Canada Post Strike (Lettermail / Oversized Lettermail Options)

[dougieboygames]

A lot of my items I ship with Canada Post Lettermail or Oversized Lettermail. With the potential strike, what do I do with my listings? Is no other cheap shipping option in Canada?

Will buyers still be able to purchase said items, or will Lettermail not be an option during the strike?

Will I have to end all my listings that only have Lettermail shipping available?

Am I going to have to go through ALL my listings to ADD alternate shipping options?

This is the first time I may have to go through this strike and I have nothing setup for alternate shipping on ANY of my listings. I may have to place my store on vacation mode until the strike ends.

[patphotog]

Put your store on "time away"...this is the only option. 95% of my item are ship lettermail as well. My store is already on Time away and will stay like that until a resolution in the conflict. Do not trust ebay about protecting the seller from buyer negative review on lenghty shipping time. Do your due diligence.

[ilikehockeyjerseys]

Rather than time away, you could use extended handling time and proactively message customers to let them know that items will ship out when Canada Post resumes service. Basically, a soft shutdown since you will get less business and more cancellations, but it would still allow customers to buy things to ship at a later date.