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Reeyal 08-30-2016 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Traum (Post 8784364)
Dumb question -- so what happens during the time when Canada Post is on strike? Say if I have mail / parcel from overseas being sent to me through the external country's regular mail system (so it is not a courier). Would the mail / parcel just get held up at Canada Post's receiving facilities? Or would they get sent back to the sender?

Yes, mails and parcels will be held up at Canada Post. During the last strike notice, they did say that they will store and forward once regular services resume.
If you order something from China, it will take significantly longer for you to receive if there is a strike.

Traum 08-30-2016 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Reeyal (Post 8784405)
If you order something from China, it will take significantly longer for you to receive if there is a strike.

Crap... now all the eBay cheap bits I ordered are gonna be held up even longer... FailFish

Coren 08-30-2016 02:38 PM

what is another couple months when it already takes 3-4 months to receive anything from china these days
btw, amazon uses every courier available (even their own) so a strike would not affect them

6o4__boi 08-30-2016 02:40 PM

Looks like they've reached a tentative deal

Canada Post reaches tentative deal with union, averting job action - Business - CBC News

underscore 08-30-2016 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Coren (Post 8784421)
what is another couple months when it already takes 3-4 months to receive anything from china these days
btw, amazon uses every courier available (even their own) so a strike would not affect them

I've had stuff showing up in under 3 weeks lately. I'm not sure how, but it's a nice surprise.

Reeyal 08-31-2016 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by underscore (Post 8784454)
I've had stuff showing up in under 3 weeks lately. I'm not sure how, but it's a nice surprise.

I've had things delivered within 3 weeks, after about 2 months, or missing completely...

Sometimes, the vendor will outright lie about sending out a replacement to buy time to lapse the leave feedback time frame on eBay. :rukidding: After that time frame, you can only hope they will refund your money.


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