~Toughbooktalk~

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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.

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.

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.