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James Baud posted:Says a lot about their bargaining strength, doesn't it - nobody really cares any more. They could be out for months and only computer-phobic seniors would even notice. That’s not even a little bit true.
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MasterSitsu posted:https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/13/canada-weed-pot-border-783260 I guess that means Doug Ford would be banned if he tried to enter?
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tagesschau posted:If you have no bank cards, don't have to pay rent, and never send or receive packages, I see how you might think this. Even Amazon sometimes sends packages via Canada Post. Seriously? If you're gonna be like that, at least try to list something that can't be trivially done without Canada Post.
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James Baud posted:Seriously? Pay rent, receive bank cards.
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Wait, how do you pay rent that involves the post?
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I never have a good experience with private shipping and insist on Canada Post because at least they deliver stuff instead of lying about making a delivery attempt and making me go to some backwoods depot
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BattleMaster posted:I never have a good experience with private shipping and insist on Canada Post because at least they deliver stuff instead of lying about making a delivery attempt and making me go to some backwoods depot Bingo. If I miss something from Canada Post I just have to go to my drugstore. WAY better.
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Is the strike why Canada Post is a week late on my online order
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How the gently caress is Canada Post needed to pay rent? And all bank cards are shipped to a branch.
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I send cheques by mail to my landlady
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THC posted:I send cheques by mail to my landlady Wtf are you a time traveller
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tagesschau posted:Is this particularly surprising? I'm pretty sure it's been the case for years. It’s dumb as hell that previous use of a legal substance would get you a lifetime ban, but it will almost certainly not be a big deal to me, a white mid 30s professional, so I guess I can just ignore it.
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But it's not legal? The whole point is pot is illegal at the federal level in the US.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Wtf are you a time traveller As far as I can tell, the entire reason cheques still exist is to deal with old landlords. They are everywhere, and They Do Not Understand What An E-Transfer Is and/or are pretty sure you're going to use them to scam them. Usually they just make me give them post-dated cheques tho, I've never mailed em. I've sent exactly one snail mail thing in the last decade but I still kinda like getting packages. Getting stuff. It's handy. Actually hey, lemme tell you about how my place that I moved into in this year would only accept the last month's deposit by not e-transfer, not check, but by a loving Money Order or Certified Cheque only. CIBC literally doesn't even have certified cheques anymore so uh, money order it was. They do actually take e-deposits for the monthly rent, thank gently caress, no idea why the last month had to be an explicitly arcane paper proccess. One year I managed to bank a dumb amount of Aeroplan points because the online service that the property management company had let me use a credit card for it. That was a pretty good deal although the reasons why rent isn't usually allowed to be payed on credit are pretty self explanatory. CRISPYBABY fucked around with this message at 02:57 on Sep 14, 2018 |
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While we're making GBS threads on USA for not allowing people who break their laws, does anybody remember that time Canada refused entry to Chelsea Manning?
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I actually just realized the Manning case was worse, because they accused her of treason, when the definitions of treason and high treason specify they must happen in Canada. Anyway, abolish borders.
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Abolish UPS. I guess the impending strike is the reason Lee Valley shipped my last order by them. It actually arrived in a reasonable length of time, undamaged, and so far there has been no attempt to double bill. I think this might be a first in my decade and a half relationship with United Parcel Smashers. Just learned today that Devin Dreeshen, the Alberta UCP trade critic, was down south working on the Trump campaign in 2016. Or maybe it's already been mentioned here and there's just too much  going on for me to keep track of all of it.
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BattleMaster posted:I never have a good experience with private shipping and insist on Canada Post because at least they deliver stuff instead of lying about making a delivery attempt and making me go to some backwoods depot Yeah, Canada Post is way better for parcel delivery, and I wish Amazon would just use them instead of these awful couriers. FedEx and UPS are okay, but only because I happen to work next to their depots.
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THC posted:yeah lol @ the idea that computers obviate the need for a postal service i can just order everything through my computer on amazon dot ca, checkmate postal service
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CLAM DOWN posted:How the gently caress is Canada Post needed to pay rent? And all bank cards are shipped to a branch. Since when? I have never had a bank card go to my branch this side of Y2K; my first credit card in 2004 was mailed directly to me, as has every debit card in the last 18 years. I'm vaguely sure I could have asked them to mail it to them instead of me, but it sure wasn't the default at RBC.
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CLAM DOWN posted:How the gently caress is Canada Post needed to pay rent? And all bank cards are shipped to a branch. Write check, mail check, continue living in apartment. Not all banks have branches; I received a card from such a bank literally yesterday. Even the big banks don't ship cards to a branch unless you ask specifically, and doing all your banking at one bricks-and-mortar branch is even more anachronistic than mailing a check to your landlord. Hexigrammus posted:Abolish UPS. At least they're unionized, unlike FedEx.
