Canadian postal system?
Apr 7th 2004 | 1:24 am
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From: Nr Belleville, Ontario
I just thought I would add the following:
I ordered some theatre tickets on 1st April from a theatre in Toronto ready for our visit in a couple of weeks.
I received the tickets in the UK on 5th April.
Very impressed!
Jane
I ordered some theatre tickets on 1st April from a theatre in Toronto ready for our visit in a couple of weeks.
I received the tickets in the UK on 5th April.
Very impressed!
Jane
Apr 7th 2004 | 4:19 am
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Originally posted by Canada Jane
I just thought I would add the following:
I ordered some theatre tickets on 1st April from a theatre in Toronto ready for our visit in a couple of weeks.
I received the tickets in the UK on 5th April.
Very impressed!
Jane
I just thought I would add the following:
I ordered some theatre tickets on 1st April from a theatre in Toronto ready for our visit in a couple of weeks.
I received the tickets in the UK on 5th April.
Very impressed!
Jane
Hello Jane,
The international mail is not the problem here, its the internal mails that take forever to get to you sometimes, especially when you are expecting a cheque from a health insurance comapany. When i was back in London, and my wife was in TO, it use to take 4-5 day for packages to get to her and to me in London. The fastest we ever had was 3 days from central london, to her at her office desk on bay str downtown TO.
Just out of curiousity, what tickects are those? The prince of wales theatre downtown TO is one of my favourites, love it
Apr 7th 2004 | 4:46 am
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From: Nr Belleville, Ontario
Originally posted by mickj
Hello Jane,
The international mail is not the problem here, its the internal mails that take forever to get to you sometimes, especially when you are expecting a cheque from a health insurance comapany. When i was back in London, and my wife was in TO, it use to take 4-5 day for packages to get to her and to me in London. The fastest we ever had was 3 days from central london, to her at her office desk on bay str downtown TO.
Just out of curiousity, what tickects are those? The prince of wales theatre downtown TO is one of my favourites, love it
Hello Jane,
The international mail is not the problem here, its the internal mails that take forever to get to you sometimes, especially when you are expecting a cheque from a health insurance comapany. When i was back in London, and my wife was in TO, it use to take 4-5 day for packages to get to her and to me in London. The fastest we ever had was 3 days from central london, to her at her office desk on bay str downtown TO.
Just out of curiousity, what tickects are those? The prince of wales theatre downtown TO is one of my favourites, love it
When I first looked for tickets, certain websites were quoting up to $250 per ticket. I ended up paying just $84 for the same first balcony tickets at Ticketking.
It gets great reviews from over the world so can't wait.
Jane
Apr 7th 2004 | 5:04 am
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Originally posted by Canada Jane
We are going to see Mama Mia at the Royal Alexandra.
When I first looked for tickets, certain websites were quoting up to $250 per ticket. I ended up paying just $84 for the same first balcony tickets at Ticketking.
It gets great reviews from over the world so can't wait.
Jane
We are going to see Mama Mia at the Royal Alexandra.
When I first looked for tickets, certain websites were quoting up to $250 per ticket. I ended up paying just $84 for the same first balcony tickets at Ticketking.
It gets great reviews from over the world so can't wait.
Jane
That is not a bad price at all for mama mia at the royal alex. Change that to punds and you will never get the same seats for that price, i know this because i saw it in london myself before, just off charing cross road. As a bloke in his early 30s, i love the theatre, and it only gets better when your partner loves it too.
I had a chance to see the lion king ( love it ) again, just before it closed in TO. Since the SARS epidemic, a lot of hotels, and Ontario Tourism have been doing packages that include weekend stay in a top hotel, dinner for 2 at a swanky restaurant, and a theatre production for less than $200 CND, i believe these packages are still out there.
Off to Montreal this friday with the missus for the easter break, got a package called " sweet deals" that include museum tickets, dinner and a 4 star hotel, for less than $300 CND, and that is for two nights
Apr 8th 2004 | 3:33 pm
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Possibly, like any monopoly, Canada post is often mind boggling and funny--unless its YOUR package they lost.
The postal code is very important to remember since its most often the only thing they seem to look at.
I suspect (not sure) they send all the mail coming into the country or going anywhere into the country up to one or two central stations--probably Sudbury or something like that where its cold and most people speak french.
Requirements for the job are an inability to read, a mind that likely won't get too ticked off when your manager insults you and you won't get bored or too terribly confused with different letters of the alphabet. I believe they must hire at least 1 out of every 15 workers with a known learning disability such as dyslexia. This is why the letter you sent going to burlington took so long--they sent it to darlington first and had to resend it back.
Its also why it takes longer to send a letter across town than it does to send one from Ontario to Vancouver. Mail going into the States takes longer than it does coming from the States. Am not clear why on this one, but it might have something to do with the amount of snow up in Sudbury or something.
