So tonight i was at the post office... trying to see if they would mail my wedding invitation mock-up to see if it would cost more money etc. I was told yes, they would charge me more money to tie a ribbon around the card...silly people - are they trying to work themselves out of a job? Already many more people use email than post so you'd think that they would make it easier than harder. So along with stringent measurements for envelopes for common folk, when i checked their website, there were a number of interesting rules...
You may not mail
any item emitting an offensive odour
gold bullion, gold dust and non-manufactured precious
metals unless mailed under an Agreement between Canada Post and the mailer
Live animals cannot be mailed unless the
mailer has entered a related Agreement with Canada Post prior to mailing. Bees,
day-old chicks, parasites, leeches and some other small cold blooded animals can
be mailed under certain conditions (see
section 3.2.1 “Suggestions for How
to Package and Wrap Items” of “ABCs of Mailing - Personal”).
Dead animals or their parts, including, for
example, the whole carcass of a beaver or a mallard duck, the antlers of a deer,
hides, pelts, nests or eggs, may be acceptable for mailing, provided all
applicable requirements are met.
2 comments:
I mailed a couple of chocolate bars to Grandma last year for her birthday, and the lady at the post office helped me arrange things in the envelope so I didn't have to pay any extra (I'm pretty sure I didn't, anyways). I wonder what kind of chocolate bars they were, because maybe you could send those instead of invitations since they wouldn't cost extra. I would come to your wedding if you sent me a chocolate bar!
Brilliant, Rach! You can print out the info on paper sleeves and wrap those around the chocolate bars! I did a print-out chocolate-bar-sleeve for Tom for Valentine's, it's easy enough to do! AND delicious :)
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