07-16-2025 02:50 AM
Got an email today letting me (and probably thousands of others) know that ChitChat has partnered with Purolator to open new drop off points!
One is less than a kilometer from my house, next door to my hairdresser.
And the prices look good so far.
this is what I found in my inbox
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07-16-2025 02:52 AM
Hmmm-- isn't Purolator partly owned by Canada Post?
07-16-2025 08:31 AM
Welcome news. It is not showing on their website yet so hoping that Ottawa gets the same arrangement. Over the last few years their locations/drop spots have been shrinking.
In the Atlantic they partner with Maritime Bus lines and have 29 drop spots!
07-16-2025 09:31 AM - edited 07-16-2025 09:31 AM
@femmefan1946 wrote:Hmmm-- isn't Purolator partly owned by Canada Post?
I believe Canada Post (i.e. you, I, and about 40 million others) has about a 90% stake in Purolator.
07-16-2025 11:49 AM
@femmefan1946 Any idea what the cost (for you) is to use the drop spot? I'm pretty sure it isn't free after the first one.
07-16-2025 12:40 PM
Their current drop spots are free for sellers to drop off one or more packages so I don't see that changing.
07-16-2025 01:08 PM
Slim pickings for Calgary. Majority are downtown or city outskirts. Might be a bit more helpful if it could be linked in with rates to eBay labels. (For anyone that sells items of assorted shapes and sizes. As for dropping off at a CP location they no longer accept puro parcels.
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07-16-2025 02:37 PM
I read the link and Smart Drop is different. You consolidate your parcels into one box, then Purolator ships it to ChitChat. You have to buy a label for that but the first one is free. This has always been an option, so unless Purolator has really great rates it's a nothing burger.
07-16-2025 02:50 PM
07-16-2025 03:42 PM
@byto253 wrote:I read the link and Smart Drop is different. You consolidate your parcels into one box, then Purolator ships it to ChitChat. You have to buy a label for that but the first one is free. This has always been an option, so unless Purolator has really great rates it's a nothing burger.
Didn't ChitChats offer a similar "plan" using Canpar? (maybe that was Stallion?)
For all these services, Stallion, ChitChats etc, they have always told sellers who are not close to a ChitChats location to ship orders in bulk to them either using their recommended carrier or one of your choice.
20 years ago I was doing a similar thing but this was before ChitChats or Stallion existed and my bulk packages went to the US (a UPS Store, actually to whatever those locations were called before UPS took them over) where they were then handed over to USPS.
I agree, there is nothing new here other than the use of Purolator instead of an alternate service (which one could still use).
07-16-2025 09:29 PM - edited 07-16-2025 09:31 PM
Thank you for the post!
Everyone knows... I think, unless I'm from another dimension, Canada Post owns Purolator.
An alliance between Purolator (Canada Post) and Chit Chats would explain a lot.
"AI Overview
Yes, Canada Post owns a majority stake in Purolator. Specifically, Canada Post owns 91% of Purolator. The remaining ownership is held by Rainmaker Investments Ltd. (7%) and others (2%).