eBay International Hub shipped my item with Asendia/USPS the same day Canada Post went on strike

[avchebb]

Hello! I’m in an extremely frustrating predicament and I’m not sure what’s going to happen now. I’m located in Canada and have had multiple packages shipped from the Hub over the past couple weeks that have all been assigned to DHL. Fantastic! However, for some unknown reason the most expensive package I had was shipped through Asendia/USPS on Thursday literally right as Canada Post announced they were going back on strike. I couldn’t get any answers from eBay support and they said someone would contact me but I haven’t heard back since. What’s going to happen now? The last update is that it was dispatched by Asendia yesterday. Will Asendia divert to another carrier or am I just completely screwed? What’s going to happen to it? If it continues on to USPS and this strike carries on for weeks or months, am I able to get my money back? I’m just so frustrated that this one package had to ship USPS when every other one went DHL. It even arrived at the hub together with another package that DID get assigned to DHL at the same time as this one went USPS which stings even more. It’s a rare item that I can’t just order a replacement of too.

[reallynicestamps]

Worst case scenario.

The shipment doesn't arrive by the last estimated delivery date.

You open a Claim as Not Received.

You win the Claim and are refunded.

(Your seller is not affected by this. They got paid, the refund is from eIS/eBay.)

The strike is over, your purchase is delivered.

There is no requirement or mechanism for returning the refund or the purchase.

You are stuck with a free item.