How long does standard shipping to the UK take these days?

Comment · Thu, February 2, 2023 · 11 pts

We had meetings with two other carriers about a week ago. We are in the process of possibly replacing Asendia.

Comment · Fri, February 3, 2023 · 7 pts

Yeah, DHL Express is fast, but is more expensive and has more fees. The main issue with Asendia is twofold. One: it goes FedEx ground to their facility in California before it is sorted and goes out. This creates a delay

Comment · Fri, February 3, 2023 · 2 pts

You are right, Asendia does deliver to certain people/countries really well. It's the few they have issues with that messes things up. Canada has been the biggest issue, which is tough because Canada is our largest marke

Comment · Sun, February 5, 2023 · 2 pts

This is mostly concentrating on the EU, due to their changes. We will likely leave a DDU option for everyone else. We might even leave a DDU option for the EU, for the people that want to roll the dice. However, I think

Comment · Sun, February 5, 2023 · 5 pts

We may leave a DDU option for the EU as well. We will have to see how all these changes affect things. Unfortunately, I think you guys are in for a bad time here in a few months once everything goes live. We are being to

Comment · Mon, February 6, 2023 · 2 pts

Well the thing is, if we do DDP and pay duties on behalf of the customers, they won't have to inspect at all. They will just let it through because everything is paid. These extra inspections are almost solely to assess

Comment · Mon, February 6, 2023 · 3 pts

> speaking from loads of (horrible) experiences with german customs at least, and knowing my inept government- I highly doubt they will be willing or able to invest the effort, manpower or money to actually act on that t

Comment · Mon, February 6, 2023 · 2 pts

Yep, some countries have implemented sooner.

Comment · Mon, February 6, 2023 · 4 pts

I don't think it will adversely affect clearances. If anything, going DDP will make more things clear, because that is one less thing to trigger them stopping the package. If duties are already paid, and HTS codes are on