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Two thoughts come to mind: First, the European governments subsidise
overseas mail in support of the citizens and commerce, which benefits
society as a whole. Secondly, and maybe more important, their postal
services are far more efficient, whereas ours is continually threatening
to go under at any moment. I can think of a number of other issues where
Europeans outsrtip their US counterparts.
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I'm pretty sure it isn't so. There are substantial differencies between
countries in Europe. For example UK and Germany have
pretty good price for packages, and as a result I've bought some big items
from those countries. Italy is quite the opposite, and trying to send
abroad from here even a small packet (say 1Kg) is very expensive.
I remember that some time ago (10 years or so), sending a small packet
from US containing OM products (to stay on topic) was definitely cheaper
than today.
Ralf
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