
09-05-2017 07:25 PM
09-05-2017 07:53 PM
I dont know what I did to get the html tags in that, yikes!
09-05-2017 07:54 PM - edited 09-05-2017 07:57 PM
Wow. I'm sorry to hear this all happened to you.
That really illustrates my big contention with Shippo. As bad as it is that we, as customers, have to tell the person behind the counter how to do their job or to call their help desk, it sounds like even dropping it off without being present for the scan can still result in problems. (I'm understanding your post to mean the original label that they claim was "unpaid" was on a package you just dropped off and weren't present for the scan; please let me know if I'm wrong.)
I know some sellers here argue for just dropping things in the mailbox (and yes, I know, stamps exist), but for those of us who like to use labels when we can, it's really disheartening to think that using eBay's preferred shipping label partner can result in these sort of problems.
09-05-2017 07:55 PM
I have heard so many horror stories lately about using Shippo. I refuse to use it unless they get it working properly. I use Canada Post Snap Ship for labels & only for trackable items. I asked at my local Post Office if they had heard of Shippo. The lady I usually deal with is excellent & very knowledgeable about most things. But she had never heard about Shippo. Her manager happened to be there that day & she knew nothing about Shippo. Unless Shippo educates the Canada Post Workers we will always have problems.
09-05-2017 07:55 PM
That is outrageous. If it were me, I'd call the 1-800-number and launch a HUGE complaint agains the manager of that outlet. Also, when something this bad happens, we are supposed to notify Shippo directly so that they can 're-educate' the outlet directly.
I said the exact same thing at the Shippo webinar: how can we possibly be still having issues with inducting ship labels THREE MONTHS LATER and they said it's the authorized dealers that are the problem. Thousands and thousands of postal counters with employees who have limited training. The last statement is mine, paraphrased from what the Shippo rep said. He was more diplomatic. I think you should share this with Tyler too. The weekly chat is open.
09-05-2017 07:56 PM
@toby**bleep**zu wrote:I dont know what I did to get the html tags in that, yikes!
Those tags happened to me once when I was using a mobile device. Did you post on the Classic version using an iPhone maybe?
09-05-2017 08:16 PM - edited 09-05-2017 08:18 PM
Already been in touch with SHippo, and another quick reply from them saying they will escalate with CP. Also contacted a couple CP execs directly. Apparently former COO Cote, who was always excellent at responding even late at night, finally retired, so i don't know if I'll get the type of response I used to
This was one parcel. I put 25 smaller items for ebay in the mail box yesterday. Imagine if they had all been shippo labels at the outlet today and the post office destroyed all the labels!
09-05-2017 08:17 PM
I truly hope you get satisfaction from this, and resolution. If it had happened to me, I'd be hopping mad.
09-05-2017 09:22 PM
Just got a reply from a CP VP (yes at 9:15 pm). He will have his team invstigate this and determine how to fix it. And to refund the $30 for the label
09-05-2017 09:28 PM
Canada Post has been tinkering with the back-end for their intranet in the past week to 10 days. The process of series of clicks the clerks at postal outlets need to make has recently changed, changed back, and then changed again. (I only just remembered this.) At my outlet, even the postal manager who knows exactly what to do with shippo labels, had difficulty again finding the right path to supplier account for my shippo label. I really don't think it's shippo's fault. Canada Post has dropped the ball with educating and training their authorized dealers, and then further complicated matters by always playing with their internal workings.
09-05-2017 09:48 PM
@mjwl2006 wrote:
I really don't think it's shippo's fault. Canada Post has dropped the ball with educating and training their authorized dealers, and then further complicated matters by always playing with their internal workings.
This.
My gripes with Shippo's platform (on their end) are relatively minor but still enough when added together to keep me from wanting to use them over the other available options.
My biggest gripe is with Canada Post's inability to properly manage the new Shippo platform and educate their staff on what to do with Shippo labels. The fact that even Canada Post's customer support doesn't even know what to do is scary.
09-05-2017 10:14 PM
I agree. It's appalling, really, that Canada Post postal outlet employees could still be confused by receiving Shippo labels, and horrifying that some of the folks working for the Canada Post Corporation Retail Support Desk remain in the dark on it.
I *get* that Shippo is new but with thousands (?) of ebay sellers using it, I'd expect Canada Post to put a small amount of effort into making this fledgling relationship work. There must be hundreds of Shippo labels (if not thousands) being inducted cross-Canada daily, so how is it even possible that the staff who work for Canada Post are still uninformed on it? Is the Corporation so internally decayed that it cannot process this information from the top to the bottom of the corporate ladder? I'm frightened to think it, but I don't know what else might explain the utter lack of communication between the mothership and its authorized dealers.
I resolved my biggest beef with Shippo which was the irregular billings (mine are now withdrawn as-it-happens, thanks to ladystark's instructions) and all that's left that annoys me is that my parcel dimensions are permanently set to imperial measure when they should be metric, and there's no rhyme nor reason for that. The Shippo Help Desk has reset it ten times at least, it always goes back to imperial, and it has something to do with how ebay sends the data over even though all my measures are metric. I hope to get that resolved at the Shippo-specific web thread on Sept. 12.
Aside from the major mishap that happened to you today, what else is it about Shippo that bugs you? It might be fairly easy to fix.
09-06-2017 01:02 AM
So the tracking actually shows it being scanned "Item accepted at the Post Office " when they initially scanned it the wrrong way and got the "unpaid" message. So it doesnt even matter if they do it wrong. Thats why I assumed all was well with previous ones, because they showed up the same as always. I probably could have taken my parcel back and made an insurance claim in a week claiming they lost it. They wanted me to take it back, they aren't supposed to do that once its accepted
09-08-2017 11:59 AM
CP has concluded their investigation and I heard back from the VP. They will be refreshign and reinforcing the training to their entire retail network and customer service staff. And they are looking into whether then can change the retail system. My parcel was delivered fine at least
09-08-2017 12:31 PM - edited 09-08-2017 12:31 PM
Of course with Shippo saying they are in contact with CP every day over this, one wonders why they didnt already refresh the training at some point over the last 2 months
09-08-2017 01:08 PM
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09-10-2017 12:14 PM
I also had problems with domestic Expedited parcels only. But the lady at the counter now know how to read the labels. If the small letters at the bottom indicate "SC/CF", then "Supplier account/Compte fournisseur" must be chosen instead of "On account". She told me everyone at the drugstore was advised of this change. Hopefully, won't have any more problems...
09-27-2017 12:36 PM
@mjwl2006 wrote:
There doesn't seem to be the same problems inducting the international Shippo labels as there is the domestic ones. I've only ever encountered problems with domestic labels, I think the originating scan workflow is different.
It must be. I've used Shippo labels on and off since the very beginning for my almost exclusively U.S.-bound parcels, and my local P.O. has never had any problems scanning them in. The tracked parcels have had no issues.
My issue with Shippo was the delayed billing, but now that they've shortened the billing cycle for me, charges get applied to my Paypal account the same day.