The guy you see at the coffee shop who stutters and walks funny, is likely the postal worker for your town. He is that way because he's walked too darned long in sub-zero temperatures and his back is hunched because of the size of the bag he carries.
Where-as in England, Christmas time almost guarantees a strike with the heating companies or some such (at least from my scant memory), Christmas time here almost guarantees a strike in the postal system. So if your mailing anything over Christmas its best to give them at least a month to get there.
Anything marked fragile is sure to break unless its insured.
And yes, it often costs way more to send parcels out of Canada than the actual cost of the gift. When you take into account the 30$ postal charge of the nice box you are sending and the 20$ gift--your probably better off sending a money order. With regards to receiving parcels, oftentimes you will receive the card that tells you you have so many days to pick it up--on or -after- the last day to pick it up.
With the new drug laws and such in Ontario, sending a box of chocolates or a basket of homemade cookies to the United States is more of a pain than its worth. It means much hassel with labelling of products, filling out of forms and such because everyone in the states now know that all the potheads came to Ontario and inside those cookies you are sending is actually some kind of illegal substance.
Sarcasm aside, in all honesty the postal system in Canada isn't that bad. Its a huge country with alot of millage yet as in with any monopoly they tend to not be quite as customer oriented or functional as it could be. Its varied. Some streets have 'group' postal boxes, some you have to go to the post office which can be inconvenient if your hours of work are not theirs, some rural areas you have to trudge through snow to get to the letter box that got buried by the plow. The people in the 'main' office are usually friendly, pleasant and informative though its not a good place to take children. In the malls there are usually smaller outlets which are cramped and such but again the service is friendly and there's often nice things to look at there such as candy or magazines or such.
The postal code is very important to remember since its most often the only thing they seem to look at.
I suspect (not sure) they send all the mail coming into the country or going anywhere into the country up to one or two central stations--probably Sudbury or something like that where its cold and most people speak french.
Requirements for the job are an inability to read, a mind that likely won't get too ticked off when your manager insults you and you won't get bored or too terribly confused with different letters of the alphabet. I believe they must hire at least 1 out of every 15 workers with a known learning disability such as dyslexia. This is why the letter you sent going to burlington took so long--they sent it to darlington first and had to resend it back.
Its also why it takes longer to send a letter across town than it does to send one from Ontario to Vancouver. Mail going into the States takes longer than it does coming from the States. Am not clear why on this one, but it might have something to do with the amount of snow up in Sudbury or something.
The guy you see at the coffee shop who stutters and walks funny, is likely the postal worker for your town. He is that way because he's walked too darned long in sub-zero temperatures and his back is hunched because of the size of the bag he carries.
Where-as in England, Christmas time almost guarantees a strike with the heating companies or some such (at least from my scant memory), Christmas time here almost guarantees a strike in the postal system. So if your mailing anything over Christmas its best to give them at least a month to get there.
Anything marked fragile is sure to break unless its insured.
And yes, it often costs way more to send parcels out of Canada than the actual cost of the gift. When you take into account the 30$ postal charge of the nice box you are sending and the 20$ gift--your probably better off sending a money order. With regards to receiving parcels, oftentimes you will receive the card that tells you you have so many days to pick it up--on or -after- the last day to pick it up.
With the new drug laws and such in Ontario, sending a box of chocolates or a basket of homemade cookies to the United States is more of a pain than its worth. It means much hassel with labelling of products, filling out of forms and such because everyone in the states now know that all the potheads came to Ontario and inside those cookies you are sending is actually some kind of illegal substance.
Sarcasm aside, in all honesty the postal system in Canada isn't that bad. Its a huge country with alot of millage yet as in with any monopoly they tend to not be quite as customer oriented or functional as it could be. Its varied. Some streets have 'group' postal boxes, some you have to go to the post office which can be inconvenient if your hours of work are not theirs, some rural areas you have to trudge through snow to get to the letter box that got buried by the plow. The people in the 'main' office are usually friendly, pleasant and informative though its not a good place to take children. In the malls there are usually smaller outlets which are cramped and such but again the service is friendly and there's often nice things to look at there such as candy or magazines or such.
Apr 8th 2004 | 3:38 pm
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Originally posted by taira
Possibly, like any monopoly, Canada post is often mind boggling and funny--unless its YOUR package they lost.
The postal code is very important to remember since its most often the only thing they seem to look at.
I suspect (not sure) they send all the mail coming into the country or going anywhere into the country up to one or two central stations--probably Sudbury or something like that where its cold and most people speak french.
Requirements for the job are an inability to read, a mind that likely won't get too ticked off when your manager insults you and you won't get bored or too terribly confused with different letters of the alphabet. I believe they must hire at least 1 out of every 15 workers with a known learning disability such as dyslexia. This is why the letter you sent going to burlington took so long--they sent it to darlington first and had to resend it back.
