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With the USPS tracking, you in theory *can* track it once it is in Canada but only through the CanadaPost website (if they scan it) at http://www.canadapost.com (I want to say .com but it might be .ca I don’t know). Once it crosses the border USPS just says “It crossed the border”. Dumb websites.
Other then that I say go with USPS I usually get their package, but they like to forget if it’s not priority. But that might just be *my* post office.
Dragon87 wrote:Once it crosses the border USPS just says “It crossed the border”.
It should do more than that. Here’s the final report on on item I shipped a few weeks ago by regular International Priority Mail to Canada, using just the tracking number on the Customs form:
The USPS website wrote:Status: Delivered Abroad.
Detailed Results:
Delivered Abroad, November 12, 2008, 11:17 am, CANADA
Attempted Delivery Abroad, November 11, 2008, 8:17 am, CANADA
Attempted Delivery Abroad, November 10, 2008, 6:54 pm, CANADA
Attempted Delivery Abroad, November 10, 2008, 11:59 am, CANADA
At Foreign Delivery Unit, November 10, 2008, 8:12 am, CANADA
Out of Foreign Customs, November 06, 2008, 10:45 am, CANADA
Into Foreign Customs, October 20, 2008, 12:11 pm, CANADA
Arrived Abroad, October 20, 2008, 12:11 pm, CANADA
Acceptance, October 14, 2008, 12:43 pm, MIDLAND, TX 79701
That’s pretty detailed information. Not as much as you’d get with UPS (which lists the place names), but decent enough to tell whether or not something went missing.At the Canada Post Website you get the place names… Like something I got recently…. Ok, not so recently! LOL
Canada Post Website wrote:2008/10/03 14:13 EDMONTON, AB Item available for pickup at Post Office
2008/09/30 10:43 EDMONTON, AB Attempted delivery. Notice card left indicating where item can be picked up.
2008/09/30 01:30 EDMONTON, AB Item processed at postal facility
2008/09/28 11:03 RICHMOND, BC Item processed at postal facility
2008/09/26 02:33 VANCOUVER, BC International item arrived in Canada and will be reviewed by CustomsWhere yours just states “At Foreign Delivery Unit”. That’s what I meant…. although I could have stated it better….
The Castle [Dave wrote:“]
The USPS website wrote:Status: Delivered Abroad.
Detailed Results:
Delivered Abroad, November 12, 2008, 11:17 am, CANADA
Attempted Delivery Abroad, November 11, 2008, 8:17 am, CANADA
Attempted Delivery Abroad, November 10, 2008, 6:54 pm, CANADA
Attempted Delivery Abroad, November 10, 2008, 11:59 am, CANADA
At Foreign Delivery Unit, November 10, 2008, 8:12 am, CANADA
Out of Foreign Customs, November 06, 2008, 10:45 am, CANADA
Into Foreign Customs, October 20, 2008, 12:11 pm, CANADA
Arrived Abroad, October 20, 2008, 12:11 pm, CANADA
Acceptance, October 14, 2008, 12:43 pm, MIDLAND, TX 79701
Am I reading this right; it stayed in customs over two weeks? Is that normal? I guess I’ve been really lucky because I’ve never sent anything that stay in there that long.Lokie wrote:Am I reading this right; it stayed in customs over two weeks? Is that normal? I guess I’ve been really lucky because I’ve never sent anything that stay in there that long.
I’d not noticed that. But yes, packages can get held up in Customs for a week or two. Presumably this one was pulled for examination. Normally it only takes a few days; maybe a week.
That’s one of the reasons it costs so much to send things by UPS. They do all the paperwork and greasing of palms ahead of time, so things are expedited through Customs. With the Post Office it’s pretty much hit and miss, waiting for cheap brokerage if I’m understanding things correctly, unless you use Express Mail. And with Express Mail you may end up paying for the speed with a broker fee and taxes that might have not been added to a Priority package.
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