@thebaglady-2016 wrote:
The reason it is so poor for Canada is that ebay/PB refuse to use the usps and Canada Post. They don't get their rake off the top with them, so they won't use them. UPS, Fedex, etc. are so much more expensive and are willing to share the rake. Just contact a seller and see if there is tracking available for their item and if they will ship via the usps. Most will.
Small items are delivered by Canada Post. For heavy and/or bulky items, PB uses Canpar, a company with a terrible reputation.
The reason the GSP so poor for Canada is that it adds too much to the shipping cost, charges duty/taxes on items that would otherwise slip through untaxed and takes longer (sometimes much longer) to arrive. It's blatantly obvious that the buyer didn't matter one bit to the program's designers.
Gailduplo, I'm glad that the program is working for you. Maybe eBay and PB should look at adding more countries where mail delivery can sometimes be a problem, and remove countries such as Canada, the UK and Australia from the list of GSP countries. Because buyers in those three countries mostly seem to despise the program.