Its also why it takes longer to send a letter across town than it does to send one from Ontario to Vancouver. Mail going into the States takes longer than it does coming from the States. Am not clear why on this one, but it might have something to do with the amount of snow up in Sudbury or something.
The guy you see at the coffee shop who stutters and walks funny, is likely the postal worker for your town. He is that way because he's walked too darned long in sub-zero temperatures and his back is hunched because of the size of the bag he carries.
Where-as in England, Christmas time almost guarantees a strike with the heating companies or some such (at least from my scant memory), Christmas time here almost guarantees a strike in the postal system. So if your mailing anything over Christmas its best to give them at least a month to get there.
Anything marked fragile is sure to break unless its insured.
And yes, it often costs way more to send parcels out of Canada than the actual cost of the gift. When you take into account the 30$ postal charge of the nice box you are sending and the 20$ gift--your probably better off sending a money order. With regards to receiving parcels, oftentimes you will receive the card that tells you you have so many days to pick it up--on or -after- the last day to pick it up.
With the new drug laws and such in Ontario, sending a box of chocolates or a basket of homemade cookies to the United States is more of a pain than its worth. It means much hassel with labelling of products, filling out of forms and such because everyone in the states now know that all the potheads came to Ontario and inside those cookies you are sending is actually some kind of illegal substance.
Sarcasm aside, in all honesty the postal system in Canada isn't that bad. Its a huge country with alot of millage yet as in with any monopoly they tend to not be quite as customer oriented or functional as it could be. Its varied. Some streets have 'group' postal boxes, some you have to go to the post office which can be inconvenient if your hours of work are not theirs, some rural areas you have to trudge through snow to get to the letter box that got buried by the plow. The people in the 'main' office are usually friendly, pleasant and informative though its not a good place to take children. In the malls there are usually smaller outlets which are cramped and such but again the service is friendly and there's often nice things to look at there such as candy or magazines or such.
Possibly, like any monopoly, Canada post is often mind boggling and funny--unless its YOUR package they lost.
The postal code is very important to remember since its most often the only thing they seem to look at.
I suspect (not sure) they send all the mail coming into the country or going anywhere into the country up to one or two central stations--probably Sudbury or something like that where its cold and most people speak french.
Requirements for the job are an inability to read, a mind that likely won't get too ticked off when your manager insults you and you won't get bored or too terribly confused with different letters of the alphabet. I believe they must hire at least 1 out of every 15 workers with a known learning disability such as dyslexia. This is why the letter you sent going to burlington took so long--they sent it to darlington first and had to resend it back.
Its also why it takes longer to send a letter across town than it does to send one from Ontario to Vancouver. Mail going into the States takes longer than it does coming from the States. Am not clear why on this one, but it might have something to do with the amount of snow up in Sudbury or something.
The guy you see at the coffee shop who stutters and walks funny, is likely the postal worker for your town. He is that way because he's walked too darned long in sub-zero temperatures and his back is hunched because of the size of the bag he carries.
Where-as in England, Christmas time almost guarantees a strike with the heating companies or some such (at least from my scant memory), Christmas time here almost guarantees a strike in the postal system. So if your mailing anything over Christmas its best to give them at least a month to get there.
Anything marked fragile is sure to break unless its insured.
And yes, it often costs way more to send parcels out of Canada than the actual cost of the gift. When you take into account the 30$ postal charge of the nice box you are sending and the 20$ gift--your probably better off sending a money order. With regards to receiving parcels, oftentimes you will receive the card that tells you you have so many days to pick it up--on or -after- the last day to pick it up.
With the new drug laws and such in Ontario, sending a box of chocolates or a basket of homemade cookies to the United States is more of a pain than its worth. It means much hassel with labelling of products, filling out of forms and such because everyone in the states now know that all the potheads came to Ontario and inside those cookies you are sending is actually some kind of illegal substance.
Sarcasm aside, in all honesty the postal system in Canada isn't that bad. Its a huge country with alot of millage yet as in with any monopoly they tend to not be quite as customer oriented or functional as it could be. Its varied. Some streets have 'group' postal boxes, some you have to go to the post office which can be inconvenient if your hours of work are not theirs, some rural areas you have to trudge through snow to get to the letter box that got buried by the plow. The people in the 'main' office are usually friendly, pleasant and informative though its not a good place to take children. In the malls there are usually smaller outlets which are cramped and such but again the service is friendly and there's often nice things to look at there such as candy or magazines or such.
Good one; made me laugh.
Apr 9th 2004 | 6:09 pm
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in one funny incident i actually had the post being delivered to my own address! my only guess is that the 'From' part would have come across as 'To' to them
Apr 30th 2004 | 5:50 am
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Lets hope none of this goes on here, in what was at a time the best mail system in the world. Did any of those still in the UK see the documentary, how bas was it?
http://www4.channel4.com/news/2004/0...ches_post.html
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http://www4.channel4.com/news/2004/0...ches_post.html
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