Legit packages returned to sender

[rocketscollectibles]

Just got returned 3 regular white 3x6 envelopes of 17-20g with 0.2cm thickness. Shipped domestic with $0.92 stamps, not even close to think about oversize. Very standard small letter size and flat. Returned for ''postage due''

What's going with CP are we gonna run into this as a standard now?

They all comes from the same shipping day so i guess its the same one employee who returned them all. They cross marked my stamps are they ripped off? Is this cost me 3 packages stamped?

[dinomitesales]

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@grandmas-great-items wrote: This is kind of funny because based on the wording on this people can either ask to buy 1 - $1.07 stamp or they can ask to buy .25  + .25 + .25  + .10 +  .07  in stamps to mail one letter at the post office.

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This has always been the case ever since the permanent stamp was introduced. And if someone came up and asked for those stamps I would be happy to oblige. But a) Canada Post is banking on people not knowing that, and b) no one wants to lick and apply five stamps when you could just apply a sticker (doubly so during a pandemic).

EDIT: Oh, and I forgot, some post offices aren't even carrying low-denomination stamps any more. It's at their discretion whether they want to do so or not.

[regs43]

Yea my post office said "we cant get them in" when I asked for the low denomination stamps, so I just ordered some on the site the one time lol. I figured they didnt want to carry them anymore, which makes sense.

[alacar-8]

Just spitballing here but......what if you were to put the buyers address as a return address, put your own address as the destination address and dropped it in the mailbox without Any postage?  Would the letter be sent to the buyer as insufficient postage?  Ha Ha Canada Post, just kidding, I am not as smart as you!

[femmefan1946]

I think the problem is not with Canada Post but with two particular CP workers.

The first is the guy who does not understand that the $1.07 is for a single stamp (P or 92c) purchased over the counter and represents the additional 15c service charge for the labour.

• Selling that single stamp is a money loser, and you would be amazed at how many people do go to the PO counter with just one letter and no stamp to mail it.

The second is the writer who wrote the confusing rate card.

[havenforgamers]

I've been sending hundreds of "sports cards" within a plastic guard cover, folded into 1 sheet of paper within a No.6 6 3/4 envelope with an ebay labal on it with a mostly no problem rate.  Yet I get 1 out of a 100 back stating various answers like - "not enough postage" or "not machine able" or something like that.  Yet I've reieved thicker mail from credit card companies so I'm sure it's not the thinkness.  Honestly I feel some postal workers are just idoits and I hate this becasue it effects my buisness.  Don't get me wrong, i do appreciate the mail system as most and that's a big most of my mail gets to my buyers within 2 days - that's ninja fast and I get a lot of great reviews for it but come on... this is uncall for when I literally peel off the sticker and send back out and then it gets through ??? Why the second time and not the first time.

[femmefan1946]

Well, no.

If you are shipping within Canada, sending goods by LetterMail is fine.

But if you are shipping to the USA, the rules are that goods have to be sent Parcel Rate.

Check your records.

There is a good chance that the returns were going to the USA.

Basically using LetterMail for shipments to the States (and I do the same) is definitely cheaper and definitely naughty.

So we are taking a chance, and covering our assets by using Cookie Jar Insurance for those returns.

Whether you upgrade the returns or just resend without comment is up to you.

But certainly use the postbox not the counter clerk to increase your chances of delivery.

[ilikehockeyjerseys]

My advice to avoid this issue would be to go with P stamps. You guys all appear to be technically correct about the 1.07 vs .92 interpretation, but it is clear that there are enough sorters who don't understand this. So while it isn't fair, if you want to avoid having to re-send orders, it sounds like P stamps are the way to go.

If you are trying to save on postage, Rexall sells them for 10 percent off every once in a while. Costco, sells rolls of 100 for 5 percent off. Additionally, for oversized lettermail that is under 100g, there is a 10 cent grace when using P-stamps. You are allowed to use only 2 P stamps. So with Costco's discount, you can send a package that would cost you 1.94 in combined postage for an actual cost of $1.75. 

[pjcdn2005]

@havenforgamers 

You're on a Canadian discussion board so if you are referring to ebay standard envelope for trading cards, we don't have that service here and aren't that familiar with it.  We are referring to Canada Post services.