CanPar

[grace11roses]

I recently made a purchase with a vendor who uses the Global Shipping program. I dislike this service, but I really wanted the item. My tracking now tells me that my item is with CanPar. I never heard of CanPar, but when I checked their ratings, I was dismayed, very dismayed. Is the Global Shipping Program now using CanPar exclusively rather than Canada Post? Does anyone know?

[femmefan1946 · Accepted solution]

CanPar is a courier service and has been around for decades.

When we still had our shop on Ottawa's Sparks Street Mall, one of our signs of spring was Kevin the CanPar Guy showing up in his shorts.

Great legs.

No, GSP/Pitney Bowes has not replaced Canada Post with CanPar. There have been sightings of CanPar as the delivery medium  for most of the time GSP has been around. They also sometimes use FedEx.

Not sure what "ratings" you are checking but if they are online, remember that a happy customer will tell three friends and an unhappy customer will tell three hundred.

Don't worry until/unless you have something to worry about.

The usual problem with couriers (all of them) is that while Canada Post will drop an undeliverable package at the local Postal Outlet which is easy to find and has long hours, couriers have offices out by the airport and are only open during business hours.

[grace11roses · Accepted solution]

Thanks, femmefan. The package was delivered successfully. I didn't get a chance to see if the deliverer was Kevin, though. The person rang and ran, but all is well.