62vauxhall
Addicted Member
Beginning of rant;
I live in BC and three times I've ordered styli from a vendor in Eastern Canada. I chose purchasing within the country because some US vendors do not ship to Canada and if they do, there is additional costs incurred and time involved crossing the border. So for small items I thought to support business within my own country.
Thanks to Canada Post, this has proved to be a mistake.
The first of my three "in country" experiences took over one month to arrive as did the second. The third was sent on July 14 and here it is the end of August and still no stylus.
To the vendor's credit, my money was refunded with the understanding I shall send the stylus back when or if it ever arrives.
Just wondering what other Canadians thought of our national postal (and I use the term loosely) service.
I've made multiple purchases of various goods from US vendors and had them sent to a package depot literally a few blocks across the border. I live about a 45 minute drive away so can park on the Canadian side, cross as a pedestrian, pick up my item(s) and walk back to Canada.
So far, my US purchases have taken less than a week to get to Washington State regardless of where they originated.
I had parts from Digikey waiting for pickup in 24 hours. A pre-amp I dropped off at that same depot made it to Watertown MA, got worked on and sent back. Elapsed time - 2 1/2 weeks.
Where I am, there are several Canada Post sorting centres. I wished to hear from the horse's mouth, how/why such long delays repeatedly happened so I visited one but what do you know, no public access. I saw a mail carrier in the parking lot, on a break.
He was an old timer and willing to hear me out.
His explanation tells me Canada Post does not have the staff needed to cope with the work they are supposed to do. I was told bags of mail arrive and get piled on top of other bags of still yet to be sorted bags then wait until someone gets to them. Working from the top down if I understood correctly. And this happens more than once along the way.
Later on, I called Canada Post's toll free number and after a lengthy time on hold, spoke to a live person. What a waste of time that was.
It is aggravating, maddening, not to mention embarrassing that my country's mail system is that terrible. For a while now, Canada Post let it be known home mail delivery will end.
My suspicion is, the government would rather have money for fat cat bureaucrats rather than pay people who actually work.
Yesterday, I heard on the radio, a female carrier who worked in a rural district. Apparently she's been waiting 16 years for the promised raise which would put her wages on par with those of her urban counterparts.
The conspiracy theorist in me says they want customers to pay expedited package rates rather than less expensive mail rates and make sure those who try to save their money, suffer the consequences.
There sure doesn't seem to be any problem for federal taxation notices to arrive in a timely manner.
Rant ends.
I live in BC and three times I've ordered styli from a vendor in Eastern Canada. I chose purchasing within the country because some US vendors do not ship to Canada and if they do, there is additional costs incurred and time involved crossing the border. So for small items I thought to support business within my own country.
Thanks to Canada Post, this has proved to be a mistake.
The first of my three "in country" experiences took over one month to arrive as did the second. The third was sent on July 14 and here it is the end of August and still no stylus.
To the vendor's credit, my money was refunded with the understanding I shall send the stylus back when or if it ever arrives.
Just wondering what other Canadians thought of our national postal (and I use the term loosely) service.
I've made multiple purchases of various goods from US vendors and had them sent to a package depot literally a few blocks across the border. I live about a 45 minute drive away so can park on the Canadian side, cross as a pedestrian, pick up my item(s) and walk back to Canada.
So far, my US purchases have taken less than a week to get to Washington State regardless of where they originated.
I had parts from Digikey waiting for pickup in 24 hours. A pre-amp I dropped off at that same depot made it to Watertown MA, got worked on and sent back. Elapsed time - 2 1/2 weeks.
Where I am, there are several Canada Post sorting centres. I wished to hear from the horse's mouth, how/why such long delays repeatedly happened so I visited one but what do you know, no public access. I saw a mail carrier in the parking lot, on a break.
He was an old timer and willing to hear me out.
His explanation tells me Canada Post does not have the staff needed to cope with the work they are supposed to do. I was told bags of mail arrive and get piled on top of other bags of still yet to be sorted bags then wait until someone gets to them. Working from the top down if I understood correctly. And this happens more than once along the way.
Later on, I called Canada Post's toll free number and after a lengthy time on hold, spoke to a live person. What a waste of time that was.
It is aggravating, maddening, not to mention embarrassing that my country's mail system is that terrible. For a while now, Canada Post let it be known home mail delivery will end.
My suspicion is, the government would rather have money for fat cat bureaucrats rather than pay people who actually work.
Yesterday, I heard on the radio, a female carrier who worked in a rural district. Apparently she's been waiting 16 years for the promised raise which would put her wages on par with those of her urban counterparts.
The conspiracy theorist in me says they want customers to pay expedited package rates rather than less expensive mail rates and make sure those who try to save their money, suffer the consequences.
There sure doesn't seem to be any problem for federal taxation notices to arrive in a timely manner.
Rant ends.
