Canadaland shipping shenanigans (and other conversations too, eh?)

jamieanderson1968 said:
Was talking to our postie the other day and he was saying they new stuff is moving fast but the backlog is still huge since Canada Post does not want to bring in people for extra shifts to address it faster
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Overall, I am almost caught up with packages that arrived in Canada before and in the first week of the strike.

In other countries, after the first week, practices varied. Some simply stopped accepting packages, some let them pile up in their sorting centres or airport warehouses.

What they have done post-strike also varies.

For example, the US, UK and Japan are among those who just started accepting packages again last Monday. If you have something coming from one of those countries before that, it probably hasn't even been processed yet.

Some countries are working through their backlogs methodically, some are just processing them as they get to them.

For the most part, if an item has been posted in a foreign country, it is being processed normally.

In Toronto, as well as other large volumes cities, there is a ton of overtime to address the backlog - which for the most part is now gone. Last week seems to have been the one where the logjam was broken.

My postie has been working double shifts for the past two weeks. Overtime, loves it.
 
RHANDMJ said:
Overall, I am almost caught up with packages that arrived in Canada before and in the first week of the strike.

In other countries, after the first week, practices varied. Some simply stopped accepting packages, some let them pile up in their sorting centres or airport warehouses.

What they have done post-strike also varies.

For example, the US, UK and Japan are among those who just started accepting packages again last Monday. If you have something coming from one of those countries before that, it probably hasn't even been processed yet.

Some countries are working through their backlogs methodically, some are just processing them as they get to them.

For the most part, if an item has been posted in a foreign country, it is being processed normally.

In Toronto, as well as other large volumes cities, there is a ton of overtime to address the backlog - which for the most part is now gone. Last week seems to have been the one where the logjam was broken.

My postie has been working double shifts for the past two weeks. Overtime, loves it.
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I have a box hanging out in Tokyo. Last movement on Nov 13, so hopefully it will get going soon. Probably safer sitting there than Mississauga
 
One time I had stuff packed for return to Amazon or something and I left it on top of the car and it flew off on Islington and got run over by like 4 cars doing about 65 and then I went back and got them and just had to look and when I opened them they were fine and that was the last time I worried about whether I packed things well enough or not.
The End.
 
Mather said:
One time I had stuff packed for return to Amazon or something and I left it on top of the car and it flew off on Islington and got run over by like 4 cars doing about 65 and then I went back and got them and just had to look and when I opened them they were fine and that was the last time I worried about whether I packed things well enough or not.
The End.
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OMG... that's so funny.
 
Mather said:
One time I had stuff packed for return to Amazon or something and I left it on top of the car and it flew off on Islington and got run over by like 4 cars doing about 65 and then I went back and got them and just had to look and when I opened them they were fine and that was the last time I worried about whether I packed things well enough or not.
The End.
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TBF Amazon would've probably still accepted the return.
I'm thinking of returning the set of underwear I got with one of the pair opened and shredded.

Anyway, lesson here is don't buy cheap underwear likely made in China.
 
avecigrec said:
The one I hate with FedEx is when they mail you a bill after the fact. So you think you've dodged extra bullshit fees and then they're like, "surprise, bitch!"
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The extra fees were still more than the duties, so FedEx is gettin' paid.
Only grails from the US, this definitely fit the bill but I know this is going to show up in the stores for like $49 in two months.

I hate FOMO.
 
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