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Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
(Post 10374885)
As others have said, there is a couple of parcel boxes that you get a key in your box to access when needed. These are OK for a single book say from Amazon but anything larger than that & you simply get a little card advising you that you have to go collect it from the local post office. Customer focused, Canada Post, are not.
To be fair to CP its the same if FedEx call and no one is home to sign, but its usually cheaper. Expecting your customers to clear the snow from in front of your shop front on the other hand is NOT customer focussed, and in effect if they dont clear the snow from the super boxes thats what they are doing. If someone should slip and fall I imagine there would be some grounds to sue them too. |
Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by iaink
(Post 10374896)
To be fair to CP its the same if FedEx call and no one is home to sign, but its usually cheaper. Wow....where did that come from? :eek: |
Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by ultrarunner
(Post 10374858)
There is usually a couple of larger boxes on the side where parcels get delivered into, with a key left in your mailbox to get the stuff
Then you carry your parcel home, hoping you don't slip because your hands are full with the parcel and you're ranting and raving that you paid the same delivery costs as other people who had their stuff delivered to their door. :frown: Posted on behalf of Mr Meldrew....who often has a point. :nod: |
Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
I thought a 'community mailbox' was affectionate term for a girl with questionable boundaries?
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Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by iaink
(Post 10374896)
Its no different to if you have mail delivery to the mailbox at the end of your driveway is it? If it wont fit in your box, you get a pick up notice.
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Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by ultrarunner
(Post 10375039)
Wow....where did that come from? :eek:
When the more expensive service of FedEx comes to deliver something and no one is home to sign, we have to head into town to pick up the parcel, just like when we had a mail box and the mail carrier couldnt fit a package in it. You know, sometimes its better to type nothing and be thought a fool, rather than hit the submit button and remove all doubt. |
Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 10375045)
True...but individual mailboxes are a lot bigger than those (appear) in the picture posted.
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Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 10375042)
So you put your winter boots on and trudge all the way to the mailbox hoping that this time it's not a 6th wasted journey and you find a key for the bigger box at the side.
Then you carry your parcel home, hoping you don't slip because your hands are full with the parcel and you're ranting and raving that you paid the same delivery costs as other people who had their stuff delivered to their door. :frown: Posted on behalf of Mr Meldrew....who often has a point. :nod: May be I'll get luck again for my next out-can posting? ;) |
Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by iaink
(Post 10375047)
What is your problem now?
When the more expensive service of FedEx comes to deliver something and no one is home to sign, we have to head into town to pick up the parcel, just like when we had a mail box and the mail carrier couldnt fit a package in it. You know, sometimes its better to type nothing and be thought a fool, rather than hit the submit button and remove all doubt. We are all human in the end mate |
Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by iaink
(Post 10375048)
Not really, the communal boxes have two sizes for parcels and the larger of the two is about the same size as an oldschool mailbox.
This is probably just a hangover from my annoyance in England when I'd miss a delivery through being at work Mon to Fri (that's my fault I know:frown:) and then take my card to the PO on Saturday morning to collect the package....only to find they were delivering it once again when I wasn't there to receive it.:eek: |
Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Do people realize that you also have the option to have the parcel / stuff delivered to your place of work, or is your work that anal?
Just sayin' innit |
Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by ultrarunner
(Post 10375071)
Do people realize that you also have the option to have the parcel / stuff delivered to your place of work
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Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by ultrarunner
(Post 10372884)
So much for being a team player, and doing your bits for the community :unsure:
This has been about mails, what about flyers...do you all get your flyers on Thursdays or whatever day it is where you are? The minute the snow came, the flyers stopped. I wonder why:eek: |
Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by ultrarunner
(Post 10375071)
Do people realize that you also have the option to have the parcel / stuff delivered to your place of work, or is your work that anal?
I don't know what all the fuss is about having to use a bank of community mailboxes. It really only needs to be a weekly trip to it, and for those of us that live out of city limits collecting a package from a post office is the only way of getting hold of larger deliveries. It's hardly much of a chore. |
Re: Why 'community' mailboxes?
Originally Posted by R I C H
(Post 10375096)
My work address is a PO Box number. Deliveries go to a central distribution warehouse. Quite rightly they get mighty pissed when asked to handle employees private mail or packages on top of regular workloads.
I don't know what all the fuss is about having to use a bank of community mailboxes. It really only needs to be a weekly trip to it, and for those of us that live out of city limits collecting a package from a post office is the only way of getting hold of larger deliveries. It's hardly much of a chore. |
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