News / Expect delays on peak season parcel deliveries – despite optimists at eBay

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Apparently the folks at eBay who deal with logistics inhabit a parallel universe.

The e-commerce platform has suspended its shipper protection programme for late deliveries due to carrier delays, using the bizarre reasoning that delays are ’no longer a serious concern’.

“We are seeing consistent improvements in on-time shipments for USPS [US Postal Service] and all carriers, and late deliveries have returned to pre-Covid-19 levels,” the company declared.

Its take on deliveries is vastly at odds with comments from parcel carriers bracing themselves ...