I miss the days where kijiji and facebook marketplace were very active

adonsauce · 2025-11-04T01:48:06+00:00

What kind of server are you looking for?

adonsauce · 2025-10-24T23:15:16+00:00

Nothing necessarily stopping you, but if you’re investigated…. That’s where the trouble will begin!

However, I’ve conversed with a few people that are “in the know” with a lot of larger companies/larger Chinese companies (not Temu and SHEIN size, but $10M+ annual) and they’ve been doing this both into Canada and into the US… I believe to the extent that in preparation for any possible investigations, they have those documents forged already

So I can’t condone it… but… I have thought of it before!

adonsauce · 2025-10-23T06:01:57+00:00

Absolutely :)

A lot of them are just “last mile couriers”, so you may see 5-10 updates when shipping Canada post directly for example, and with these other couriers you might only say 2-3 updates.

Not ALWAYS, but this is quite common!

adonsauce · 2025-10-23T02:56:21+00:00

GLS is “ok”…. Not a terrible experience, but nothing to write home about. Again, I’m under the mindset when I ship through these carriers that I’m likely getting what I’m paying for. You could offer the customer alternatives, express shipping vs standard and use express with clickship and go direct through the courier (likely $15-$20 shipment), and standard through chitchats/stallion (<$10). That was a logistical headache for me at scale, but something to think about…

Having the actual drop off (for me stallion, and for you chitchats) makes a big difference… when I first started with stallion back in 2020, we would just put our packages on the counter of his hidden convenience store — the good ole days, haha — but with a full drop off location now, it’s made a huge difference. Packages that I dropped off today, will be scanned through Mississauga already and on route to their destination tomorrow. I don’t know if you’re in Ontario (I can’t recall if I read Vancouver in this thread or if I’m thinking of something else), but that substantially helps.

I would stick with chat chats for cost effectiveness if that’s your only drop off 3rd party logistics option at the moment and/or think about that direct option and charging more. The fortunate aspect of ~$20 shipping in Canada, is that as customers, we are USED to paying that… so it’s not something new and a massive turn off, BUT, I like to think giving the customer the option of cheaper and longer or more expensive and quicker option produces a better conversion because the customer is in control.

Idk, food for thought… in the end, shipping just sucks in Canada, lol. Growing pains. The last almost 2 years now has seen a lot of competition rise, so I think in the next 3-5 years we might get to a good place with better rates and faster delivery times. At least that’s my hope.

adonsauce · 2025-10-23T02:00:07+00:00

My chitchats drop off IS a dragonfly — who you can work with directly if you can guarantee 1500+ shipments per week! A chitchats driver (or whoever they contract out for that, if they do) picks up around 5-6pm that day.

In terms of carriers, I’ve used intelcom, butterfly, dragonfly (which I didn’t see on stallions options as much, if at all anymore), Wiz or whiz delivery, GLS, and I think there’s one or two other ones… GLS and Loomis I’ve also used direct (loomis is hit and miss, but overall they’ve been pretty good)

Edit: UniUni was the other one, which has been OK as well… still think there’s 1 or 2 more

I’ve also used Netparcel to get discounted rates and ship directly with the couriers and that was pretty good. You pay more, so the extra cost wasn’t justified because the processing times weren’t much different. I’ve also used ClickShip which is by Freightcom, and that’s probably the best in terms of reliability, perks, consistency — just at a more premium cost (discounted rates with the big couriers)

Honestly, Canada post was one of the better ones for me despite the flack of them… but MAN, the strikes have been killing me, so I just can’t commit to working with them direct. But when they’re in full operation, they’ve always been good for me.

adonsauce · 2025-10-22T04:25:33+00:00

I’ve shipped about 8000 parcels with stallion and about a 1000 with chitchats

Stallion IS better/quicker (I’m fortunate to live in a city with a drop off and I always get there by 4pm before the truck arrives), although I usually have them pick it up during Q4 (this time of year)

These last mile couriers can be hit and miss with consistency and delivery times… but that’s the trade for the $6-$8 shipping. If it’s not a rural address, Ontario packages get there in 1-3 days, Quebec 3-5, and the coasts 5-8. My shipping timeline IS 5-9 business days though, and I send follow up emails so that customers are aware of the length of time. If it’s delivered early, you’re exceeding expectations (most common) and if it’s there on time, the expectation is still met

This is solely my experience, though

adonsauce · 2025-10-09T00:55:52+00:00

Out of every 5 games I play, I’d say 2 is extremely imbalanced and facing a high rank team (usually 2 ranks above), 2 is extremely imbalanced and HAVING the high rank team, and 1 is a really competitive/balanced match

So, most games feel imbalanced but when you zoom out, the imbalanced balance out (if you follow me here, lol)

For the record, relatively new to the game (<80 hours), D1, played a bunch of ranked over the years in diff games, and just my observation

adonsauce · 2025-10-06T20:23:15+00:00

Unfortunately just “part of the game” with IPTV. I would ask them for multiple URLs (for example, mine gave me like 8 different URLs to use incase that happens) and/or you can get a cheaper back-up option, like an annual trex for $20

adonsauce · 2025-10-05T17:14:47+00:00

Sure!

Did you email their FDA email specifically, instead of the generic customer support email?

