Canada Post Expedited Lite for Collectibles
Summary: rocketscollectibles announced that eBay has introduced a new shipping service called Canada Post Expedited Lite, aimed at boosting the trading card market. This move follows eBay's acquisition of TCGplayer and is intended to offer a more cost-effective shipping option for Canadian buyers and sellers, potentially reducing exorbitant shipping costs for lightweight items. However, rocketscollectibles expressed concerns about unexpected hidden costs due to fuel surcharges, noting that shipping rates might be higher than initially presented. Despite these concerns, the service is seen as a positive change for the market. rocketscollectibles also provided a link to continue the discussion in another thread.
Noticed we could not post on the announcement thread so. Here the announcement:
For those not knowing, eBay acquired the trading cards plateform TCGplayer (biggest competitor) for like $300 millions US a few months ago. With all the promos and now this new shipping service. It's very clear that eBay is all-in to boost the trading card market. This is very good news, we now have a shipping service with a lower cost than registered mail. This should really change the game for canadians. For both buyers and sellers. We should be done seeing people shipping with expedited and charging $20+ to ship a single card 30g envelope.
Unfortunately while reading, this scared me: These are starting base rates. Fuel surcharges and taxes may apply.
And i was right with my suspicions.
Rates are shown to be $5.00-$6.00. I went to test on a recent order and shipping QC to ON label was $7.86. Once again eBay makes things looks crazy, but there's hidden costs. Canada post fuel surchage is very high and makes things be not as good as it should be. I guess shipping QC to BC should cost around $10.00. To be experienced. Still good news.
rocketscollectibles
OP3 years agoPlease let this thread die and refer to this one:
https://community.ebay.ca/t5/Seller-Central/Expedited-Lite-for-Canadian-Sellers-using-eBay-Labels/m-p/494119#M145357