Compensate Me For The Gold

Summary

With gold prices on the rise, I bought a kilogram brick on a business trip and mailed it home.

But when the courier arrived for the cash-on-delivery payment, he told me the package was ten kilograms and the shipping fee was ten times the original quote.

I hefted the box. I had him test it, too. It was nowhere near ten kilos.

His only reply was, "My estimate isn't accurate."

I pointed to the digital scale right beside the door. He waved it off impatiently. "I only go by what the system says."

Fine. I paid the fee, signed for it, and closed the door.