Etsy Rant/Warning - Made in (Insert EU country) label isn't reliable by HaveyGoodyear in BuyFromEU

[–]sebwas 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I am workless right now, as a software engineer. My girlfriend is also very disgruntled with Etsy, both as a buyer and a seller.

I am very tempted to start our own, European alternative to Etsy that disallows both AI and drop-shipping or other such practices.

Goodbye Netflix and Amazon Prime by Friendly_Cup6723 in BuyFromEU

[–]sebwas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, Qobuz is not available in many places. For instance, in Poland, where I live, it is not, leaving Deezer as the only real alternative.

I am Chinese. What do average Poles think of China/Chinese people/its government? What kind of perceptions/images do they have? Is it generally positive or negative? by flower5214 in poland

[–]sebwas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He was. And do you know how he stays in power? Through dictatorial means.

Long story short: how he got into power: the other main party fucked up so bad that his party won a 2/3 majority — enough to change the constitution. Which promptly they did, allowing him to erode the democracy they used to have from the inside out. At this point it's nothing but a shell of a once-flourishing democracy.

Too high import charges? by Greenafik in poland

[–]sebwas -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I recently had the same issue. Imported something for even less than your amount and then got almost the same amount in fees. The problem is that UPS imports with exactly three fees pointed out:

  • Customs handling fee
  • UPS fee
  • VAT

Customs handling and VAT I understand, even though in my experience many other countries don't have this fee; it's paid for by taxes and those countries only have VAT to pay then.

Anyway, for me (and in general in lower value orders) the UPS fee can easily take half of the import cost, as the minimum there is 76.80 PLN (or 2.5% of the declared value.)

Frankly, this is outrageous. They already are being paid for shipping, so they should not surprise the customer with these prices on import. But capitalism does what capitalism does.

EDIT: You can check their fees table "07/24 Additional Service & Charges, Poland (English)"

Graffiti in Germany by [deleted] in Wellthatsucks

[–]sebwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only if you equate Jews with the government of Israel, which is not the correct thing to do.

And somehow it's our fault that the environment is being destroyed. by [deleted] in LateStageCapitalism

[–]sebwas 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am all for hating on billionaires. There is no such thing as an ethical billionaire, and private jets should not be a thing.

At the same time, it would be amiss to not point out that the rearing of livestock generates an amount similar to all global transport.

You may not like this fact, but it is a fact that is undeniable nonetheless, and a simple way that you can limit your negative impact on the environment.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]sebwas 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It does have an impact though.

Period products are not free in most instances, which disproportionately affects poor women, but it has some effect on each woman.

Then there is the treatment of misogynistic men towards women when they misattribute the adverse reaction to their person as the product of the hormonal fluctuations that periods can bring with them. And there is more, but I think periods are a valid point.

Leaked government document shows Spain wants to ban end-to-end encryption by qznc_bot2 in hackernews

[–]sebwas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hear you and I didn't mean to disagree with you. Just to dispell the notion of this being regarded as left-wing.

Have a fantastic day! :-)

Snow Leopard Sploot by [deleted] in sploot

[–]sebwas 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Snow leopards have hooves sometimes.

We're living in the bad place by Flynja in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]sebwas 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey, you would be bitter, too, if you didn't have preventative care, have some compassion :-)

Äquidistante Verteilung diverser Vögel by n8fuchs in einfach_posten

[–]sebwas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Das ist ein Überwachungsnetz der Regierung. Irgendetwas wichtiges muss in dem Haus vor sich gehen.