[GTALUG] Raspberry Pi

[o1bigtenor]

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 11:33 PM Stewart C. Russell via talk
<talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>
> On 2021-03-07 11:14 a.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
> >
> > And subsidized shipping.  It is often cheaper to mail from China or Hong
> > Kong than from within Toronto.
>
> Canada's mail pricing is iniquitous. I sent a Raspberry Pi Pico (okay,
> and a tiny piezo speaker so it would play the rickroll tune when plugged
> in …) to Halifax, NS the other week. Small padded bag, 35 grams: $18.
>
> I've also had DHL be faster from China than Canada Post's fastest
> service can make it across Toronto.
>

(Re: DHL) Hmmmmmm - - - - did you enjoy the insecure (only a http NOT
https) web form you got to use for giving them your information? Did you
'like' the fact that you were set up so that you couldn't clear the shipment
yourself? Did you like the 'nice' fee you were charged for their rather
lackadaisical halding of the same?

I didn't!

Then Canada Post - - - - - dunno how they manage to do it but they are
largely technologically incompetent and mostly unable to get the job
(their mandate) done. In fact - - - they're so incompetent that they
think they're competent (dunno how they manage this but they do!).

Regards