• Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    postman hands him card reader

    I’m not getting it. I guess I don’t interact with postmen enough, because I have no idea how a card reader is related to mail delivery.

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        6 months ago

        Idk, but it could be because the payment of the delivery is done ‘via surname’ to the postman when the package is handed over. So the bank can’t track on what you spend your money on (in case you are afraid they do). This option exists at least in Germany. However, it costs an high extra fee.

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            6 months ago

            It’s called “per Nachnahme”, C.O.D. in English. You’d pay the postman for your parcel and the post office would pay the sender. It used to be quite popular in pre internet days. You whippersnappers wouldn’t remember. Not used a lot any more these days.