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Latest Tariffs News from Chit Chats Blog
See the blog below. Chit Chats is saying you need a manufacturer name and address (and it's looking as though they want a contact name at the manufacturer, like your account rep there or something). No one seems to know what to do if the item is vint...
Canada Post computer system down in at least the GTA
just got back from Shoppers and their CP computer system is down. Lady at counter told me it is at least effecting the GTA. Don't know if it's more widespread than that. No ETA when it will be fixed.
Seller News: April 2025
Seller News: April 2025https://www.ebay.ca/sellercentre/news/2025-april
Newest Buyer Scam
Buyers pay for a proprietary hack that deletes the tracking and causes usps to temproarily lose your shipment. the buyer is refunded then keeps your item. cjc
Extremely Excessive Fedex Overcharge
Hello, Recently received an additional charge for a FedEx label purchased from eBay. Originally quoted at $18.30, ended up charging me an additional $1431.25. I measured and weighed my package and even added a buffer to ensure I was overestimating by...
eBay Shipping Supplies coupon is back for Canadian Store Subscribers!!!
Per the post from Garry Thaniel, GM of eBay Canada! An update on the Shipping Supplies coupon for Canadian Store subscribers01-30-2025 04:10 PMseller_news_team Community Memberebay(0) View listingsDear valued Store subscribers,Ihope this message find...
Canada Post Tracked Packet International (Non-US) service vanished
Has anyone noticed some shipping services vanishing from the create label area? I was able to select Canada Post Tracked Packet International (Non-US) in the AM of March 26, 2025 and a few hours later that service had vanished along with the entire s...
No more shipping supplies coupons for Canadian Store Subscribers
More cuts, lovely
Ebay not being fair to all sellers selling certain banned MTG cards!
Ebay is being prejudicial to certain sellers when it comes to same MTG card name "CRUSADE" which is banned, being removed from lot of sellers, but certain service agents allow other sellers to list the same named item. Ebay is not being fair to all s...
Resolved! The estimated delivery date is very approximate... Will I be informed of the exact delivery date?
I just did my first purchase on ebay today: "Delivery info: Arrives Apr 8, 2025 - Apr 22, 2025". Shipping from USA to Canada... I wonder if I'll get an email or phone call later telling me the EXACT day of delivery... Something like 24 hours in advan...
Buyer Selected Shipping Not Available?
I'm having an issue when getting a label; there's no option available for what the buyer selected. This is the second time this has happened internationally. Once in China, and now in Norway. But I've had tons of orders where there were no issues in ...
International Shipping Getting Turned Off In Template
I'm creating a template and I turn on international shipping but after I save it international shipping is turned off, no error message
Coupons LIVE!
coupons are live on .ca FINALLY!!!!!!! I just set up a 5% off one for the rest of March to test it out!
Ebay collects sales tax on my behalf - how do I report this to CRA?
I am a small seller. Ebay collects sales tax on my behalf. I did under 30k in gross sales. Don't want/need to register for GST/HST for this year. I have the understanding that If I had $20,000 in Total sales (Includes taxes), and ebay collected $2,00...
De minimis allowed - for now
As per executive order update - see below.https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/amendment-to-duties-to-address-the-flow-of-illicit-drugs-across-our-northern-border/
Shipping Calculator gives prices for services that are not available on label purchase page
Anyone know why the shipping calculator does not line up with the actual label purchase page?Seller gives shipping cost to buyer based on the calculator, buyer then buys an item and the shipping service previously quoted is not there when seller goes...
unable to delete old (more than 6 month) ebay messages; how can I fix this?
I know it says ebay will permanently delete messages in my ebay message centre that are more than 6 months old. this is not happening and I am not given the option to manually do so; needless to say these old messages begin to pile up over time. How ...
Sell my 1944 American penny without mint mark
1944 no mint mark and errors on American penny
Starting January 2025, Ebay Canada to require SIN number for all sellers with more than 30 sales?
I was reading this article on Ebay and it states that as of January 2025, anyone with over 30 sales will have to provide a SIN number. https://www.ebay.ca/help/account/regulatory/sales-reporting/canada-digital-sales-reporting?id=5476#section3 It seem...
Resolved! Problems with fees?
I'm trying to understand something... There's seem to be a big problem (or something I don't understand). Item fees are supposed to be calculated on item + shipping.Ok... but...This customer did not pay 2,75$ (That's the lettermail price)... They pai...
SIN Requirement From Ebay. Thinking of changing to Business Account. Any advice?
I just received the notification from ebay for my SIN for CRA (or I can be fined by the CRA up to $500). I declare ALL my sales on all platforms so I'm not hiding any income. But I still don't feel comfortable at all giving ebay my SIN. I sell on ano...
Stallion Express stating de minimis changes possible April 2nd
Email sent by Stallion Express regarding CBP no longer allowing international shipments passing through the US also included this statement:2Upcoming Tariff AnnouncementA new CBP announcement is expected on April 2, and there is a possibility that Se...
Resolved! Issue with item location : Canadian buyers can't buy my items since Jan 2025 :(
Hello everyone (and Devon@ebay),I sell on Ebay for 19 years now.....I had to end my listings during Canada Post strike last November...I relisted the same items in January 2025I HAVE ZERO SALES SINCE THENI only sell to Canada (all provinces)My listin...
EBAY CONTACT
Does anyone have the real name of someone who works for eBay Canada? How about a real phone number for eBay Canada? Fax number? Email address? Hell-- oops, I meant- I'll take an Ouija board at this point. Is Richmond St in Toronto the actual address ...
NetParcel vs EBay Shipping Labels
I just came across Netparcel, wondering if EBay shipping offers better rates? However I would possibly consider using Netparcel on some shipments. How does this work on EBay with getting paid if you don’t use their shipping labels? Could it be more o...
Current Canada Letter Rates
Anyone else in agreement that the recent rate adjustment for Canadian letter mail, regular and oversized was a bit excessive? Used to be stick a 2.09/3.43 and good to go for anything slightly oversized. Now it's become a challenge mixing and matching...
Chit Chats and Stallion Express removed international services that transit the US
So apparently you can't ship internationally through Asendia or USPS (or any service that transits the US). On Stallion's site when I bought my shipping label for the UK they only offered me UPS and NL Post as options. Chit Chats sent out a communica...
The From header eBay <ebay@info.ebay.com.ca> does not match the DKIM domain sendgrid.net (DMARC)
In a year, I've received at 3 emails sent from the address ebay@info.ebay.com.ca (which shouldn't contain a valid DMARC record). Therefore, most messages sent using sendgrid.net should be classified as spam by Gmail recipients as of last month. Messa...
Resolved! Tariff code. Do I put one in or not?
So, I sell vintage and antique items from Canada. Mostly breakables. The eBay labels provide a spot for the tariff code but do I need to put one in? I have tried to find them and only found a code for 100 years or older. When I do a search I just go ...
Seller refused delivery and asking to resend to different address
I'm located in canada I sold an item to a buyer in brasil. Once it had reached Brasil, the buyer had refused the delivery. Now he is asking me to resend it to him, but to an address in the US. He's also asking me to declare the item with a $10 value ...
