DMC and the Canada Post strike

[yearofluigi]

I ordered SN from DMC on November 14 and now I'm in a difficult situation since Canada Post is on strike and I used a Canada Post Flex Delivery location (basically a PO box) as my shipping address.

Here's what has happened so far:

• November 14: I made my order
• November 15: Canada Post went on strike
• November 16: I emailed DMC asking how the strike might affect my order and if I could change my shipping address
• November 17:
  • DMC emailed back, saying he didn't know how the strike would affect my order and asking if I wanted to change my shipping address.
  • I said I'd like him to withhold from shipping my order until I've found another address. (I don't want to use my home address because I live with my parents, so I was planning to look into other PO boxes.)
  • The order shipped anyway that evening >_<
  • I haven't talked to DMC since then. (I guess I can ask him for clarification, but I'd feel kinda stupid asking "hey I know it said it shipped but like did it actually ship???")

I've been checking the tracking information periodically and right now it says, "The postal item has been processed at the office of exchange and handed over for further transportation to the destination country." I've been back and forth with Canada Post and Amazon customer service (I had made an Amazon order before the strike to test the PO box) and no one has any idea what's going on. I've heard that Canada Post is the only carrier that's allowed to ship to their own PO boxes, but I haven't been able to get a simple answer as to whether my package will be delayed, lost, sent back, etc. I just want to know what's happening to my SN

So, uh... Does anyone know what's going on? Any chance the package will go to some distribution centre in my province where I can pick it up manually? Should I just make another order from DMC and have it shipped to a home address? Can I redirect the package while it's shipping? Should I say something to DMC? Would it make sense to wait out the strike? Am I asking too many questions? Any help would be appreciated, even if it's just something like "oh wow that sucks."

 

[BlizzardSnow]

Im worried about that as well! I literally *just* ordered mine today, i hope they get off strike soon but i dunno. You could try to ask the seller, i had a lot of trouble with ordering my sn and they've been nothing but helpful so maybe you could ask for clarification, i really dont think he's going to tell you you're stupid for asking about it, since it also is a pretty expensive order.

 

[Alexei_Kirillov]

If DMC already shipped it I'm not sure there's much you can do except wait it out. Luckily they package SN very securely so I don't think it's problematic if your order waits in some warehouse for a few days/weeks until the strike ends.