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China / Asia shipping

#1 Post by Shawn »

I have been doing some investigating...
Apparently the USPS has setup a deal with 15 or so countries. It's for commercial sellers, mainly on fleabay. It's called E-Packet. I have noticed some Asia sellers use Standard Post or Economy. For a small premium they use E-Packet.
I know the 2 led strips I bought were stuck in customs for weeks. They were NOT E-Packet. It seems to me everything in the past that has been E-Packet came pretty quickly. 2 to 3 weeks total.
I "think" E-Packet gets a speedier path through customs...Anyone have any experience?
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Shawn wrote:
It seems to me everything in the past that has been E-Packet came pretty quickly. 2 to 3 weeks total.
I "think" E-Packet gets a speedier path through customs...Anyone have any experience?
I know anything I order from China shipped to my Canadian address takes at least 4 weeks.
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Tell you the truth I never check, all the stuff I get from china seems to take weeks to get here. Most times i would rather pay more and get it from the US or Canada.
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Some stuff I'll pay extra to get from USA. I want to buy a quantity of 10 of a DC-DC boost for 3v and up. China cost is 1.88 each plus 2.00 E-Packet postage. USA cost is 9.00 EACH plus postage.. 19.20 verses 97.00...that's an outrageous difference

I am curious. I just bought a 13 inch led strip from a economy shipper in China. I also bought a 15 led strip from a E-Packet shipper in China. The last led strip from the economy shipper was stuck in customs for almost a month.
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Shawn wrote:Some stuff I'll pay extra to get from USA. I want to buy a quantity of 10 of a DC-DC boost for 3v and up. China cost is 1.88 each plus 2.00 E-Packet postage. USA cost is 9.00 EACH plus postage.. 19.20 verses 97.00...that's an outrageous difference

I am curious. I just bought a 13 inch led strip from a economy shipper in China. I also bought a 15 led strip from a E-Packet shipper in China. The last led strip from the economy shipper was stuck in customs for almost a month.
I agree some stuff is just cheap as dirt from China,I buy a fair amount of stuff from 2-3 dealers there.I will have to look into the E-Packet thing. :boing:
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I ordered 10 dc to dc boost converters. will make 12v from 3 or 5....good for led or low draw usb stuff.

Ordered on 5/14 got them today....china e packet....5 by 7 padded envelope.

no news on either led strip.......they come in a package not an envelope


anyone need a dc to dc boost converter? i have a couple extra...
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#7 Post by safn1949 »

I ordered a CF-74 caddy from China on the 20th,$3.99 e packet fee.So we will see how long it takes.
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Something else I noticed...

The padded envelope was sorted in Jamaica NY...And the packages(boxes) are sorted through Flushing, NY....
No idea what that means but it's interesting.
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Both packages were accepted by China post office May 16...

now show

Processed Through Sort Facility
May-23-14, 12:58 PM, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)

Processed Through Sort Facility
May-23-14, 09:56 AM, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)


I am pretty sure that now they are in customs.

The 5 by 7 envelope was accepted by China post office May 14..

Delivered
May-22-14, 10:39 AM,


It did not show that it went through the ISC in NY,NY.
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#10 Post by safn1949 »

My caddy show's it was accepted on the 23rd and shipped on the 24th.It will be interesting to see how long it takes.
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