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Advice needed with Canada Post (piefed.ca)
submitted 1 day ago by Binzy_Boi@piefed.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Hey all,

I'm in a bit of an awkward spot currently. I was told not long ago by housing program I'm with that I'll be needing to move within the next month as I'm being transferred to another program, and in order to be eligible for the new program, I need to be moved into one of the buildings that program owns/leases.

I have a Nana in England, and she's recently been sending me a few parcels, mostly clothing. While I did tell her about the move coming up so that she'd know not to send anything more, the strike hit around the same time, and she told me that she had two already on the way.

Now the dilemma is this, I don't know if I'm going to still be at my current address whenever the strike ends, and what I don't want happening is for those parcels to be delivered to an address I no longer live at. I'd hate if they were returned to her at an additional cost to her, or if whoever lives here next is the type of jerk to take what wasn't meant for them.

Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening? I support the strike, I just also want to make sure I'm not losing my parcels when it ends.

Thanks in advance.

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[–] NGram@piefed.ca 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Honestly, I think the easiest way would be to try to make friends with whoever moves into your old place (and/or the landlord for that place). That way you can arrange for them to hold your packages until you can pick them up if they do end up at their place.

You should also sign up with your current address for Canada Post's automatic package notifications so you can stay on top of when they are in Canada Post's hands. You might be able to talk someone at a post office into redirecting the parcels once you've got info on them (thought I think it's a long shot).

Unfortunately CP seems to only offer parcel redirection services for businesses. Their mail redirect service (for regular customers) won't be much help to you.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The slip for the parcel should come to the new address though, right? Worst case you have to trip back to the old post office.

[–] NGram@piefed.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What slip? If you mean the "package delivery attempted" slip, those aren't mailed -- they're left by the delivery driver at the location -- so they wouldn't be redirected by mail forwarding.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

The one that arrives in your box telling you to go into the office to get your package.

Maybe if you have the door-to-door delivery it's different.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 hours ago

I think the easiest way would be to try to make friends with whoever moves into your old place (and/or the landlord for that place).

Or at minimum leave them a polite note with your phone number asking them to let you know if any mail comes for you, and offering to pick it up whenever it is convenient for them.