Canada Post can pound salt

[JLM]

I ordered the same book (via LULU) and I don't think I paid more than a couple of bucks.
Maybe 1/2 of what Canada Post chaged if I had to guess, & it was in my mailbox within
maybe 1/2 a week or so.[/QUOT

It cost me $75.00 to send a 28 ounce package to Australia,via Canada Post. UPS claims it does not ship "personal" items to Australia....FedEx cost $260.00 !!!

I'm always irked at Christmastime...the postage costs more than the card!!

There's a lesson there, if you can't attach the gift to an email, it's not an appropriate gift! :smile:

 

[EagleSmack]

There's a lesson there, if you can't attach the gift to an email, it's not an appropriate gift! :smile:

You can't go wrong with gift certificates either. That is what I get my neices and nephews... and I wrap them in a big box.

 

[JLM]

You can't go wrong with gift certificates either. That is what I get my neices and nephews... and I wrap them in a big box.

We do a lot of those but in an envelope and a 55 cent stamp. :smile:

 

[eh1eh]

Maybe all you cheap pricks should get 'MaoEx' to open in Canada. That would 'save' money, for you, it would put more Canadians out of work but obviously you cheap Wal-Mart c unts don't give a f uck about your fellow Canadians if it means a couple of bucks. Enjoy your double dip recession, you earned it.

 

[Andem]

I pay €2.50 ($3.50) to send letters back home to Canada registered. It costs > $18.00 at Canada Post to send them registered this direction. That's a simple envelope with a couple of pieces of paper inside.

 

[eh1eh]

I pay €2.50 ($3.50) to send letters back home to Canada registered. It costs > $18.00 at Canada Post to send them registered this direction. That's a simple envelope with a couple of pieces of paper inside.

Do you think there is a volume issue or other?

 

[Andem]

A small envelope you send letters in; Nothing big at all.

 

[eh1eh]

A small envelope you send letters in; Nothing big at all.

I was thinking total volume of mail in said direction. Meaning either direction. Maybe more from the EU to Canada than visa versa.

 

[JLM]

I just shipped a cell phone from Vernon B.C. to Drayton Valley AB by Purolator...........$32.38. HOw you like them apples?

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

We are getting what we pay for. Union slugs, paid accumulative sick days, low work ethic, big wages, etc..

Time to privatize it.

 

[JLM]

We are getting what we pay for. Union slugs, paid accumulative sick days, low work ethic, big wages, etc..

Time to privatize it.

I would have agreed whole heartedly up until I was confronted by what I related in the previous post. They are all a bunch of bandits. Well maybe not all, I just got a perfect haircut for $12 from the little Vietnamese guy I go to. He has a good work ethic and is very meticulous. :smile:

 

[CDNBear]

I'm still waiting for the fishing lure DaS sent me.

Or Canada Post to tel me what and where "A recipient safe location" is.

 

[DaSleeper]

I'm still waiting for the fishing lure DaS sent me.

Or Canada Post to tel me what and where "A recipient safe location" is.

It's not quite a Lure....It's a gadget powered by a 9volt battery that you put on the end of an ice fishing rod or a stick... that lights up and emits a buzzing sound when even a small perch bites. especialy good for night fishing.
They are now pretty rare since the guy quit making them years ago, I'll see if I can find some more around town.
I'll get your postal box # before I send it next time.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Went back to Canada Post today with just a book in hand. Laid it on the scale, measured it without bubble envelope and it still cost $13.95 to send from Southwest Ontario to Grande Prairie Alta.

Now here's the kicker.

Same book, same shipper (Can Post) to London England. $12.00

 

[jwmcq625]

I went in to the post office today to send out a copy of my book to my niece who lives in Grand Prairie Alta and almost fell over when I paid the shipping bill. $14.27 with taxes to send a 6 X 9 paperback from the Niagara region to Grande Prairie Alta. Up 2 bucks from the last one I shipped. I said to the postal worker. "I guess it's time to start taking my business to the couriers."​

"They're more expensive," she replied.​

When I ship from my publisher in Wisconsin and North Carolina it cost me half that.​

I think it's time to do away with this overpriced crown corporation.​

When you consider that the Corporation's CEO is allowed to pay himself and the rest of the executive team's 6 figure salaries and benefits, that the rest of us can only dream about, what can you expect? If it is a Crown Corporation and the Government of Canada imposes wage settlements on uion personnel, maybe it's time they also scaled back the salaries and benefits of the executive team, and while they are at it eliminate the massive bureaucracy working at the post office that have nothing whatsoever to do with actually sorting or delivery of mail.