No mail service to US from Thailand as of Friday, August 22

Thai Post is not accepting any letters or packages, presumably for fear that each item -- including ordinary mail -- will be charged the Trump Tax, payable by the US recipient. In Thailand's case, that is $160 per letter.

I assume that Thailand Post's "transportation partner" was unable to get a guarantee that first-class mail would not be charged; i.e. that letters aren't "goods intended for consumption".

The US Social Security Administration will not pay $160 per letter to receive the required yearly 7162 proof of life forms.

Nor, obviously, will anybody who has paid a few bucks to purchase something from overseas.


CyroSwitchBlade

same shit just happened here in S. Korea too.. not sure about letters but the post office will not accept any packages to send to the U.S. now : /