ManInCanada

7 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Received no problem. 

You seem t be more than a little concerned about this package? its typical Canadapost service. It will get there, the key word is "eventually".

I know this is my second topic related to the same matter. That's the reason I registered on this forum, because I googled Thailand+Canada Post+Tracking and found a few threads on this forum dating all the way back to early 2010s. I just never had anything from Thailand in the past. The seller I bought from surprisingly never sent anything to Canada either, so he was unable to give me any estimate on transit times.

I bought a lot both on ebay and aliexpress from Asia, specifically from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, but never from Thailand. Most of packages sent by mail from China take 3-4 weeks, the longest took 6 months, the quickest was 1 week, but that was more of an exception.

The reason I created this thread is not because of Canada Post, but our customs. I know our customs can seize, destroy or send anything back they find dangerous or prohibitive or if an item has been in contact with something dangerous, contagious, radioactive or otherwise prohibited to import. I know virus only spread from live host to host, but customs officials are not doctors or scientists, if they find a dead bug (or a live bug, lol) inside a package, the entire contents are destroyed. (I'm exacerbating a bit, but the logic they go by is similar.)

My item is not illegal or dangerous by nature, it's an electronic item, it's not a contraband, it is legally available to consumers in Canada, and it doesn't require any license or permits to purchase, own or use. I just found a good deal on ebay and bought it, it's just a relatively expensive item (about $1200 USD), and with a lack of tracking information and now the news about the virus are cause for a concern and I start to look like I'm panicking a little maybe... I know ebay and paypal has buyer protections and everything, but I will resort to such extreme measures as a last resort.

(I'm also expecting 6 packages from China since the outbreak started, but those are relatively inexpensive items ($6-$10 items), and if I don't receive those I won't be concerned much.)

Ok, I'll try to chill, and stop worrying. ????

1 hour ago, SoonOh said:

Never had any problems. Last shipment took 12 days to Vancouver, 14 days to Calgary and 16 days to Edmonton. Everything arrived intact. 

Thanks.

3 hours ago, Kerryd said:

Much ado about nothing.

 

Canada Post doesn't destroy parcels for no reason. There'd be headlines across the country if they started doing that. Besides, it would be Customs that would be impounding the mail any ways.
Thailand isn't a high risk country for that virus either. If I recall, the one "suspected" case (Brit tourist wasn't it ?) turned out to be just a normal flu.

When sending parcels through the mail, it pays to register them. That way a signature is required on the receiving end and you can (usually) track the shipment along the way. Better chance of your parcel making it (in one piece) too.

 

If Customs x-rays your parcel and sees contraband (like cartons of undeclared cigarettes) they could impound it. Normally they would then send the shipper and the receiver a notice that they have to pay the regular import taxes in order for the parcel to continue to it's destination.

Note that they will try to scam the duties from both parties ! We saw that happen when we were in Kabul and some guys tried shipping entire cases of cigarettes home. (50 cartons in a case.)
My buddy was freaking out when he got the letter telling him that his parcel was impounded. The person he was sending it to (to hold for him) also got a letter. My buddy thought if he didn't pay he'd get arrested when he returned to Canada but I pointed out that the letter said if the duties weren't paid (within 6 months I think it was) the contents would be sent for disposal. No mention of arrest or other penalties.
Buddy didn't pay the duties but no big deal. The case only cost him about $20 Cdn at the time !)

Couple other guys also got caught at the same time and then a few more shortly after as Customs started to x-ray more of the mail being sent from Kabul (through the military).

Keep in mind that Canada Post, ever since they unionized, are one of the slowest mail delivery outfits in the world. And that's when they aren't on a (union organized) "work slowdown" or "work to rule" campaign or having "rotating strikes" (etc etc).

I had packages go from California to Kandahar (through the US mail and military) in 8 days.

I've had normal mail (letters) take 3 weeks to get from Kamloops, BC to Trenton, Ont, then another week+ to get to Kandahar using Canada Post and the Canadian military.
When I was living in Vancouver, it took Canada Post 8 DAYS to get a letter from just north of Kamloops to Vancouver !

Canada would start quarantining people arriving from China long before they started worrying about packages in the mail. 

Afghanistan is considered a high risk country, almost every packages from there are inspected for drugs. Same goes for Colombia.

With at least 1 confirmed case of Wuhan coronavirus infection in Thailand, is Thailand now a high risk country? I'm expecting a package from Thailand, which is still in transit, but hasn't come yet. Is it possible for Canadian Customs to destroy all incoming packages from high risk countries?

Did you send any packages abroad, especially Canada, which made it to the recipient after the virus outbreak? Or did they get destroyed or returned?

58 minutes ago, LarryLEB said:

So, your experience seems to be par for the course.

Thanks for the information, I sent you a PM, please check.

Ok, I'll wait a bit longer to see if the tracking number appears within Canada Post's network. Maybe it's still waiting to be processed by customs.

But from my experience not all registered mail parcels appear in Canada Post's tracking systems. Some do, some do not. I ordered a bunch of stuff from China and Hong Kong in the past, the packages with tracking numbers like (RR,RV)#########(CN,HK) never got tracked with Canada Post from what I remember, and even China Post and Hong Kong Post never registered any progress after the packages have left the originating countries.

I know about third party tracking services (17track, aftership, parcelsapp, etc), they all pull data off existing postal service providers, and they all show the same info that is already available by Thailand Post. None show any activity in Canada so far.

7 minutes ago, kekalot said:

most of the times that i shipped stuff myself to Canada it took a long while and then eventually updated on Canada Post website.

I have had things take 2 months to get there. all depends on which kind of shipping he used.

Did you send Registered or EMS to Canada? EMS shipments tracking number starts with EE.

I had a seller sent me an item I purchased on Ebay via Thailand Post. The tracking number is registered and shows up on Thailand Post site, but not on Canada Post.

The tracking number is in format RO#########TH, where #'s are numbers.

It's been more than a week since the item left Thailand, but there's been no progress since then. The seller claims he sent the item, and I believe him, he's got over 1000 positive feedback with just 2 neutrals, so he's trustworthy. But Canada Post tracking system says: "We didn’t find an item associated with this number. Find out why. You can also edit this number."

Has anyone had success tracking items sent via Thailand Post all the way to delivery in Canada on either Canada Post site or Thailand Post?