The boxes come in three sizes, small, medium and last. They cost $15, $20 and $25 respectively, plus the ever present 13% HST tax on top of that. You can have up to 5 kg in these boxes and they can be sent all over Canada.
Why I am talking about this; is that prior to me shipping this birthday box I had never heard of this service? Also when I went to see where I could get one, imagine my dismay to find there are very few places where you can pick up these boxes. You would have thought that your local post office would keep them? My local post office doesn't and didn't even know where I could get them.
I looked up online here and you can see how few the locations are in Canada where you can buy them. Why? Turns out it's a "pilot programme" that's been in the "pilot" stage for nearly two years?
I posted a message on Facebook asking them to make these readily available all over Canada, no response from Canada Post, no surprise there.
I know people from various countries read this blog, do you have something similar in your country? For the Canadian readers, have you heard of this? Is there another way I could ship things up North?
6 comments:
We have a flat rate system here in the US, it is cost effective if you are sending heavy items. No restriction on weight, just as much as you can cram into the box. I have found the USPS to be a lot cheaper than Canada Post especially when sending out mail to the UK.
It sounds like a good idea, and it should be expanded past a pilot stage.
oh my gosh I haven't heard of this, I live in Ontario ( Northern ) and we send parcels to our son who is bush plane mechanic way way up north,, its so pricey, thats a great price, this is my first visit here, I will enjoy following along on your blogging journey!
Live in Alberta and had never heard of it before your post.
I know my friends in the States have them.
Here in the states we have flat rate boxes and our post offices carry them. We try to use them when we ship things.
I didn't know this existed. I've been sending care packages to Daughter in Ottawa for 4 years at great expense. This would have been helpful.
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