GSP US to Canada Shipping Time
Summary: sleeper_37 is experiencing delays in receiving an item purchased from the USA via eBay's Global Shipping Program (GSP), as the last update was 1.5 weeks ago. jipome-0 mentions that shipping has slowed due to operational challenges, while marnotom! explains GSP's decline, noting that shipments may now be processed through alternate services like eBay International Standard Delivery, which is often slow, or eBay International Shipping. The delays may also be due to congested USPS hubs in Chicago. reallynicestamps shares their experience with mail order, stating they typically plan for a 21-day delivery window to account for any delays, a practice that helps manage buyer expectations.
I purchased three items off eBay, two from China and one from USA via GSP delivering to Vancouver, Canada. I received the items from China within 2 weeks, but the item from USA's last update was 1.5 weeks ago showing "US, Kentucky, Erlanger, 41025-2501, Shipped from the Global Shipping Center to International Destination." It's been stuck on that for last week and a half.
From what I've read, it just means it's on its way to Canada and not to my home yet. Is shipping really this slow? I understand it's slower with covid, but is anyone else experiencing slow shipping times?
reallynicestamps
·3 years agoWith decades of experience in mail order, I assume shipments will take about 21 days to arrive whether to or from the USA.
The outliers are the ones remembered, whether those that arrive really early, which many will presume is normal, or very late.
This is why I use Economy Shipping from an International Location with an 11-23 day delivery time.
Usually shipments arrive before the 11th day, but the 23 days covers me.
jipome-0
·3 years agoIt has started to take a really long time now that we have so many state-employed people dying suddenly or getting a debilitating auto-immune disease, should be about 1-2 weeks longer then 2020 era
marnotom!
·3 years agoAs far as I know, the Global Shipping Program is pretty much dead now. Two other services--one of them scheduled to be discontinued in September--are handling international shipments for sellers who do not want to make direct shipments from the US. Your item is either being handled through eBay International Standard Delivery--which is extremely slow much of the time--or else it's being handled by eBay International Shipping (eIS), which is still a fairly new service.
Items forwarded through eIS that are destined for Canada seem to be going through hubs located in the Chicago area. Chicago's USPS hubs for domestic and international mail tend to get pretty bogged down even at the best of times, so it may be that sellers who use USPS to get their items to the eIS hub are seeing their shipments get delayed even before this new forwarding service gets hold of them.
lotzofuniquegoodies
·3 years ago@sleeper_37
@marnotom!
Recent Canadian announcement message about the program:
https://pages.ebay.ca/international-shipping/?mkevt=1&mkpid=2&emsid=0&mkcid=8&bu=43100437243&osub=95835025d2455417b225974a4cea9c64%257EEN_T&segname=1689688529712EM_EN_T&crd=20230718070449&ch=osgood
-Lotz