Canada post strik

[Movementum]

Just a vent.... I'm so close to pulling the trigger on a new watch but the darn Canada Post rolling strike has me hesitant.. Grr.. This is worse than the lunar new year.

[chiman12]

yeah...sucks donkey nuts...but they are rotating strikes, so you will get it eventually...

[Movementum]

And the game is afoot. Lock-out rather than strike:

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110614/postal-strike-110614/20110614/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome

[AwesomeVIP]

yup, i have a watch sitting in the sorting centre, no idea when i am going to get it...

[Dave123]

Losing a fortune,all my business is done thru direct mail ad's....

Union crybabies,never good enough...

[odourboy]

  On 6/15/2011 at 9:59 PM, Dave123 said:

Losing a fortune,all my business is done thru direct mail ad's....

Union crybabies,never good enough...

Ditto. Don't understand the motivation for a lockout. At least the mail was moving (albeit slowly) with the rotating strikes. Too bad about my installment cheque to Revenue Canada though.

[Dave123]

They have it made. My postie rolls up in his Mercedes and drops envelopes into a box that covers all houses on the street,and isn't happy?...

There was a time when a postie walked door to door for miles with a heavy bag on his shoulder,and loved his job....

[Eton]

Makes me sick!!!

[redwatch]

Well I did have a couple of watches going to Ziggy, but I guess they will be sitting around for a while.

[praetor]

god damn NDP!! Longest Filibuster in history of parliament when it's clear that negotiations are not going anywhere ever. The back to work bill is going to get passed anyways...what assholes. Just when I have four things in the mail *facepalm* I'm going to resent NDP for life.

Edited June 24, 2011 by praetor

[krustybrand]

I tried the other day to send a gen watch to The Zigmeister by courier due to the strike. They wanted almost $100, half of which was insurance, but they would only insure for $1k, or about 1/3 of its actual value. In the fine print, it said that their liability was limited to $500 only, although they would happily charge for $1k insurance. Thieves. I'm afraid this watch will have to wait until the strike is over.

[bigbaddds]

  On 6/24/2011 at 8:40 PM, krustybrand said:

I tried the other day to send a gen watch to The Zigmeister by courier due to the strike. They wanted almost $100, half of which was insurance, but they would only insure for $1k, or about 1/3 of its actual value. In the fine print, it said that their liability was limited to $500 only, although they would happily charge for $1k insurance. Thieves. I'm afraid this watch will have to wait until the strike is over.

Try using eshipper! Much better rates with couriers.. I sent a 8 lb box to the states via ups standard (took 2 days) and cost me just over 20 dollars.

If you want to fully insure it use parcel pro (much better rates) and better coverage also.

Edited June 24, 2011 by bigbaddds

[Dave123]

  On 6/24/2011 at 8:31 PM, praetor said:

god damn NDP!! Longest Filibuster in history of parliament when it's clear that negotiations are not going anywhere ever. The back to work bill is going to get passed anyways...what assholes. Just when I have four things in the mail *facepalm* I'm going to resent NDP for life.

F. the NDP.

What bum's voted for those clowns anyway....

[praetor]

The back to work bill is passed!!!! FU NDP

[odourboy]

Hallelujah! Got four reps in transit hung up from this work stoppage (not to mention a few other items). It'll be interesting to see how long it takes the posties to get things sorted out and caught up.