Canada Post - Registered Mail Post, Canada, Registered, Mail

lizzie

I sent a registered mail to abroad and I was told by the mail clerk that I can call the 1800 number on the receipt to check on the status.  It has been 3 weeks and my friend has not recevied the registered mail, so I call the Canada Post 1800 number to check on the status.  The rep on the phone said, she can only tell me when the registered mail left Canada.  Their tracking system doesn't track beyond that.  That means I will not be able to find out if it arrived safely at the destination and if it was delivered.  What kind of registered mail is this!!!    I asked her what if my friend never received it, then the rep said we have to wait after 30 days, then we can do a trace, which takes 90 days.  After that, if it is lost, they will refund the postage.  If it is not something important, why would I mail it by registered mail?  Refunding the postage is no use when the important docs that is lost in the mail.

Canada Post just sucks!  Postage is so expensive and so slow!

lizzie

I wish I knew... and the mail clerk didn't even tell me to use XpressPost.  This lesson costed me US$100 as it was a bank draft for deposit for a tour to Africa!