Canada post phasing out home letter delivery over next 5 years

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So it will be interesting how this affects the secondary market and what new costs will be as this happens.
 
Well stamps are.going from 63 to 85¢ on Mar 31 so i'm sure bubble mailers will go up.as well. Not good, but the mailman is going the way of the milkman by the looks of things
 
http://o.canada.com/news/alert-canada-post-ending-door-to-door-delivery-in-cities-urban-areas/

1. Community mailboxes

Over the next five years, the one third of Canadian households that receive their mail at their door will be converted to community mailbox delivery. This change will provide significant savings to Canada Post and will have no impact on the two thirds of Canadian households that already receive their mail and parcels through community mailboxes, grouped or lobby mailboxes or rural mailboxes.
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So this doesn't change anything from the looks of things for people who live in townhouse - apparently, I will still get mail in my lobby mailbox.

The bigger issue that I took from the announcement is the massive spike in letter mail, from 0.63 cents to 0.85 or $1

Canada Post will introduce a new tiered pricing structure for Lettermail mailed within Canada, which will better reflect the cost of serving various customer segments. Under these changes, the majority of Canadians, because they buy stamps in booklets or coils, will pay $0.85 per stamp, with discounts for customers that use the mail most. The minority of consumers who purchase stamps one at a time, which represents an estimated 2 per cent of stamp purchases, will pay $1 per stamp.
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With letter mail going up by that much, I'd be interested in seeing what bubble mailers do.

Ultimately, I think the secondary market is going to be dealing more with the increase in shipping prices more than the community mailboxes.

Kevin
 
With the increasing shipping prices l can see the hobby moving more to local shows and B&M shops.
 
If shipping prices increase to $5+, this will start eliminating sales of low-end cards. Gone will be the $3-$5 card sales online. That would mean a total shut down of eBay stores since many of us depend on moving much of the smaller items
 
I don't mind spending now to buy rolls of stamps at 63 cents before the increase. That kind of inflation is only telling me that CP doesn't want to be doing this stuff so they price it at ridiculous levels.
 
House to house delivery is less secure than the central lockboxes. If mail volumes are truly down as much as they claim, then it's sensible to make maximal use of the person hours available to them - having someone walking house to house isn't great use of those hours.
 
Also heard about this from my Wife who works at a drug mart with a Canada Post in it. I've noticed a lot of the Canada Post locations closing in our areas. Its cheaper for them to open a small location inside other businesses and have the business hire employee's to represent them I guess.

It'll certainly be tougher to get item's off people not wanting to pay the high amounts to ship low end cards and singles. Sigh...

I fully understand them wanting to phase out the door to door delivery, as its not very good use of time when there are better ways to go about this.

I guess anyone really wanting that door to door service will have to star using more expensive options and couriers......
 
Shipping wise, this will hurt the low end stuff for sure. So local show dealers who deal in low end stuff will benefit greatly.

high end stuff, I double this makes that big a difference. Now we'll see what really drives the hobby.
 
Community mailboxes, if you don't have one now, are nothing.

That's what I've had, at one house or another, since 1995.

When I get home from work, and want to check the mail, instead of doing it at my door step - I have to walk about 30 feet. It's nothing.

As others have said, it's actually MUCH more secure.



Now... the price increase? That's a totally different thing.
 
I have had a community mail box since the mid 90's. The only problem is every once in a while an enterprising thief decides its a good idea to ram it with a vehicle to try and steal the contents from everyones boxes. From what I hear this is a pretty common problem with these community boxes. Why steal one persons mail when you can steal 25.
 
frankiefives said:
If shipping prices increase to $5+, this will start eliminating sales of low-end cards. Gone will be the $3-$5 card sales online. That would mean a total shut down of eBay stores since many of us depend on moving much of the smaller items
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What he said.... I have had to stop ripping most lower end Hockey wax, because of the cross border shipping charges.
 
If they're saving money by closing down post offices (switching to Shoppers etc) and also stopping door to door delivery it would be nice to see the price of stamps go DOWN for a change!
 
I do not get what the massive hoopla is about. The price of a stamp is raising by $0.22. Like what has been said we expect bubble mailers to raise in price as well. To mail within Canada it will cost approx $0.50 more. I know that it will add up quickly but it is not that massive of a jump. If you sell on eBay just charge an extra $0.50 for shipping. I highly doubt that the $0.50 will make lots of people quit this hobby.

Plus I will play Devil's Advocate here. It may actually be a good thing for people with an eBay store who sell a lot of lower priced cards. Buyers may be looking to buy in bulk now and instead of that one card purchase may be a 3-5 card purchase. That is if you combine shipping at a decent price.
 
habscards said:
I do not get what the massive hoopla is about. The price of a stamp is raising by $0.22. Like what has been said we expect bubble mailers to raise in price as well. To mail within Canada it will cost approx $0.50 more. I know that it will add up quickly but it is not that massive of a jump. If you sell on eBay just charge an extra $0.50 for shipping. I highly doubt that the $0.50 will make lots of people quit this hobby.

Plus I will play Devil's Advocate here. It may actually be a good thing for people with an eBay store who sell a lot of lower priced cards. Buyers may be looking to buy in bulk now and instead of that one card purchase may be a 3-5 card purchase. That is if you combine shipping at a decent price.
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The "Hoopla" is that Canada Post may have a similar Rate Hike to emulate the USPS recent changes. The cost of a 3 oz bubble mailer from the US to Canada went from around $3 to $7. Never mind Europe that is now $8+... The rate for a Stamp only increased a couple of cents....
 
Question to those who have community mailboxes (as I currently do not).

What happens with the bigger envelopes/packages that are to be delivered to you?

I currently get a lot either hived in between my screen door and main door or are just left on the step - in the wide open.

I can't see that happening with a community mailbox. So will that mean more trips to the post office with my pickup card?
 

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