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Originally Posted by umbria27
I too prefer Canada Post for parcel delivery, mostly because they are cheaper including generally having lower broker fees, but their advantage disappears as soon as they no longer deliver to my door.
You're right too about the remote depots if a courier misses you at home, but this is rarely a problem for me since my spouse and I both both work from home 80% of the time, so we rarely miss the courier.
If I'm not home for Canada Post, the parcel is kept at the local post office in the Shoppers. I walk there nearly every day anyway, so that's great. This network of local Post Offices is a fantastic competitive differentiation for them. If Canada Post can contrive to send me an email when mail arrives telling me the sender, I'd be happy to come to the post office to pick it up, but don't make me come every day to see if there's anything worth picking up.
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I work for CPC.
You might want to try a new service called FlexDelivery, which has capabilities very similar to what you were describing. You can have an item directly sent to a post office, and you will receive an e-mail when it has arrived.
It is in something of a "beta" and has not been officially launched yet, but it is available for anyone to sign up:
www.canadapost.ca/FlexDelivery
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