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?

[reallynicestamps]

do I put the postage amount on, or postage + fuel surcharge?

I put parcels in the postbox with stamps all the time.

I put the exact postage on the parcel, no fuel surcharge, and (so far) have never had a problem.

Items in the postboxes go directly to the terminal where everything is automated.

A shipment would be stopped only if it won't fit through the machinery (over 2cm for letters), or is damaged in some way, or has an incomplete address.

The few clerks who actually look at the shipments are sorting for destination, not for postage.

You can't put a penny stamp on a 2kg parcel and not expect to have it come back to you, but on the whole it is not worthwhile to constantly adjust for a few pennies over or under.