I am disowning Canada Post!

Johnny Reefer · #1 01-29-2008, 06:14 AM

I just got a Christmas card from my brother today. He lives in New York (well, across the Hudson in New Jersey actually, but it's all one big city anyway and New York sounds cooler). Granted he left it a tad late as the postmark indicated it was sent Dec 24th. So I should have gotten this about 3 weeks ago, no? Well he got the street name wrong (Dufflin instead of Dupplin), but he got the postal code right. So I guess it took the PO 3 weeks to figure out that Dufflin is Dupplin

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Cheers,

michika · #2 01-29-2008, 05:13 PM

Yesterday I received a package for something I had shipped to me at the beginning of December. The package was so damaged that the books inside were like puffy paper mache blobs! It came to me from Ontario.

Richard_Dicosimo · #3 01-29-2008, 10:55 PM

well if you run out of toilet paper in the bathroom.... and your done reading your puff ball of a book.....

banditpowdercoat · #4 01-30-2008, 12:22 AM

You think Can Post is bad? Check out my latest UPS fiasco

OK, You all may or may not know I have a buisness. Like my user name wouldnt give it away. Now I need to get supplies for my buisness. Pretty much all the good suppliers are in the US. Powder makers that make the really nice powders, etc. Well, I get this UPS Import Brokerage acct. Figure that will help me with importing the powders. I make an order, to a company that I have dealt with before(cant remember how much was charged shipping on prev order) But, it was a 10Lb box of powder. No special shipping, powder is not hazardous, non toxic. $80 purchase price for said box of powder. UPS bill comes in today $106. I am furious. I called their 1888 number and chewed a strip of the lady.

1, the powder is made in the USA, came in with NAFTA papers and yet they still charged me Duty.

Shipping alone was over $65 ???

Just freaking UNBELIVEABLE.
Heck, I have has snowmobile engiens shipped to me, and sent out, Both ways around $130. 80-100 Lbs each motor to Michigan no less, not Portland, like where this powder comes from

My real problem now is that most companies only ship UPS now and it is getting harder and harder to be competitive when my costs are astronomical.

Needed to vent