Canada Post ~~ Flat Rate Shipping Program

Treasures-By-Brenda says:

Almost eight months have passed since the launch of this new service. I have to admit that I was thrilled at first with the idea. I did manage to put the box to good use because I sold many boxed sets of books that perfectly fit into one of Canada Post's Flat Rate Boxes. That made the boxes convenient and cost-effective when items were shipped to the far reaches of Canada (from Ontario) and to the U.S.

I think, however, that many eBay sellers were disappointed because they thought they would be able to use these boxes to combine items and help the customer save money on shipping costs. The box, however, turned out to be too small to enable one to pack much into it and, in many cases, did not provide much if any cost savings.

I am not sure what you would have to send to be able to put 5 kilograms in the box -- the book set that I mailed many during and since the summer filled the box to capacity and it weighted in at less than 3 kilograms. Other than these book sets, I think I have only used a couple of the boxes for other combined purchases.

In my mind, the perfect box would have combined the benefits that this one has as discussed elsewhere on this page but they would also have given a better price savings on the cost of shipping.

What do you think? Have you had success or failure with these boxes?

Brenda

Posted December 29, 2008