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[ikel89]

This posts is to help with international shipping in general, useful for but not limited to secret santa exhanges. If you have questions about secret santa gift exchange specifically, try our FAQThe wisdom of this post is built on communal experience, and I encourage you to keep on contributing. I will keep the main body of this post updated as you

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[sephystabbity]

I AM STILL VERY CROSS ABOUT THAT TIME MY PACKAGE TO CANADA DIDN’T DELIVER :<

I keep an everlasting hope that Canada Pigeons will, one day, when I am sixty, deliver it to me :((( Seriously, regardless of how I rag on them, CP is usually reliable when it comes to mail, if somewhat lethargic...idk what happened this time :(

Oh that reminds, I still haven't mailed off your postcards oh my god!!! Actually...now that we know Georgia Pigeons can deliver small parcels, I'll just put it as part of your holiday parcel <3

I got nothing much to say about shipping to/from Canada that won't be echoing what everyone else has already said, but here it is regardless:

1. Much better to use Canada Post, the government-run post, than a third party like UPS or Fedex. UPS will definitely cause customs delays and charge customs and warehousing fees greater than the worth of the parcel.

2. There are some stuff you're not allowed to ship, including alcohol (ofc) and some plants n stuff. They want food stuff to be properly packaged, but I haven't had a problem about this despite sending many packages containing candy/spices.

3. They get a bit weird about plants and flowers being shipped.

[ikel89]

I sure hope it does! But preferrably before you're 60 :') It had some edible stuff I brought you from travels and a pile of art supplies, so nothing, like, irreplaceable and unique, but also it's annoying that it got lost in the void *shakes fist at pigeons* Oh well, I guess Geopigeons will have to work twice as hard now :D

And aw! Whichever shape/form, I'd be happy to see it <3 :3

Thank you for the pigeon wisdom! Will update the post :D