Postal services around the world are suspending package delivery to the US

[Luzmagica]

Hi fellow mates!
This is new in european sites:
Postal services around the world are suspending package delivery to the United States due to the end of the de minimis regime.
Also i saw yesterday same Spanish post....

• The suspension, which affects package shipments with a commercial value equal to or less than $800, will take effect on August 25.

• The suspension will remain in effect for the time strictly necessary to adopt the necessary operational measures to meet the new obligations of the United States executive order eliminating the tariff exemption for low-value shipments.

• Only letters and documents without commercial value, books, and gifts between individuals with a value equal to or less than $100 will be processed.

Are you getting affected!?

[member_removed]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-...iner/105699712

Same here in Australia.

[CyberCubed]

Are you guys loving Trump, yet?

[Coola Yagami]

I seen a Limited Run Games competitor website advertising physical versions of Rage of the Dragons... when I click on the site to check it out, it's in the UK and had a message about how they're no longer shipping to the US due to the new policies and whatnot.

[ToTheNines]

All I care about is Russia lol. Turtles Club is safe though. Russia is only effected for anything $800 and up: https://www.newsweek.com/russian-pos...t-know-2119520

[Mayhem]

No, Russia is suspending for the same reason as most of Europe.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Mayhem

No, Russia is suspending for the same reason as most of Europe.

There's allllways a workaround.

[sdp]

There's no workaround lol shipments are completely stopped worldwide. It's insane it already lasted 2 days, I can't believe they haven't set new rules yet, seems insane to me.

[IMJ]

It's a governmental service adaptation process. Any country that drags it out is basically just throwing a tantrum.

This is, ironically, why the U.S. has to push back on being strong-armed, but gaslighters will twist it into "but these institutions are resisting being strong-armed!". It's completely the other way around. These institutions are being forced to adapt after basically being given an inch and taking a mile for decades.

And for the record - the economies that will suffer the most from the institutions who drag this out will be in-house. Those populaces will decry "Trump" instead of pointing a finger at their own governmental services as U.S. dollars trickle away from overseas orders because of lack of delivery.

Blame your own systems. Services from foreign governments are so reliant on the U.S. as a "caregiver" that they can't even immediately initiate a "tarriff continuity" process.

Originally Posted by sdp

There's no workaround lol shipments are completely stopped worldwide. It's insane it already lasted 2 days, I can't believe they haven't set new rules yet, seems insane to me.

I doubt you openly agree with what I wrote above, but I feel the same way as you in your post. It's completely unreasonable that foreign shipping services lack the ability to maintain continuity because of a tariff structure. It's pathetic.

[Coola Yagami]

Or you know... **** the tariffs and cut that **** out. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Or you know... **** the tariffs and cut that **** out. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Except that it was broken, dude. The U.S. should be thriving in every conceivable way - not drowning to the point that the general population found that they best thing to do was go on about "social justice" since Obama was elected.

[IndigoErth]

Ugh, and for how long. Glad I already got the Etsy and other international stuff I wanted earlier in the year then.

Originally Posted by sdp

There's no workaround lol

Andrew can be our courier to go get our stuff.

[Autbot_Benz]

That’s gonna make Anime items harder to get from Japan for those that buy it from them. Thankfully most of it is easy to get from Amazon as it is sold in the USA

[sdp]

Wait until the AI bubble bursts and the stock market goes to hell.

[IMJ]

I wonder if the cutoff affected anything in-transit?

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by IMJ

The U.S. should be thriving in every conceivable way - not drowning

This doesn’t get said enough.

[Mayhem]

Basically screws anyone who sells to the US. Already seeing the discussions in some of the homebrew communities I'm part of, because the majority of the sellers and programmers are in Europe, and a significant portion of sales come from the US. That isn't about tariffs or buying American, you literally cannot get the products at all except from the programmer themselves.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

There's allllways a workaround.

Couriers. UPS, Fedex etc are still taking packages to the US from here, which is handy because my next shipment was going UPS anyhow. Royal Mail is introducing a "taxes paid" service today to restart sending to the US, but I have no idea the extra cost until I explore it (as someone asked to buy a $75 comic from me).

Originally Posted by IMJ

I wonder if the cutoff affected anything in-transit?

That I was wondering too.

EDIT: Having read further, yes, anything arriving into the US from tomorrow will be subject to the tariffs.

[Coola Yagami]

Just found out another service that sells figures straight from Japan, Neo Otaku Mode, also shut down shipping to the US. I used to get cool DBZ and MHA figures from there at decent prices.

[sdp]

It doesn't matter if it was in transit, that's why many postal services around the world stopped shipping a week or two before the deadline since it might not arrive before the change.

When the whole world stops shipping to you and tis not just a few countries, I think it's a clear sign it's a "you" problem.

[IMJ]

Looks like I'm going to be waiting a while for my order from the Show.Z store to show up. Ordered from them on the 25th.