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Can't buy a Canada Post Label right now...

Summary: A participant initiated a discussion about difficulties in purchasing a Canada Post label, encountering a problem with the service. The conversation involved multiple participants, including jtg204, sapphyres-designer-jewellery, and others, who engaged in the thread, though the content of their posts was not explicitly detailed in the provided data. The topic seems to have experienced some interaction but lacks a specific resolution or details about the steps taken to address the issue.

This is what I see:

It's a PO Box, and UPS is $27, I want to do expedited lite. I don't ship every day, so if I can't buy a label tonight it won't get shipped until Friday.

C.

sapphyres-designer-jewellery

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Posted 9 months ago·Last reply 7 months ago

38 comments

jtg204

·7 months ago

Looks like another outage this morning.

azhag1qc

·7 months ago

That's what I'm seeing as well. Any further information what's happening here or on how long that is expected to last? As we all know, the difference between CP Expedited Lite and anything else is quite big.

john_koenig99

·7 months ago

I was able to buy one Expidated Lite last night. Hoefully it will be fixed soon.

byto253

·9 months ago

Wonder if CP was doing some system work or maintenance. It is often done over a holiday.

jtg204

·9 months ago

Short outage this time, seems to be back already.

parts_and_diecasts

·9 months ago

same here, trying to ship to eBay's EIS hub in Mississauga. went from $5.50 with CPC to $11.31 with UPS (which is higher than what the buyer paid)

jtg204

·9 months ago

CP labels outage again right now, if anyone is tracking the outages.

Got an error on Netparcel, so came to ebay and they only had the warning but CP options listed, but now CP options are removed with the big red alert warning instead.

lotzofuniquegoodies

·9 months ago

@sapphyres-designer-jewellery wrote:
This is what I see:

It's a PO Box, and UPS is $27, I want to do expedited lite. I don't ship every day, so if I can't buy a label tonight it won't get shipped until Friday.

C.

@sapphyres-designer-jewellery

FYI to one and all. Expedited lite up to 250 grams is NOW avalable with eBay labels. Buyers may not see if you didn't include but you can refund at your discretion if you choose to use.

In related news found this recently at AddedValueResource. Your place for the best heads up as to what is going on inside eBay. Definitely applicable for this situation.

https://www.valueaddedresource.net/ebay-quietly-kills-tech-issue-community-post/

nostalgicaftertaste

·9 months ago

Labels are finally working again. Shipping two orders late because of the technical issues, although it could've been worse.

lud-4367

·9 months ago

It's still down. It seems that it's on canada post, not ebay.

https://www.easypoststatus.com/

Past Incidents

Dec 24, 2025

Canada Post Carrier Outage

Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Dec 24, 10:26 PST

Investigating - EasyPost is currently experiencing issues with all shipment functions related to Canada Post due to an outage on their API. We are actively investigating the issue and are in communication with Canada Post to resolve it.

We will provide updates as more information becomes available.
Dec 23, 15:11 PST

flipistics

·9 months ago

@lud-4367 wrote:
It's still down. It seems that it's on canada post, not ebay.

https://www.easypoststatus.com/

Past Incidents
Dec 24, 2025
Canada Post Carrier Outage
Resolved - This incident has been resolved.
Dec 24, 10:26 PST
Investigating - EasyPost is currently experiencing issues with all shipment functions related to Canada Post due to an outage on their API. We are actively investigating the issue and are in communication with Canada Post to resolve it.

We will provide updates as more information becomes available.
Dec 23, 15:11 PST

What are EasyPost's rates like compared to eBay Labels?

bcva3609

·9 months ago

In cases such as these, is it okay if we don't meet the ship by time because the service was not available to select?

timerovertreasures

·9 months ago

They blocked Canada Post as a shipping option on the shipping page. This is ridiculous.

snoopwiz

·9 months ago

Tried again just now (Wed Dec 24, 7:40 a.m.) still a no-go.

snoopwiz

·9 months ago

Update 7:47 am...........managed to print one. Get 'em while you can.

timerovertreasures

·9 months ago

Still not working 😞

sixshroud

·9 months ago

Appears to be working now, was able to print the labels I needed

osabee27

·9 months ago

I just tried 5 minutes ago and the labels seem to be working and I ran to the kitchen so that I can print them, all of a sudden it says try again later, Canada Post may be experiencing delays 😑 this is really frustrating.

sixshroud

·9 months ago

Now it looks like labels are available again, but when I click purchase shipping label it doesn't load and says try again later. Frustrating.

snoopwiz

·9 months ago

Seems to be an on again/off again problem. (as of Dec 23, 7:40 pm e.s.t.)

Trying to create a small packet int'l label to France.

Should be about $11 for the under 100 gram envelope, no tracking, $15 or so for tracking.

Only option is good 'ol Fed Ex for the low, low price of (ready for it?) $80.17

Other options via CP are...."Temporarily Unavailable."

meddshaw

·9 months ago

Tried to ship for the first time in over a week. I'm getting this now too, "Temporarily Unavailable"

osabee27

·9 months ago

Yes, me too it says something like Canada Post is experiencing issues 😞 and only gives me UPS or FedEx.

flipistics

·9 months ago

@osabee27 wrote:
Yes, me too it says something like Canada Post is experiencing issues 😞 and only gives me UPS or FedEx.

