Canada Post

I ordered something on-line last week and because it is quite large and heavy and I'm in no particular rush, I opted for the cheapest shipping method - Canada Post parcel post. According to Canada Post's own tracking info they received the package in Scarborough at 13:06 on Wednesday, September 28. By 03:51 on Saturday, October 1 the package had made its way across Toronto to the Canada Post facility in Mississauga. Over 2½ days to get from one building to another in the same metropolitan area! Not only that, but the package is now further away from me than ever.

Update: (Tuesday, October 4, 2011) 27 hours after the parcel was "processed" in Mississauga it arrived in Ottawa where it was "processed" twice more before being sent out for delivery at 09:33 this morning, That's 3¼ days from Mississauga to a local delivery truck in Ottawa. Delivery came at 13:49 this afternoon - 6 days 43 minutes door to door. I'm guessing that Canada post thinks that's not bad and it's probably within their delivery guidelines, but it's nothing to brag about.