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rocketscollectibles · ‎02-21-2023

Heard a lot about shipping items with letterpost getting returned and sellers stopping using it past year or so

I still ship all my trading cards with it and never had a single return. I shipped 2 stacks of cards (around 70) maybe 2 months ago, no return, never heard back of the buyer. Package literally had the look of a brick. I'm trying this week to ship packs of protective card plastic sleeves and im more concerned about this one

For people still using letterpost or who used it, what was your returns?

Does customs open packages at borders, also can they keep them?

How much time it takes for a package to return to us? And do you lose your postage?

I'm curious about which items sellers got returned as i never experienced a single one. And also the process if it happen. If anyone would like to share their experience

mrdutch1001 · ‎03-09-2023

Any seller who so chooses to bend the rules,press their luck and continue disregarding the fact that "goods"/"merchandise" is not letters/documents is welcome to the consequences. I am happy for you that you are experiencing some returns so that you now knowingly can continue that constant vigil and constantly wonder if your items will be returned ... because despite all the methods to "disguise" these packages, Canada Post can find ways to detect and return said packages.

rocketscollectibles · ‎03-09-2023

I am happy for you that you are experiencing some returns so that you now knowingly can continue that constant vigil and constantly wonder if your items will be returned

Basically saying you're happy someone have returns and wishing him anxiety with that. Community boards turned so wrong lmao. I miss when it was enjoyable and actually constructive to post and discuss here! I'm out

Another thread to lock to block further useless hostile posts. Same users everytimes

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dinomitesales · ‎03-10-2023

@rocketscollectibles wrote:
I guess i awakened the canada post gods with this post, i received today my firsts returned packages in almost 2 years shipping with letterpost. One package sold feb. 21 (the exact same day i made that post...) and one sold feb. 28. Both returned today at the same time. So around 15 days for the 1st and 8th days for the 2nd to be returned. From the writting on stickers it seems like it was 2 different workers, so it does not seems it's a single individual who returned both. They both checked 'insufficient postage' and 'this shipping label cannot be used for this country' no note about the fact it needs to be shipped as small packet/parcel. I'm actually worried about receiving a few more in the next days, those two packages were very thin, it's not even the packages of protective plastics i talked about in that first post of the thread (it's strange those did not returned, shipped before feb. 21). I shipped so many packages like this without issues, then suddently something changed. I contacted my buyers and they were all into understanding and no cancelled orders from that

Just a follow up here answering my own questions if anyone eventually could read and wonder

I had one returned the other day too. 6x9 regular Kraft envelope (not a bubble envelope) with a single paper video game insert inside thinner than a trading card lol. Had the "needs to be sent as small parcel sticker on it). I think it was just too rigid - I had placed a piece of thin cardboard inside in order to TRY and keep it a bit flatter in transit, but apparently that was enough for them to catch it. Won't be doing that anymore lol.

38e_avenue · ‎03-10-2023

@dinomitesales wrote:
I had one returned the other day too. 6x9 regular Kraft envelope (not a bubble envelope) with a single paper video game insert inside thinner than a trading card lol. Had the "needs to be sent as small parcel sticker on it). I think it was just too rigid - I had placed a piece of thin cardboard inside in order to TRY and keep it a bit flatter in transit, but apparently that was enough for them to catch it. Won't be doing that anymore lol.

Maybe it was not "too rigid", but "too thick"...?

I created a tool to measure the thickness of my "letters" (I ship by tracked USPS, but get a 25 cents discount, if my parcel qualifies as a "thick letter").

dinomitesales · ‎03-10-2023

Nah, it wasn't too thick. I have one of the official plastic Lettermail templates from Canada Post.
It was less than 5 mm thick and the size/weight/thickness all corresponded to Standard Letter-post rate.