Hello everyone...I just wanted to ask a question and see if anyone has any information.

I ordered 2 models from China...followed the tracking update etc......one arrived "Flight landed in destination country" on May 10th...the other "Flight landed in destination country" on May 13th....wither neither one having an update since then.

I have ordered models before..but have never taken this long through customs...has anyone seen this before...or does this have to do with the new tariffs some how? Do I owe more money to US customs? How would I know if so?

Thank you,
Eric

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Hello everyone...I just wanted to ask a question and see if anyone has any information.

I ordered 2 models from China...followed the tracking update etc......one arrived "Flight landed in destination country" on May 10th...the other "Flight landed in destination country" on May 13th....wither neither one having an update since then.

I have ordered models before..but have never taken this long through customs...has anyone seen this before...or does this have to do with the new tariffs some how? Do I owe more money to US customs? How would I know if so?

Thank you,
Eric

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I wouldn't worry about it very much. I've ordered stuff from Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines; the longest I've ever had to wait, was for an order for three different "smallish" models from a vendor in South Korea, which is supposedly on friendly terms with the U.S...

THREE MONTHS...

It's possible that this vendor had to get these three models from different suppliers..? I had to contact this particular vendor several times, and each time I got dribs and drabs of "order-status reports" showing that indeed, my order was "on the way", and ON SCHEDULE! I got the same-type of status reports as you did. Our "point of entry" in the U.S. is usually in the State of California, where NOTHING happens very quickly.

(Almost four weeks ago, I ordered a headphone-plug adapter and a "Y-splitter" cable from a vendor in California, which I ordered on the 25th of April. These items shipped on the 1st of May. I received said headphone-plug adapter and "Y-splitter" cable via U.S. Postal Service... Yesterday...)

To refer back to the three models which I ordered from the vendor in South Korea; it took a while, but I finally got my three models, which came in three separate deliveries, from the same departure point in South Korea...

Our very own postal service has a "cock-a-mamie method" of shipping various items from one "point of origin location" in the continental U.S., (depending on which State said "point of origin" is), to other locations, i.e, various USPS Distribution Centers, to yet another location, and on to several other locations before one's item finally arrives at one's own local Post Office. Again, Then, one has to wait before said item arrives in one's mailbox. Yes, the USPS is a model of efficiency in and of itself...

Go figure...

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Hello everyone...I just wanted to ask a question and see if anyone has any information.

I ordered 2 models from China...followed the tracking update etc......one arrived "Flight landed in destination country" on May 10th...the other "Flight landed in destination country" on May 13th....wither neither one having an update since then.

I have ordered models before..but have never taken this long through customs...has anyone seen this before...or does this have to do with the new tariffs some how? Do I owe more money to US customs? How would I know if so?

Thank you,
Eric

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I wouldn't worry about it very much. I've ordered stuff from Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and the Philippines; the longest I've ever had to wait, was for an order for three different "smallish" models from a vendor in South Korea, which is supposedly on friendly terms with the U.S...

THREE MONTHS...

It's possible that this vendor had to get these three models from different suppliers..? I had to contact this particular vendor several times, and each time I got dribs and drabs of "order-status reports" showing that indeed, my order was "on the way", and ON SCHEDULE! I got the same-type of status reports as you did. Our "point of entry" in the U.S. is usually in the State of California, where NOTHING happens very quickly.

(Almost four weeks ago, I ordered a headphone-plug adapter and a "Y-splitter" cable from a vendor in California, which I ordered on the 25th of April. These items shipped on the 1st of May. I received said headphone-plug adapter and "Y-splitter" cable via U.S. Postal Service... Yesterday...)

To refer back to the three models which I ordered from the vendor in South Korea; it took a while, but I finally got my three models, which came in three separate deliveries, from the same departure point in South Korea...

Our very own postal service has a "cock-a-mamie method" of shipping various items from one "point of origin location" in the continental U.S., (depending on which State said "point of origin" is), to other locations, i.e, various USPS Distribution Centers, to yet another location, and on to several other locations before one's item finally arrives at one's own local Post Office. Again, Then, one has to wait before said item arrives in one's mailbox. Yes, the USPS is a model of efficiency in and of itself...

Go figure...

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I would, for the region I'm living, never buy from any American sited seller. I live in Thailand. What was quoted, is an example of the rotten system of USPS. The Chinese traders, when you take your time for picking out the good ones, have a real modern and sophisticated attitude of doing business with you. Good e-mail contact, reliable and correct and the prices are ok.
Never, over the last 5 years living in Thailand, trading with them, I had any complaint. When it takes time, they give a message.
My complaint, ordering from an American trader, still goes to USPS not reacting on missing postals from this trader, 2 to be precise, they simply deny it was being send by them. that cost me about a USD 300,-

To be short: You Americans should start working on your logistics services to be honest, instead of blaming the efficient and money making enemy. In a lot of post, not speaking about "The Tariffs" (a thread of straight stupidity), the China to blame makes the surface, where we all hit the drums when a Takom, Rye Field or Meng is presented.
NOT MADE IN AMERICA BUT CONSUMED FROM
Invest a system, a way to trade that you discovered by yourself, communication is the key to do that, instead of going crazy over a few Dollars.

Kind regards,

Robert Jan

I have found that I get things quicker from china than Spru Brothere or Squadron.
These 2 like to ship fed X and then send it ti the Snale Mail Dept.
Donald

Yes, the 4 day one I am not worried about yet..it is the 8 day sitting at the airport package.....guess I have to be patient.

The craziest route was from Calif to Chicago to Kentucky to Indianapolis to Detroit and then my home. Because of the tracking I always knew where it was but there was NO sense to the route

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The craziest route was from Calif to Chicago to Kentucky to Indianapolis to Detroit and then my home. Because of the tracking I always knew where it was but there was NO sense to the route

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Fedex, by chance?

I've purchased items since the 1970s from throughout the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Asia, and have had only four problems that I recall. One domestic package (a book) was lost and on three occasions poorly packed items were damaged(two UPS and one FedEx). I have no reason to complain.

I consider 7-10 days perfectly reasonable to receive a package. From reading the web I guess Amazon Prime has spoiled a lot of people who don't understand why everything they order doesn't arrive in 48 hours or less.

I was secretary for AMPS some years back and dealt with members who had never received magazines. In all but a very small number of cases, the problem was the member. I was able to drastically reduce the number of "lost" magazines by running the database addresses (given to us by the members) through the USPS address checker, making sure it was recognized as valid, and putting into the standard format. It is surprising how many people literally do not know where they live. I had a guy insist that he was at XYZ and had been there for 20 years but the !@#$% incompetent USPS was always losing his mail. I checked his address through the USPS website and it was not a valid address. I dug around and found his address on a ZIP code map and the mapped ZIP was different from what he had given me. His address with the "new" ZIP was in the USPS system. When I told him that he said, "Huh. You know, I get a lot of mail with the XYZ ZIP crossed out and that one written in."

KL

Hi, Kurt!

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