So, I was so proud of myself. I put Bill's birthday package together for him all by myself. No help from my hostmom. I got him a Katy Perry t-shirt (30€), his favorite chocolate (4€), Jean Paul Gaultier's Eau d' Amor (45€), a card, picture of me and self-made coupons good for various things... such as free backrub, movie night, a day in bed etc... Various cute and romantic things of the like. This package totals 79€ which is roughly... $102 But here was my genius plan... spend a lot of money on the gifts but keep it light, that way postage would be under 10€. I filled out a 'Päckchen' form which I could do since it was under 2k. The postage for that is only 8€. So I wouldn't be spending an arm and a leg on this gift! I was sooooo proud of myself! So... I just got back from the post office. Postage was 12 fucking euro! Why, you ask? What was the fatalistic flaw in my perfect plan? My package weighed less than 1k. A 'Maxibrief' has to be under 1k... I wouldn't have minded sendind a maxibrief... except for the fact that postage is more than for a päckchen. I paid 4€ more than I feel I should've. Since my damn package didn't exceed 1k... I paid the price. I can't fucking win when it comes to the postal system...
The postal service here is a Joke. It only really exists so people can get their Utility/Phone bills/Bank Statements
Here's fax mental. Any papers or stuff you want sent somewhere, ah you fax it. We still have a fax at home. Do you mean helen as in hln D (only helen i know here, that could be on this site ). But what's even funnier though is in Saudi, you still can send telegrams!
lol, I love German bureaucracy, too. I still have 4 1EUR DP stamps somewhere. Never used them. And good lord at a 30EUR shirt. My soccer trikot only cost 42 at Karstadt Sport, and it's way nicer than just a t-shirt.
I know Coop I know It's because it's official merchandise... The assholes probably just changed the dollar sign to a euro sign.
