I live in the Midwest US and my items typically go through Chicago for customs clearance. In the past 6 months, most items seem to take at least 10 days from the time that the tracking shows them arriving in Chicago until they are released for final delivery, which typically takes 1 or two days from the time released in Chicago. In most cases, shipments from China seem to get to the US in 5-7 days but the delay in the US is typically longer. Some vendors ship through Switzerland but I typically lose tracking in between the origin and US customs. In summary, the delivery times can be surprisingly short but often, it takes 3-4 weeks for even the simplest items.
Jeff From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 11:08 AM To: neonixie-l Subject: [neonixie-l] OT: US Customs Service - Delays In the past, I had been complaining of the German Customs Service for holding and delaying delivery of parcels. Well, its seems, lately, that the US Customs Service has adopted the same bad habit. In the last couple of months, parcels coming my way, from outside the US, have been held at a customs warehouse for typically a week. Thru the magic of "tracking numbers", I've noticed an expected parcel sitting at one place, inside this country, for a week, before progressing to its next station. Most of the time, I try to buy stuff within the national boarders. For someone that lives near a major port, like Los Angeles, as I do, that usually works out. Especially with stuff from China. The whole San Gabriel Valley (or at least the section between state route 60, and Interstate 10) has turned into one big warehouse of Chinese goods. So if I want to buy cheap USB cables or plastic filament (for my 3D printer), I can find a vendor less than 30 miles away. But sometimes, I need something that's not locally found, and I have to bite the bullet. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4a944497-5a54-480e-9f53-8b13fbf8495d%40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4a944497-5a54-480e-9f53-8b13fbf8495d%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/56fc101c.b442320a.91520.69f0%40mx.google.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
