in short-
"Effective November 29th 2024, usps will temporarily suspend all mail to
Canada due to the Canadian Postal Strike...."
it's in a red banner *alert* along the top of the page with a link to this
And for those Americans curious, the last updates from Canada post say
“There is no end in sight”
Yeah, I shipped a package to Canada a few weeks ago and it looks like it is in
the buyer's province now. Hopefully it makes it to them.
Eventually it should but probably not for several more weeks at the earliest
(if it was shipped with usps)
Even if it was shipped out before the USPS notice?
yes. usps passes off the packages to Canada post so its stuck with them. it looks
like the strike may finally be over early next week however they have a Massive
backlog so its quite possible it will be several weeks until its delivered
in short-
"Effective November 29th 2024, usps will temporarily suspend all mail to
Canada due to the Canadian Postal Strike...."
it's in a red banner *alert* along the top of the page with a link to this
I think there is 3 parts to this and it can be business as normal for USA/Canada.
1. It's not Canada to USA as we known I have sent several sets to the States
in the last month. USPS takes good control at the border. My turnaround is currently
3-5 days anywhere in the States from Calgary.
2. I am still getting packages from the States. UPS and Purolator are a bit slow
and screwy. ICS and Fedex are actually quicker than pre strike.
3. The USA should advise there Canadian buyers is they use the ground freight
companies like UPS etc they will charge 3 things "Brokerage, duty and tax".
Brokerage can be a shocker for some Canadian buyers as it can be over $100.00.
3(a). To avoid brokerage fees any Canadian Buyer can go into any CBSA office
and self declare based on the Seller's Invoice and shipping material. CBSA
does not charge a brokerage fee. They will charge you a $6.95 duty and the amount
of Provincial tax applicable (in my instance 5%).
3(b) The CBSA has made it clear as has the Canadian Government after tomorrow
there will be no tax on any Lego over Xmas.
So the actual cost after tonight using a land based carrier like UPS from the
USA to Canada without disruption is $6.95 Canadian Dollars by using the self
declaration method at the CBSA.
Pick up the pace, or just use the ignore feature less
pretty sure only like 40 of you actually live here in the forum daily, but for
the other 99.9% of the community, like myself, they might have not noticed it
or known.
Oh, you're around enough to know. Though you're not vocalizing enough
anymore, imo. Get your hiny back into the game
oh, poppsy... i would never ignore you....
you are like my radio link to other worlds where language is a 3-D artform...
USA
Canada, Ontario
