Post office holidays

[Yazeh]

I think most postal services in the world are affected.
I have had three parcels lost.
I don't dare to order anything from overseas, as unless I get insured they get lost.
Shipping between Toronto and Montreal usually took 2 days, now it takes a week

I'm sure they'll show up. If everybody lost a parcel or two, they would need a warehouse the size of a small city to store them. It is extremely rare that something gets stolen.

I think Canada Post has had more problems on your side of the country. At least it has looked like it in the past when we were only dealing with covid. But now that we're dealing with an unprecedented Christmas volume I'm seeing it here too. I've had quite long delays, and one parcel has been waiting (according to tracking) for the last delivery hop for over a month! I'm fairly confident it'll get here eventually if my name is still on it.

Thanks Ole. But the two from China are definitely lost.
The one from Germany, I'm still hoping for a miracle, that it'll show up.
Funny thing is that items I receive items from France faster than BC. Probably because of the direct line between Montreal and Paris.
I hope you get yours soon.

[Ole Juul]

I think most postal services in the world are affected.
I have had three parcels lost.
I don't dare to order anything from overseas, as unless I get insured they get lost.
Shipping between Toronto and Montreal usually took 2 days, now it takes a week

I'm sure they'll show up. If everybody lost a parcel or two, they would need a warehouse the size of a small city to store them. It is extremely rare that something gets stolen.

I think Canada Post has had more problems on your side of the country. At least it has looked like it in the past when we were only dealing with covid. But now that we're dealing with an unprecedented Christmas volume I'm seeing it here too. I've had quite long delays, and one parcel has been waiting (according to tracking) for the last delivery hop for over a month! I'm fairly confident it'll get here eventually if my name is still on it.

Thanks Ole. But the two from China are definitely lost.
The one from Germany, I'm still hoping for a miracle, that it'll show up.
Funny thing is that items I receive items from France faster than BC. Probably because of the direct line between Montreal and Paris.
I hope you get yours soon.

Ah, from China. That's another story if it didn't get here. Once it's in Canada, different rules apply. Not all countries have the same discipline that we do here. I sent a book to India last year and because it was $40 to send, I didn't register it. That one went into a black hole. All in all, with the cost of a second book and registered mail, it cost me over $150. For Christmas I sent another book, but this time, having learned my lesson, I paid the price of registered mail right away. Registered mail to India for a small book is $86, by the way.

[FredRydr]

...Registered mail to India for a small book is $86, by the way.

Is the post turning into a racket?

[Ole Juul]

...Registered mail to India for a small book is $86, by the way.

Is the post turning into a racket?

I think mail in India is a complicated affair. The address had 9 lines!

We don't have so many people in Canada though. I bet you could get away with only my name and postal code here. That would be specific enough.

[grainweevil]

Ah, from China. That's another story if it didn't get here.

If it's by sea, certainly. Coincidentally Pa Weevil read me out a piece from one of his regular journals that covers merchant shipping just yesterday, and one single container ship lost over 1800 "boxes" overboard in one trip. By "box" they mean one of those stinking great big 40ft containers. This is by no means a unique example and steady loss of containers overboard in rough weather is a real problem; the idiots sail right into storms because that's what profit dictates. Anyway, the net result was I came away marvelling that anything that comes via the slow boat ever gets to us at all.

[Chrissy]

Ah, from China. That's another story if it didn't get here.

If it's by sea, certainly. Coincidentally Pa Weevil read me out a piece from one of his regular journals that covers merchant shipping just yesterday, and one single container ship lost over 1800 "boxes" overboard in one trip. By "box" they mean one of those stinking great big 40ft containers. This is by no means a unique example and steady loss of containers overboard in rough weather is a real problem; the idiots sail right into storms because that's what profit dictates. Anyway, the net result was I came away marvelling that anything that comes via the slow boat ever gets to us at all.

After reading this I considered that it was almost a miracle anything actually reaches us at all.