Canada Town Square

WRITE TO PM & MP ABOUT EFFECT OF POSTAL STRIKE ON YOU

I would like to encourage all eBay users (or at least anyone who comes to the boards) to follow my lead in taking 15 minutes today to compose an email message to the Prime Minister’s Office (ccing your local MP) to explain the effect the prolonged po...

Canada Post offer "Ceasefire" until January 31st

As subject says.

‘Ottawa ready to order Canada Post back to work’

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4913042'A step we do not take lightly,' minister's office says

‘Canada Post warns southern Ontario to have worst mail delivery delays in country’

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4912691‘By week's end, corporation says it may be unable to pick up items in Toronto due to lack of space’

‘Canada Post Worker Speaks Out Against Union’

https://globalnews.ca/video/4679427/canada-post-workers-speak-out-against-union

CUPW Wants Another Mediator, Not Back-to-Work Legislation

https://www.google.ca/amp/s/beta.ctvnews.ca/content/ctvnews/en/national/canada/2018/11/18/1_4181963.html

New Logo?

Has anyone else noticed the new solid red ebay logo? Multi-colour is still on the Community screens but everywhere else it is solid red. Good for Canada Day but otherwise it looks like an off-shoot of Target.

I saw an eBay ad!

Watching TV last night and saw the eBay logo featured in the trailer for a new movie.The movie is Ralph Wrecks the Internet.Not sure how I feel about this.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T73h5bmD8Dc

eBay News, in the news

https://esellercafe.com/ebay-us-ecommerce-market-share-drops-below-one-percent/ For those curious about trends.. https://www.digitalcommerce360.com/2018/10/22/cheap-chinese-goods-will-be-the-first-casualty-of-the-postal-treaty/ Bye, Bye free shipping...

Help Wanted-- Vancouver

Heard a Help Wanted ad on a Vancouver golden oldies station today for AZ temporary workers .Paying 'up to' $18.20 an hour*.Wondering who could afford to live in Vancouver for $36,400 annually. BC minimum wage is $12.65 an hour.

CPTPP coming into effect

https://qz.com/1441027/the-cptpp-trade-deal-is-ready-to-go-into-effect/?utm_source=qzfb&fbclid=IwAR0i2PY8DojqGVyPCCMiPKKeFcFeXyRAx5ani2LmSad91Fy2tHYQd-8pttA Canada is about to complete ratification of the TransPacificPartnership.The name changed slig...

‘ Canadian small retail businesses optimistic about growth and highly reliant on U.S. exports’

https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/press-room/ca/canadian-small-retail-businesses-optimistic-about-growth-and-highly-reliant-on-u-s-exports/Saw it first here: https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/10/11/ebay-sellers-in-canada-rely-on-us-but-face-shipping-...

Donald Trump’s new NAFTA: USMCA

The USMCA looks to be the trade pact formerly known as NAFTA.The agreement will grant the U.S. an effective veto over which countries Canada can pursue trade deals with in the future, namely China. Firstly, I think that the biggest danger of Trump is...

Duties crossing the border from US to Canada

There was a discussion on the seller board a couple of months ago when Canada imposed a lot of extra duties on items that before didn't have them. I mentioned that I go across the border in Blaine, WA to the US about once a month and I was going to r...

'Woman hides in hollowed-out loveseat during raid; pair accused of mailbox thefts caught'

Woman hides in hollowed-out loveseat during raid; pair accused of mailbox thefts caughthttps://globalnews.ca/news/4474171/woman-hides-in-hollowed-out-loveseat-during-raid-pair-accused-of-mailbox-thefts-caught/ This happened not terribly far from wher...

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Another postal worker caught stealing mail.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/postal-worker-admits-to-stealing-more-than-6000-greeting-cards-filled-with-cash-and-checks-in-wauwatosa/ar-BBNpO5X?li=AAggFp5&ocid=mailsignout

'Canada’s duty-free limits may change with the new NAFTA deal – here’s how'

https://globalnews.ca/news/4413587/canada-duty-free-limits-nafta/?utm_source=Article&utm_medium=EditorsPick&utm_campaign=2015 I found this to be a well-balanced piece that thoroughly considered all sides of the discussion.

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De minimis threshold

Reading a news feed and one of about a dozen sticking points in the NAFTA negotiations is "the de minimis threshold, which is the maximum value of an item that Canadians can order from a foreign country without paying duties or taxes." I wonder how f...

Fresh Motorhome Scam Toyota and Royal Canadian Air Force

Yesterday, using facebook, someone reached out on the facebook marketplace trying to sell a beautiful too-good-to-be-true Toyota Motorhome. A fraction of the price, beautiful photos, selling because she's about to be deployed through her regiment at ...

Apologies but message board needs a 1 minute humour break...

And no offence intended to anyone. For a smile only!!! Enjoy!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuMtCJXstk0 -CM

The most entertaining thing you read today: 'Accidental Reflections in Objects Posted for Sale....'

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/8xeeqb/accidental-nude-photos-reflected-in-objects-people-were-selling-on-ebay-v25n2?utm_campaign=sharebutton Proceed with caution and, for goodness sakes, don't try this at home. Or here!

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Resolved! Buy Canada-EU-Asia

Hello friends!Donald Trumps is considering a massive import tax on goods exported from Canada, Asia, Europe & South America. President trump, you have made a mistake. You must change your approach. It's only gonna hurt U.S. businesses and most the Am...

Boring Boards

This Discussion Board used to be great - lots of participants and lots of interest. Had to read through two or three pages a day. I learned a lot using the boards. Now new content is half a page a day at best And! They are boring. Never mind the cont...

Resolved! Our immigration failure

Trudeau’s open arms immigration policy (announced when first elected) opened the flood gates for President Trump’s hundreds of thousands of US undesirable US illegal immigrants. Last month 2600 crossed the border into Quebec and the Liberals have no ...

Sellers milking the arbitrage method get store pushback.

A supermarket chain has decided to sell baby formula from behind a counter with quantity limits.http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-44118612

variations missing from clothing catagory

I have been having issues since Friday when the "variations" portion of the listings vanished. I have phoned 3 times & got an email today saying the issue was fixed. It is not fixed & still no variation option when you go to list. I cannot list with ...

From attempted murder to BFFs:'Infamous Vancouver crow and Canada Post worker are 'super cool' pals'

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/infamous-vancouver-crow-and-canada-post-worker-are-super-cool-pals-1.3885362 I remembered the crow, Canuck, from previous newstories about how he stole a knife from police at an outdoor crime scene and that he was...