Buyers need a way to specify type of shipping

[riderfandave]

If nothing else, the Canada Post strike has hammered home the requirement that buyers need the ability to specifiy what type of shipping they want. Especially if the item is going through the eBay Global Shipping Program.

When I purchase an item, I want the ability to select how it's shipped to me. If a seller wants to use the postal service, that's up to them, they don't ship it to me anyway, they ship it to an eBay warehouse, and it gets shipped to me from there. If I specify FedEx, then eBay puts it on the FedEx truck.

I'm tired of my purchases being held hostage by Canada Post's overpaid workforce that has become irrelevant.

[lotzofuniquegoodies]

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@riderfandave wrote:

If nothing else, the Canada Post strike has hammered home the requirement that buyers need the ability to specifiy what type of shipping they want. Especially if the item is going through the eBay Global Shipping Program.

When I purchase an item, I want the ability to select how it's shipped to me. If a seller wants to use the postal service, that's up to them, they don't ship it to me anyway, they ship it to an eBay warehouse, and it gets shipped to me from there. If I specify FedEx, then eBay puts it on the FedEx truck.

I'm tired of my purchases being held hostage by Canada Post's overpaid workforce that has become irrelevant.

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@riderfandave 

Another way of looking at this would be for sellers to offer buyers choice instead of one size fits all. Something I have done since I started selling and will continue to do when this strike is no more. From the US to Canada  perspective eIS may be A choice but not the best choice for many.