In reply, thanks for taking the time to be so detailed. You remind of when we started snowboarding back in the 1980's on the Hollyburn cross country track, and every skier would tell us we are just a "Fad" and "No one will allow it", "It won't be accepted", etc.) Please try to be positive and inventive to help create an alternative and competition to the "Zonos only game in town" way to get your item across to the USA.
We might need to agree to disagree at this point. The complaints made to the Canada Post customer care call centers do count, and those who decide to take actions like complaining about the issues with Zonos will help in solutions being implemented. It is not just these actions but the customers actions that will have a positive outcome.
Zonos-free solution is the main goal for the "Advanced Ruling" customs declaration form.
Regarding ONE WORKSTATION at the MAIN POST OFFICE they probably have thousands of old machines that would work just fine, the solution boils down to AVOIDING spyware being installed on a customer's phone. This is wrong and needs a fix. For ebay sellers they need to provide the form in snap ship that connects to Zonos on the back end to get a Zonos number for the post office counter. They can shield the data and protect privacy.
The other alternative is to have a "Store Phone on a Lanyard" it has the spyware on it and the customer can use it as "a random Canada Post customer". That way the privacy is protected and a desktop machine is not needed to be installed.
Will disagree with you regarding administration, because it is my opinion that the people of the world will help keep the common sense, war stopping, prosperity president, in office, for as long as possible. (Regardless of what the main stream media puts out). We have entered the golden age, and tariffs are a major part of it. This is opinion gleaned from watching rumble.com truth broadcasters nightly.
This issue should be top of mind and whatever solution is created can be sold or licensed to other countries who also want to protect the privacy of it's citizens. Data farms are real, an interesting old TV show called "Next" will give you a Hollywood version of what we are discussing. The data surveillance and erosion of what privacy we have left.
Last time checked, as a not for profit, Zonos would charge us $12 per month and $4.95 per transaction to ship a USMCA EXEMPT parcel to the USA; outside of the spyware app. (desktop version of Zonos) When contacted about a NPO exemption for the monthly fees and transaction fees, no reply. The dollars leave Canada as far as we know.
The NPO's have a higher standard for privacy protection than other organizations and that is the reason to keep pushing for an immediate solution. Opportunity exists to create a privacy protective alternative to Zonos as soon as possible, it should be automatically integrated into Ebay.ca's "EIS Canada to USA" service.
Consider this as a target: Open source solution with privacy integrated, no more than 25 cents per transaction; if it is not already free for privacy reasons. This problem needs a solid approved solution, that is low cost and privacy protective.
