The state of Canada Post Corporation
Summary: La discusión gira en torno a la situación financiera crítica de Canada Post y su posible impacto en los vendedores de eBay y otros usuarios del sistema postal. lotzofuniquegoodies comparte enlaces a noticias sobre la crisis, mencionando que alternativas como UPS no son viables para muchos. brettjet38 sugiere que el gobierno está manipulando la situación para reestructurar la empresa, mientras que dinomitesales y darak10 debaten sobre las implicaciones de una posible huelga y la capacidad de Canadá Post para continuar. A pesar de la incertidumbre, los participantes como mrdutch1001 promueven la adaptación y la continuidad del servicio. También se discuten ajustes como la reducción de la frecuencia de entrega de cartas a tres días por semana, algo que algunos consideran ya una práctica común.
What will happen to eBay sellers when or if....
https://globalnews.ca/video/10724990/business-matters-canada-post-chair-says-company-at-critical-juncture/ CP story at the 1:00 mark
Not everyone has access to Chit Chats etc and UPS/Fedex would not be realistic for most.
darak10
·1 year agoCanada Post is run by complete morons. I and most other sellers who have done this long enough could each write our own book of the short sighted decisions they have made to hoop themselves out of being a viable, profitable business.
They are like Air Canada when the sky was falling with them 15 years ago - they are too big to fail. At the end of the day the feds will bail them out in worst case scenario situations. As someone said earlier this is propaganda intended to bust the union, not like it would take much to knock the wind out of CUPW. As unions go they are the weakest and most ineffectual one I'm aware of.
The major downside to this scenario is you cant go and buy a boatload of shares of their near penny stock on the TSX for peanuts, sit on it for years, then make out like a bloody bandit when the stock finally recovers, like I did with AC.
reallynicestamps
·1 year agoI see no problem with domestic letter delivery moving to three days a week. I suspect on many routes, including my own, that this is already the norm.
We rarely get mail on Wednesdays,usually on Mondays and Thursdays, although I confess I have not kept a record of this, but I do include "junk mail" deliveries with this observation.
This is differerent from packages which arrive any day of the week, even occasionally on Saturdays around Christmas.
And also from business mail, which can be more time dependent.
byto253
·1 year agoI have figured that was the case for a while, there does seem to be a pattern for our super mailbox.
marnotom!
·1 year agoThis Global News piece isn’t as hysterical but instead does a pretty good job of laying out some of CPC’s challenges and some possibly partial fixes:
https://globalnews.ca/news/10480192/canada-post-financial-challenges/
mrdutch1001
·1 year agono need for "the sky is falling! the sky is falling!"...
We will do what we always have done over past decades when strikes,pending strikes,lockouts,walkouts have occurred...
Accept,adjust,adapt and carry on!
dinomitesales
·1 year agoCanada Post isn't going anywhere in the near future. There will be changes but it's not going to *poof* out of existence.
Also, take any recent statements from Canada Post with a grain of salt - they're staring down the barrel of a strike and want to raise as much sympathy for the company as possible in an attempt to make the union look like the bad guys for wanting more.
lotzofuniquegoodies
OP1 year ago@dinomitesales
The neverending price increases...recent example the small prepaid box.... are not helping. A buck difference for next size up. Weird pricing strategy. More affordable something is the more likely people will continue to utilize. Same thing happens with the buses every time they have their like clockwork increase. Folks cut their usage.
ypdc_dennis
·1 year agoYou mean the Extra Small box versus the Small box. Price change just means it is a very popular box versus the other sizes. It still keeps selling out at my local outlet (which I have not seen happening with the other sizes).
lotzofuniquegoodies
OP1 year agoPersonally, for me the item has to both fit and has to be at least Mb, Ont or farther east. At 16.99 savings are pennies for anything local. At 16.99 +GST it was a good value...price break. 17.99 +GST..Not so much. Would be an awesome buy if you just sell the same item all day long. In my case, I don't.
brettjet38
·1 year agoThis is Government Propaganda, they want to turn Canada Post into a parcel delivery service and all the workers into part-time (25 hours per week) delivery employees.
And they want to deliver later in the day and into the evening, do you think the overpaid old-timers will want to start later in the day, lol?
This is about automation and getting rid of white-collar supervisors and posties who have had routes for decades.
Also, they are going to eliminate all walking routes and want to reduce letter (not parcels) delivery to 3 times a week.
How do I know, my friend is a postie and we have been talking about this for 2 years already...
byto253
·1 year agoSome changes are going to be needed. The world of communication has shifted and the 1970s model for letter delivery is looking pretty outdated. But management of any big organization, public or private, will try to use that as a shield to push through other things like making more and more people part-time.