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Shipping Times?
  • confusiousconfusious
    Good morning.

    I want to order the MeeBlip SE Quick Build Kit.
    Couple days ago, it said shipping would be on April 9, now it says April 16 I think, so I was wondering, is this auto-refreshed on the "Get One" page or simply manually updated or, let me put it like this: Is this a trustful date?
    If it says April 16 now, and I order.. ermm. now, will I really get it shipped on April 16, or is it just an estimate?
    I know this is not a big corporation operation, but since the MeeBlip has been around for a couple of years now I think, probably shipping issues have been solved?

    Let me explain further. I need it shipped to the US, but I have a courier there that will ship it back to my country (I can't use international shipping as customs will steal a kidney from me, that's why I always bring stuff through couriers), but the courier only has a short time window before he sends the stuff from the US to my country (he can't wait forever for several orders that I usually make from Amazon and whatnot, to consolidate the boxes), so timing with the MeeBlip has to be kind of.. precise otherwise I'll end up paying quite a LOT for shipping costs (about $50 USD for the MeeBlip alone, as opposed to $50 USD for the MeeBlip and several other items I'll be ordering mostly from Amazon, so, a lot of small boxes), which makes it worthless then (I'd rather open source build it, but I don't really want to as I'm a newbie with electronics).
    So that's why this information is important to me, it's not that I'm yet another impatient customer, but just a... special one.

    Also what is the estimate time, once it's shipped to arrive to Miami, FL? In days?

    Thanks a lot for your time, and appreciate an honest answer.
  • peterpeter
    I'm leaving this to James as he's watching the current lag between ship and arrival from Canada, but -- what is your destination country, out of curiosity?
  • confusiousconfusious
    Hey Peter, ok I´ll wait, thanks. I live in Colombia.
  • meeblipmeeblip
    Hi Confusious, there is a simple reason the shipping date for new orders is April 16. I ordered a batch of 200 boards with surface mount discrete components last week, and I want to make sure they have arrived before shipping new orders.

    The current through-hole boards are electrically identical, but require much more time to assemble.
  • confusiousconfusious
    Alright James thanks for the insight.
    Is it possible to pay now to separate the kit, but maybe via mail reach an agreement with you, sort of "Hey James please ship my order the 22 of April so that it arrives aproximately between X and Y to Miami"?.
    And also, don't you have an estimate on shipping times from Canada to the US?
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