I've had trouble today too. I was able to purchase an Expedited Lite label around 3pm EST, but ever since Canada Post seems to be completely down.

Couldn't get quotes for Canada Post from anywhere tonight.

Was able to print a lable for UPS through a 3rd party, but apparently the scheduling system is down (unsure whether it is UPS or the 3rd party that's down) so I couldn't schedule the pickup. I live about 75km away from the nearest drop point. Cancelled the label.

Was finally able to successfully print a label and schedule a pickup with Sendle. I really didn't want the packages sitting around until the 29th if I could help it.

reallynicestamps

·9 months ago

Couldn't get quotes for Canada Post from anywhere tonight.

Did "anywhere" include the Canada Post site?

timerovertreasures

·9 months ago

Same here. Page keeps timing out when I go to pay for the label.

videotimeplus

·9 months ago

We were able to ship with CP yesterday but now theres a banner saying Canada Post is experiencing issues and to try again later.

videotimeplus

·9 months ago

fixed now.

musicyouneed

·9 months ago

I had a buyer with a PO box and CP shipping was double. I managed to buy shipping through Chit Chats and still I lost money on the shipping that the customer paid. Shipping to a PO Box is way more expensive.

marnotom!

·9 months ago

@musicyouneed wrote:

Shipping to a PO Box is way more expensive.

I’m guessing that this PO Box is located in a rural or remote location.

reallynicestamps

·9 months ago

@musicyouneed wrote:

Shipping to a PO Box is way more expensive.

I’m guessing that this PO Box is located in a rural or remote location.

You can spot an isolated community by the postal code.

K2A is a city K0A is isolated.

marnotom!

·9 months ago

@reallynicestamps wrote:

You can spot an isolated community by the postal code.

K2A is a city K0A is isolated.

Usually true for remote and rural locations, but not always. Once I had to return a pair of glasses to Clearly. The mailing label had an address in the wilds of Richmond, BC with a “V0”-prefixed postal code.

flipistics

·9 months ago

@musicyouneed wrote:
I had a buyer with a PO box and CP shipping was double. I managed to buy shipping through Chit Chats and still I lost money on the shipping that the customer paid. Shipping to a PO Box is way more expensive.

You can turn off PO boxes, although I had one buyer that managed to get around it. Thankfully I realized before purchasing a label with UPS. Definitely cost me a bit more all the same.

sapphyres-designer-jewellery

OP9 months ago

@flipistics wrote:
@musicyouneed wrote:
I had a buyer with a PO box and CP shipping was double. I managed to buy shipping through Chit Chats and still I lost money on the shipping that the customer paid. Shipping to a PO Box is way more expensive.
You can turn off PO boxes, although I had one buyer that managed to get around it. Thankfully I realized before purchasing a label with UPS. Definitely cost me a bit more all the same.

That blocks out a lot of people who live in rural communities or small towns. My partner lives in a small town and he has a PO box at the post office because they don't do house delivery there. eBay will block the buyer from paying if their address has a PO box (and you have it blocked).

C.

flipistics

·9 months ago

@sapphyres-designer-jewellery wrote:
@flipistics wrote:
@musicyouneed wrote:
I had a buyer with a PO box and CP shipping was double. I managed to buy shipping through Chit Chats and still I lost money on the shipping that the customer paid. Shipping to a PO Box is way more expensive.
You can turn off PO boxes, although I had one buyer that managed to get around it. Thankfully I realized before purchasing a label with UPS. Definitely cost me a bit more all the same.
That blocks out a lot of people who live in rural communities or small towns. My partner lives in a small town and he has a PO box at the post office because they don't do house delivery there. eBay will block the buyer from paying if their address has a PO box (and you have it blocked).

C.

Yeah, it's not ideal but the way I have things set up atm with rate tables, it would potentially cost me a LOT of money so I've chosen to keep it disabled for the time being. A buyer can always contact me if they're interested and can't have it delivered to a physical address. Actually, adding that to the bottom of the description isn't a half bad idea.

thenorthvault

·9 months ago

Same for me. I messaged my buyers that I can't ship their orders for now. Hope this resolves soon..

sapphyres-designer-jewellery

OP9 months ago

@thenorthvault wrote:
Same for me. I messaged my buyers that I can't ship their orders for now. Hope this resolves soon..

Try printing it now, I just printed my expedited lite label.

C.

jtg204

·9 months ago

Should be a warning at top of label order page now indicating Canada Post is having issues.

sapphyres-designer-jewellery

OP9 months ago

@jtg204 wrote:
Should be a warning at top of label order page now indicating Canada Post is having issues.

There is, I didn't capture it in the screen shot because I had to scroll down to see the items are unavailable.

I messaged my one buyer whose shipment I want to track ($12 to Saskatchewan), it was for $100, so I'd like to track it.

C.