"Is this just a poor choice of wording on the part of Ebay?"
No.
Many Canadian sellers, living close to the border and with a substantial volume of mail going out regularly, do ship from the USA using USPS or UPS or whatever. Their choice. Many see a saving in shipping costs.
For you, selling an item from time to time it obviously does not make sense.
Other Canadian sellers use forwarders - where the packages are delivered to a Canadian address and forwarded to the USA where they enter the postal system. Of course, there is a small fee for the reforwarders.
"Seems like Canadians are being penalized for no good reason then. "
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If you mean that shipping costs are generally higher in Canada than in the USA, that is correct.
It is not a question of "oenalize", just a fact of life.
Canadians selling by mail and competing with American sellers have been handicapped for hundreds of years as shipping costs in the USA - with ten times the population base in a smaller teeeritory - are generally lower than in Canada.
Successful sellers have adapted over the years.
If you mean that eBay Inc is a US based company with policies generally favouring American sellers, you are also correct. That's life. If you want to use their services, you have to accept their rules and policies. It is their playground, their rules. Most Canadian sellers have adapted.
"Canadians are forced to wait much longer for access to the funds"
The PayPal 21 day hold only applies to new sellers. Once you are established, the funds are available immediately.
When you sell an item and the buyer pays through PayPal, the funds may be pending in your PayPal account for 21 days or less before the funds become available. This is to help encourage fast shipping and ensure customer satisfaction.
There are several reasons you might not have immediate access to funds. Some of the most common reasons are:
You have a limited selling history.
You have a Below Standard rating in your Seller Dashboard.
Your account has been reinstated following an account restriction or suspension.
Keep in mind that both eBay and PayPal are American based and service mostly American sellers. Their rules and policies are based on what they know best.
Adjustments are made for Canadians sellers BUT that will not solve your problem or the problem of other Canadians in a similar situation.
Most of us have adopted over time.
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/nexus/term-eng.html
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