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foibles3 · ‎03-24-2020

can I still ship internationally through the Kentucky hub? Are shipments grounded from the USA to Europe?

coffeebean832 · ‎03-24-2020

The latest announcement says eBay will put blocks in place for specific countries so you can keep the GSP option on your listing and it should still work for countries without those restrictions.

bigdeals.etc · ‎03-24-2020

I haven’t been keeping updated myself on international shipping during the pandemic.

More generally, what about using USPS directly? Are they freezing out any countries from receiving packages? Like I’d hate to get an INR from a buyer in Italy who bought one of my items and hasn’t received it yet because of this.

coffeebean832 · ‎03-24-2020

bigdeals- this is the announcement I referenced in my above post- it's not on the announcements board, it's on that new board they added today.

https://community.ebay.com/t5/COVID-19-Community-Hub/Advising-you-about-shipments-during-COVID-19/ba...

The blocks are not specific to the GSP.

Shipping to countries without blocks that may experience delays- eBay hasn't said anything about what kind of protections they may or may not offer sellers when INRs are filed- at least not that I've seen. @Anonymous- is there any official word on this?

reallynicestamps · ‎03-24-2020

This is the Canada Post list -- but it seems to be based on countries which are not ACCEPTING incoming mail.

in reply to ypdc_dennis 03-20-2020 05:31:29 PM

Last Edited 03-20-2020 05:41:23 PM

March 20 -- another 13 countries added

ALBANIA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRIA
BOSNIA/HERZEGOV
BRUNEI
CAYMAN ISLANDS
CHILE
COLOMBIA
CYPRUS
DENMARK
DJIBOUTI
ECUADOR
EGYPT
ESTONIA
FRENCH POLYNESIA
INDIA
KAZAKHSTAN
KUWAIT
LATVIA
LEBANON
LIBYA
LUXEMBOURG
MACEDONIA
MALDIVES
MALTA
MOLDOVA
MYANMAR
NORWAY
PANAMA
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
RUSSIA
SAUDI ARABIA
SERBIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SURINAME
SWITZERLAND
TUNISIA
TURKEY
UKRAINE

https://www.canadapost.ca/cpc/en/our-company/news-and-media/service-alerts.page

Fedex: https://www.fedex.com/en-us/service-alerts.html

Royal Mail: https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5317/~/international-incident-bulletin

USPS: https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/

UPS: could not find a useful link

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Here's a link to the entire thread.

Note again-- this is Canada Post-- but our postal system are very well synched.

https://community.ebay.ca/t5/Seller-Central/Canada-Post-International-suspension-of-service-March-19...

sin-n-dex · ‎03-24-2020

@bigdeals.etc wrote:
I haven’t been keeping updated myself on international shipping during the pandemic.

More generally, what about using USPS directly? Are they freezing out any countries from receiving packages? Like I’d hate to get an INR from a buyer in Italy who bought one of my items and hasn’t received it yet because of this.

In Canada, some countries are blocked, and parcels will be returned (Cyprus, Chile, Mongolia...) and there are major delays for other places (Italy, China, etc). The delays are caused by lockdowns that are regional.

Since I don't know if a parcel is lost or just hasn't arrived yet, I blocked international shipping (except Canada because I live here), but as GSP's requirement is for the seller to get the package to Kentucky, I'd say you're safe with that sale.

C.