Okay, so here is my experience with the ordering process (Greater Toronto Area , aka GTA):
- Ordered on Dec 29th. 2009
- Order actually shipped on Jan 4th as Seed Studios was closed for holidays
- Hong Kong Post sat on the order for SEVEN DAYS!!! this was by far the longest part of the wait.
- HK post finally got off their ass and shipped the order on Jan 11th.
- Arrived in Canada/Missisauga Jan 13.
- Customs kept it for 1 day or so, but didn’t look like they opened it. NO EXTRA FEES or Import duties were levied.
- Package arrived at building Jan 15th 2010.
So, basically it took 10 days (discounting the 6 days delay due to closure). and out of those 7 were because of HK post. So I guess we have a new winner. We Canadians always complained about Canada Post, this time they were the fast one! Awesome!! (I eat delicious crow on this one … and that’s fine … lol)
P.S. It would help if the closure date was mentioned during the ordering process. I only found out they were not going to ship until Jan 4th when I sent an inquire email. ( could have split my order and got some parts from Mouser or something had I known this… would have given me something to play with oer the holidays) … oh well.
16 days total. 10 discounting the holiday closure. 6 days out of those 10 taken by HK post to “process” the parcel.
Hope this info helps some other Canuck! eh?