Shipping Notes

On this page we are collecting what we learnt about shipping copyleft hardware around the world. We keep only the most recent or different shipment types, outdated information gets deleted as newer information becomes available. There is a related page about Group Sales, if you want to organize a group purchase together with others, please add yourself there.

[edit] Who is shipping (alphabetically)

Who	Shipping what	From
BaseTrend	Ben NanoNote	Netherlands
Daniel Clark (Group Sales)	Ben NanoNote	Massachusetts, USA
dshop electronics	Ben NanoNote	Bern, Switzerland
Hackable Devices	Ben NanoNote	France
IDA Systems	Ben NanoNote	Jaipur, India
Pulster	Ben NanoNote	Germany
Sharism	Ben NanoNote	Hong Kong
Sharism on Taobao	Ben NanoNote	Shanghai, China
Tuxbrain	Ben NanoNote	Barcelona, Spain
Valessio S Brito (Group Sales)	Ben NanoNote	Bahia, Salvador, Brazil

[edit] Shipping Notes by destination (alphabetically)

[edit] Argentina

• March 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong to Argentina, FedEx Priority, S&H cost USD 68.18, delivered 3 days after pickup. FedEx only offers priority shipping method to Argentina. 28.32 USD Duty & Tax was charged.

[edit] Australia

• Feb 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong to Australia, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 19.27, delivered 5 days after pickup.

[edit] Belarus

• Feb 2010: max_posedon said on list that FedEx is really bad to Belarus. Need to look into regular mail.
• Apr 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Shanghai -> Shenzhen, then via SZEMS (Shenzhen EMS) to Belarus, delivered in 11 days after pickup - 1 day delay because the customer not there. S&H cost 28.43 USD. Delivered to home address, without any tolls(!).
• Jun 2010: Shipping Ben Nanonote to Belarus (tips for customers, in russian): http://forum.linux.by/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10946, http://mend0za2.livejournal.com/36183.html?thread=223575

[edit] Brazil

• Jun 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong to Brazil, via Hong Kong Post SpeedPost (HK EMS), S&H cost USD 37.87, delivered in 22 days after pickup. 60 USD Duties and Tax were charged.

[edit] Canada

• Feb 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong to Quebec, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 24.11, delivered 2 days after pickup. Duties and Fees were charged, 9.98 USD.

[edit] China

• Sharism sells from Taobao.com, ships domestically from Shanghai. S&H cost 20 RMB (ca. 2.93 USD), takes 1 to 3 days.

[edit] Colombia

• Feb 2010: Sharism shipment of 18 NanoNotes from Hong Kong, FedEx Priority, S&H cost USD 243.53, delivered 3 days after pickup. 125.78 USD duties & tax were charged. Note: FedEx only offers Priority shipping to Colombia, no Economy. So shipping 1 NanoNote is expensive, ca. 66 USD.

[edit] Hong Kong

• [tbd: Sharism: should we ship locally from HK warehouse or is it cheaper from Shanghai?]

[edit] India

• Feb 2010: Sharism shipment of NanoNotes from Hong Kong, via DHL, took 8 days. 5 days of clearance delay, documents were required from customer.

[edit] Japan

• Mar 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 16.9, delivered 3 to 5 days after pickup; FedEx Priority 23.62 USD delivered 1 to 2 days after pickup. There were delays due to missing telephone number on air waybill.

[edit] Korea, South

• Mar 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 13.89, delivered in 3 days after pickup;

[edit] Malaysia

• Mar 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong, FedEx Priority, S&H cost USD 16.04, delivered the next day after pickup.

[edit] Mexico

• Aug 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 24.32, delivered in 5 days after pickup.

[edit] New Zealand

• Mar 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong to New Zealand, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 19.27, delivered in 6 days after pickup.
• Jun 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong to New Zealand, FedEx Priority, S&H cost USD 27.60, delivered 3½ days after pickup.

[edit] Norway

• Jun 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong to Norway, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 37.41, delivered in 4 days after pickup.

[edit] Russian Federation

• March 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong to Moscow Russian Federation, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 56.61, delivered 7 days after pickup. (Sharism was informed by Fedex , restricted from Russian Federation 141400. All parcel item value + shipping charges must not over USD 75.00.)
• May 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Shanghai, first via local shipping company to Shenzhen, then via Shenzhen EMS to Russian Federation, S&H cost USD 31.43, delivered 16 days after pickup.

[edit] Singapore

• Mar 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNotes from Hong Kong, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 13.89, delivered in 2 days after pickup.

[edit] Spain

• Feb 2010: Sharism shipment of NanoNotes from Hong Kong, via TNT, took 6 days, 2 days of clearance delay.

[edit] Sweden

• May 2010: Hackable Devices shipment of 1 NanoNotes, UPS Saver, S&H cost EUR 25, ordered on thursday night, delivery by noon on monday.

[edit] