Canada Town Square

Super. My Amazon delivery guy has my vase?

Intelcom? Since Ebay tracking doesn't tell me anything once my package enters customs, it took a while to find that my Amazon delivery guy has the vase I bought for my wife. I'm used to seeing Purolator, Canada Post or some other person in uniform de...

Canada may be the first nation to do it...

From the horse's mouth... https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/guaranteed-basic-income-priorities-liberals-1.5721943 From the horse itself...since 2014 https://liberal.ca/policy-resolutions/100-priority-resolution-creating-basic-annual-income-designed-im...

Big Brother Canada Post

Greetings fellow Canadian Ebayers!Today I went to the post office to sent a couple of parcels out and I was told that from now on is compulsory to put all the information, mine and the addressee, into Canada Post website, including the content and va...

500

Finally purple star! Though feedback #500 is actually from my recent purchase, not a sale. Purple is my favourite colour so I'm happy to stay in purple forever. This took what, 10+ years? Pretty sure I won't get to the next star which I think is red,...

Funny Or Strange Phone Calls One Has Received

In the 1970's I lived in a rural community a few hours north east of Toronto. I worked for a Residential Treatment Centre for High Risk Children. This organization had 12 different homes in the area and each had 8 to 12 children in them. Each home ha...

The Return Conundrum

For your viewing ummm pleasure? Or the things that make a shopper say hmmm? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/marketplace-amazon-returns-1.5753714 Full Episode:https://gem.cbc.ca/media/marketplace/season-48/episode-1/38e815a-0133f7c424e Season 48 Episod...

Just to brighten the day...

https://youtu.be/xYIUFEQeh3g

You know you are from a past age when

you enter a elevator and you are given instructions how to use the Emergency Telephone I live in a large Apartment/Office complex that used to be a Clock Manufacturing Plant. The Building is close to 100 years old A beautiful complex the majority of ...

Selling at Times and Things That Happen *Chuckle

When selling items you often get folk who question what you are doing why you are selling an item why you have a certain price on something etc. All legitimate questions Part of selling folk need to ask these questions at times to get a better unders...

USPS Postal Inspectors.

Well, well, well.Guess who arrested Steve Bannon? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/08/20/postal-service-police-bannon/?fbclid=IwAR139-Z1SGB7SJKClBoUynoDQP4ZU3sIYtG-VrJbKoF1CM30z8lWiOYijR0

The trickle down effect the USPS will have on eBay.

The USPS has become Weaponized, Politicized, and is now being Manipulated by a Small handful of Operatives. Let alone the ramifications to eBay that the dismantlement and current chaos of the USPS will have on itself, the effects to the entire USA ec...

US Postal Service, USPS ....... Then and Now.....

The US Postal Service…. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/07/postal-service-investigation-dejoy/ Shipping to the US will become more difficult with the new actions of the executive of the USPS. A major shuffle of USPS executives has occ...

Health officials announce ‘presumptive’ case of coronavirus in Toronto

https://globalnews.ca/news/6462626/coronavirus-toronto-hospital/ I'm not here to spread panic, but I would strongly advise everybody, be it the Wuhan virus or the common cold/flu virus, the BEST way to protect yourselves and your loved ones is freque...

New Load More Discussions tab

Anyone else not appreciating the new LOAD MORE DISCUSSION modification? It was mentioned on dot com as being a major PiTA. I'm starting to agree. Maybe something that didn't really need to be changed? It's annoying on a PC. Might even be worse using ...

Trump Is Undercutting Postal System Ahead of Voting: NEW YORK TIMES

Mail Delays Fuel Concern Trump Is Undercutting Postal System Ahead of VotingThe president’s long campaign against the Postal Service is intersecting with his assault on mail-in voting amid concerns that he has politicized oversight of the agency. ---...

Is your local postal depot doing anything uniquely different because of Covid 19?

Is your local depot/drop-off point doing anything creative right now because of Covid 19? Are you still signing for packages for pickups? There are reports on dot com of folks having to drop off packages in main concourses in high traffic areas. No s...

Up grade from Sam A5 phone

I have a samsung a5 I want to up grade to something else what do U suggest thanks there is S4 S7 S5 Note 3 Note 4 or 5 thanks

Anniversaries

Idle curiousity. Today I received a conratulations on reaching my 10 year anniversary.Yet when I look at my feedback number, it says "Member since: 28-May-98 in Canada">Now I did mange to squeak by Grade 8 math but ....... that suggests about 22 yrs!...

Canada Post and Signature Confirmation

From an email today from Canada Post. We understand some people are reluctant to sign for an item now, and we have adjusted our processes. Where possible, and to avoid contact, we will not ask customers for their signature, except for the following p...

Looking for wages? Canada Post may be hiring.

A friend posted this to FaceBook.https://ca.justjobs.io/apply/9eff5cf0-6e1f-4881-9734-2ddd3207cdb7?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=%7B%7Bcampaign.name%7D%7D&utm_content=%7B%7Badset.name%7D%7D&utm_term=iseto&mx_t=iseto&mx_c=%7B%7Bcampa...

TURN AN EBAY 6.5 X 9 " BUBBLE MAILER INTO A CELL PHONE AMPLIFIER....Seriously

Are you bored? If so try this. Stop listing. 1. Put your cell phone on your desk speaker side up. 2. Turn on any podcast, YouTube video, or song like "Let's List Again, Like We did Last Summer". Let it play just through the speaker on the cell phone....

Signature Required

My voice on Signature Required, Safe Drop, Oversize, Customs/C.O.D. by Canada Post Canada Post delivers to more addresses all over this Great Country of Ours than any other carrier company, NOTE : All Over. Maybe everyone should check out the statist...

Pandemic - What have you learned or observed? Shared Experiences!

I enjoyed the peacefulness of less human noise. The cars with the too-loud music or noisy mufflers. The lack of plane and train traffic along with their noise. The fact that many people did not have several weeks of food and household supplies! The f...

Canada Post refusing shipments from Europe and other international disruptions due to Covid-19

Some info that doesn't seem to be getting much publicity, but could have a lot to do with happy or unhappy buyers and sellers! https://www.canadapost.ca/cpc/en/our-company/news-and-media/service-alerts.page https://www.canadapost.ca/assets/pdf/aboutu...

"Christmas Level Parcel Volumes" at CPC

From the Canada Post website: Canada Post is advising customers across the country to expect delays with their parcel deliveries. The heavy incoming parcel volumes, combined with the important safety measures we’ve implemented in our processing facil...

Figuring out address for housing co-op (sending letter for a friend)

So here is my situation. There is an older gentleman that I used to visit now and then, and I wanted to send him a letter explaining my absence (not that he needs explanation, but you know, manners) I don't have his phone number, all I know is his un...

Anyone else sewing face masks for friends & relatives?

In between packing and mailing my eBay sold items I am sewing face masks like crazy for my kids, their friends and assorted relatives. Seem to have a constant backache now from cutting out fabric and being hunched over the sewing machine. At least it...

Basic Incomes

Basic Incomes because we need society before the economy. https://youtu.be/SvpsoEOJ0_E https://youtu.be/HQ54XYbN1NY https://youtu.be/QzGjaoy7Idg https://youtu.be/O8B4U7o9kvg https://youtu.be/Dx4929e7r0A

The CERB wage program seems to be working...

Two friends - a freelance editor in BC and a writer/artist in ON have applied and been accepted for the program.Both report it being very easy to access.Another friend, marginally employable due to being "on the spectrum" (If you hire him he is a goo...