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Spotting scopes now classed as "military hardware" MORE Ebay insanity

Spotting scopes. Like you can use for birding, casual astronomy. The item that you tried to list can only be sold on the U.S. eBay website (eBay.com) by sellers located in the United States. Please edit your listing to offer shipping to the United St...

eBay Postage Calculator Tool

FYI one and all. In the last few days eBay has replaced the previous version of the Postage Calculator Tool. https://www.ebay.ca/shp/calc/rates Now bare bones. No way to add additional features like added insurance or shipping tubes. Used to have a d...

Buyer Traffic Dead Since Strike Announcement

My sales and traffic have come to a complete halt since the Canada Post strike announcement. I do not use Canada Post, I ship USPS direct or through third parties however I am a Canadian resident and my business is registered in Canada.I believe that...

Chitchats to US

So with the CP strike i started using chitchats as they have good rates. Tho i noticed when i print label that it is not my return adressI understand domestic would go to their branch for pick upBut for US they say they do not process returns back to...

Can you exclude Canada on eBay.ca

I sell on eBay.ca and my listings are almost exclusively flat rate shipping, not calculated. This works well for me and I'd prefer not to change. I only ship to North America. I don't include international shipping on most of my items, just a select ...

Using Stallion Express and Chit Chats for UK orders

Like many others here, I have started using Stallion Express and Chit Chats since the beginning of the Canada Post strike. I would like to have some feedback about both companies shipping options to the UK. With Stallion Express I can't use the PostN...

WELL WHAT IS EVERYBODY DOING ABOUT MONDAY'S STRIKE

what are your plans to get throught he strike -- i will close my store for a couple of days to see what happens - if the mail stops -- like they say - after that ,what carrier are you going to use ??? i need advice which is the best to replace can po...

Something scammy is going on with eBay UPS option...

I have been business as usual even with the strike, opting to use UPS or Purolator instead - I have flat rate shipping that usually mostly covers this option but I am noticing something wierd. On Friday when the strike started I got an order and sent...

Canada Post LOCKOUT to begin Friday Morning if no settlement.

No rotating strikes this time. Straight to a lockout. This will help prevent a backlog of zillions of packages in the system, i suppose. International mail and packages will not be coming into Canada for sure now.....not until an agreement is reached...

Resolved! Customers Still Able to Select Canada Post at Checkout?

With the Canada Post strike I figured eBay would turn off all options for buyers to select that at checkout. However, over the weekend I had a few orders come in using Canada Post Tracked Packet - USA, a couple for Canada Post Expedited Parcel going ...

CPC Strike, Seller Ratings and Shipping to the US

We are registered on eBay.ca and sell almost exclusively on eBay.com to US customers. Do to the CPC Strike our ship-out times are likely going to be slower. While typically we have 1 Day shipping and typically have the item out same-day to meet our S...

Resolved! Wrong shipping estimation ebay - Canada Post

See this. I have setup 2 days handling on all my business policies.How is that even possible that the Sep 19, 2024 is shown to the buyer ? How is it even possible to make it at this date, shipped today... The buyer is in another province. It would at...

My ebay listing summary is not working

When I go to my listing page, it does not show how many of my items will sell, and how many have watchers at the top. Why can't this website just work properly lol. I'm not asking for a lot.

Statement from the CUPW: More than 55,000 Postal Workers Officially on Strike

This is a full strike, not a rotating strike. New mail will not be accepted, and mail in transit will be securely held until the labour dispute is over. Prepare accordingly if you haven't already. https://www.cupw.ca/en/statement-canadian-union-posta...

New buyer

HiI don’t sell on eBay often but listed a handbag and wallet not expecting it would sell. Well today it did, and it’s a brand new buyer that just signed up to eBay today! Should I be worried. This is a big dollar amount and I am worried.Thanks so muc...

Sendle Review. AKA - I really want to like you, but...

I saw a thread here about Sendle and checked it out. They provide courier services within Canada only and the business model is basically that they get high volume courier account rates which small guys and individuals can access. This is a nice nich...

UNDESERVED DEFECTS PUTTING ACCOUNT BELOW STANDARD

Hello, ive had this happen two months in a row here where i have accepted a return, item has taken so long to get back to me that the return gets placed on hold giving it more time to get delivered back to me and then the ebay system doesnt allow me ...

Shipping?????

What the "he double hockey sticks" ?how can sellers justify ripping off people by charging exorbitant amounts of money to ship a freaking dinky car worth $10????????? Something has to be done about this. I tell everyone I know to try and avoid you ri...

Received a Simpli Financial warning letter to close account due to eBay sales - Canada crackdown?

Recieved a letter today from Simpli Financial that I am not allowed to use my account to recieve payments from eBay. I called to speak with them and explain that I do not have a business, I'm just selling some of my personal things and that eBay with...

How do I open a case against ebay as my package hasn't updated for 8 days

Bought a package on Oct 6 ,est delivery date is between Nov 19 to Dec 11.My package however hasn't updated for 8 days which I think is the time when it's most likely that the package is lost. Should I open a case and if so how?

WWYD package returned as moved.

I had a package returned today stating moved. I haven't yet contacted the buyer but wanted to know what I should say. Of course I would be refunding the buyer for the item, how do I handle the postage fee that I paid. Any help would be appreciated.

Murano glass sconce

Can anyone help me specifically identify this? I noticed most of Murano glass sconces are named, ie: Angela, Lorne etc.Tia

Resolved! Alternatives shipping carriers

I think it would be good to have a list of all the shipping carriers available to canadians. There might be already a post about it (if so, I'm sorry). I know, where we are (In Trois-Rivieres, Quebec), we only have UPS and Fedex. (If there's more, I ...

Comments on the new messaging system

I see the new messaging system has arrived. Comments, concerns? Do you like or dislike? Anyone see a way of opting out and reverting back to the old way? Not seeing one at my end.

variation in stamp listings

I sell stamps on ebay, and I really love doing that. Recently, I came upon articles on the use of variations in listings and I found it could be a powerful tool to boost my selling.However, I tried many ways without success to use variations. The var...

Chitchat Canadian Shipments

Just a heads up that if you are using Chitchats to ship within Canada as an alternative to Canada Post, you need to use "Chitchats Select" service, which uses couriers instead of Canada Post. For the most part, it is Intelcom. The other options use C...

Sales Tax on used items sold with in Canada

I dont know if this subjet has been discussed before or even chalenged.Today i talked to an Ebay Rep at the Toronto Expo Show although they were from the USA was told that with in Ebay account if your account is not a business and you list items as u...

Promo Fee Exchange Rate Difference vs Final Value Fee

Having no sales in nearly two weeks I broke down and added a minimum PL to listings. This is our first time using a PL so they are entierly new. Within minutes an item sold (completely co-incidental as this person has been trying to buy this item off...

Whew 1000+ old item manual cleanup just finished....

When I downgraded my store from anchor in June, the fee for 2 category charges went up from 10c to 15c per item per month on COM. I quit using 2 categories several years ago because it didn't seem to warrant the extra cost, however there were still o...

Ebay Canada coupons have arrived.

Coupons made their debut today, can be accessed from the Hub/Orders list by clicking on the buyer's user id. Has anyone else noticed this development?