The tale of TWO Lee Valley Parcels.

[Lobby Dosser]

In the US, they used to keep it in the back and put a card in your box. I think they still do, as I've seen folks in the post office going from a box to the counter with what looks like the parcel card left for home delivery. The regular on my route (suburb delivery to a cluster box) will bring the parcel And the regular mail to my door and leave the parcel if I'm not home. She's also a looker! I'd do more ordering online, but SWMBO has already remarked on me chatting her up and now answers the door around mail time, if she's home .

[George]

Moreover, it was meant to emphasize that government can (and does) make, and force its subjects to abide by the silliest of rules - because, just because.

Of course, whenever you set a limit, there's the guy whose box is two steps beyond.

I have one of those oversize mailboxes so I don't have to take the stupid card 40 miles round trip to get most packages, only to find I've arrived at the post office when the postmistress takes her break .

[George]

Open up. It's about "the rules," man. Canada post isn't a corporation any more than USPS is, I'm sure. Imagine how much more arbitrary they could be if they made other delivery services illegal.

That's socialism - state monopoly.

Clear now?

[George]

Oh yes, on the subject of arbitrary, there is a post office two and one half miles from my house, but their delivery is north of a line a half mile south of their location. My mail is from one twenty miles or so further south....

[Odinn]

On 4/9/2006 8:09 AM George mumbled something about the following:

Damn, you sure you don't live by me? The closest PO to me is about 3.5 miles, but my mail is delivered from the next county over from a PO that is about 16 miles away. Not that I use the post office, as they will deliver to my door (even going down my crazy driveway) any packages that won't fit in the LARGE mailbox I have on the road.

[CW]

Already done but that doesn't help with everyone that is responding.

[RicodJour]

Kind of like parents in that respect. "Because I'm the mom, that's why!"

If you want open spaces and clear skies, you'll usually give up some of the conveniences of living in a more densely populated area. If you want sushi at three in the morning, delivered, and a doorman to accept packages for you at any time, there's always NYC.

R

[mac davis]

Must be the Canada Posts fault, Dave.. *g* Mac

[Dave Balderstone]

You can't kill by thread?

[mac davis]

Translation: "Leon sort of agrees with me"

Anyhow, if LV or other places offered same day delivery to your door and expected you to pay for that service, you'd bitch about it not being free, right? Mac

[mac davis]

they must be, if they don't agree with you...

take your meds like a good boy, jimmy... Mac

[Dave Balderstone]

Must be.

[Michael Daly]

You may be sure, but you're wrong. Canada Post _is_ a corporation and sets its policies independent of the government.

Companies make rules too. For example, Grizzly won't sell and ship to Canadians. No government involved. Get over it.

Mike

[alexy]

In my PO, they have larger locker-type boxes. A key to a locker box is put in the PO box when the parcel is too large. Like a coin-op luggage locker, the key stays in the locker once it is opened.

[Mike Marlow]

The shear stupidity of your original post is that you cite all of these experiences where you claim to have exhausted every way of receiving parcels besides CP, only to be stymied. Yet - fully aware of your environment, you felt it necessary to post a whining diatribe here about the misery of your life, starting off with a whopping 6 mile drive to the post office. Fellow - you're just a crank.

[Upscale]

Country roads, figure on at least 30 mph, you're talking about 12 minutes there and another 12 minutes back. And if he works, it's likely he passes by the post office regularly (although I find this unlikely considering the time he's put into replying). Must live alone since the wife or kids aren't able to visit the post office. So, it all comes down to this being his life, complaining about Lee Valley and the post office.

Hey, everybody has some type of all consuming hobby.

[jimmy]

Only Futureshop and Lee Valley use Canada Post. All my other 9 suppliers deliver right to my door. Until last year it was ONLY Lee Valley using Canadian Post. Futureshop switched to Canadian Post last year. Another company where I spend a far bit of money. Probably $5000 in Futureshop orders over 3 years. I have $2500 in Futureshop toys on my desk right now. Epson Printer, Samsung 1100 21" monitor, computer, 2 160 gig external disk drives. Can you imagine picking up a monitor this size from the post office. It weighs over 80 pounds and I doubt the box would even fit in my car. It was thankfully delivered to my door before Futureshop switched couriers. My last order to Futureshop was last October and there will never be another.

If Futureshop did not have delivery to my door they wouldn't have got ANY of that $5000. I will support any company that delivers to my door. I hate store shopping or traveling miles to do it.

[Upscale]

You're still full of crap. LV will deliver by UPS. So, why haven't you called them yet to confirm UPS availability as I did three days ago? The real answer is that you're simply trolling here for attention. Time to grow up.

[jimmy]

I ceased being a Lee Valley customer last year. If they have new methods of delivery I suggest they email that information to me. I checked the website, I see no method for avoiding Canada Post. It seems identical to last year.

[RicodJour]

So let's see what we have so far... You've posted something like 100 posts on your tale of unspeakable woe (shipping) so you're certainly obsessive/compulsive. You don't like going outside/driving/shopping which points to agoraphobia. And you have a new one, you're scared to pick up the phone - telephonophobia.

I'm sorry for calling you a troll. You're not. You're just a troubled soul with a full complement of neuroses. Do you try to work on them or do you just say, "That's me."?

R