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[EricHiggin]

SvennoJ said:

EricHiggin said:

I have a hard time not being a bit conspiratorial about the refund checks and the postal strike being so well aligned. Totally possible it's just coincidental and bad timing, but politicians wanting to give back, and promising things, and then never delivering because of some excuse, always an excuse, or eventually delivering but far far later than promised, sometimes even after a leadership change, happens way too often. That money right now for many Canadians will make the difference between a decent xmas or no xmas really, so this postal strike has got a lot of people upset with them and even more at the Gov. It's also almost starting to become a norm during the holidays. The postal service has basically been using xmas to force everyone to give into their demands or cause further headaches if not flat out ruin the holiday cheer and gifting. Another reason why I'm a little conspiratorial. The Gov by now knows a strike is likely coming at this time.

In our case it's a refund check from a car rental place, cash deposit for temp car after our credit cards were stolen out of our car (back window smashed in). But that sounds even worse :/

Not that it's not total crap as the holiday season is when my wife makes most sales, no 'Black Friday' for her thanks to Canada Post and the Christmas presents bought from the states, duty paid already, stuck somewhere. Plus online auctions she buys from from the states won't even ship here anymore due to the strike.

The latest news is not looking good, and how long is it going to take to get the whole system going again...

I was talking about the Countrywide checks. I forget the reasoning, but there's those checks plus the temp tax breaks coming. Sucks you got your vehicle looted, but that's becoming normal in Canada. The fact the police are basically told to stand down or ignore it when it comes to that is just insanity. The law here is becoming a joke. Having a home business and relying on the postal service would certainly be a downer right now, you're right, and it's not like there's a bunch of other package services to choose from, and what we do have tends to suck. Unless you're in a big city, then it's borderline acceptable. There's been a few xmas now over the recent years I've ordered from the US or EU, etc, and during BF, but didn't get my stuff until mid Jan because of these stupid strikes. It's sad. This Country is losing it's focus and people just don't care like they used to, but it's hard to blame them as well.