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It costs less for someone to send me a parcel from the United States by courier than it would for me to send that same parcel across town by Canada Post. And th

It costs less for someone to send me a parcel from the United States by courier than it would for me to send that same parcel across town by Canada Post. And the former would be faster. Canada Post is great, but it’s not cheap for anything except sending a letter.

arcticbull 3y ago
> It costs less for someone to send me a parcel from the United States by courier than it would for me to send that same parcel across town by Canada Post. If you're looking at shipping by say USPS, then International shipping rates are determined under the United Nations Universal Postal Union. [1] Until like 2020 it would have cost you far less to send a package from China to the US than from the US to somewhere else in the US. Comparing the cost of domestic to foreign international shipping prices is not reflective of anything, unfortunately. I would strongly urge you to look again at the cost of FedEx/UPS/DHL shipments into Canada. If you're looking to send a parcel, by ground, you need to add at least like $25 for brokerage. If you're shipping express, you're paying at least $70 for the package, but at least it includes brokerage. I think this is probably just not accurate. I just priced a 5lb FedEx Small Box going from SF to Vancouver (800mi/1287km) and it came in at $180USD/244CAD for the cheapest option. Shipping the same box by Canada Post from Ottawa to Winnipeg (1000mi-ish) came in at $47CAD for the same service tier. $58 to Vancouver. Ground came in at $24 which is less than the brokerage charge alone would be going international. > Canada Post is great, but it’s not cheap for anything except sending a letter. That's probably because Canada is bigger than the United States in land mass and has the population of California. That makes it, therefore, expensive to ship things. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Universal_Postal_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Univers...

arcticbull 3y ago

> It costs less for someone to send me a parcel from the United States by courier than it would for me to send that same parcel across town by Canada Post. If you're looking at shipping by say USPS, then International shipping rates are determined under the United Nations Universal Postal Union. [1] Until like 2020 it would have cost you far less to send a package from China to the US than from the US to somewhere else in the US. Comparing the cost of domestic to foreign international shipping prices is not reflective of anything, unfortunately. I would strongly urge you to look again at the cost of FedEx/UPS/DHL shipments into Canada. If you're looking to send a parcel, by ground, you need to add at least like $25 for brokerage. If you're shipping express, you're paying at least $70 for the package, but at least it includes brokerage. I think this is probably just not accurate. I just priced a 5lb FedEx Small Box going from SF to Vancouver (800mi/1287km) and it came in at $180USD/244CAD for the cheapest option. Shipping the same box by Canada Post from Ottawa to Winnipeg (1000mi-ish) came in at $47CAD for the same service tier. $58 to Vancouver. Ground came in at $24 which is less than the brokerage charge alone would be going international. > Canada Post is great, but it’s not cheap for anything except sending a letter. That's probably because Canada is bigger than the United States in land mass and has the population of California. That makes it, therefore, expensive to ship things. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Universal_Postal_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Univers...