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International Shipping Delays
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I sent you a mail some time ago, but I can write a message here, too
Welcome to the club. Honestly, at this point, I've given up on the 3 pcbs I ordered. I'm building a lot of other pedals on stripboard anyway. They'll arrive if they arrive. In any case it shows that it's risky business ordering from the US in these days of pandemic.
I feel like I got lucky, mine shipped (to the U.K.) August 2nd and apparently my local post office has had it pending a customs charge since the 13th (though they didn’t tell me that until today).
hopefully I should have them in hand by the end of the week now I’ve paid the fee
hopefully I should have them in hand by the end of the week now I’ve paid the fee
Nostradoomus
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That’d be cool...probably get dinged brokerage fees for going over the border up here but it may still be worth it. I’ll just have to do bigger orders haha.
It’s hard for me to not try and give every red cent I have towards USPS right now tho!
It’s hard for me to not try and give every red cent I have towards USPS right now tho!
§ôµÏG®ïñD
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Yea i'm in Australia. Seems like just about everything to do with standard shipping has just about halted. I've bought everything else, enclosures, parts etc just waiting on the pcbs to build these 4 pedals. Argh, frustrating waiting.
UPS will be awesome, DHL, Toll would be other quicker methods too.
For future pcbs i'll go any of em for sure. I'm to impatient to wait months.
Nostradoomus
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That’s awesome even with the extra brokerage charge. Oh woe is me I will have to make bigger orders to justify it! 
Robert
Reverse Engineer
That’s awesome even with the extra brokerage charge. Oh woe is me I will have to make bigger orders to justify it!
Is it worse than USPS? I've heard of it before, but never had to pay any extra fees on DHL shipments coming in to the USA.
Nostradoomus
Well-known member
Ive only ever been charged extra duty by USPS once because I ordered around 100usd worth of stuff. Any expedited DHL delivery I get has another 20-30 dollar bill tacked on. This is usually from Tayda, so that could be because it’s crossing so many countries...I’ll just have to see what happens as far as coming from the states.
Dali
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In Canada, it's pretty brutal.
I only have experienced DHL with my Tayda orders, but last one was 27 $ CAD brokerage fee on a 69 $ CAD order...
Serves me for coming up with new projects and wanting parts fast
Brutal is the word!
I don't mind paying 12$ for delivery but DHL duties fees in Canada are around +30% on Tayda's orders.
irvmuller
Active member
I know this thread specifically is about international shipping but even here in the US there are some serious delays. I'm in Kansas City. A buddy who works at the Post Office said they got rid of a couple sorters that are used for when things get busier. So, when they have a lot of deliveries it causes a serious backlog. Same thing is happening in other cities. I'll be using UPS for the time being until things go back to normal.
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