Canada Post sucks

[Gurney 0]

Hi all,

I sent my DS230 and supporting documents off to the NVC on January 20 registered through Canada Post. It has now been 20 days and they still have not gotten it to the destination. They refuse to put out a search until it has been missing 30 days. One operator at the Customer Service Centre told me that registering a letter does not guarantee delivery.... Don't you think putting a 50 cent stamp on an envelope and throwing it in the mailbox should guarantee delivery? Wow!

[cmartyn 0]

I agree. I ordered something from the UK on Monday. I got it Yesterday. It had a value of 40.00.. if it was Canada I would still be waiting and when it did come Id have to go pick it up and pay duty and GST. Canada post blows.. I only use their Xpress post USA and it was efficient.

Hi all,

I sent my DS230 and supporting documents off to the NVC on January 20 registered through Canada Post. It has now been 20 days and they still have not gotten it to the destination. They refuse to put out a search until it has been missing 30 days. One operator at the Customer Service Centre told me that registering a letter does not guarantee delivery.... Don't you think putting a 50 cent stamp on an envelope and throwing it in the mailbox should guarantee delivery? Wow!

[daisy16 0]

I always used FEDEX or some other type of priority mail.

[Texanadian 10]

Hmm, I orderd a CD from the UK and it got to my home in British Columbia in 4 days. That was regular shipping. I think it was $4 or pounds for shipping.

I've always found Canada Post to be nice to deal with.

[charmac7 4]

Well I have to say I was impressed with Canada Post

Vermont service center sent me a letter on December 4th

addressed to my address and city but to the wrong province and no postal code

I got it on Dec 8th....so 4 days for a letter that was incorrectly addressed....I have to say was pretty good service.

Char

[cmartyn 0]

Hmm, I orderd a CD from the UK and it got to my home in British Columbia in 4 days. That was regular shipping. I think it was $4 or pounds for shipping.

I've always found Canada Post to be nice to deal with.

How the heck does the Royal Mail get here in 4 days when it take five to go from Montreal to Toronto lol.. probably cause it says ROYAL on it.

[raphael7546 0]

We sent a picture to my parents in Delta, BC 3 weeks ago, and they just got it yesterday!

We sent my daughters B day presents in Abby, BC and they were there in 6 days. Go Figure

[Gurney 0]

Interestingly enough, after 45 minutes on the phone and three supervisors plus a call to my MP they found and delivered my stuff --- 22 days after mailing.

[Texanadian 10]

I guess everybody's mileage varies. But I've mailed lots of stuff from BC to TX. It usually gets there in 6 days if I use the full zip code and 7 days if I just use the first 5 digits.

[pri 0]

canada post sucks I totally agree.

I recd a letter from the Mtl consulate which took about 7 working days to reach me in Brampton

[Flames9_RN 358]

Canada post does seem to be slow!! But what do you expect? We Canadians get around by sled and dog!!

[Gurney 0]

I am taking my sled and dogs with me to the states. I wonder if it will start a trend?

[de_sjiem 0]

Canada Post lost my packet 3 confirmation way back when i sent it in.. I had to call them and send it in again! I'm glad i called because otherwise i would have been waiting for my interview for forever!

[jen&darcy 0]

Canada post does seem to be slow!! But what do you expect? We Canadians get around by sled and dog!!

And you live in an igloo!!!!

[Saddle Bronc 124]

How slow Canada post actually is: when I lived in Calgary, it would take 4-7 days for a rejection letter written and posted in downtown Calgary to reach my home; oft almost two weeks if the letter was posted from MB or BC.

And I've had even worse experience doing address-change form:

• in US, this is free, you just complete one and mail--in a few days, letters addressed to you will have yellow redirection labels
  
• in Canada, you fork out for this--last I checked, it was C$40 for in-Canada change of address and C$60 for change of address to US--add GST to that and you get C$42.80 and C$64.20 as actual payment.
  

Even worse, Canada post cannot seem to tell whether it is individual or family. In 1994, I actually filed the change of address (for individual--and I had done multiple checks to ensure this)--and got several letters redirected to me which were for my dad (I was able to redirect these to his office at U of C--by placing on address labels overcovering the original and placing US stamps on). I had to call Canada post to cancel this redirection. Not only did I not get the expected quality for over C$60, but incurred additional cost (to resend the documents to U of C)--and they don't even have the courtesy to refund for such disservice!