I'm not following yer "carbon form". I have never filled in anything except the old green sticker, then hand write my CN22, now I use Paypal shipping 100%. My paperwork seems to always say "no manifest required".
I "think" what I meant to say, way back, was, if the PO has to print anything off, besides postage, there will be a $2 charge, starting this fall.
Regardless, it is going to be a nightmare at the PO in Dec.
The tariff code thing is part of a worldwide effort by the Universal Postal Union to improve the processing speed of International mail processing. Eventually all (or most) countries will participate by having detailed information collected and transmitted electronically so that customs can do away with the rows of officers sitting in front of conveyor belts trying to read labels as they pass by.
This is how commercial imports have been operating for many years, customs processing starts the moment the goods enter an "in bond" location and are cleared before they arrive in the destination country.
When I started commercial importing in the late 70's it took 24 - 48 hours to clear a shipment through Canadian Customs, by the late 80's that time was down to a few hours because everything was computerized. By the late 90's my shipments took only a few minutes to clear customs because the processing had already been done, sometimes before the shipments had even been loaded onto a plane in the originating country.
Half of the time it takes for an international package to be delivered it's just sitting in customs waiting to be processed. It will be great when this roadblock is mostly eliminated.
Anyone says that I am not old, well, I tell them: "100 years ago, the average male life expectancy was 55. I am 58. I am 3 years past my expiration date. Trust me, I am old.".
I unloaded, by hand, 3/4 of a yard of soil out of my truck the other day. Yeah, I am old.
Yesterday, installed a storm door where it would not fit: measure, cut, hammer, lift, twist, jiggle, etc. Yeah, I am old.".
Ibuprofen is my friend.
Kids today have it on us with technology. They can move from platform to platform with ease. I see it at touch screens in stores. Kids whizz through the steps. Old folks? They pound on the screen like they are banging in 3" nails with a framing hammer.
I have never used a cell phone.
I unloaded, by hand, 3/4 of a yard of soil out of my truck the other day. Yeah, I am old.
Yesterday, installed a storm door where it would not fit: measure, cut, hammer, lift, twist, jiggle, etc. Yeah, I am old.".
Ibuprofen is my friend.
Kids today have it on us with technology. They can move from platform to platform with ease. I see it at touch screens in stores. Kids whizz through the steps. Old folks? They pound on the screen like they are banging in 3" nails with a framing hammer.
I have never used a cell phone.
Show up with yer paperwork done and breeze right through, or, stand and wait. Go ahead, don't be prepared. Get charged the $2 and refuse to pay: "No tickee, no laundry!".
The lineups this coming Nov and Dec and going to be hours long. I will be asked to drop my parcels off, at the side, and not wait.
The lineups this coming Nov and Dec and going to be hours long. I will be asked to drop my parcels off, at the side, and not wait.
I do get yer drift Tom. It is all inclusive pricing VS a la carte pricing. CP is being forced to implement and administer Customs requirements. I have two choices:
- sit at home, drinking coffee, in my jammies, printing out my paperwork
- Standing in line, which could be hours, and getting charged for the priveledge
They want us doing this at home. Kinda like buying a roll of stamps, applying them yerself at home, putting the mail in a mailbox.
- sit at home, drinking coffee, in my jammies.....
I somehow have a funny feeling you have Polar Bear images on your jammies.
C'mon Inuk, spill the beans, we need to know. . 
Posting this while wearing my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles jammies.
