![]() ![]() If you purchase the label online it may go up to 16 oz. If the seller had purchased the postage online, a package code with e-USPS-DELCON would have been applied to it.It has to weigh under 13 oz if you’re bringing it to the post office and paying for it. What I suspect has happened here is that because your seller purchased the postage for the headphones at a retail counter, a First Class International letter/document code was applied to it. ![]() Is it possible that the shipper accidentally chose the wrong service? The package is shipped though. I'm kind of worried now because the 'Product Information' says 'International Letter'. Kinda sucks, but I guess I'll just have to wait for it to eventually turn had headphones shipped to me in their original boxed package. Technically, it would fit a large envelope, but I think those kinds of shipments are restricted to documents. It also allows Pitney Bowes, where current CP management came from, to grow their Ebay Global Shipping program, since they don't use Canada Post for US packets deliveries in Canada, but a small local carrier with expedited clearance and full tracking. Immediate consequence - USPS 1st class packets are now kept on hold at CP plants for several weeks before being cleared, sorted and delivered, just like packets from China, but a bit shorter hold time. The purpose of this trick was well discussed in this entire thread - to force buyers paying even more for shipping. Now most 1st class mail international packets sent to Canada get UA tracking numbers, and CP no longer shares their tracking info with USPS, and neither post it on its own site. As a result, USPS had to introduce new prefixes for countries that refuse to share tracking info: UA and UE instead of regular LJ. Reportedly, CP informed USPS that from Jan 2017 they will no longer share scan data for US 1st class packages. So it may well be on its way but we're no longer scanning it - it's being treated as a normal piece of mail because that's all the seller paid for.Īnother post on RedFlagDeals: Many people reported here the increased wait for US packages sent to Canada by 1st class mail. If anyone can pitch in on how long it takes for usps first-class to ship from Chicago to Toronto that would help ease my mind as well.Ī reddit poster says: Some prefixes stop working once they enter Canada - for instance a domestic UA/US # packet will stop tracking once it's presented to customs because the sender has only paid for domestic (in their country) tracking. ![]() I'll update this thread once the item arrives for anyone else curious about the 'UA' tracking number. With the rotating strikes going on the wait might be longer than I anticipated. ![]() I'm just getting impatient hoping for an update, but it looks like I'll just need to wait it out. I think that makes sense as the shipper mentioned going to the post office. I've quoted Marnotom from the seller's section thread.īased on what you're both saying, the item was shipped without actual 'tracking' and only a delivery notice for the shipper's benefit. It's not real-time and won't tell you where it is at any given moment or where it will be tomorrow.Īll tracking and delivery confirmation do is confirm what you likely already know: Your item is either with you or else you're still waiting for it. Keep in mind that tracking only tells you where an item has been. If the item is being handled by a mail consolidator or the postage was purchased at a retail counter, it's not likely going to have eDELCON as an "add on". That's "electronic delivery confirmation" and NOT "tracking". If the postage was purchased online, it's likely that it will have eDELCON applied to it. If the seller had purchased the postage online, a package code with e-USPS-DELCON would have been applied to it. When it was renamed "First Class International" the service encompassed both letter and package services no distinction was made between the two the way it is now. In fact, a couple of decades ago, what Canada Post calls "small packet" service was referred to as "letter post" service by USPS. The definition of an international "letter" is actually quite broad. Had headphones shipped to me in their original boxed package. Technically, it would fit a large envelope, but I think those kinds of shipments are restricted to documents. ![]()
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