It affects me. I'm always on the lookout for new notes, whether I'm at home in Portland (most of the time) or Vancouver (a few times a year). I usually only buy the older high-ticket items in person, so I can see for myself and avoid nonsensical inflated online prices. For newer notes, if I find ones I'm looking for at the right price from a Canadian seller I'll still gladly buy, but I'd ask the seller to hold of on shipping until a week after the strike is over, just to reduce chances of misplacement. I'm already used to waiting a week or two, so a little longer wait is not a deal-breaker.
As for sales to Canada, I can't say, as I don't usually have a lot of Canadian buyers. Regardless, I hope the sides can come together on a satisfactory agreement to get this resolved soon. Housing and inflation are eating up everyone's buying power these days, but the Boeing case is a cautionary tale of getting what you asked for.
Off-topic perhaps, but it's kind of sad that the trusty yet beleaguered postal agencies that everyone depends upon like Canada Post and USPS are expected to turn a profit, while military and healthcare budgets can balloon year after year and the only reactions those manage to elicit are yawns and shrugs.
USPS has undergone numerous cuts, restructurings, and price increases over the last few years in an attempt to stop the bleeding, but any gains have been immediately negated by inflation. The end result being that the figures on the spreadsheet still look bad, and our mail service now takes a few days longer on average coast-to-coast.
As for sales to Canada, I can't say, as I don't usually have a lot of Canadian buyers. Regardless, I hope the sides can come together on a satisfactory agreement to get this resolved soon. Housing and inflation are eating up everyone's buying power these days, but the Boeing case is a cautionary tale of getting what you asked for.
Off-topic perhaps, but it's kind of sad that the trusty yet beleaguered postal agencies that everyone depends upon like Canada Post and USPS are expected to turn a profit, while military and healthcare budgets can balloon year after year and the only reactions those manage to elicit are yawns and shrugs.
USPS has undergone numerous cuts, restructurings, and price increases over the last few years in an attempt to stop the bleeding, but any gains have been immediately negated by inflation. The end result being that the figures on the spreadsheet still look bad, and our mail service now takes a few days longer on average coast-to-coast.