Beware of the Gotcha Gang

Waterloo ON Tuesday, July 17, 2007

At about 4:30 PM on Tuesday afternoon the Gotcha Gang slipped into town and rode off with over $4,000 from an unsuspecting mailer.

It was a simple matter of using a 6.5" X 9.5" envelope for a 25-gram Lettermail mailing, when a narrower envelope would have been sufficient. The gotcha was that beyond a width of 6 1/8", the cost per piece was a staggering $1.10 as compared to the mere $0.52 at 6 1/8" or less. On the 7,000 piece mailing the Gotcha Gang claimed $4,060.

Please note that the Gotcha Gang is not Canada Post. The Gotcha Gang represents the effect of decisions that result in paying excess postage, labour costs or minimizing opportunity. Most of these releases are based on actual events, though dates and locations may be fictitious.