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Quiplash · 10-31-2007, 05:21 PM

Again this is due to the crashing U.S. dollar and skyrocketing commodity prices (oil, gold and other minerals, etc.).

The Canada-U.S. border guards are gonna have a VERY busy weekend. And Canadian retailers are gonna weep some more as we thrifty Canucks cross-border shop, either in person or via the Internet at American-price websites.

Another article in the Globe and Mail ("Canada's national newspaper" as it likes to call itself) says that Canada's postal service is staggering under the huge increase of parcels coming across the border from the U.S. to Canada.

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Mail sorters buried under Net shoppers' packages
'This isn't going to go away. It is going to get worse,' Consumers' Association of Canada official predicts

JOHN COTTER

The Canadian Press

October 31, 2007

EDMONTON -- A surge in Internet cross-border shopping by Canadians trying to cash in on the soaring loonie is creating headaches for consumers, border service agents and Canada Post.

There are already complaints of delivery delays as mail-sorting centres try to dig out from heaps of Canadian Internet order parcels from the United States - and the holiday shopping season is barely under way.

Officials say the volume of parcels has choked three main international mail-sorting centres operated by Canada Post and the Canada Border Service Agency in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.

"The delays are being caused by the surge in online purchases," said Chris Williams, a Canadian Border Services Agency spokesman in Ottawa.
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10-31-2007, 05:21 PM	#30 (permalink)
Quiplash aka Dances With Skulls Going, going... Goth! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: in a box under the freeway Posts: 953 My Mood:	Again this is due to the crashing U.S. dollar and skyrocketing commodity prices (oil, gold and other minerals, etc.). The Canada-U.S. border guards are gonna have a VERY busy weekend. And Canadian retailers are gonna weep some more as we thrifty Canucks cross-border shop, either in person or via the Internet at American-price websites. Another article in the Globe and Mail ("Canada's national newspaper" as it likes to call itself) says that Canada's postal service is staggering under the huge increase of parcels coming across the border from the U.S. to Canada. ----- Mail sorters buried under Net shoppers' packages 'This isn't going to go away. It is going to get worse,' Consumers' Association of Canada official predicts JOHN COTTER The Canadian Press October 31, 2007 EDMONTON -- A surge in Internet cross-border shopping by Canadians trying to cash in on the soaring loonie is creating headaches for consumers, border service agents and Canada Post. There are already complaints of delivery delays as mail-sorting centres try to dig out from heaps of Canadian Internet order parcels from the United States - and the holiday shopping season is barely under way. Officials say the volume of parcels has choked three main international mail-sorting centres operated by Canada Post and the Canada Border Service Agency in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. "The delays are being caused by the surge in online purchases," said Chris Williams, a Canadian Border Services Agency spokesman in Ottawa. ----- Last edited by Quiplash; 10-31-2007 at 05:34 PM..