Canada Posts Success Rate at Delivering Coupon Envies 2009 - Did you loose any?

[Giving-Small]

How many trades have you done since Christmas and have any gone missing?

I am curious how many times things DO disappear in Canada Post. I started trading right before Xmas so I'm new and not sure what's "normal".

I have had two out of about 10 envelopes not arrive this year. That's 20% (my sample is small so I hope it's just a fluke). It makes me wonder about all my Christmas cards each year. Also NONE have been returned to sender.

One envelope was a gift of coupons and money for a cause (yes I know never send money but I wanted to give $5 for the Humane society). My first and last time putting cash in the mail and yes it was "hidden" inside other papers. My second time was from a trade of 3 cereal box coupons -- they have not showed up in a month. So I'm replacing and the other trader has been very gracious about it.

If you've lost things in the Canada Post, please share your story here. Were they cereal box coupons or ?

If you haven't lost anything, please share the number of trades / success story

[seapotato]

Oh no! I have been lucky to have received all my trades so far, but I don't know about other mail!

[PrincessM]

Since Dec. I have the following went missing
$100.00 u.s. cash from my sister in the u.s. ( I know u shouldn't mail cash)
$20.00 g.c. from Air miles
1 trade

[Giving-Small]

Oh no! I have been lucky to have received all my trades so far, but I don't know about other mail!

Seapotato - I know you trade alot (thanks by the way) -- would you say that you sent out 20 - 30 envelopes or more?

Because that's a great success rate.

[justaydan1]

They did something on the new about this the other day saying that more and more post office workers have been caught stealing things mostly for fraud like credit cards and other things that they can use in id theft.
Scary stuff
I haven't missed out on any trades but I have been missing bills at times and I am sure missing lots of freebies that others have gotten so i blame the mail lol

[seapotato]

Yes, I've had about 60 trades so far! Everything has gone smoothly and everyone held up their end of the trade

OHHH i remember i had mail missing!! I was returning a book I bought on amazon, but only got the address part on the box mailed back to me, coz the book "went missing"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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PrincessM

Ouch - that's hurts. Hope you can get the card replaced.

How many trades have you sent out? Was it about 5 or 10 or 20?
Just wondering if the "lost trade" is 1 in 5 or ?

Darlene

Since Dec. I have the following went missing
$100.00 u.s. cash from my sister in the u.s. ( I know u shouldn't mail cash)
$20.00 g.c. from Air miles
1 trade

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Justdan1

I missed that on the news - that's scary as it could be a ton of money of a credit card and effect your credit rating.

How many have you sent out this year that have arrived? 5 or 10 or 20 or more?

Darlene

They did something on the new about this the other day saying that more and more post office workers have been caught stealing things mostly for fraud like credit cards and other things that they can use in id theft.
Scary stuff
I haven't missed out on any trades but I have been missing bills at times and I am sure missing lots of freebies that others have gotten so i blame the mail lol

[NateandAva]

I am still waiting for one trade that was at the beginning of February from Ontario. I have only traded 3 times and this happened. I really hope it is just late....

[kerrylj]

I have no lost anything yet this yr. Last yr my futura submission went missing and it was terribly upsetting. (100+ in UPCs)

I am noticing that stuff is slow at times. Things that should take 2 days are taking a week in some cases.

[cesme77]

I am still waiting for one trade that was at the beginning of February from Ontario. I have only traded 3 times and this happened. I really hope it is just late....

That would be from me! I hope it's just late too but it's not looking too good right now...

So my success rate with Canada Post is 15/16 if the trade to NateandAva doesn't show up.

[PrincessM]

I must have sent out 20-25 trades. one I mailed didn't get there & one that was mailed to me didn't get to me.

I got the air miles g.c. replaced, but I lost the $100.00 from my sister.

[karalin9]

My DH didn't receive a card from his father for his birthday this year (his dad lives far away, and only sees him once a year, so i think he was very upset). Months later, we received a call from Canada Post saying that they had found the card and envelope opened on the floor of a post office somewhere (the cheque was still with it too).

There's something going on lately... maybe they need some security cameras watching workers at the offices.

[ex0ticb3lla]

nothing lost here yet...

BUT

things have been SOOOOOOOOOOOOO effin slow lately. A girlfriend who lives an hour south of me, mailed me an envie with some stuff in it and she mailed it out Jan 28th and I never got it until Feb. 12th....WTF?

THENNN last week poor Freedomz and I were trading and she mailed the envie out on the 2nd of Feb. By the 21st still nothing....JUST last week the envie was returned to her....how in the heck does it take that long!!?!?

[Sally888]

I have a train that I sent out eons ago that sposedely hasnt made it too the next rider, its so hard to tell if its the post though.

Also they have been slow as heck lately

Its taken 2.5 weeks for a parcel to reach my from BC which use to take 5 business days.