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 Rank: Beginner Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 14/05/2016 Posts: 16 Points: 48 Location: Alberta, Canada
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And I don't press easy. I got my shipping email May 18th, and as I live in Canada, I figured the enormous drag factor of Canada Post would result in me receiving my 1st package in about a month via Timbuktu.
Imagine my surprise when I got home today and found a package sitting on my steps!
After clutching it to my chest and cackling manically (I really did. Out loud, too!), I went inside and looked at the shipping label. And herein lie my 2 questions:
1) The sticker said 'Fedex'. Am I safe in assuming that DeAg has passed on using Canada Post? If so, thank the maker.
2) The sticker also had a return address in Ontario. Is this where the Canadian kits are coming out of? Or is it just a sorting depot up north?
I was truly surprised to get it so quick, especially since we just had a long weekend up here. I haven't even had an opportunity to get all the other things I wanted build the kit with!
If my next package comes just as quick, I may have to change my sub from 25 to 12!
~ Alta
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 Rank: Super-Elite      Groups: Registered
Joined: 17/12/2013 Posts: 3,982 Points: 11,974 Location: NY, USA
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Hi Alta,
welcome to the forum.I am forum support for USA/Canada. I am not sure about the shipping method used.I am glad you got your packages quickly.I know from experience that packages going from USA to Canada and vice versa sometimes take a while
Carl
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Rank: Beginner Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 14/05/2016 Posts: 16 Points: 48 Location: Alberta, Canada
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Why thank you, Carl! On a side note, that was my Dad's name.
I have been perusing this forum for at least a month, and had read of some of the subscribers woes on this side of the border. So, it really shocked the crap out of me when I arrived home today and it was on my doorstep. I'm pretty sure CP didn't put it there because that'd be...like...work. Which is a totally verboten word around them. The box is small enough that it should fit into one of the bigger compartments in the Superbox, so *if* CP delivered it, they went way beyond service for some reason. So, that and the 'Fedex' on the sticker made me wonder if it had been couriered instead.
At any rate, I thought I'd ask the community and see if anyone had a possible answer.
~ Alta
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Welcome to the forum Altaguy and have fun with your build. I think you will Find Fed-ex are a private postal service for packages. Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Rank: Beginner Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 14/05/2016 Posts: 16 Points: 48 Location: Alberta, Canada
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arpurchase wrote:Welcome to the forum Altaguy and have fun with your build. I think you will Find Fed-ex are a private postal service for packages. I think I've figured out what's going on with FedEx. There are rumors of a postal strike up here, and as a safeguard many companies are opting to use other methods of delivering mail and packages instead of using CP. That way they don't risk having deliveries suspended. Altaguy
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Rank: Super-Elite Groups: Registered
Joined: 17/12/2013 Posts: 3,982 Points: 11,974 Location: NY, USA
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So I heard back form customer service.Packages are sent to Canada via Fedex because of shipping delays using other methods.The warehouse is in USA. I buy and sell model kits form Canada sometimes and the postal service is a nightmare.I can get packages from Japan quicker than I can get packages from Canada and I only live about 50 miles south of the Canadian border.
Carl
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Rank: Beginner Level 2 Groups: Registered
Joined: 14/05/2016 Posts: 16 Points: 48 Location: Alberta, Canada
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Really? Well, that's just super to know! Thanks, Carl!
Alta
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