Oh myyy...😳

Apparently the US Department of DefenseWar thinks that they can order non-US citizens not resident in the USA to cease and desist from mailing things.

Uh…

Hilarity of the items involved aside, the gall of the US military postal service to give orders to civilians not under their command and not even of their nation is shocking.

  • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.caEnglish
    10·
    5 days ago

    From the article:

    The United States Postal Service and the DOD work together through the Military Postal Service Agency (MPSA), managed by the Army, to provide worldwide mail services (APO/FPO/DPO) for service members. These address formats don’t reveal the country, just the person and military unit.

    Bennett had no idea her business’s products were going to a country where they would be illegal.

    So how exactly is it her fault if someone buys something they will have shipped somewhere, she has no idea where it’s going, and the MSPA redirects it there? How does she even know where it’s going? Certainly, the buyer should have known, as should the MSPS.

    • Malle_Yeno@pawb.social
      21·
      5 days ago

      Yeah I saw that part in the article too, but you actually can tell what country something is going to from the APO/FPO/DPO code.

      Im not denying that the buyer had responsibility in this.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
        1·
        4 days ago

        Wait so everybody in the world is required to just understand US military shipping codes? Assuming that information is even on the delivery package (because you could also just have someone in the US redirect the product after receiving it).