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Subject: 
Re: International "Small Parcel" rate
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shipping
Date: 
Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:12:25 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.ca, Jeff Jardine writes:

So, either Canada Post's info on their website and in their price brochure
is incomplete, or their local employees are not up to snuff on precisely how
to determine when a parcel is a "small package."  Has anyone else gone
through this rigmarole?

Not in a while, but that's because I'm Postal Aggressive.  Which is to say,
if I don't recognize the clerk, I'll tell them what I'm shipping, how and
how much $$ before they even weigh it, typically.  The poor Shopper's Drug
Mart clerk often is much less familiar with what they're doing than I am.

I used to have this problem more when I was Postal Passive. :)

I would say that it's a local employee problem.

thanks,

James



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  International "Small Parcel" rate
 
Hi Canucks, I had a heated discussion with some Canada Post employees today about their definition of a "Small Parcel." Here are their specifications: (URL) same info is in their "Postal Prices" brochure. I tried sending a 37cm x 26cm x 26cm, 1.22kg (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.market.shipping)

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