What courier do you use?
- Thread starter wazup
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There's also Canpar and of course Canada Post. Better to check and compare...and make sure to pack it properly to avoid damage.
Purolator Courier is owned 91% by Canada Post, a Crown Corporation run by political hacks. With weird pricing models and resultant slipshod service, Purolator's reputation is in shambles. Twice the price of Fedex? What are they thinking? Since it is on the public dole, could it be that the Post Office is trying to destroy itself by striving for maximum inconvenience?
FedEx or UPS are my go-tos. The price will be cheaper if you create an account rather than doing one off shipments.
Purolator is a complete waste of time, and they basically have zero international presence. Often they hand your package over the post office of the receiving country.... complete joke.
Purolator is a complete waste of time, and they basically have zero international presence. Often they hand your package over the post office of the receiving country.... complete joke.
I have been using couriers for 30 years. Your choice may also depend on where you are shipping to. For next day air shipments to most major cities in Canada I use FedEx. You can reach them via phone 24/7. They also go pretty much around the world. Their website works very well. Also if you set up an account and import stuff with them, they give you free brokerage. With other couriers, I get dinged brokerage fees for every shipment. Purolator completely destroyed a shipment of mine years ago and they had zero interest in my complaint. Needless to say I don't use Purolator unless I have to. Dicom has an extensive network in Quebec so if you're shipping to Rimouski you may get better service there. Some of the remote places in Canada are better served by certain couriers - often the person you are shipping to may have a suggestion. Loomis is just OK but everything closes up in the evening and weekends and their website has limited functionality.
canada-man
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Purolator sucks they don't deliver to home addresses. the drivers are lazy they always place stickers telling you to pick your package at some inaccessible place
If I buy something from US or Europe I like to choose regular postal service. Many times the Canadian border agent just doesn't care what I paid for the goods. Many-many times I just got the delivery for a 500$ stuff, but they don't ask duty or tax. The pack just slip into Canada. Against FedEx or UPS or DHL, the greedy broker sit on the border and taxing you for anything, what is more expensive than 20 US + charge you brokerfee. Otherwise Courier companies shipping cost is always higher than regular USPS service.
Interesting . On another post someone was saying Canada Post is out dated and we should get rid of them yet here Canada Post is the cheapest and has the best delivery
Like I was saying Canada Post is great .
I use ICS courier for Canadian shipments. Reasonable, next day in most areas and dependable. For international depends on how valuable item is. To avoid duty on small items just send parcel post. On bigger shipments I use UPS and declare replacement value.
