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 Author: BrickAndStone View Messages Posted By BrickAndStone
 Posted: Nov 15, 2021 16:14
 Subject: Australia first class mail suspended??
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BrickAndStone (1344)

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Hey sellers, My usps is stating that shipping to Australia first class mail is
suspended . Is this so ?
 Author: par016 View Messages Posted By par016
 Posted: Nov 15, 2021 16:16
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par016 (7751)

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In Shipping, BrickAndStone writes:
  Hey sellers, My usps is stating that shipping to Australia first class mail is
suspended . Is this so ?

Yes and a few other countries:

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/welcome.htm?_gl=1*bdwwud*_ga*MTA1NTE4ODU5MC4xNjM2OTgxOTI1*_ga_3NXP3C8S9V*MTYzNzAxMDk0Ny4zLjAuMTYzNzAxMDk0Ny4w

-Pete
 Author: Ziegelmeister View Messages Posted By Ziegelmeister
 Posted: Nov 15, 2021 16:23
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In Shipping, par016 writes:
  In Shipping, BrickAndStone writes:
  Hey sellers, My usps is stating that shipping to Australia first class mail is
suspended . Is this so ?

Yes and a few other countries:

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/welcome.htm?_gl=1*bdwwud*_ga*MTA1NTE4ODU5MC4xNjM2OTgxOTI1*_ga_3NXP3C8S9V*MTYzNzAxMDk0Ny4zLjAuMTYzNzAxMDk0Ny4w

-Pete

Oh zoinks, I missed that memo on Belgium.
 Author: kzinti View Messages Posted By kzinti
 Posted: Nov 15, 2021 19:31
 Subject: Re: Australia first class mail suspended??
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kzinti (4928)

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In Shipping, BrickAndStone writes:
  Hey sellers, My usps is stating that shipping to Australia first class mail is
suspended . Is this so ?

And Priority was suspended as well, leaving only Top tier shipping option Priority
Express. Have had several cancellations from Australian shoppers in the last
few months due to this. Yay postal service!
 Author: TallyToyBricks View Messages Posted By TallyToyBricks
 Posted: Nov 15, 2021 20:12
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TallyToyBricks (3796)

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  And Priority was suspended as well, leaving only Top tier shipping option Priority
Express. Have had several cancellations from Australian shoppers in the last
few months due to this. Yay postal service!

Per AUS Post website; The USPS (US Postal Service) has temporarily suspended
some outgoing parcel services to a number of countries, including Australia,
due to air freight capacity issues.

Looks to be a by product of Australia closing their borders to international
travel (limited flights to carry mail), not really a USPS issue.
 Author: Adjour View Messages Posted By Adjour
 Posted: Nov 16, 2021 13:50
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Adjour (2489)

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In Shipping, BrickAndStone writes:
  Hey sellers, My usps is stating that shipping to Australia first class mail is
suspended . Is this so ?

Yep


AND, the most annoying part, is the usps site (at least when I checked) said
you could still send large envelope letters, so I tried that and it was rejected
as well.


I lost a large sale over this this month. Frustrating.
 Author: Yogi_007 View Messages Posted By Yogi_007
 Posted: Nov 16, 2021 17:28
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Yogi_007 (2880)

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In Shipping, Adjour writes:
  In Shipping, BrickAndStone writes:
  Hey sellers, My usps is stating that shipping to Australia first class mail is
suspended . Is this so ?

Yep


AND, the most annoying part, is the usps site (at least when I checked) said
you could still send large envelope letters, so I tried that and it was rejected
as well.


I lost a large sale over this this month. Frustrating.

Australia is opening back up to the world within the next few weeks. So hopefully
USPS will realise this and return those postage options sooner rather than later.

PS Its weird as I can still sent from Australia to the US no problems - slow
though.

HTH

Yogi
 Author: Adjour View Messages Posted By Adjour
 Posted: Nov 16, 2021 17:53
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Adjour (2489)

Location:  USA, Tennessee
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In Shipping, Yogi_007 writes:
  In Shipping, Adjour writes:
  In Shipping, BrickAndStone writes:
  Hey sellers, My usps is stating that shipping to Australia first class mail is
suspended . Is this so ?

Yep


AND, the most annoying part, is the usps site (at least when I checked) said
you could still send large envelope letters, so I tried that and it was rejected
as well.


I lost a large sale over this this month. Frustrating.

Australia is opening back up to the world within the next few weeks. So hopefully
USPS will realise this and return those postage options sooner rather than later.

PS Its weird as I can still sent from Australia to the US no problems - slow
though.

HTH

Yogi


I hope so!

My understanding is it was a labor shortage (huge problem in the usa right now)
so I'm not holding my breath!