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I'm renewing my health card and the replacement comes in the mail. My credit card expired and the new one came in the mail. Curiously enough, many things come in the mail and not everything happens via direct deposit or e-statements. As someone who runs an Etsy store and sends out parcels this may be an issue, but also 100% gently caress Deepak Chopra and the rest of the people who run Canada Post, if the workers feel the need to strike then I'm sure their reasons are valid. I used to work in their outsourced call centre and God drat do I have stories.
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The Cheshire Cat posted:Canada Post is one of the only government agencies that regularly turns a profit, isn't it? I seem to remember hearing about that ages back when Harper wanted to cut them back for basically no reason. I recall that it doesn't turn a profit any more, but it did up until Harper and Chopra arbitrarily decided to lock out the workers for a while and they lost a significant chunk of market share. This information is from a few years ago though so it may be out of date.
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vyelkin posted:I recall that it doesn't turn a profit any more, but it did up until Harper and Chopra arbitrarily decided to lock out the workers for a while and they lost a significant chunk of market share. This information is from a few years ago though so it may be out of date. Also ex Pitney-Bowes CEO and then Canada Post CEO Chopra borrowing 2 billion to buy new mail sorting machines from... Pitney-Bowes.
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Their biggest problem from what I understand isn’t the profitability of the Crown Corp (I believe that they might actually be profitable) but rather the massive pension solvency deficit. They were positive on profits from operations from 2014-16 at least. I didn’t look further than that.
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Jordan7hm posted:Their biggest problem from what I understand isn’t the profitability of the Crown Corp (I believe that they might actually be profitable) but rather the massive pension solvency deficit. Bill C-27 is in second reading. Let's hope the Libs just forget about it... 
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Jordan7hm posted:Their biggest problem from what I understand isn’t the profitability of the Crown Corp (I believe that they might actually be profitable) but rather the massive pension solvency deficit. From a quick look, it was just 2011 and 2013 that they posted a loss. Otherwise they've always been profitable recently (and relatively steady at that).
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Amazon only uses Canada post for me. Maybe because I always ship to a post office? FedEx can get hosed though. Gotta love a company that will just randomly charge you more a few weeks after you get your package. At least ups fucks you face to face.
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Demon_Corsair posted:Amazon only uses Canada post for me Amazon never uses Canada Post for me, only UPS, maybe it's prime? tagesschau posted:Write check, mail check, continue living in apartment. cheque* I haven't paid rent by cheque in a decade. I haven't even seen a cheque in a decade. Karatela posted:Since when? I have never had a bank card go to my branch this side of Y2K; my first credit card in 2004 was mailed directly to me, as has every debit card in the last 18 years. I'm vaguely sure I could have asked them to mail it to them instead of me, but it sure wasn't the default at RBC.  I've always had to go pick up cards at the branch, for TD.
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I've been getting more and more of this lovely Intelcom courier with Amazon. Their drivers look like they're cross-training for Olympic sprinting with how fast they charge out of their van and chuck whatever package on my steps no matter how valuable without ringing the doorbell, which is awesome when you live in a neighbourhood where everything not nailed down is stolen immediately.quote:I've always had to go pick up cards at the branch, for TD. TD definitely mails cards, although you can get them delivered to a branch as well.
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I'm pretty sure even if you get TD to send your card to a branch they still use Canada Post/Purolator to send it there
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enki42 posted:I've been getting more and more of this lovely Intelcom courier with Amazon. Their drivers look like they're cross-training for Olympic sprinting with how fast they charge out of their van and chuck whatever package on my steps no matter how valuable without ringing the doorbell, which is awesome when you live in a neighbourhood where everything not nailed down is stolen immediately. Mail to a post office where there is at least a semblance of security to verify the recipient
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I think most banks offer to mail cards to your address because it's convenient! I love being shipped parcels via can post cause of all their depots, and they're much more likely to actually enter my apartment building and use the elevator or climb the stairs. (fed ex just reported customer not home yesterday, even though I took the whole day off and was waiting at home with everything at low volume) Anyways go Can Post! More power to them if they're posed to strike.
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CLAM DOWN posted:cheque*  CLAM DOWN posted:I haven't paid rent by cheque in a decade. I haven't even seen a cheque in a decade. CLAM DOWN posted:
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Thanks CBC quote:Is this election poster racist? After 20 or so paragraphs of people calling the poster racist, we get: quote:The artist commissioned by Québec Solidaire to create the dental-care poster, as well as some others, is Dimani Mathieu Cassendo — a graphic novelist from Montreal North, who is black.
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DariusLikewise posted:I'm pretty sure even if you get TD to send your card to a branch they still use Canada Post/Purolator to send it there Nope, at TD at least all internal stuff was sent through the bank's secure mailing service. I use Canada Post all the time since being somewhat rural it's often easier and cheaper to buy things online than in person, but if the workers feel the need to strike I'll survive and support them.
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"A lot of banks do not have branches" *literally just describes how one of the small ones has branches* Also TD will only mail your cards to your own address if you specifically request it.
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