOVING IN A MONTH

>item finally makes it here
>paid for mail rerouting service
>turns out that's only for envelopes, packages are SOL
>package gets marked as return to sender as I'm no longer at my address
>2-3 months back to fucking Poland and 2-3 back to here

I don't even want this fucking dress anymore. I had buyers remorse after 4 days and now it's been 2 1/2 months. Fuck.

>>7725584
If you're using FromJapan, they offer the facility to mark your parcel's value down

>>7723742

I live in one of the most expensive cities in the US and our minimum wage is $8. I make barely more than that and I still get by.

>>7725745
Oh man, Best Buy. I was warned about that sort of bullshit after my neighbor bought a refrigerator that arrived with a big dent in it and the store said "too bad, so sad".
Sucks that that happened to you though anon.

>>7725920
> minimum wage is$8
What the fuck is wrong with the US.

>>7725928
That's higher than the national average/federal minimum wage. It's $7.45 where I live, and people in service industries that receive tips (i.e. bartenders, waitresses, etc.) can make as low as like $2.70+tips.
My town (large college town in the midwest) is actually pretty damn hard to live in on minimum wage unless you have someone to live with. I pay about $650/month+utilities for a small one-bedroom outside of the town in a kind of shitty neighborhood. Before that I split an 800sq. ft. 1-bedroom apartment with a housemate and paid $400/mo. (she got the living room and paid $500) to live in a room the size of a walk-in closet.
After taxes, I make less than $1000/mo working full time, so it's good that I split my current apartment with my boyfriend or there's no way in hell I'd be able to afford housing and food in the summer.

Sage for OT.

>>7725925
Can't you file claims for this sort of shit through customer service or your credit card? Usually if you throw a big enough fit they will try to appease you.

>>7723265
>>7723280
Fulltime minimum pay here in Norway is around $31-32k a year.

>>7725706
Same here. From what I read it seems like a lottery.

>>7725769
Yes, I've been considering them, though their shipping fees are rather high.

The thing is that some of lolitas from where I live were asked to send the screenshots of the payment, so that they could check if the value matches. Like wtf.

I quess I'll just pray.

>>7725947
Damn, that's really fucked up. Minimum wage over here is $24000 a year and in addition to that there's all kinds of benefits such as rent supplements, child benefits, special benefits for chonically/mentally ill people, etc etc. I feel really privileged now.

>>7725764
What?? I live in Poland, I use our national post and for $20 you have registered & priority shipping to USA for 1kg package. Last time I sent something there it took ten days to arrive in the states. About a week if you live in EU.

Where do you live or what did that girl use? This is weird.

>>7725928
Inflation made everything go up except for minimum wage.

>buy super cute JSK
>has never had an issue with USPS
>shipper shipped out very quickly using 2 day shipping
>it gets into city I live in
>for some reason it's getting shipped around to random post offices in my city
>my address was pretty clear on my paypal
>trying to call the post offices are a bitch
>jesus christ I just want my JSK

>>7725745
Holy shit, dude. I'm so glad I got my Surface Pro from the Microsoft store online. Speaking of my Surface Pro

>Go out to dinner with family
>Obsessively checking tracking code to make sure it doesn't come when I'm out
>It's in a different city, aight
>Get home package is there
>SWEET
>Open package and it doesn't even turn on
>Try charging it, check online to see what I'm doing wrong, call boyfriend who has a surface to see if I'm doing something wrong
>I'm not
>Got sent a broken Surface Pro
>Go to the Microsoft store the next day
>Techs try to fix it, they can't
>They end up giving me a brand new one

>>7725971
I live in Canada. I'm not sure what method she used, but it was $18 and has tracking. I was really disappointed she didn't tell me shipping would take so long. I mean if the estimated shipping time is 1 week then I understand don't ask/don't tell, but if the shipping takes 2-3 months??? I feel like you should tell the buyer beforehand even if they don't ask.

>>7725764
Is it Canada post? Because the same bullshit happened to me.

>have to move out suddenly because batshit insane family, set up mail forwarding
>two weeks before this I bought a dream dress on yahoo auctions
>check tracking while at work, says a slip was left at the door
>my maiden name and my mother's is the same, she could potentially pick it up with ID
>FUCK
>rush to post office after work
>luckily, dress is there and I can pick it up without the slip, just ID
>don't packages get redirected?
>"lol no, they go to a different warehouse than small parcels"
>...and?
>"the warehouse doesn't have any of that information, so they wouldn't know"

And there's more!

>pre-order a game back in September, due to arrive this April
>oh boy here we go with the new address
>contact company close to release date, and they change the address on my order in their records
>but oh oops turns out my order was already queued to be sent out so it's sent out with the old address
>delivered to old house
>great.
>luckily company sends me another game to new address

This aside (which is fucking ridiculous btw - it's the same company, how can warehouses not share information??) Canada Post has been good to me. The mailman I had at the old place would ring/knock and if no one answered he would leave the package behind the screen door if it was small enough. Although that was unlucky for the game. I could've picked it up if he hadn't left it at the house.

I currently live in an apartment and because we don't have a landline, our buzzer doesn't work. So I just expect to pick up everything at the post office, which is fine since it's like 5-10 mins by bus.

Aside from that, I've only used DHL as an alternative. I was charged $30 on an $80 order from the US. I've ordered packages of up to $300 from Japan and Taobao and I've never been charged customs with Canada Post. DHL warehouse is also in the middle of buttfuck nowhere and unreachable by bus. Never again.

>>7720288
Better than what one did to me one time. They shoved the box in the mail box and it took me roughly 15 minutes of violent pulling to get it out. Lazy fucks.

>>7725764
Good idea to ask for shipping time especially if your clock is ticking especially international orders.

>>7725928
Federal min wage is $7.25, but workers who are tipped can make like half that per hour.

>Ship something to parent through usps priority 2 day
>from Georgia to New York
>check tracking because parents didnt get it
>Packet is in fucking CALI
Get your shit together usps

I'm so relieved I could cry after worrying about this group order I did. I even had to call USPS at the one week point to see where my package was because stuff I ordered weeks after this got shipped made it to my house.

Also USPS tracking sucks ass because I signed up for text and email alerts and it took me randomly deciding to check the website to find out the damn thing is practically on my doorstep.

I just hope it's in one piece after being in ISC for at least a week. They probably let it go right after I called about it and all the woman would tell me was "I don't know what the hold up is." and advised me to get the sender to start an international inquiry.

>>7723911
I'm not in the US, so I'm not sure what the laws here are about that. Since the customs fee on $25 was peanuts, I think it was worth paying just to get them to leave me the fuck alone.