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Bellow is the condensed version of what we were notified of. Nothing mind blowing other than shipping inflation is going up much faster than wage inflation.

A key point to take note of, a $1000 firearm 100cm or more, with insurance and signature is $50 cost before fuel surcharge and actual postal charges are even calculated in.

Dear customer,
I’m reaching out to let you know that on September 11, 2023, we will be increasing prices for our
Domestic, USA and International Parcel Services.

These adjustments reflect the rising costs of processing and delivery, as we work to increase our
capacity to better meet our customers’ changing needs and serve the growing number of addresses
across Canada.

We are working hard to be the best delivery partner possible – the partner that can elevate your
business and that you and your customers can count on every day. We are committed to ensuring
our pricing remains competitive and consistent with past adjustments, and that you continue to
receive the best possible customer experience.


The following is a summary of the key price changes and surcharges that will come into effect in
September, as well as an overview of this year’s peak season surcharges:
Pricing (effective September 11, 2023)

• The weighted average price increase for commercial customers using Domestic Parcel
Services is 3.4%.

Options and Surcharges (effective September 11, 2023)

• Liability coverage (up to $100) for Regular Parcel will increase from $2.50 to $2.75.

• Additional liability coverage will increase from $2.50 to $2.75.

• The additional handling surcharge (for oversized/unpackaged items) will increase from
$18 to $21.
 
Armourall said:
I don't know why the price of insurance would go up. That has nothing to do with value of the goods - it's all about the carbon tax increases.
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The insurance charges always make me laugh. Canada Post employs chimpanzees who misdirect, damage and steal packages and then continually raise insurance rates which penalizes the shipper to compensate for the damage and theft their own employees cause.

Actually I shouldn't call them chimpanzees because if chimps could read they would actually do a far better job and would be happy to get paid in bananas.
 
ted_dent said:
The insurance charges always make me laugh. Canada Post employs chimpanzees who misdirect, damage and steal packages and then continually raise insurance rates which penalizes the shipper to compensate for the damage and theft their own employees cause.

Actually I shouldn't call them chimpanzees because if chimps could read they would actually do a far better job and would be happy to get paid in bananas.
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Just vote with your wallet and only buy the essentials. You don't need to eat #### fast food. Learn to hunt and fish and you'll supplement your freezer with healthy meats. If Canadians would cut out spending on alcohol, fast food and useless consumer goods, we'd have a stronger middle class. Rather, we're just consumer debt slaves.
 
It's not all about the carbon tax, I just got a quote from a trucking company, 1 box, sold 3 doz goose decoys, for 270.00, Drumheller to Ft Mac. Reads like a Utility bill. For ref, Cda Post is 72.00 total on this. Illustrates the freight issue in this country pretty well


1 BOX 31X19X21" 44 LBS RATED AS 7.1 71 LB 1.0239 $72.70

Accessorial Charge Breakdown

FUEL SURCHARGE % 29.44
CARBON LEVY 1.93

Accessorial Charges Total $31.37
Interline Charge $95.12

GST 9.96

Total $209.15
 
DerWeißeWolf said:
Just vote with your wallet and only buy the essentials. You don't need to eat #### fast food. Learn to hunt and fish and you'll supplement your freezer with healthy meats. If Canadians would cut out spending on alcohol, fast food and useless consumer goods, we'd have a stronger middle class. Rather, we're just consumer debt slaves.
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Yeah. If I don't buy beer or fast food it'll only take me 17 years to save enough for a down-payment on a house, rather than 20!

The problem with the middle class isn't discretionary spending, it's an economic system that has destroyed the Middle class through wage stagnation and tax cuts for the rich. 50 years ago you could buy a house, two cars, and send your kids to college all on a single income. Today you can't even afford rent on a 2-bedroom apartment in a major city with what the vast majority of Canadians get paid. No amount of skipping out on McDonalds is going to change the cost of living crisis - and even if it could, it's ####ing retarded to think the middle class are the ones who should be cutting back when Loblaws, Walmart, oil companies, etc are all posting record profit while the wealthy have turned housing from a necessity for everyone to a cash cow for the elite.
 
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Paul_T said:
That's the liberal/ndp manifesto
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It's a fact. From the 1940s to 1970s wages increased on par with production. Since the 1970s production has increased at 3x the rate of wages. You know, right in line with the proliferation of trickle down economics. 50 years ago corporations accounted for approximately half of all tax revenue. Today they only account for 1/3 (with the working class picking up the tab for the remainder). Meanwhile corporations are posting record profits while lying about how inflation is impacting them so they can shield themselves from blame for price gouging.

At the same time the concentration of wealth among the elite has skyrocketed, and the number of people who can afford a house on a single income has shrunk drastically.

According to the OECD 67% of boomers are middle class, 64% of gen x, and 59% of millennials. That is a very clear trend of a shrinking middle class. And that definition is only based on median income, it doesn't factor in the changes in housing costs over the last 20 years. If you think a middle class family should be able to afford to buy a house then the number of millennials that are actually in the middle class is much lower than 59%.

