Sending a Parcel to the UK
Dec 3rd 2010 | 6:00 am
#16
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Dec 3rd 2010 | 6:07 am
#17
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Re: Sending a Parcel to the UK
Dec 3rd 2010 | 6:44 am
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Dec 3rd 2010 | 6:48 am
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Dec 3rd 2010 | 12:14 pm
#21
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Re: Sending a Parcel to the UK
Me too - I've had two parcels from the UK in the last few days, both had been opened with a note saying if anything is missing to let them know
Dec 4th 2010 | 3:51 am
#22
New Scotland Girl
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From: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Re: Sending a Parcel to the UK
That's just the last date they will gurantee arival before christmas. It's still likely if you send it now or even next week that it will arive in time (prior to all the snow issues of course!)
Dec 4th 2010 | 4:07 am
#23
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From: Red Deer, Alberta
Re: Sending a Parcel to the UK
There are no guarantees with Canada Post, it's the latest suggested date. In our experience it really is hit and miss whether things will arrive in time for Christmas no matter how early you send it.
Dec 5th 2010 | 2:12 pm
#24
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Re: Sending a Parcel to the UK
Just make sure that if you send a small parcel that it is marked as a SMALL PACKET (if applicable..). We sent half a dozen small parcels by surface to the UK for Xmas last year (all by the last posting date and on the same day) and they all got there in time except the largest which was helpfully sent as a surface PARCEL and didn't get there until the end of January...... 
In our local PO you have to insist that they locate the small packet feature on their machine as they only seem to recognise parcels.
Mind you it can take a week for a letter to reach the other side of the island.... seriously!
In our local PO you have to insist that they locate the small packet feature on their machine as they only seem to recognise parcels.
Mind you it can take a week for a letter to reach the other side of the island.... seriously!
Dec 12th 2010 | 3:11 am
#25
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From: virgil ,niagara on the lake
Re: Sending a Parcel to the UK
I send money the other way ( to Canada) via paypal costs nothing, not bad rate either,The recipient doe's not need a PayPal account just a e-mail address.
