Scam

The other day as I went to the mail box to get what I though for sure was just more bills, but I got a pleasant surprise.  There waiting for me was a little Canada Post package tag waiting for me.   I felt like a college student again as I got a letter in the mail saying I had a package to pick up at the post office.   Oh what could it be?  As I flipped the sheet over it said that I owed $1.29 in postage to receive it.   I must admit I got a little more excited about this because I knew it had to be something somebody sent, because I figured that a company would ensure that they got the right postage so that I got their "important" credit card information. 

So off Bruce went to get the letter from the post office.  I told him to call me as soon as he got it because the anticipation was killing me.   I know this sounds pathetic that a letter brought that much excitement, but it did.   Bruce calls me when he gets back to the car, and here is how the conversation went:

"What is is?"  I ask.

"A thank you card," he says.

"What?  Why did we have to pay  $1.29 for a thank you card?"

"Because they forgot to put a stamp on it before mailing it."

"Oh, but wait, isn't a stamp only $0.57?"

"Yep, but if they forget to put a stamp on YOU get charged DOUBLE to get the letter"

Are you serious Canada Post?!   I get a letter that SOMEONE else forgot to put a stamp on, and I get charged DOUBLE to get it.   That has to be the biggest scam I have heard of.   I  have to go and pick up the letter myself, and I get charged double.  There really has to be something illegal about this.   Canada post already charges us enough to mail a letter and now this.   I see why I am using email more and more.  And what makes me even more mad, is that I don't even get the mail at my house, I have to go to a box at the end of my street to pick it up.   So in essence I had to walk to get my mail, drive to get a letter and then PAY to pick it up.  Who is making money here!