On 10/20/04 2:10 AM, "Paul Guzyk" <paullist@GUZYK.COM> wrote:

> There are "serious delays" with inbound international postal mail
> into western Canada.
> 
> There is a delay at customs up to five weeks.
> 
> If you live in Canada, especially western Canada, ask your foreign
> vendors to ship UPS or Fedex etc.
> DO NOT USE POSTAL MAIL.
> 
> Vendors that ship to Canada SHOULD NOT use postal mail for the next
> few weeks...
> 
> http://www.canadapost.ca/business/corporate/about/newsroom/pr/default-e.asp?pr
> id=1026
> 
> 
Also note the time of the year for mass mailing of packages is upon us.  I
worked christmas rush for the post office package center that handled
montana, wyoming, colorado, newmexico, kansas.  My primary area was sorting
out the international into LA Sanfran mex and chicago.  All chicago was
canada. In a 10 to 12 hour shift I could pack out almost 20 bins.  And this
was all priority, no regular parcel post.  I was told what I did alone would
take 4 to 6 people to process on the customs inspection side in canada.

The day shift person did about the same amount.  That was one semi fully
loaded heading for chicago or the air port each day just from our center.
There were five more centers shipping as well and 3 of those are in much
higher population density areas.
I saw real quick why the post office says get international stuff out before
US thanks giving day if you want it there by christmas.
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