What is wrong with Canada Post drivers?

[Loose4Bruce]

Luckily I didn't have to work Thursday, otherwise the HP 22" widescreen monitor (clearly marked on the box) that I ordered from BB would have been sitting on my front step all day. More likely it wouldn't have been sitting there long at all!!
This has happened more than once, where they have left items just sitting there in plain view. Even a freaking computer!!!!!! Mind you, it was a cheapie from eBay, but still, the box clearly stated it was a PC.
Other times, I have had to drive to the nearest postal outlet to pick up a 10 dollar item that would have easily fit in my mailbox, or between the doors.
Geesh I'm pissed!!!!!

[Bytown]

Luckily I didn't have to work Thursday, otherwise the HP 22" widescreen monitor (clearly marked on the box) that I ordered from BB would have been sitting on my front step all day. More likely it wouldn't have been sitting there long at all!!
This has happened more than once, where they have left items just sitting there in plain view. Even a freaking computer!!!!!! Mind you, it was a cheapie from eBay, but still, the box clearly stated it was a PC.
Other times, I have had to drive to the nearest postal outlet to pick up a 10 dollar item that would have easily fit in my mailbox, or between the doors.
Geesh I'm pissed!!!!!

Its not canada post fault.They place you got it from did not put a note on the slip.

[Jon Lai]

Luckily I didn't have to work Thursday, otherwise the HP 22" widescreen monitor (clearly marked on the box) that I ordered from BB would have been sitting on my front step all day. More likely it wouldn't have been sitting there long at all!!
This has happened more than once, where they have left items just sitting there in plain view. Even a freaking computer!!!!!! Mind you, it was a cheapie from eBay, but still, the box clearly stated it was a PC.
Other times, I have had to drive to the nearest postal outlet to pick up a 10 dollar item that would have easily fit in my mailbox, or between the doors.
Geesh I'm pissed!!!!!

If the package requires a signature, you must pick it up from the post office so they can get your signature. If it doesnt' require a signature, they can just leave it anywhere.

[Loose4Bruce]

I forgot to mention one minor detail.
They didn't knock or ring the bell.
Are they required to do that much?
There are times when common sense needs to over ride policies.

[dariusz8]

Just cuious what BB policy would be if you never recieved it :|? call em and say you never recieved it see what they say.... as i would really like to know... a signature only costs em $1.50 or so... so interested what they would try to make up

[smpmush]

They tried to deliver my DVD's from Deep discount the other day ... never even knocked or rang the door bell .. I know this because i was home and working in the kitchen... I have a note to go to side door on my front door.. (which was open ) ... CP drivers are definatly a joke .. I suspect he just wanted to be done early so filled the notice out ran to the front door, stuck it there and ran back to the truck .. There is no way the guy tried to knock or anything .. I had to make a special trip to a Mac's milk on the other side of town to retrieve my dvd's :mad:

[Havo]

I find they never knock. If it requires a signature they just don't knock and make you go to the post office to pick it up. Another thing is if you catch them at the door when they are dropping it off and there's customs or anything to pay... they don't carry change. How are you supposed to know what the exact cost of it's going to be if u didn't even see the packing slip? Unacceptable...

[Jon Lai]

I forgot to mention one minor detail.
They didn't knock or ring the bell.
Are they required to do that much?
There are times when common sense needs to over ride policies.

That depends on your delivery guy. Mine always rings the bell.

[Wr3ck3d]

Yeh - I think after making so many deliveries to one place they start to remember who is home/isnt home. They'll just drop a slip off without knocking even if you are home when if they normally go, they get no one.

[Cheap Cat]

Alot of the problem is with contracting out. Canada Post hires private delivery guys and they just seem to leave notices (rather than ringing the bell and waiting) or drop parcels. I guess they are paid by the package. At one time, I was getting alot of Priority Courier letters that required signatures. Despite being home and getting notices, the door bell never rang. When I went to the Postal Outlet and saw the clerk was overwhelmed by an enormous number of packages, she told me she that these guys didn't appear to be delivering anything other than notices and just dropping the parcels off there. She told me that everyone was complaining and she definitely noticed the increase in parcels with the contracted out drivers. I have a Canada Post person delivering now and she is great.

