40 - Sunday, September 12, 1993 - North Shore News

| AP. WMcCredie

LOCATION. LOCATION, Location. Sounds like a refrain from a restaurateur’s guide to success, but in- creasingly it is the reason postal franchise outlets are surpassing Canada Post-operated post offices in business. Here on the North Shore, the future of the sole remain- ing post office — the West Vancouver post office at 225-17th St. — is currently under review by the corpora- tion. According to Canada Post spokesman Ilona Beiks, “Our customers are not really using those main postal offices as much as the franchise outlets. We now have

six franchise outlets in that srea,’’ Canada Post closed its main North Vancouver post office at 100 East First St. to all but business clients in March 1991. People who prefer the outlets. point to the extended hours — most are open seven days a week -— and their convenient loca- tions. Critics of the closures say that the new franchises are staffed by workers who know little about the postal system. Like it or not, however, the writing is on the wall for the fate of what was once a.community gather- ing place.

Jacky Cloudt

North Vancouver Franchise outlets — because they are closer to my house. I just use the basic services, like buying stamps and sending small parcels,

SURVEY TEAM:

John Clunas

North Vancouver

I’m an engineer looking for work so I’ve been using the postal service quite often lately. 1 find the outlets to be very convenient in terms of their location.

Howard MacDonald North Vancouver

| use the franchises berause there isn't a post office anywhere near where } live.

Steve. Ritchie North Vancouver I’ve found no difference

_in terms of service be-

tween :Canada Post- operated offices: and the franchised . outlets, . so

because of the conve-.

nience of the locations of the franchises, I. go to them rather than the sole

North Shore post office.

James Michalek Vancouver , I use the Canada’ Post- run offices because I - didn’t know there- were franchise outlets,

The: North Shore News survey team called 529 North

-and- West Vancouver residents to find out if you use

postal franchise outlets more than Canada. Post’s main

aa. NO DON'T “NO OPINION | KNOW

Horseshoe Bay 64% 18% 3% 18% Dundarave/Ambleside 71% 21% 0G *. 8%

postal offices. The survey results:

British Properties

45% 42%

Norgate/Pemberton Heights 52% 15% Capilano/Delbrook Hightands 74% 16%

Lower Lonsdale

76% 3%

Central & Upper Lonsdale 16% 17%

Lynn Valley Blueridge/Deep Cove

TOTAL... eee ce eeee es 68%

68% 14% 74% 10%

The Peak of Vancouver

17%

0% 13% 11% - 22% 6% © , 4% 14%

3% |

14%

10%

6%

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