Re: Mac/postal problem, please help!

[Henry Olders]

I agree, James, cancel the auction if the seller added a charge after 
the auction ended.

I feel badly that a Canadian seller appears to be trying to rip you 
off. Please let us know what it is you need, and perhaps someone on the 
list can help out with a keyboard at a fair price and with fair 
shipping costs.

Henry
On 16 Dec 2004, at 0:16, Bruce wrote:
I use Ebay a lot there is no delay due to strike, more importantly why 
would
you have to pay insurance for him? You do not receive anything if the
package is lost, he does. Never get insurance unless the seller is 
paying
for it and guaranties you a refund. Also his adding insurance after 
auction
end is grounds to void the auction.

Been there,
Bruce
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mac Canada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 5:39 AM
Subject: Mac/postal problem, please help!

Hello Everyone,
I'm afraid I'm new to the list and find myself having to pose a 
somewhat
OT
question.
I bid on a keyboard for my Mac from a Canadian buyer on the 13th.  Now
this
buyer is telling me that Postes Canada is on strike.  The galling 
part is:
He was originally wacking me $50+ US for shipping and handling for the
keyboard.  Fair enough, since I knew of that in advance and his 
outrageous
S/H charges were stated in the auction.  The keyboard is supposed to 
be
shipped via Canada Post, First Class, in case you were wondering if 
it was
being Fed-Ex'd overnight or something elaborate and expensive; most 
of the
S+H fee is going directly into the seller's pocket.

Well, the auction ended on the 13th, I went to PayPal to pay 
him...and I
see
an _additional charge_ on the PayPal invoice for "Insurance 
(required)."
I
was absolutely furious when I saw that the seller was trying to nail 
me
for
even more money _after the auction was over_. There was absolutely no
mention of insurance (required or otherwise) in the auction listing.
What I finally got out of him (after exchanging three emails) is: 
Canada
Post is on strike.  The seller claims that they've already lost two
packages
on him in the last few days.  I looked online, and the accounts I've 
seen
so
far indicate that the _support workers_, not the mail handlers 
themselves,
are on strike and that service should not be affected.

So I'm trying to figure out:
*Has* postal service, in fact, been impacted by this strike
and
What date did the strike start?
From what I can tell, it began on December 9th, but there were 
rumblings
about it in November.  I'm afraid I'm not familiar with labor strikes 
in
Canada, but I know that in the US, there's quite a bit of warning 
before
an
actual strike takes place because strikes are usually bad news for
everyone.
I'd be grateful for any information you folks could share on this. 
<wrings
hands>.

Best,
James Fraser

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