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Bo Morgan

I am looking into a good solution for shipping internationally. Specifically, I'm looking to ship a book from USA to Uganda.

I'm not looking to start a subscription service. I'm just looking to ship one book.

I've looked into 3 options:
- FedEx: website breaks, gives no price. I'm told FedEx has high rates.
- UPS: website tells me ~$150 minimum.
- USPS: website tells me ~$45 minimum.

Figured I'd ask here to see if anyone knows of a good method of shipping a book-sized object from USA to Uganda.

#fedex#ups#usps
j2i.net

Ordered an item from England 174 usd + 31 USD S/H.

Just got a notification from UPS saying I must pay 124 USD additional for tariffs. That’s 71%. I need to know how that was calculated.

#tarrifs#usa#ups
Bert

Lord Helmchen has finally started and is 30 km out of Budapest. Super hot.

The #UPS story took an unexpected turn. Perhaps later more.

Super hot today.

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JL Johnson :veri_mast:

While I'm on about FedEx, it's worth noting that while they appear to be similar to UPS, there are major differences. Ones you --and your ethical wallets-- should be aware of.

Most of the UPS workforce is unionized. UPS Teamsters are one of the largest unions in the US.

OTOH, the only union worth noting at FedEx is their aircraft pilots. Deliveries are via independent contractors. FedEx also use hacks to skirt DOT rules and reporting.... Just like Amazon.

If you can, pick UPS over FedEx.

#UPS#FedEx#Labor
ℒӱḏɩę :blahaj:

10 years was a good run for these SLA batteries in my dual-conversion UPS. I considered putting in LFP but decided against it since the voltages are a bit different, and cheap BMS can be a real pain in the ass in something that must be reliable. So new lead ordered. #ups #battery

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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@alice @SecurityWriter Last time the same frequent traveler did that on a busness trip to Turkey that didn't stop customs to hold them up for 5 hours straight & incommunicato.

  • Tho granted if one comes up to customs wIth "nothing to declare" but had their case earmarked for inspection and the contents are 100+ small plastic jugs with white powder and a folder with english-languaged safety datasheets, the rookie shift manager gets curious and demands to check every single container and every single datasheet.

Lession learned: Pay the exorbitant shipping fees for #FedEx or #UPS to deal with that shit!

Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)@alice@lgbtqia.space @SecurityWriter@infosec.exchange at least they were polite enough. I know (now retired!) frequent business travelers to the #USA who had their #TSA locks cut with a bolt and even once when they were too stupid to just open it literally cut the side of a hardcase open with like an M9 or similarly huge knife, cuz their clothes got stabbed. - And OFC they didn't have the courtesy to even foilwrap the searched luggage so their stuff was spilled all over the coveyor belt and half was missing. Since then they only traveled like the *"Friendly Skies"* presentation of @deviantollam@defcon.social recommended by packing a diving knife and a snap cap into the case or only business class with two in-cabin luggage items instead.
Maggie Maybe

Is this real?
Does this sound real? If a US company ships to Canada expecting the customer to pay tariffs & they don’t, the US company gets hit with tariffs just to receive the return??

“So the weirdest thing happened, I had received an email from #UPS stating that they have a package that needs to be returned back to us because a customer in #Canada who ordered from us flat out refused to pay the usual custom fees & duties plus the #tariff costs. Even I thought the amount sounded outrageous and someone was lying so I contacted the customer and she stated they wanted an additional $100 for the products and she didn’t realize how much or how high the costs were due to the tariffs and proceeded to ask us for a refund. I said even though we never allow refunds on cosmetics, we will make an exception this one time minus all the shipping costs and fees if any. I proceeded to call ups and tell them to go ahead and return the package back to us and we approve UPS to go back into our account again and take the return shipping fee this time around for $38 “Return Shipping Costs” to the USA, I explained to ups that we are going to get our money back through the customers refund. The UPS Rep said, “I hope her refund is big enough to cover all cost because $38 is just for the return shipping, we Will also Need the #customs fees, duty taxes & any #import #fees for this box to be shipped back to The United States”.. Total costs: $169 - I couldn’t believe it and said this is something I’ve never experienced or had to deal with in the 7 years I’ve been in business shipping worldwide! So I told UPS to just keep it or Destroy it! At the end it was not worth us paying out all that money to Ship these two little skincare items back to the USA that were worth $50 bucks Each. I explained to the customer there is no zero funds being returned to her and after all fees have been calculated, we would have owed her five dollars for a refund if that. so refusing the package is the worst thing you can do cause now you are out the money and the products just like we are.”

Soblow Xaselgio :dragn_heart:

Hello DuckDuckFedi, we are looking for a UPS for our little home server collections, would you have some recommendations? :dragn_heart: :boosts_ok:

It should be able to communicate on the network that it is running on battery

Thank you!

#ups
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Sune Auken

Nå for SYV da. Jeg har lige opdaget, at Anders Malling, ophavsmanden til standardværket "Dansk salmehistorie", var tydeligt og overbevist nazist i 1930'erne.

Han forlod dog partiet i 1940, og det kan ikke ses på værket, der er senere, så vidt jeg har kunnet registerere.

Jeg synes altid, jeg snubler over nazister i mit faglige arbejde. Der er mindst to tydelige nazister blandt genreforskerne og nu så altså også Malling.
#DanskeNazister #Salmer #Ups #DkFedi #DkHistorie

da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_M

da.wikipedia.orgAnders Malling - Wikipedia, den frie encyklopædi
Tirrimas :us_distress: 🚫👑

And it begins. Who's gonna handle Amazon packages now? Is this the end of free shipping? They sure twist to not blame the trade war.

#Amazon
#UPS

UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close 70 facilities as it reduces amount of Amazon shipments it handles
wowt.com/2025/04/29/ups-cut-20

WOWT · UPS to cut 20,000 jobs, close 70 facilities as it reduces amount of Amazon shipments it handlesBy Associated Press
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