
11-07-2013 04:30 PM
It goes through the hole since it is small product, I am wondering if I am allowed to send this wrist band to international or to USA through lettermail?
Thanks
11-07-2013 05:11 PM
The rules specify that goods cannot be shipped outside Canada using LetterPost.
You can use Small Packet or Small Packet Light for that purpose.
You can use Lettermail within Canada only.
11-07-2013 05:21 PM
That is so weird, because I went to the postal office and asked a couple of times.. they said it was fine?
11-07-2013 05:23 PM
Most postal clerks do not care (or do not know).
Check the Canada Post website for more official information.
11-07-2013 05:34 PM
Put stamps on it and drop in a mailbox, no customs form required......problem solved!
11-07-2013 05:35 PM
That will work fine as nobody ever opens an envelope.
Now, if you want the "official" rules from Canada Post:
http://www.canadapost.ca/tools/pg/manual/PGletpost-e.asp#1378497
11-07-2013 05:41 PM
11-08-2013 09:06 AM
Lettermail is for paper. Light packet is for "other".
Sort of. If you sold a document on ebay and then sent it to the U.S., it is considered 'goods/merchandise' so technically
it shouldn't be sent by lettermail. In reality, I'm sure that many 'goods' are sent internationally using lettermail rather than
light packet. There is the chance that it could be sent back to you for postage due but if that does happen, I don't think that it happens often.
11-08-2013 11:49 AM
Lettermail is for paper
Watch your language now, Mr Elmwood.
Canada Post Lettermail is for domestic use only and may contain material other than paper.
The equivalent for outside Canada is Letter-post, which may contain only "paper-based products" - unless it's merchandise, in which case Canada Post requires that it go Light Packet.
If anyone knows of a more idiotic regulation I'd like to hear it.
Tom
11-08-2013 05:56 PM
Canada Post wanted to restrict in Canada lettermail to paper only but lost a legal decision.
11-09-2013 08:52 AM
Fern,
This story is news to me but I certainly wouldn't put it past Canada Post to try this one on the long-suffering Canadian public. I wonder, though, what service CP proposed to offer for non-paper mailings. Parcel Post?
Tom
11-09-2013 10:34 AM
11-14-2013 02:16 PM
Well, I went to the postal office and asked anyways and they did it for me, didnt seem like they cared. So i hope it does goes through