Call it what you want, but it seems abundantly clear the current system is no longer working for the middle class. And neither the Liberals nor the CPC will fix it, they both helped create it in the first place. Young people are just ####ed for the time being it appears...
 
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24 dollar grow light bulb= 28$ shipping
100 bulb for my uv light for water system= 75$shipping
Same stuff order out of USA in California free shipping to Minnesota where i can puck up for free.
It doesnt pay to shop Canadian.
 
coldfire said:
24 dollar grow light bulb= 28$ shipping
100 bulb for my uv light for water system= 75$shipping
Same stuff order out of USA in California free shipping to Minnesota where i can puck up for free.
It doesnt pay to shop Canadian.
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You can pick it up for free, you just have to spend time to go get it from Minnesota. Time is valuable too you know...($75 is a lot and covering that should be doable if you're reasonably close to the border, but even if you value your time at minimum wage $28 is less than 2 hours time [and who the #### thinks theyre time is only worth minimum wage?...])
 
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Suther said:
It's a fact. From the 1940s to 1970s wages increased on par with production. Since the 1970s production has increased at 3x the rate of wages. You know, right in line with the proliferation of trickle down economics. 50 years ago corporations accounted for approximately half of all tax revenue. Today they only account for 1/3 (with the working class picking up the tab for the remainder). Meanwhile corporations are posting record profits while lying about how inflation is impacting them so they can shield themselves from blame for price gouging.

At the same time the concentration of wealth among the elite has skyrocketed, and the number of people who can afford a house on a single income has shrunk drastically.

According to the OECD 67% of boomers are middle class, 64% of gen x, and 59% of millennials. That is a very clear trend of a shrinking middle class. And that definition is only based on median income, it doesn't factor in the changes in housing costs over the last 20 years. If you think a middle class family should be able to afford to buy a house then the number of millennials that are actually in the middle class is much lower than 59%.

Call it what you want, but it seems abundantly clear the current system is no longer working for the middle class. And neither the Liberals nor the CPC will fix it, they both helped create it in the first place. Young people are just ####ed for the time being it appears...
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Things are pretty messed up with housing supply and increased costs of house building, purchasing and food costs and the rest of it.
I'm not sure if telling the kids that they can be any ### they want and that the world will be destroyed by climate change in their lifetime is what it's going to take to change things for the better.... but it's where we seem to be today.

I have a feeling that people might be getting primed to vote in just accept the next s h i t stem being implemented without much thought or discussion.
A technocracy of some sort where everything is tracked and controlled by someone or something else.

It's strange to think that an AI driven communist system might actually work without the greed and corruptuion that humans tend to bring into everything? And once everyone is hopeless enough, the idea of killing the rich or at least taking their property and putting everything into an AI controlled communist state system will likely prove popular with many.

We are on the cusp of so many incredible break troughs in technology today and yet we don't seem to know how to get along as a cohesive society anymore and the lack of unity for the common people will be our downfall.

One thing is clear, if the technology exists to fly around the planet in anti gravity machines and defy our known pysics all with no heat signature..... there is no lack of available power and energy in the universe.

Forget windmills, solar and even nuclear.... zero point energy is the future. Question is are we ready for it?

Nikola Tesla was getting pretty close almost a hundered years ago. Who is going to want to use coal and oil when the option for free energy is available? No need for a carbon tax scam or virtue signalling..... free clean energy is the ultimate win-win.

The "there's no free lunch" crowd might be a bit upset..... but hey, things canchange, if were open to it....
 
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Can-down said:
We are on the cusp of so many incredible break troughs in technology today and yet we don't seem to know how to get along as a cohesive society anymore and the lack of unity for the common people will be our downfall.
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"No longer know how to get along as a cohesive society" implies we knew how in the past. I would say things like chattel slavery, Jim crow laws, redlining and residential Schools (to name just a few examples) shows we NEVER knew how to get along as a cohesive society. It was just more acceptable to exclude the people you don't like from society to give the impression we could.
 
Suther said:
"No longer know how to get along as a cohesive society" implies we knew how in the past. I would say things like chattel slavery, Jim crow laws, redlining and residential Schools (to name just a few examples) shows we NEVER knew how to get along as a cohesive society. It was just more acceptable to exclude the people you don't like from society to give the impression we could.
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I don't think it will ever be perfect Suther, we are dealing with humans and 100% compliance or group think is undesirable anyways..... that said I remember a time when life was a bit less confusing and most people agreed on the basics of the birds and the bees as a base level starting place to have a deeper conversation. Also agreeing to disagree was not seen as a losing proposition.

Things change, sometimes things progress, we seem to be progressively progressing right off a cliff or atleast heading in that direction.... on the positive side the s h i t show crash and burn might be good for the environment after the fires die down and most people are dead.

I'd rather avoid a train wreck myself, but as you point out. It's never been good in the past so why should it get any better eh? Pointless even to try.

Negativity loves negativity, hurt people hurt people. I get it. It sucks and then you die.... Peace out.

:)
 
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