Chinese shipping times

For those ordering from China, here is a little something to think about:

Then came the Chinese Shipping Apocalypse. The new President of China is moving swiftly to crack down on government corruption. Thousands of local, provincial, and national Chinese Governors have been fired or arrested for all manners of crime and corruption. In the midst of the holiday shipping glut, at the busiest land crossing between China and Hong Kong, officials found a van full of crystal methamphetamine and 2 tons of fake currency. 500 customs officials were fired for corruption, and now every package leaving China is inspected individually. Shipping times exploded from 3-5 days to 7-9 days or more. We had 10 orders, all on the same truck to Hong Kong, get stuck in customs for more than 10 days.

Source : http://dangerousprototypes.com/2014/10/14/dirty-tuesday-chinese-shipping-apocalypse/

It also talks about how there are many delays in general throughout the year and explains some things specific to China.


Comments


[2 Points] charlie321321:

What are pcbs?


[2 Points] DuCruu:

every package leaving China is inspected individually

I wouldn't be too sure about that...


[2 Points] kojedx:

China slowing down their export? I doubt it. Maybe temporarily if true, but money will get things moving again. Inspecting every parcel in any sense is definitely sensationalism. There is just to much mail.


[2 Points] pressed-flower:

Many times, I get packs from China faster than, say, the east coast US. It's about the carrier in a lot of ways.


[1 Points] iLoveDNM:

We called the logistics company and screamed at them, Xiao Dou “Little Bean” sent a bunch of links to news reports saying that currently every vehicle is scanned with the passive RF thing and every parcel checked. Our DHL rep said this at our last meeting as well. I’m certainly not there to verify it first hand, but everybody I’ve talked to seems to think this is happening. Could be salesman crap of course.

He posted that comment yesterday, so this delay is happening right now.


[1 Points] hdheuud:

So I should wait to order my steroid powders is what youre telling me?


[-4 Points] CDRCRDS:

probably one of the nicest homosexual bloggers coming straight out of hung kong.