Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.
#256
Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.
No jinx, Royal Mail is probably responsible. I got a pair of big fishing reels from Sheffield in 4 days and there's no way I'd bet on Canada Post matching that from anywhere in Canada. They might do it, but I'm not betting on them.
#257
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Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.
Domestically flight wise, UPS contracts out mostly to Cargojet, and Fedex uses Morning Star Express.
Neither Fedex or UPS are permitted to operate domestic flights within Canada.
Neither Fedex or UPS are permitted to operate domestic flights within Canada.
#258
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Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.
See also: mentions of Royal Mail -> Canada cock-ups. .
#259
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Funny watching the mail person, in Santa hat, deliver mail then get into car, drive three houses up and deliver again and so on.
#260
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Ours has an extending mechanical arm contraption that comes out the passenger side window to open the postbox, put the stuff in, and close it again. He never remembers the little flag thing though. They drive up to the house if they have something big. No Santa hat though. Do people tip them here?
#261
Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.
Ours has an extending mechanical arm contraption that comes out the passenger side window to open the postbox, put the stuff in, and close it again. He never remembers the little flag thing though. They drive up to the house if they have something big. No Santa hat though. Do people tip them here?
<spooky, eh?>
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Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.
I’m going to have to stop my whinging about international mail & shipping & Canada Post .
Internet order placed 13/12/17 for an item from China, estimated delivery date 18/1/18.
I hadn’t even bothered looking at tracking it before it was delivered this morning by CP . A quick after the fact glance told me that it arrived Mississauga on the 19th, left there yesterday.
Meanwhile... regular (monthly) order from in-Canada retailer processed the same day and with estimated delivery date as Monday 18/12, shows as at Mississauga since last Friday...
Internet order placed 13/12/17 for an item from China, estimated delivery date 18/1/18.
I hadn’t even bothered looking at tracking it before it was delivered this morning by CP . A quick after the fact glance told me that it arrived Mississauga on the 19th, left there yesterday.
Meanwhile... regular (monthly) order from in-Canada retailer processed the same day and with estimated delivery date as Monday 18/12, shows as at Mississauga since last Friday...
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Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.
Canada Post - and USPS - are holding my package hostage I think! Shipped on 30th November from the US, it's been in transit ever since.
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Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.
If it has a US flag on the tail and a N registration it's operated directly and those are international flights between the US and Canada. The aircraft with C registrations are not operated by Fedex and UPS, both contract out the domestic flying to Canadian based airlines.
Morning Star Express handles Fedex.
Morningstar Air Express Inc. - Home
Cargojet handles UPS
https://aircargoworld.com/allposts/c...term-contract/
Same as for example with Compass Airlines in the US, they fly aircraft painted in American Airlines and Delta Airlines colors, but those flights/aircraft are not operated by Delta or American.
The colors a plane is painted in is not indicative of what airline is actually operating them.
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Re: Dear Canada Post, We Need To Talk.
Parcel my mom sent finally cleared CBSA, and is in the hands of Canada Post in Vancouver, lets see how long it takes to travel the last 15 km's, it's been sitting at YVR mail processing for over a week.
I sent a parcel to the US, took 5 days to leave Canada, cleared US Customs same day it arrived in the US and delivered next day, so 2 days total once in the US to deliver.
I sent a parcel to the US, took 5 days to leave Canada, cleared US Customs same day it arrived in the US and delivered next day, so 2 days total once in the US to deliver.
#270
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...If it has a US flag on the tail and a N registration it's operated directly and those are international flights between the US and Canada. The aircraft with C registrations are not operated by Fedex and UPS, both contract out the domestic flying to Canadian based airlines....