Canada Post Drops

Couple of questions regarding drops in Canada.

  1. When the recepient of a package does not come to his/her door to receive a package they leave a small not on your door saying to come pick it up at "x" post office between "x-x" time on "x" day, how is something shipped so that this is avoided and the package is just left at the door of the house it was ordered to?

  2. Do other carriers offer this service? (UPS etc.)

  3. Does canada post and other carriers have access to a list of foreclosed homes etc. that they will not deliver to if that is the address for a package?

  4. Besides foreclosed homes, what are some other good options for a drop?


Comments


[1 Points] BHOil:

Order to your house if it's only for personal and you don't live with your family... Otherwise most of the drops I've gotten have just landed in my po box. Never had to sign for anything and I know exactly what you are saying.. No worries I wouldn't panic


[1 Points] None:

Canada Post is offering a new service called FlexDelivery where any citizen can set up multiple temporary PO boxes anywhere in the country for free.

When the package comes in, you get an email and you can walk to the post office and show ID and you'll get your pack. Pretty convenient, especially if, say, you live in Vancouver but you're going on vacation to Ontario. You can Xpresspost a package of bud to a PO in Ontario the same day you leave for your flight and you'll get it A-ok.

I figured Flex packages would be more scrutinized but they work quite well even for international shipments. Also, if you set up the pickup location to a Shoppers Drug Mart, you can go in after hours and get a shoppers employee to open the locked case of packages for you. Which is good if you're paranoid about postal employees and stings and shit.