foxsydee

Canada Post.....I just don't get it!

I ordered 5 books from Chapters online on August 31st.  I usually order my books this way as my local store doesn't always have what I want and I hate vainly searching around the store.  Plus, going to the store in person is just too tempting to come away with more books....and well, shopping online helps keep me on a short lease!  And I always qualify for free shipping so it doens't cost me anything to have it shipped. 

Anyhoo....

One of the books, from the order, popped up to be shipped right away.  Its originating point? Vancouver, BC, where I live. Cool...that means it should ship quick. On August 31, according to the tracking, it was on its way to the post office.

Meanwhile, the other 4 books, popped up on September 2nd to be shipped from Mississauga, Ontario, across the country.  These books reached the Mississauga postal sortation plant on September 4th and by September 5th, the very next day, they were in BC at the Richmond sortation plant. Richmond is a close suburb of Vancouver. The next day on September 6th, the package was out for delivery and I received the package with those 4 books.

Meanwhile, the OTHER package, the one that popped up right away in Vancouver?  It was in transit to the post office on August 31st but it did not reach the Richmond sortation plant until September 7th!!!  First of all why did it have to leave Vancouver, where I live?  And secondly, why did it take so long to get to Richmond???  Richmond is a 30 minutes drive from downtown Vancouver!!  And guess what?  Its still there!!!!  Its not out for delivery yet!

Can someone please explain to me how a package can take longer to be delivered locally than for a package to come from all the way across the country?  This makes zero sense.  I could probably get it faster by walking to Richmond and back. Jeepers!

 

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Blackdress
I had the same problem in the town I used to live in. Sending post from my town to somewhere else in my town, meant the mail had to go out to the (fairly) nearby city and then back in again. But the post is awful in the uk anyway.
Marie
Gez...that makes no sense to me either....gives true meaning to the term "snail mail".
Manon-It-All

I can totally understand your crazies about this, I don't get it, either. I hate it too when they say this book and that book will "ship within 24 hours" and then everything else BUT those books get sent. Worse is when I order from Amazon (US) and they get here faster than the ones I ordered from Chapters.

Did you order MY book? *LOL*

Brooke
[this is good]
It never matters where you are....the mail system never makes any sense. Trying to make it make sense will make your brain hurt! ;)
lostdwarf

For some reason, EVERYTHING has to come to Richmond to be sorted. Most likely, Vancouver mail only comes to Richmond every few days and it might have hit near the long weekend. Then once it gets to Richmond, it sits in a box at the bottom until they work their way through it.

It's a slightly ridiculous system but I've never had it do THIS to me!

foxsydee
haha...I think the post is terrible EVERYWHERE!! :)
foxsydee
I don't know......I think the snails would have been faster than this......I think they've been using narcaleptic carrier pidgeons again... :)
foxsydee
haha...YOUR book?.....I'm not sure...haha....!!! :)
foxsydee

yes....I know......I try not to let it get to me..... :)

foxsydee
Yes....what is it about Richmond? And you live in Richmond. Are you behind all this? Is this part of your nefarious plan for world domination?? hahaha! :)
lostdwarf
I'm not sure what you mean! ::hides mail::
godin_van_cynisme
So, are you still waiting on this, or did you (or are you) going to Richmond to pick it up? Yeah, I think every country's postal system has some flaws. I work in a hospital in New Jersey and the paychecks (or stubs, if the employee has direct deposit) are mailed on Wednesday. My co-worker who lives just over state lines in PA (I think it's a whopping 30 miles at most) doesn't get her check until Saturday. Huh? And then there's the issue of UPS...but anyway, hope you get your book soon
foxsydee
haha...thanks! and yes, I just got it!:) When I exposed lostdwarf's nefarious plot, it suddenly appeared...lol! :)
WildKat
That's insane! What makes me mad is when Canada Post just puts the slip of paper into your mailbox saying you have a package without even trying to give it to you, then makes you wait a day or two before you have to hunt down the post office it's left at and the 3 or 4 id's they want before you can pick it up!

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