Canada Post closes Amazon free shipping loophole to Nunavut communities

Last month, the Post Office and Rankin Inlet posted this notice. It told customers that any mail with the incorrect address would be returned to sender. That’s what stopped Nunavut Mute from getting Amazon’s free shipping. What’s been happening is Amazon customers have been using fake postal codes to unlock a loophole to get free delivery. Parcels destined for rank and Inlet, for example, have been addressed with the postal code ending in Zero G1, which doesn’t exist. Now all those packages will be returned to sender. Now we have to figure out another way to stretch our budgets, right? Local stores tends to really inflate prices, and by not having the Amazon free shipping, you’re really looking at more food insecurity says. She usually buys Tim Horton’s soup on Amazon, which sells for less than $3 a can compared to 6 to $8 in local stores. But when she tried to buy it on Amazon and pay for the shipping, it quoted her $56 for two cans. For its part, Amazon couldn’t answer why it would even accept orders with incorrect postal codes in the first place. Catalyst one of the places that gets free shipping through Prime, but not all communities, especially those more remote communities now. As for Canada Post, the company tells CBC News that incorrect addressing bogs down the whole system and is simply enforcing a policy that’s long existed. Now, there have been speculation on some community Facebook pages that the Northwest Company was actually behind the decision because Canada Post operates in Northern stores in several communities. Both Canada Post and the Northwest Company say that’s not true and that the Northwest Company had nothing to do with Canada Post cracking down on fake postal codes. Nick Murray, CBC News, Ikanowitz.