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>be me
>be swede
>looking for obscure, long since out of print book about the UN intervention in the Congo war
>find single example for sale in Canada
>buy it
>accidentally select some kind super-express shipping option that costs like 100 burgerbux (in my defense, the website was in fucking French)
>package gets shipped out and I get a tracking number a few hours later
>Package goes from Canada to Argentina, to Germany, to Azerbaijan, back to Germany, to Morocco, then France, then finally arrives in the correct country
>whole process takes like 8 days
>package stuck in customs for two weeks
>receive letter from customs authority demanding that I show up to their office in person to pay import tolls and collect my package
>have to wait until next day because their office is closed
>next morning arrives
>package is stuffed in my mailbox without further explanation
>package is ziptied into an ancient-looking British Royal Mail bag made of blue canvas
MFW
I've given up on trying to understand how any part of this system is efficient, or even functional.