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Canada Post Suspends Operations
 

An ongoing labor dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers has escalated to a full lockout. Canada Post has announced that, effective today, mail will not be accepted or delivered across Canada until further notice.
The lockout impacts all shipments to and from Canada handled by Canada Post, as well as shipments into Canada via postal carriers such as USPS or Royal Mail.
Sellers from both sides of the border who have not yet shipped items that have been paid for are encouraged to work with their buyers to discuss potential alternate shipping options. Sellers who can offer courier services, such as UPS or FedEx, are encouraged to modify their listings to offer these options. We’re adding messaging in purchase flows to alert buyers to the situation, and we’ve also included a message in the feedback process to remind buyers that shipping delays due to labor disputes are not within a seller’s control.
We will work closely with the Seller Standards team to protect sellers from lower performance ratings received due to Canada Post disruption-related issues.
This is an unfortunate and frustrating situation. While we hope for a quick resolution to the conflict, we will do everything in our power to support sellers during this time.






Thats gonna suck for alot of Canadians.... plus not to mention a few sales to Canada also

You gotta be ****ting me :shocked:

I hope this wont last for too long

i know man i just posted up some items and saying im shipping worldwide...
its on ebay smh SUCKS

That is intense. Thanks for the heads up and hopefully this ends soon.

I have about 2 or 3 in transit to Canada. I should do a block them as a Country until they get this resolved.

My shipping is hell - HELL I TELLZ Ya ugh

Luckily I live relatively close to the US border. I'm now driving there to use the USPS. Big pain in the ass, especially with hour long border crossing lineups. **** YOU Canada Post!

Protect sellers - lol

They don't ask you to pay duties on those items?

this makes me lol. They do this every couple of years. It will most likely last at least a week to a month. last time they did it right before christmas.

Hoping it gets solved by Tuesday - laugh for you but b*tch for us Canadians

Hey guys, so here is what I understand about this dispute.

The Conservatives have said that they are going to pass legislation to force CP employees back to work. The didn't waste more then 12 hours after it was announced to give the required notice, and the first meeting the will be having with the senate is on monday. As long as there is a majority vote on the issue, CP goes back to work.

The NDP is opposed to the idea, but the tories still have a majority govt anyway so I am pretty sure the bill will be bassed regardless. I could be wrong on this, I am not well read on the politics of having a bill passed by the senate. Monday is the earliest they could be legislated back to work, and if for whatever reason the bill is not passed they will meet again on it Wednesday.

I REALLY hope that this goes through because it is killing my business.

I have a package about 7 LBS, that I was supposed to send via USPS Express Mail to Canada tomorrow. It would cost me about 55$.

What Fedex or UPS options do I have. I need something with tracking number basically and preferrably Signature too. What service from FEDEX or UPS should I use?

what about regular mail when i throw like 2 stamps on an envelope. will that no go thru either or just take a while?

thanks

steve

it will not go through until the post workers are back to work, delivering packages and letters :mad2:

Regular mail will not be received during the strike. FedEx, UPS and other non-generic methods will go through.

So whats the best service to send via UPS or FEDEX instead of USPS Express Mail? 6-7 LBS aprox.

Don't know the prices - that you would have to look into - for 6-7 lbs, I am sure about the same, UPS is prob cheaper.

all this just for a hockey game?..jk

Great, there goes 4 of my shipments with ⊗⊗⊗⊗ return address

just think if this happened during the end of November and begging of December. CLUSTER F^CK!

glad i dont sell to canada =} :amen:

Before i knew it, i had a few items returned to me because of this mess.

Does anyone know how to adjust the "no sale to Canada" without having to revise each and every listing separately? i got about 300 plus items and that would take forever:eek:

hopefully Canada gets their mail back to normal soon,
I sell alot to them with never a problem.=}