understand why they don’t want to deal with this in house.
i wish meh.com would partner with a third-party forwarder to handle this reliably, without customers having to do the vetting and arranging - since many customers might be intimidated or uncertain about this.
a partnering setup would also prob allow for discounts on shipping, for the customer.
Casablanca sing-off, for France
Blame Canada
North to Alaska (Johnny Horton)
for Hawaii:
Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole
Becky G on Mexico
alternatively, Meh could stop shipping altogether to retail customers. only allow sales to those customers who can come and pick it up in Dallas County.
I’ve heard of some interesting new programs that make me eager to explore direct international options again. In the past, here were the main problems:
actual shipping logistics are variable per country and of course USPS or even “ground” shipping are never in play so they are all considerably expensive.
import duties are a mess to figure out. The main problem is that when you switch to a random product every day you have a ton of research per country destination on which import fees and duties are owed. The secondary problem is that any products with US duties involved have of course already been paid and don’t get refunded so you’re at a pricing disadvantage vs someone operating in the destination country or a freeport international shipping zone.
New programs involve online widget calculators for 1 and third party teams to handle #2a. You can’t get rid of #2b but clearly some products are still worth it (given our order spikes from South Koreans handling their own logistics)
@snapster Or, you know, you could just warehouse a small amount of stock in my basement and ship to other Canadians from here.
But even with that in place, for some strange reason, when I order anything for myself, it will still somehow take at least a week to get to me.
International? I think they need to start with Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, The US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico first.
understand why they don’t want to deal with this in house.
i wish meh.com would partner with a third-party forwarder to handle this reliably, without customers having to do the vetting and arranging - since many customers might be intimidated or uncertain about this.
a partnering setup would also prob allow for discounts on shipping, for the customer.
Casablanca sing-off, for France
Blame Canada
North to Alaska (Johnny Horton)
for Hawaii:
Somewhere over the Rainbow - Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwoʻole
Becky G on Mexico
alternatively, Meh could stop shipping altogether to retail customers. only allow sales to those customers who can come and pick it up in Dallas County.
Come and Get It
@f00l
PS
I can’t be bothered to check exact boundaries between Dallas and Collin counties because driving. Sort of.
If Mordor-iocre’s warehouse is in Collin County, not Dallas County, I might still come get stuff, but might have to charge extra.
I’ve heard of some interesting new programs that make me eager to explore direct international options again. In the past, here were the main problems:
actual shipping logistics are variable per country and of course USPS or even “ground” shipping are never in play so they are all considerably expensive.
import duties are a mess to figure out. The main problem is that when you switch to a random product every day you have a ton of research per country destination on which import fees and duties are owed. The secondary problem is that any products with US duties involved have of course already been paid and don’t get refunded so you’re at a pricing disadvantage vs someone operating in the destination country or a freeport international shipping zone.
New programs involve online widget calculators for 1 and third party teams to handle #2a. You can’t get rid of #2b but clearly some products are still worth it (given our order spikes from South Koreans handling their own logistics)
@snapster Or, you know, you could just warehouse a small amount of stock in my basement and ship to other Canadians from here.
But even with that in place, for some strange reason, when I order anything for myself, it will still somehow take at least a week to get to me.
@snapster Wait… does this mean more Speakerdocks??? You may have made my day… no week… no Probably best statement in the whole year… if it’s true.
I’m pretty sure it’s been asked before but maybe it’s time again: what forwarders do do y’all international folks use?
Please don’t be concerned about import duties. This is our problem at the receiving end