View Full Version : Anybody get stuff shipped through CanadaPost?
Anthony1
06-20-2003, 03:27 PM
I bought a TG-16 sytsem from a guy in Canada. He shipped in Canada Post, but I still haven't recieved it yet. It's been over a week.
Does anybody know who Canada Post uses in the US, once the package comes accros the border?
Achika
06-20-2003, 03:31 PM
It uses USPS and you should give it another week or two. Or month if by chance it got caught up in customs.
Mr-E_MaN
06-20-2003, 03:40 PM
When I ship things to the US I usually ship them Small Packet Surface (the cheapest way) and it will take 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 weeks from my experiences.
I am going to try small packet air next time I send something just to see how much of a time difference there is, there isn't much of a price difference.
sniperCCJVQ
06-20-2003, 03:42 PM
Also i heard in the news that they can go in strike in the next weeks-months.
jonjandran
06-20-2003, 05:10 PM
Every time i've shipped to Canada or received from Canada it's taken at least 3 weeks. Customs must be a Biatch.
dave2236
06-20-2003, 06:29 PM
Really, whenever I ship to Canada by USPS air mail, it arrives there within a week. I've had no problems whatsoever shipping or recieving stuff from Canada.
I just live in wisconsin, so its just like tossing the games over the Lake and they're in Canada
sniperCCJVQ
06-20-2003, 08:04 PM
I send a package to Indianapolis for squaresoft98 and he got the package 1 week and a half after.
Bratwurst
06-20-2003, 08:09 PM
The trick to getting stuff through customs is to wrap the parcel in brown packing paper. They rarely like to bother with the stuff.
dave2236
06-21-2003, 02:27 AM
That must be why Butta....I package every game in priority mail boxes and wrap them in old brown paper bags....maybe thats why I never have a problem.
Also Wisconsin post Offices Rock :rocker:
briskbc
06-21-2003, 02:54 AM
After aobut 2000 auctions I can accurately say that it usually take 8 to 15 business days for an item to arrive in the US from Canada. Customs can slow things down a bit. I had one item take 2 months to arrive. I have no idea what happened there. There have been a couple of instances where the item arrives with a stamp that says "Opened by Customs".
Anthony1
06-21-2003, 12:30 PM
Well, I got the package about an hour after starting this thread! How funny is that.
He mailed it out on the 10th, from near Ontario, and I got it on the 20th. So it actually wasn't that long, all things considered. (I'm all the way in California)