Thanks for the clarification @BigEvilDoer
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Canada Post - Huge losses
- Thread starter raginduck
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Fwiw, I received a few aliexpress packages bought during the strike. Mailbox had those, a local paper, a few addressed letters (junk from re agents) and maybe one or two junk mail. This is the second time I have checked it since strike ended. Afaik, I don't have anything hung up.
Cp declared code red in the area today and pulled everyone back to depot as weather sucked. I have no idea what that hiccup does to the theoretical plan to catch up.
Cp declared code red in the area today and pulled everyone back to depot as weather sucked. I have no idea what that hiccup does to the theoretical plan to catch up.
Do you mean the contracting company is getting paid $2 to deliver the items in the bag. How many items are in there?
You need to explain this for the uninformed curious minds.
What is a relay bag?
Is it luck? This is not uncommon with USPS.
CP may have restarted, but Purolator??
Order placed Dec2, delivery 2 - 3 days.
This is the message I am getting:
January 3 - 2:34 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
January 2 - 3:05 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
December 23 - 2:15 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
December 20 - 2:23 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
December 19 - 2:44 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
December 17 - 3:00 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
December 9 - 3:00 AMDelayed in transit due to missed connectionPurolator
December 4 - 9:28 PMArrived at sort facilityEtobicoke, on
December 4 - 9:27 PMPicked up by Purolator atEtobicoke, on
December 3 - 10:44 AMLabel information electronically submittedPurolator
Order placed Dec2, delivery 2 - 3 days.
This is the message I am getting:
January 3 - 2:34 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
January 2 - 3:05 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
December 23 - 2:15 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
December 20 - 2:23 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
December 19 - 2:44 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
December 17 - 3:00 AMArrived at sort facilityNorth york, on
December 9 - 3:00 AMDelayed in transit due to missed connectionPurolator
December 4 - 9:28 PMArrived at sort facilityEtobicoke, on
December 4 - 9:27 PMPicked up by Purolator atEtobicoke, on
December 3 - 10:44 AMLabel information electronically submittedPurolator
BigEvilDoer
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Relay Bags: Bags containing mail - usually as much as a letter carrier can carry at once. They are delivered to Relay Boxes by the subcontracted company. Each bag will be tagged with a location as to where the bag needs to be delivered.
Relay Boxes are placed strategically along the route, sometimes you will need to send multiple bags to the same box as the route loops you back to them for your next reload. Sometimes different routes access the same box, where the routes meet up or cross.
On average, you will have your “carry-out” mail in your full mail satchels the carrier wears, then there will be an average of 6-13 box hits per day.
BigEvilDoer
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I get nailed for customs from USPS parcels coming into Canada about 3/4 times.
Mad Mike
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Custom's clearance is done differently by couriers and CPC. For personal importations (except for controlled substances) shipments entering Canada via CPC, customs applies de-minimus rules. Non commercial shipments that comes from the US or MX valued under $150 are tax and duty-free. For foreign shipments, it's $20 for duty and $40 for tax. But that's not all - Canada Customs also has an arbitrary de-minimus that runs up to a few hundred dollars, which means they won't assess tax or duties when the cost of administering OR the economic impact of slowing clearance flows exceeds the amounts collected. This varies with backlog.
Sending items by mail will often be free of customs and duties if they are addressed to a person.
UPS and other couriers make money on customs brokerage, that’s why they clear the parcel formally and charge recipients
I picked up 2 small boxes today that the shipper said would normally go by UPS or Purolator, but apparently they're so screwed up right now that shipping it by LTL truck is faster, and they needed this stuff to actually get to point B in a day or two, not a week.
I am guessing it is gone missing at this point i had them take 3 days at the worst from Quebec
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I hope not. Weighs 138 lbs, 61” x 16” x 11” (156cm x 42cm x 30cm), cost $1800.
I have never had anything thake that long unless they lost itI hope not. Weighs 138 lbs, 61” x 16” x 11” (156cm x 42cm x 30cm), cost $1800.
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It seems getting the inprogress and delayed mail sorted and delivered is not a priority for CP.
If CP is deliberately denying OT to everyone, but is refusing to put this in writing, some have reported, then it appears it is more important to punish workers than to clear a significant backlog for their customers. CP "saved" significant funds during the strike as their operating costs went way down, so any position re not paying OT because they cannot afford to would not wash with me.
IMO, politicians need to hold CP management to account on this. This is a great opportunity for Skippy to rant and rave to gain more ground. I'd support him on this.
If CP is deliberately denying OT to everyone, but is refusing to put this in writing, some have reported, then it appears it is more important to punish workers than to clear a significant backlog for their customers. CP "saved" significant funds during the strike as their operating costs went way down, so any position re not paying OT because they cannot afford to would not wash with me.
IMO, politicians need to hold CP management to account on this. This is a great opportunity for Skippy to rant and rave to gain more ground. I'd support him on this.
I had a bicycle shipped via Brown from Wisconsin to Milton take a month. It went to the Chicago hub then back to Wisconsin 5 times. That was just the start of the adventure. It ended up in Newark at one point.
We had a commercial gas grill go from Montreal past Oakville to Calgary , Calgary to Edmonton, Edmonton to Montreal , back to land in Oakville . Three ft by two ft by two ft , strapped to a pallet . Explanation was , it’s a small skid , hard to keep track of .
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BigEvilDoer
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Believe you me - this is a nationwide grievance that will 100% be brought to the attention of the CIRB when negotiations begin again in May.
For the backlog - think of this. On Jan. 2 we had pretty much zero mail or parcels to deliver. CP still had to pay full wages even though posties were done in 3-4 hours. Why? Because CP chose to not to have the afternoon shift on in on Dec. 31.
January 3 we were absolutely slammed again, overtime being denied again to some but not all posties. Just dumb.
Critical mail is finally trickling in . Federal firearms license showed up yesterday, my hardest thing has been monitoring multiple credit cards to be sure we stay current and don’t drop a payment . Getting the four / five hundred dollar interest bill sucks . Twenty four percent is crazy , worse when you pay it .
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