[selpats]

You need to ask the sender to specify "No Safe Drop" when the package is delivered.

[sledbc]

Or put a note on your mailbox "please do not safe drop items"

[Tha_Doggg]

I guess it depends on the mailman...I've never had Canada Post packages left at the door. If they don't fit in the mailbox they leave me a note (in the mailbox) and I pick it up the next day. Only company that leaves stuff at my door is UPS. They never bother ringing the doorbell either. Damn I hate them.

[Loose4Bruce]

I guess it depends on the mailman...I've never had Canada Post packages left at the door. If they don't fit in the mailbox they leave me a note (in the mailbox) and I pick it up the next day. Only company that leaves stuff at my door is UPS. They never bother ringing the doorbell either. Damn I hate them.
My UPS guy at least has the sense to leave parcels in my back yard, NOT out in plain view.

[bug]

The last two Canada Post deliveries I had, the driver came to the door with the full intention of sticking the missed delivery card to my window. I caught him both times though :) The first time it was pouring rain and he got drenched :lol:

[Loose4Bruce]

The last two Canada Post deliveries I had, the driver came to the door with the full intention of sticking the missed delivery card to my window. I caught him both times though :) The first time it was pouring rain and he got drenched :lol:
See I don't get it. If they are walking up to the door to issue a missed delivery card, why not just attempt to make a real delivery?
When I pay for delivery, it pisses me off that I have to go somewhere to pick something up, especially when I know I stayed home all day, so as to not miss the delivery. It pisses me off even more when they treat my stuff with absolute disregard, by leaving it on my doorstep.
Anyways, I filed an official complaint over the weekend and actually got an apology phone call from a Canada Post rep today.
Seems this is happening way too often.

[bug]

Some drivers are just too lazy to go to the back of the truck and find your parcel.
I suppose you could ask for the shipping fee(or a part of it) to be reimbursed in a case like that. I mean, the driver didn't even bring the package to the door with him.

[rj2]

i caught the bugger today LOL.i was expecting a parcel from the us.
i live in a condo,my wife and i were home this am.i saw the truck,no buzzer or anything.
i told my wife i`ll get the mail.
whats there but a delivery notice-no answer was checked off.
i phoned the 800 # and complained.
they know exactly who delivers these parcels,and if you don`t complain about the poor service,they will just keep on their lazy practices!!

[inferno_gn]

Hi there,

That's the way you have to do it. You have to complaint, ***** and so forth, I have to do that a few times if the post person is actually being that lazy. After all, it's their job, what's the point paying to ship something that you have to pick it up?

Ju Leon...

[Loose4Bruce]

They did it again yesterday!!!!!!!
No knock, no ring, just found a package laying on my front step.
Now, the item was not valuable in terms of money, but my kids sure would have been pissed if Harry went missing.
Time to file another complaint.

[inferno_gn]

Hi there,

Just file a complaint, again and again. *lol*

Ju Leon...

[AmberMoon]

this happens quite a bit here in my apt, I get a few deliverys every now and then and out of the last dozen deliverys ( 1 year worth) i have had them ring the buzzer or knock once.

Mind you I live in a apt where you have to buzz me to get access inside the building. I also stay at home daily and can hear my door being knocked on yet they never buzz up or knock at my door.

half the time i recieve notices from the mailman and since I hear the mail flaps every day from him shoving mail in the slots i usually right hter to get it and when i see a notice i run after him and ask why and he says it was not him it was the guys in the truck and they must have put it ther even though i was home

Anyways fast foreward to this week, I orderd from Amzon.com and Amazon.ca some movies, one of them has a tracking and i watched it arrive at my local 4 days ago with no update or notice. I sent hubby to the local post office to see if it was sitting there after they gave him the run around for not having a slip they located it, and as of todaY i still havent gotten a slip saying pick it up . the second package was the same but i got the slip even though again i was home.

I fired off a email to the postmaster and will continue to do it everytime i don't get a knock. I think its horrible that they are allowed to be so lazy, if i did not know i was getting a package it would have been sent back without me even ever knowing i had something