Ebay and postal issues Again?

[allmost-round-the-bend]

Sold an item to a US buyer, go to print the label and get this message - 

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Canada Post workers are currently on rotating strikes. To avoid delays in delivery, we encourage you to consider a shipping service from an alternative carrier..

Due to changes in US customs regulations, all Canada Post services to the US and Puerto Rico are temporarily disabled.
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I have messaged my buyer about the delay, but haven't heard back. 

My options for shipping have all defaulted to us based couriers. Arrgh.

I'm in Rural Ontario and don't have that luxury.

No messages from Ebay either. 😖 

Anyone else seeing this message, again?

[thirdandlong21]

Hi I was just curious if you are able to select Canada Post as a shipping option when a buyer is in Canada. I took a break from selling when the strike started because Canada Post is my only option where I live. Am I good to start selling within Canada now at least?

[ypdc_dennis]

You can still buy Canada Post shipping to the USA -- but the label has to be directly from Canada Post (SnapShip or over-the-counter). No eBay discount (just what you can get from Canada Post). And it also has the extra step of you pre-paying any tariff (cleared through Zonos).  USA made items should be 0%, but many Canadian made are currently 35% extra [when shipped via the post office].  Books are tariff free.

You might want to wait until eBay's new eIS service is rolled out. Buyer pays any tariff in advance, and Seller mails to a clearing address in Mississauga, after that eIS takes it across the border to the buyer (seller is not involved in that part).

[dany581]

They did roll out EIS I was even able to ship using it a couple weeks ago but now they again removed Canada Post from the list and it seems UPS and FedEx ships directly to the client, not to the hub. This is a pain for me as I have to pay a taxi to drop off the package to a UPS pickup point.

[jtg204]

ebay announced disabling of US labels Aug 21, and sent out messages Aug 22:

https://community.ebay.ca/t5/Announcements/Updates-on-Canada-Post-amp-US-Imports/ba-p/526167

To sent to the US with Canada Post, duties have to be pre-paid:

https://www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/support/kb/sending/sending-faq/how-to-prepay-us-duties...