Mailing Something by Regular Parcel Using Stamps- How Much Do You Attach

[steveross]

So I want to mail a package by Regular Parcel with no insurance or other options, and I have a bunch of stamps I want to use up and stick it in the mailbox rather than go to the Post Office.

It's 24x18x6 cm and only weighs 78 grams, and the Canada Post website says to Saskatchewan it will cost:

Regular Price:    $12.44

Fuel Surcharge:   $1.43

Tax:                           $0.69

Since I've already paid tax on stamps, I always just put the regular price on when sending lettermail. When you're sending a parcel, though, do you attach just the regular price or the regular price + fuel surcharge?

[steveross]

Hi all, Thank you for your lovely answers. I should probably clarify, though. What I want to do is not go to the post office. The item is a low-value thing that happens to be too thick for lettermail. I like to mail items the same day they are paid for, and for this particular one is such a low value ($3) that unless I have something else to do at the post office, it will cost me money in lost time. Taking 40 minutes to go back and forth to the post office, plus possible waiting in line time, plus going through all the rigamarole with the post office lady, is a huge cost, when you look at what you can earn doing other things. Tracking just isn't worth it for such low value items, unless you happen to be doing a whole bunch of things at once. I haven't been scammed by anybody claiming non-delivery, ever, but I suppose there will always be a first time. If that happens I'll just eat the cost and do a refund anyhow. I have a postal quality scale, so I know accurately what the charges are supposed to be. The prices I get using the weight & dimensions always corresponds to what I get charged at the post office.. Yesterday I talked to the lady at the post office, and she said that you don't have to mail regular parcel items at a post office, as long as it fits easily through the loader of a mailbox it's OK to stick it in the box with the correct postage, without tax. What she didn't know was whether you have to attach postage for the fuel surcharge, or just the postage rate. (BTW, trying to get through to Canada Post's helpline was hopeless yesterday, don't know why. They've given me wrong answers before anyhow.) So the question remains: If I don't care about tracking, and I want to mail a regular parcel using stamps and putting it in the mailbox, do I put the postage amount on, or postage + fuel surcharge?