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12-04-2018 02:01 PM
Howdy everyone -
Sorry to impose on you this afternoon, but I'm having a devil of a time looking into a shipping calculator issue to get addressed and need your help!
I have been digging into Canada Post's website and cannot find min/max weights for various services. Does such a thing exist, or is it all just the 30kg max limit for domestic?
Much thanks to @lotzofuniquegoodies for helping me thus far!
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12-04-2018 02:21 PM - edited 12-04-2018 02:25 PM
Section 3.1 and 3.2 of the following link give you the weight and dimension maximums for USA and international parcels.
https://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGpsus_int-e.asp#1395540
For domestic - section 3
https://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGpscanada-e.asp
Just a reminder that min. dimensions for USA expedited and Domestic expedited are different. 🙂
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12-04-2018 02:04 PM
https://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/prices/default-e.asp?ecid=murl07001139
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12-04-2018 02:05 PM
Any dimension = 2 m, Length + Girth = 3 m
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12-04-2018 02:21 PM - edited 12-04-2018 02:25 PM
Section 3.1 and 3.2 of the following link give you the weight and dimension maximums for USA and international parcels.
https://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGpsus_int-e.asp#1395540
For domestic - section 3
https://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGpscanada-e.asp
Just a reminder that min. dimensions for USA expedited and Domestic expedited are different. 🙂
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12-04-2018 02:23 PM
Thanks so much both @ricarmic and @pjcdn2005! It appears that 30kg is the domestic max, and I am bookmarking these pages!
Onto more troubleshooting!
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12-04-2018 02:47 PM
I keep this by my desk. Just about everything you need to know for domestic shipping.
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12-04-2018 03:19 PM
That's a brilliant handout @ichopshop - printing it out now. Thanks for sharing!
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12-04-2018 04:13 PM
Here are few additional ones I use on a regular basis
https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/wtz/business/findHsCode?execution=e2s1 Custom codes
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12-05-2018 05:26 AM
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12-05-2018 10:21 AM
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12-05-2018 11:08 AM
Now we know the maximum weight allowed for many of Canada Post's options for parcels.
Then we should ask....
How many parcels does each of us ship that weigh.... 5 ... 10 ... 20 ... and finally 30 kg?
We deliver it to a local postal outlet and say good-bye....
How does the postal system deal with each weight of parcel?
How does it get delivered? Community mailboxes.... Door-to-door delivery.... or is it available for a pickup at a local postal outlet..
How do the people that work for Canada Post deal with the mail?... with each weight of parcel?
and then... comes .... The .... Ouch!
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12-05-2018 01:58 PM
When DH has been bidding in auctions we normally get four to ten banker's boxes delivered by mail.
And of course covered in postage stamps.
Have you ever seen @ricarmic 's pictures of his inventory?
It seems to confuse a lot of people, but stamp dealers are among those shipping large heavy lots regularly.
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12-05-2018 02:55 PM
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12-05-2018 08:59 PM
For a moment there I thought you said you had mailed a small child.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brief-history-children-sent-through-mail-180959372/
Snopes, as is its wont, disabused me.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/surface-male/
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12-05-2018 09:58 PM
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12-05-2018 11:26 PM
I have shipped up to 29kg I believe, and I routinely receive shipments of 20+kg at the post office. The workers there can't lift them so they usually ask me to grab them off the shelf for them or use their handtruck.

