# Death to QR Codes! (Non Culinary) **URL:** \ **Category:** Technology\ **Created:** [September 7, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720 "2023-09-07T05:43:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/1 "2023-09-07T05:43:45Z")
![P_20230907_133544](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/4/9/499c90e27d2094e4b831064195420e219f93ae27.jpeg) The post office has made QR Codes MANDATORY for sending stuff overseas. DEATH TO QR CODES! AND it’s called EZPost! ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:44am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/2 "2023-09-07T05:44:26Z")
That is dumb. No possible other form(s) to complete? Guy ---
**Author:** ![Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Taiwan_Luthiers)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/3 "2023-09-07T05:49:14Z")
Not only that but you gotta print the stuff out yourself too. Sucks if you don’t have a phone. They said it’s security requirement from the us. Used to be you filled out a slip but this is no longer possible for the five eye countries. ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/4 "2023-09-07T06:02:41Z")
> [@Marco](#): > > The post office has made QR Codes MANDATORY for sending stuff overseas. Is it possible to use DHL? Seems every 711 is a DHL location. Maybe a bit more expensive but worth it for convenience of not using poorly designed apps ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:03am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/5 "2023-09-07T06:03:59Z")
Why do I need to spend half my day to go halfway across Taipei to an obscure location to spend $3000+ to send a literal toy and candy to a cousin in Canada? I need to take a day off work for this? It’s a four/five hour commitment on a weekday. ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/6 "2023-09-07T06:10:37Z")
> [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/136): > > Why do I need to spend half my day to go halfway across Taipei to an obscure location Post office hours suck, and 711 is everywhere. As I said: > [@TT](#): > > Seems every 711 is a DHL location > [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/136): > > to spend $3000+ Is DHL that much more than the post office? > [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/136): > > I need to take a day off work for this? > > It’s a four/five hour commitment on a weekday. 711 is way more convenient than the post office Anyways, my family can wait for my next visit for anything that I get them. Not worth the hassle ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:12am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/7 "2023-09-07T06:12:06Z")
A virtual gift as an alternative? Perhaps something accessible only via . . . a QR code! Guy ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:13am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/8 "2023-09-07T06:13:17Z")
I’ll give them the gift of not making them use QR codes 🤓 ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/9 "2023-09-07T06:16:44Z")
> [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/137): > > > [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/136): > > > > Why do I need to spend half my day to go halfway across Taipei to an obscure location > > Post office hours suck, and 711 is everywhere. As I said: > > > [@TT](#): > > > > Seems every 711 is a DHL location > > > [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/136): > > > > to spend $3000+ > > Is DHL that much more than the post office? I guessed $3000. ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/1/f/1f5d7ea7896d7ddf0881cc2ee9bccb515204954e.png) > [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/137): > > Anyways, my family can wait for my next visit for anything that I get them. Not worth the hassle Sure, but this isn’t related to the point that we now need to use QR codes to mail ANYTHING. ---
**Author:** ![TT](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/tt/32/271883_2.png) [@TT](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/TT)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/10 "2023-09-07T06:19:41Z")
> [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/140): > > I guessed $3000 What’s the post office price? > [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/140): > > > [@TT](#): > > > > Anyways, my family can wait for my next visit for anything that I get them. Not worth the hassle > > Sure, but this isn’t related to the point that we now need to use QR codes to mail ANYTHING Um, not worth the hassle of QR codes has nothing to do with needing QR codes? I could see the post office being irrelevant to a restaurant thread, though. ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 6:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/11 "2023-09-07T06:28:41Z")
> [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/141): > > > [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/140): > > > > I guessed $3000 > > What’s the post office price? $600 > [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/141): > > > [@Death to QR Codes! (Restaurants and Menus)](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-restaurants-and-menus/232700/140): > > > > > [@TT](#): > > > > > > Anyways, my family can wait for my next visit for anything that I get them. Not worth the hassle > > > > Sure, but this isn’t related to the point that we now need to use QR codes to mail ANYTHING > > Um, not worth the hassle of QR codes has nothing to do with needing QR codes? > > I could see the post office being irrelevant to a restaurant thread, though. Sure. But I didn’t think it would spread this quickly. Anyways, the mod here has informed me that an exception can be made cause it’s on topic. ![obvqaa0lhn841](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/4/2/428e17189ec3d5e99beb279d0459263f496c75e9.jpeg) Depending on how widespread it becomes, I’ll consider moving it later. ---
