Slower than usual From Asia ? This may be why ...
 

If you regularly order parts from overseas you may be noticing a couple months or more delays , even if your package is not inspected , this slows down the whole process ..... Obviously we don't want this trash getting in , but the enhanced screening is slowing down the entire process , So be patient before opening a grievance & asking for a refund , most sellers ship promptly & its not their fault .




http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bill-c...mail-1.3970988

http://windsorstar.com/news/local-ne...ime=1488400151

I've been noticing slowdowns since October when I ordered parts from Taiwan. It took 3 months for them to arrive. Same story with a bunch of small packets from Ali-express etc. Stuff ordered at or around Christmas is showing up now.

One parcel I had shipped via EMS Feb 2nd ended up taking a month to arrive. Normally those things take a week or two tops.

I was under the impression that the slow-down was due to changes in the way CP handles international mail, but the fentanyl issue makes more sense.

You're not the only one who noticed.

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/what-...china-1971333/

Lots of people noticed. Apparently it's due to new shipping process where the merchandise and the small hands that make them are also being stock piled on a large boat before being sent on their maiden voyage.

anyone order from ehobby lately? All my crap from the mainland is taking forever but anything from HK is still around 2 weeks.

I ordered from Ehobby in November 2016 and my order finally arrived two days ago. It was a detonator slide. So glad it wasn't lost in the mail.

Made an eHobby order on March 16th. Postman dropped it off today.

Same with one of my teammates.

Ems from hk was 7 business days for something non airsoft related.

My windshield washer fluid pump for my car took 3 months to get to me. It was supposed to take 1 month.

yeah that thing I was waiting for that shipped in december just arrived last week. Still waiting on something from singapore and hk shipped air parcel in january.

It seems like SingPost is the worst affected, sellers from other hobbies won't even ship to Canada now unless it's courier. I just received something from Singapore I ordered on eBay in mid December.

Same here, not just airsoft stuff. My wife ordered something from Aliexpress in November and it arrived at the beginning of March. I got something from China via amazon at the end of December and I just got it 2 days ago.

I miss my magical 3 week china shipping :c

one is laptop bits the other is a big bag of deans connectors... who the hell do you complain to? the post office is passing the buck saying we should contact the sender to push the outgoing carrier, but their tracking says it it hit the canadian border, which means it's in the hands of cbsa.

Ordered a few gear from shootercb recently, came very quickly. maybe i was just lucky.

ShooterCB and other HK based retailers don't seem to be the ones affected. It's mainland China and Taiwan that have been slow for me.

I'm just getting orders from January now.

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I've noticed this too. As someone above said, SingPost was the worst. I was told from the retailer that shipping via EMS/DHL has been quite strict lately. Anything that resembles firearms or accessories are prohibited, but I'm sure some retailers in affected areas still manage to get things through.

I haven't noticed delays from TW and haven't ordered anything from HK recently so can't speak for them.

Are Shipments from Japan being affected by this?

I ordered from eHobby on December 23, and am still waiting for my package, was just small pistol parts (nozzle, springs, etc.). Hope it does arrive. eHobby has offered me a store credit should I decide to take it as they haven't gotten word from HK Post on tracing the parcel.

I preordered the ost cd of nier automata from Amazon in Japan. Was sent from DHL arrived in 1 week.

Ordered a parcel from another merch via Japan post shipped only 2 weeks ago; still waiting for arrival in Canada.

Usual arrival time for my parcels from Japan is 3-4 weeks so we will see if it compares to the 6-12 weeks from China.

here's what I think is going on with different shipment methods.

the free methods or cheapest are registered air mail. This shit is being held up for a longass time.

small packet/sal so far I think are coming through at the regular time intervals

ems is coming through at regular intervals.


I received an item from the HK region via small packet from amazon in 2 weeks.
I received an item from HK via EMS in 6 business days.
I received an item from HK via registered air mail after 4.5 months
I am still waiting on an item via registered air mail from singapore closing in 4 months.
I am still waiting on an item via air mail from shenzen just across from HK also closing in on 4 months.

The tracked air parcel/mail items all took about 2 weeks to depart china and the tracking stopped once the last scan from china occurred when it left the shipping facility at the airport. This means that unless the plane crashed or the container fell out of the airplane, I can assume it landed in canada. So all items that have not yet arrived in my hands can be assumed to be in country.

Air mail works like this: all the airlines are selling excess cargo space to mail services, basically hauling cargo, this is why some are charging for extra bags now, and some even for your first checked bag. They are making money moving shit. Registered air is put on a queue to be sent but waits for the first available space. It gets bumped for items of higher priority (ie someone paid for a faster service).

Small packet and air parcel seem to have higher priority, they spend less time at the sorting depots waiting for flights. I've watched enough tracking on packages to notice the pattern. They will leave china much faster. CBSA doesn't seem to hold these packages long.

EMS services are guaranteed in x business days. They go on the first available flight out, bumping everything. They spend at most half a day in customs on this side. My package from HK shipped by HK post EMS almost beat a package shipped on the same day by SRS tactical. CP I don't think was operating on good friday or easter monday, so it was actually more like 6 business days from HK. My record from overseas was like 3 from Japan, which is actually pretty ridiculous considering it crosses the international date line. It left the country less than 12 hours after I ordered and arrived technically 72 hours my time later.

Anywho, no packages from japan don't seem to be affected.

If I had to guess, CBSA doesn't have enough people to inspect everything coming in. If what they're saying is true about illegal drugs coming in back in the fall, I'm wondering if they're not holding all those packages waiting for some sort of expiry date to pass before releasing them. The easiest way of stopping illegal perishable goods from entering the country is let them sit and rot at the border so they become worthless. That's a rather dick move if that's what they're doing, inconveniencing other people who have legitimate business because they're too damn lazy or understaffed to actually do their job correctly.