regarding .. did you recieve the item by this date thing...

[esclyons]

I am a seller and a buyer,, for the last 4 weeks every item i have left feedback for has not asked me if i received it by a certain date, have things changed, are they still using this as a defect measure.. because i have left feedback as a buyer over 15 times in the last month, and not once have i been asked if the item arrived by a certain date, any one else have any insight into this.. thanks

[reallynicestamps]

No insight, just profound gratitude.

Especially with the current state of labour relations at Canada Post with the possibility of revolving strikes (a few days or hours at various locations) or a national lockout by management.

[musicyouneed]

I don't know but hopefully that measurement has died a quiet death. 

[dutchman48]

I just left some feedback today and the question was still there.

If items come with tracking and delivery is before expected date, I think the question is not there as the tracking delivery over rides it.

[dutchman48]

I just looked at one that came with tracking and the question is there as well so only the shadow knows for sure.

[momcqueen]

If the order was sent with tracking, the question will not appear as long as ebay's shipping analytics have been alerted to the fact it has been delivered. There is often a delay in the updating of that information between 12 and 24 hours or more. As in I'll have had the item for half a day or more before the information it has been delivered is posted to ebay. 

I often leave feedback as soon as the item has arrived, and that means the question still appears despite being tracked and delivered to me. I don't bother to answer it. Ebay's shipping set-up will figure out it has been delivered sooner or later. That 'delivered' metric will overwrite anything the buyer says anyway.