@shape000 wrote:
There is an article ID but it's not really a tracking number as far as I know. Tracking and registered was going to cost nearly $100, far more than he paid.
Aussie Post said it would only take a week or so to arrive. I've asked him to wait one more week, which will take it out to 4 weeks since I posted it.
Try checking the article ID on Canada Post's website: https://www.canadapost.ca/cpotools/apps/track/personal/findByTrackNumber?execution=e1s1
They don't always show, but Canada Post has an excellent infrastructure that's highly automated, unfortunately it's continously let down by being extremely understaffed (according to the inside info I get from my own PO, for whatever that's worth).
The old green CN22 customs numbers used to be tracked once they reached Canada, but it's rare for that to happen now unfortunately, however a parcel's ID has a much better chance of being tracked once it arrives there.
It's frustrating as I used to get a lot of custom from there, but I got so sick of having to deal with the exceptionally long delivery times - up to 8 weeks.- that I will not use economy mail to post there anymore (many residents appear to be completely unaware of the failings of their own postal system). I hope it works out - from memory about 80% of the orders I had to refund ended up arriving sooner or later and were voluntarily repaid by the buyers in question.
Ignore the delivery times quoted by Aus Post, too - they are generally referring to the timeframe for the package to land in customs in the destination country, rather than physical delivery to the recipient.
(PS I notice there's an announcement on the site regarding service interruptions to certain areas due to flooding, too. If your buyer is any any of the locations named, eBay should be aware of this and take that into consideration. (Well, one would hope, but wouldn't dare to expect when it comes to things like that). )