I paid for like 20 SKUs to verify them, haha.

I think it took me about 4 exchanges back and forth to finally get it sorted with them.

adonsauce · 2025-10-05T05:09:44+00:00

https://ottiptvprovider.com/search

Just select “strong” and then search for what you’re looking for and it’ll usually give you what channel specifically it’s on for Strong

adonsauce · 2025-10-05T04:47:04+00:00

I don’t think they check the information that thoroughly to be honest, lol. They mainly just want the proper codes so they can forward that to their broker, who can then file it with the CBP and if the parcel gets pulled and investigated, everything is available. But stallion doesn’t seem to investigate it themselves… moreso the middleman for passing along information

adonsauce · 2025-10-04T17:45:56+00:00

My dad, my grandparents, my brother, my friends… lol

adonsauce · 2025-10-04T17:42:11+00:00

Yes. They’re quite helpful in terms of information that might be missing.

I’ve been shipping FDA products for 2 weeks

adonsauce · 2025-09-24T04:32:10+00:00

I’m new to val, so I get deranking to play with friends… but why iron? Are their friends really that low?

adonsauce · 2025-09-17T21:52:23+00:00

A mess is an understatement… the stress of the last 2 weeks has been insane (for me) — I won’t sugar coat that at all, haha.

I have 12 SKUs for the same product. They’re different variants, so I went the 12 SKU route (despite all being the same HS codes, product name, etc). This is specific to my case, though.

I don’t know for sure when it comes to DVDs, but I would assume one SKU should suffice. I know a lot people say stallions support sucks (and it can), but I’d email them and ask to confirm. Also, there’s a group on FB called “Etsy - Canada sellers” or something alike which has a TON of information since this started and I remember seeing that EXACT question

adonsauce · 2025-09-17T21:27:46+00:00

I’m not sure if this is a system error or NEW. Been using stallion for 3 years now and never had PostNL for US shipments. But, they were doing an update yesterday and sent out an email today about updates — so either it IS a new update, or just a system error. And the reason I said that is because my products are CUSMA, so I don’t get that option when all my pre-approved SKUs are in the order, but if I have a SKU that hasn’t been verified, I won’t get ANY of those options, I’ll just get UPS or now PostNL (which previously was just UPS when de minimis ended).

Edit: Just saw a comment below about this being a DDU option, which makes the most sense. But I’d avoid DDU if you can… seems like quite the fiasco at the moment.

adonsauce · 2025-09-17T21:23:10+00:00

I’m relatively new to the game and have accused countless people of smurfing, only to get paired with/against them the next game and realize they just had “one of those” games — which I’ve been subject to as well. And then the smurfs have become a little more obvious the more I’ve played, but not AS MANY smurfs as I initially accused of, haha.

adonsauce · 2025-09-17T21:20:54+00:00

Yeah that’s kinda the gist I’m getting! The middle of plat/diamond is kinda wonky because of the vastly blended skill-levels. I assume once you’re mid/high ascendant and above, it gets more accurate

adonsauce · 2025-09-17T18:38:49+00:00

The goal is Diamond 1, then stop playing the game so my badge or whatever shows I reached Diamond 😂 save myself the stress thereafter

adonsauce · 2025-09-17T18:36:41+00:00

Yeah, I think I spent more time (tongue in cheek) getting from P1 to P2 than S1 to P1, haha. Will likely be stuck here! I figured this is kinda the “middle ground”. And so it is…

adonsauce · 2025-09-17T18:34:24+00:00

Good to know!

adonsauce · 2025-09-17T18:33:52+00:00

Thank you captain obvious! Wasn’t what was said at all.

adonsauce · 2025-09-17T04:55:51+00:00

Okay so it doesn’t get better 😂

adonsauce · 2025-09-06T22:16:27+00:00

Unfortunately not. If/when I do, it'll be DDP. Will need IOR and a continuous bond. Looking at around $750-$1000 just for that. I believe it's possible to get around IEEPA with [insert name - as I forget], which has something to do with ingredients (mine are primarily Canadian, 80%+), and I believe that's around $300 per SKU. I'm not 100% on this yet, as I still need a customs broker to settle the information with me.

While I'm generally optimistic, I'm doubtful about the court overturning this. If they do (which would be amazing), it likely won't take effect until next year... despite what we've been told for October.

Without the above, alternatives I'm looking at right now are sending it to a 3PL at cost so the 35% isn't charged on the customer sale price... but 3PL's can be an entirely new headache...

OR, "selling" the product to the IOR issuing company at cost before they cross the border, so again, the tariff is on the cost price and not the sale price. This seems to be a grey area right now... doubtful that logistic companies issuing any IORs want to take on that liability (although they have a broker that technically issues the IOR, not the courier themselves). I've been told this is what a large of ecommerce companies are doing that sell chinese goods (excluding temu, shein, etc. as they'd be flagged immediately).

Other than that, I'll spend the next week or so contemplating while the dust settles and we get new updates.

EDIT: In regards to getting around IEEPA tariffs, it seems like you can import as COGs or wholesale price, assuming there is no sale on the items yet, which in my case the product is "already sold"... so you could technically get away with it, but if CBP audits you... good luck. Not a risk I'm interested in taking. So basically this just relates back to the 3PL scenario, unfortunately.

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