Get your orders in now if you want Christmas gifts from Seeed Studio. The holidays are really busy for Hongkong Post, and mail from China can take up to 7 additional days.
That means your orders from Seeed Studio will not get on the plane as quick as before.You will have to wait 3 – 5 more days to see your tracking info available on Hongkongpost.com. On the airport side, your parcel might held there for another 2 days due to the lack of cargo space. All above reasons will cause about 7 days delay on delivery of your orders.
I order mobile phone parts, and accessories from China. They usually come via UPS or DHL. I have already started to notice an increase in the time it takes for them to arrive.
I have noticed that with UPS I more often see that my package makes it onto the plane, then they unload it. I don’t know if this has anything to do with having lots of cargo or if just the packages I am getting are really heavy. Either way packages from China to Australia are taking 3 or 4 days via UPS.
Seeedstudio seem to be having their own delays… my last order from 2 Nov has been stuck in “waiting” status for a week and there’s no response to emails.