**Author:** ![Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Taiwan_Luthiers)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/12 "2023-09-07T10:08:28Z")
DHL is much more expensive than post office, but on the upside it will arrive quickly. I had a guitar sent by ems, not only I had to do the whole qr code crap I gotta find a 711 to print it (none is located near the post office for some reason), then bring it back and all that. And the guitar took a month to get there, and they almost lost it. DHL won’t do that to you, I think. Ems is supposed to take a week, tops. It got there fast but it sat in a warehouse near the destination for a month. ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/13 "2023-09-20T03:58:15Z")
Update. Post office made me sign a waiver that I would accept responsibility that it would be sent back because they were super scared that chips, candy and toys would be rejected by the CBSA because I didn’t fill it out online with their dumb QR Codes. Packaged successfully delivered. No, Chunghwa Post. We don’t stonewall our customers in Canada with the same thing and follow a rigid rules structure. I would expect nothing less with their paranoia. You don’t need to fill out their stupid online form that Chunghwa post tries to make you do because of the typical paranoia of getting things extra sure. The computers and employees already input it into the system electronically anyways. Man, the Mega Bank shit really made everyone paranoid. ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/14 "2023-09-20T04:28:54Z")
> [@Marco](#): > > the Mega Bank shit For forumosans who are not aware of this history, Mega Bank got nailed a while ago (circa 2016) for facilitating money laundering and other kinds of violations. And as we know, most if not all organizations in Taiwan would prefer not to be in the spotlight like this . . . Guy ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 5:58am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/15 "2023-09-20T05:58:38Z")
And now since then, the Taiwanese want to overcomply by shifting the burden onto us with fake tax declarations and this crap. ---
**Author:** ![nz](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@nz](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/nz)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 10:03am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/16 "2023-09-20T10:03:42Z")
I went through the same nonsense when I tried to ship something to the US via Chunghwa Post. Thought I would be in and out of the post office in 15 minutes or less. Took well over an hour, possibly closer to two. And I was the only person at the post office for most of that time! Never again… ---
**Author:** ![Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Taiwan_Luthiers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/17 "2023-09-20T10:12:22Z")
It’s because of US requirement. If sending to third world countries you can simply grab the relevant labels and be in and out quickly. ---
**Author:** ![meishijia](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/meishijia/32/178949_2.png) [@meishijia](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/meishijia)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/18 "2023-09-25T03:09:08Z")
Just spent an hour in the post office trying to send a package to the UK. Starting august you cant just write an address on a package and send it, you need to register for their EZPost system and then fill in all the forms online. Problem is that it doesn’t fucking work and nobody at the post office even knows how to use it. Didn’t manage to send my package. This is so fucking Taiwan. ---
**Author:** ![Shaun008](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/shaun008/32/209482_2.png) [@Shaun008](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Shaun008)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/19 "2023-09-25T03:15:19Z")
> [@meishijia](#): > > Just spent an hour in the post office trying to send a package to the UK. Starting august you cant just write an address on a package and send it, you need to register for their EZPost system and then fill in all the forms online. Problem is that it doesn’t fucking work and nobody at the post office even knows how to use it. Didn’t manage to send my package. > > This is so fucking Taiwan. I used it a couple of times, but filled it in on my computer and printed the label off at home. I then just took the package and label to the postoffice, they scanned it weighed the package told me the price and done. I thought it was much easier than before, but saying that I haven’t used it in store or on my phone and if your suddenly faced with it I can see it being a bit of a shock. ---
**Author:** ![meishijia](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/meishijia/32/178949_2.png) [@meishijia](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/meishijia)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720/20 "2023-09-25T03:15:50Z")
My issue was that the printing machine wouldn’t recognize the QR code generated by their site. [Next page](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/death-to-qr-codes-non-culinary/233720.md?page=2)