We are taking a pounding from high shipping costs due to the continued Canada Post union problems. The other carriers are now also full and often deliver late, resulting in us sometimes needing to refund rental fees and pay for the return shipping with no revenue. The shipping for some rentals is so high, we lose money doing them, even with our currently higher prices.
We don't want to raise prices further, since we know rentals during the Christmas season can be particularly important for photographers. However, to recover from these circumstances, prices will not fully return to pre-October values after the Canada Post union problems are fully solved.
We may also need to consider additional fees for very-long-distance or remote-location customers where costs that leave just a few dollars left for us are no longer possible.
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