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shipping period from hong kong???
dmest13
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Posted: Friday, October 28, 2016 - 07:03 PM UTC
anyone know how long shipping from hobbyeasy.com, in hong kong, to U.S. takes?
Tojo72
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Posted: Friday, October 28, 2016 - 07:21 PM UTC
I would think that would depend on how much you pay,what option you choose.It would be best to ask them I would think ?
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Posted: Friday, October 28, 2016 - 07:52 PM UTC
Like Anthony said it does depend on what shipping you take, but generally the cheapest surface mail option will get your package stuck on a boat for 2 months
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Posted: Friday, October 28, 2016 - 08:13 PM UTC
Will take 7-10 days. I'm in UK, but US should be similar. Fabulous company to deal with.
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Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 - 01:48 PM UTC
I pay for registered air and it still takes a little over a month. Registered surface takes a couple of more weeks. I have recently decided that I can wait those two weeks and keep my wallet a little fatter.
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Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 - 02:27 PM UTC

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anyone know how long shipping from hobbyeasy.com, in hong kong, to U.S. takes?



There is another option, as well:

Try going on ebay- You should be able to come up with other vendors from all over the world that may have what you're looking for in their stock. You should not only check what their selling price is, but also what they charge for SHIPPING, and their Estimated Time of Arrival, (ETA). Shipping WILL vary in price, as well as the Estimated Time of Arrival.

THE BEST Shipping Rates and ETAs are from domestic vendors, but their retail pricing tends to run quite a bit higher than the Asian retailers, who can afford to sell their wares for a lot less money, BUT!- The foreign Shipping Rates will consequently be A LOT higher than what you would expect from a domestic vendor. Reeeally cheap Shipping Rates generally mean a longer "wait-time", so it's basically a "trade-off" for which way you want to select to buy your item(s) and their associated Shipping Rates...
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Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 - 05:23 PM UTC
Before in Switzerland air-traked 10-15days now in Oz 15-20days
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Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 - 05:28 PM UTC
On the East coast of the USA...I've had things show up taking the default Air mail shipping rate from Hobby Easy show up in less then a week (depending on size..smaller stuff is normally faster)...but the normal turn around is about 10-15 days.

Back years ago (2003 time frame) there was a company out of Korea that sold stuff dirt cheap (HobbyFan CWIS kit was really cheap from what I remember when I bought it) and EMS shipping was dirt cheap...and the best part was the stuff use to show up to my apartment at the time in 2-3 days! It was insane how fast it got there. The only thing that's come close to that is using FedEx with HLJ recently, but at $20-25 a pop for shipping, its expensive.
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