I'm sure they make a profit on the postage and packing as well as the item so I'm guessing it's related to a mark-up on those costs. Profit margin on bigger package is bigger than a smaller one.

eg

Box A costs them 50c and $2 to Canada Post/courier plus whatever wage cost of packing it. $6 charge to customer. Profit $3.50 minus wage.

Box B costs 70c and $4 to Canada Post/courier as oversize. Double the postal costs are passed on to customer in the form of double postage/packing, so $12. Profit $7.30 minus same wage cost.

I may have exaggerated the figures but even if it's only an extra 10c per item that must mount up for Amazon.

They also presumably put everything on pallets to dispatch it. So it you had a hundred different types of boxes to stack on a pallet it would be like a 3D puzzle at Amazon every day

I've never had a bottle break in my luggage, and I pack them in heavy wool work socks.

I like this! https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.8a5be96c86bb

I suppose being told to 'go away' multiple times a day for two years leaves you with some pent-up hostility...

I've just read that St Patrick's Day is a stat holiday in Newfoundland and Labrador! Very civilised.

If they wanted to be really civilized, they'd split the holiday - the afternoon of the 17th, and the morning of the 18th!

I've just arrived in Edmonton...any recommendations of things to see/do?

Calgary is only 3 hours drive away

Glow in the dark mini golf I think its in their big shopping centre.

Funnily enough that's where I am now. Off to Banff in the morning but back in Edmonton on Sunday

My sisters step daughter had a baby today, guess they are grand parents now.

On Monday 20th the Forces Sweetheart, Dame Vera Lynn, turns 100 years of age. Her singing/songs helped/inspired so many Brits to get through the darkest days of WWll. Supposedly her image will be shown on the White Cliffs of Dover on Monday. A true British treasure.

You read incorrectly. It's not.

Oh well. I took the day off.

Wow. Anne of Green Gables. 15 minutes in, and I am envying those of you in the East. Any BEers on PEI?