EBay probably did little in the face of the pending strike simply because it would be detrimental to their bottom line. Canada is one of the top 10 when it comes to ecommerce buying and selling and eBay was probably not all that keen on loosing that market share.
I don't disagree with the thought..........but what action would you have taken since the strike wasn't assured until it actually happened? Sellers/buyers would have screamed if sales were cut off and then the strike didn't happen......Big difference between government sanctions because of an ongoing war and a civil strike that may or may not happen...........and that could be settled in hrs/days.......
Agree 100%. No need for eBay to take any action before the strike happened other than to prepare for it as they did with the announcement. On the day the strike happened eBay could have simply added Canada to the list of countries sellers don't ship to just as they did with the Russian Federation just as individual sellers could have modified their account settings to add Canada as one of the countries they don't ship to. However, this could have been problematic since some commercial companies like UPS are still delivering to Canada.
EBay, just like the individual sellers could/can undo the settings once the strike is over. I feel for the Canadian buyers and seller not only on eBay but other ecommerce venues. The strike is bad enough but the timing over the holidays compounds the impact. I remember well the COVID impact on holiday shipping in 2020. I had several items ordered well ahead of the holiday and several were not actually delivered until February-March of the following year.
