Sailorman wrote:In the 5+ years I've been here, every time I pick up a package from the Sihanoukville Post Office, I am charged a "fee." The "fee" was usually $1. and with multi packages as high as $5. It doesn't matter if its an EMS package or other. I did some research with the Universal Postal Union (UN treaty that Cambodia signed), and found out that all shipping fees are paid at country of origin. (except customs fees)

I contacted CambodiaPost and asked them about the "Fee." I got a real song and dance with answers like "Cambodia is a poor country and America is rich, that is way a fee is charged." The topper was that the "fee" was for "storage" and they quoted from the UPU manual on packages that are not picked up for a long period of time. I informed them that I pick up within a couple hours of being delivered and have the receipts to prove it. I am contacting the Universal Postal Union, Bern, Switzerland and told the official at CambodiaPost I was doing so.

In the past few days I received a couple packages (EMS and other) and there was no "Fee." I also don't see a couple of the "employees" I usually see behind the counter. Looks like the officials from CambodiaPost may have done some house cleaning.