SUSPENDED MAIL SERVICES TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES
Can Hipstamp kindly inform buyers from the "service suspended countries" that their orders cannot be delivered at present due to lack of transport or local delivery problems before they make their purchases. This would save everybody a lot of time between cancelling orders, refunds from Paypal and Hipstamp etc.
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Sellers already control which countries they want to ship to with postage setup settings. Just remove any restricted countries or add them back as restrictions are lifted. Caveat: Don't use the 'Everywhere Else' setting.
Dennis, the Fatdane
https://www.hipstamp.com/store/fatdanes-stamp-store
I was just trying to lessen the load on things I have to do (more time to scan). It is no big deal, I just feel bad for the customers.
All the best.
Great Point.
I have stuff coming from people in a half dozen countries. I just log everything (Hipstamp, eBay, one-off purchases) into Excel and mark it off when it arrives.
Green cells for things that should arrive relatively soon, yellow for intermediate, red for “maybe before Christmas”.
Looks like you have your "Pandemic Collecting Strategy" finely tuned. Thank you for your thoughts on the matter.
This thread is titled "Suspended Mail Services To Certain Countries". Delayed shipping is not the topic and shouldn't be a reason for cancelled orders and refunds.
Read a little further up to Dennis' post, which was about suggesting a general notice: "I think a simple line saying " Please expect postal delays due to Covid-19 disruptions" somewhere on every page would cover things."
I *was* talking about delayed shipping.
Not appreciating your rebuke, and reminded why I rarely post on here anymore. Jeez...
Lesson learned.
I agree also confuses the topic. Nothing personal, just trying to keep things factual.
Are you actually thinking about this from the buyers perspective at this point? At this point and time this has already been going on for over 2 months or more. Never mind the fact we have NO IDEA how long it's going to be before we are able to ship to any and all countries. When you list an item for sale in any country you are IMPLYING that you are able to ship that item in a reasonable time frame. When this first happened buyers would be reasonable to work with the sellers due to circumstances BEYOND the sellers control. That is NO longer the case if you already know that you can't ship to certain countries any more at this time. Why would you want to PO the buyer at this time implying that you can make those shipments when you can't? As a buyer at this time due to the fact it has been over 2 months of suspended shipments,if they made a purchase now,wouldn't they be in the right,at this time to make a Paypal claim and leave you a big fat red doughnut for you not being able to ship it now,when you already know that you can't?
Dennis, the Fatdane
https://www.hipstamp.com/store/fatdanes-stamp-store
Now as far as shipments to countries that have gone back and forth or have been added,that is a different story. Delays are not the same thing as the suspended shipments.