Shipping Warning To Canada (1 Viewer)

[Phantom Warrior]

Canada Post is in a legal strike position on May 25th. We don't know if it means a strike, lockout, work-to-rule or rotating stoppages if anything. They are still negotiating so there is no way to know if or when anything will happen.

This may mean using a courier service like FedEx to ship from Canada to US buyers or from the US to Canadian buyers. Unlike Canada Post or USPS, the courier companies charge a $25+ broker's fee to ship across the border either way.

So if you are selling on ebay, your package may not get delivered if there is strike action and it gets hung up in a postal warehouse. And if shipped by courier, it will likely incur a $25+ brokerage fee and who is going to want to pay that (it's charged at the buyer's end).

So for now, goodbye Yanks - see you again on ebay when it's over{sm2}

Terry

 

[Gideon]

why does your mail service make things so difficult?

 

[Phantom Warrior]

why does your mail service make things so difficult?

Because they can. In this case it's the courier companies taking advantage of the small customer by charging unnecessary brokerage fees.

The strike is because Canada Post has to cut costs - they are not subsidized by the government and must make a profit. If revenue is flat but costs keep increasing, they must cut spending and raise postal rates. Imagine if the USPS had to make a profit instead of losing $8 - $10 billion per year.

Terry