Where is the logic?

[sakic92710]

I received an eBay email about the Canada Post strike.  It promises full protection for Canadian sellers from an INR due to the fact we can send our mail out yet.  I made a sale & the delivery date gives me over 2 months for arrival.  HOWEVER ---- eBay says I must ship by Dec. 16.   What?!  They know I cannot do that.  What possible logic is there behind setting a shipping date?  For those who want to ask Canadian sellers why they are selling items that they cannot ship - why don't you ask eBay why they are promoting Canadians to keep selling & telling us they will protect us?  🙂

[12345jamesstamps]

Two months before item arrives...wow.

I am surprised anyone would make a purchase from Canada at this time period.

This really hurts sellers and buyers.

Some Canadian sellers took 'Time Away' until December 19th...I don't know why that date was done.

Would this include UPS or Fedex and can these be used instead for that one sale?

[brightlightbookseller]

The logic is that it's a lot of work to rewrite the programming for a temporary situation.  You'll be protected from defects.  Not given a totally different set of instructions in the first place.

[dnasilver]

Certainly, there are other companies Canadians can ship through. Hard to believe CP is the only means to ship. Why can you not ship through anther company?

[fbusoni]

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@brightlightbookseller wrote:

The logic is that it's a lot of work to rewrite the programming for a temporary situation.  You'll be protected from defects.  Not given a totally different set of instructions in the first place.

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Bingo.  Not to mention the strike could end at any time.

[slippinjimmy]

If you don't like the ship by date then change your handling time.

[meme6253]

That can start some real problems, The postal workers would not allow different carriers to pass picket lines

[evelyb30]

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@dnasilver wrote:

Certainly, there are other companies Canadians can ship through. Hard to believe CP is the only means to ship. Why can you not ship through anther company?

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In some more rural parts of Canada there aren't any viable options.  For things that have to cross borders from more urban areas, the available workarounds are ruinously expensive.   That's what my Canadian friends tell me anyway.  

[dnasilver]

There are not going to be picket lines at someone's home address. FedEx Canada or UPS Canada or DHL Express Canada or whomever picks up at your place and drops off at customers place. How do postal workers picket private residence or private business? 

[dnasilver]

USPS delivers last leg for Fedex, Amazon, and UPS where we are at in rural USA. So I can see that as an issue in Canada too. But the vast majority of Canadians do not live in rural areas. 

[sakic92710]

There are other companies but nothing remotely convenient for me & they are more expensive, also.

[sakic92710]

I have everything posted with a 2-day handling time, but eBay already changed it to 5.   Why do that if it doesn't make a difference unless they continually update it according to the situation?

[slati_2013]

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@dnasilver wrote:

Certainly, there are other companies Canadians can ship through. Hard to believe CP is the only means to ship. Why can you not ship through anther company?

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Would you use UPS or FedEx to ship to Canada? Private companies shipping across borders are very expensive. The heavier the item, the more absurd the price. 

[dnasilver]

We have shipped worldwide. When we closed out our B&M in Hong Kong the inventory was shipped out to another country. It was handled by a private firm and it was costly. So yes we are very familiar with shipping cost. We have used armor truck companies in the US more than 500 times. Typically shipping cost are cheap compared to the insurance for those shipments. Yes we would use UPS or FedEx to ship to Canada. 

[carlmarxx]

I had Canadian  buyers that paid  for FedEx   or  UPS   Ground   during their last    strikes  .   I paid for  FedEx  and UPS    ground  from   Canadian   sellers  that I asked up front before Bid or BIN  because  I had no issue  of  cost.