Canada post.....

[SaberX]

I just have to say , Canada post sucks... Or maybe it's the post office by my house that i go to all the time.
The MiniPCI wireless card i had problems with, i sent back to Shanghai,China. They only charged me $3.00usd with tracking # to send it to me.
I went to send it back and the girl at Canada post said $21.65 to send it back.(with tracking #).Thats crazy.
It was only in a 5x7 bubble mailler.So i said what about without a tracking #. it was $4.50. So i went that way.....
As i was leaving she said they will get it in 6 to 8 WEEKS! I thought she was joking....But nope, thats what she said.She said the $4.50 and the $21.65 (with tracking#) would take the same time to get there.
She said the next fastest way for 8 to 10 bussness days would be $52.00

I have to start going to a diffrent office.

[AIX]

Canada Post sucks? Romanian Post is worse! I remember that a couple of years ago I tried to send back to the seller (in UK), a mini-pci wireless card (advertised as IBM one - but was a generic one..). They wanted to charge me ~20 euro (!) even without a tracking number!. I renounced to do that - I sold the card locally for the same amount of money I paid for.

[Troels]

Heh, reminds me of a book i bought used from a seller on Amazon in Canada. He was extremely helpful, and it sounded like he was pretty amazed with how much international shipping actually costed. This was a standard sub 2 lbs book, but shipping would be much more than what the book was worth, around $70.
Instead we both agreed that the only feasible shipping method was without t&t and by ship. So fast forward 4-5 weeks later, and i finally received the book

AIX, that sounds truely horrible. Sounds a little like they want to minimize exports alltogether.

[Toine]

I must say, dutch post office is nice and cheap. But most import, very accurate and FAST. Sorry for the rest of the people who are not so lucky.

[qviri]

Heh, reminds me of a book i bought used from a seller on Amazon in Canada. He was extremely helpful, and it sounded like he was pretty amazed with how much international shipping actually costed. This was a standard sub 2 lbs book, but shipping would be much more than what the book was worth, around $70.
Instead we both agreed that the only feasible shipping method was without t&t and by ship. So fast forward 4-5 weeks later, and i finally received the book

Canada Post can be a bit strange sometimes, especially going to places other than the U.S.

I just shipped a 50x40x20 cm box with 5.35 kg worth of laptop and padding inside to the U.S., and it cost me $26 with delivery confirmation / some amount of tracking. I was estimating $30; previously I usually ended up paying more than I estimated before going to the office.

A couple years ago I was trying to send a semi-thick letter-sized envelope to Scandinavia and was told the cheapest method that was guaranteed to take less than six weeks would be $40.

Go figure.

[AIX]

AIX, that sounds truely horrible. Sounds a little like they want to minimize exports alltogether.

Yes, it looks like!



I see they have lower prices now - for that card I should pay ~3 euro unregistered or ~7 euro - registered.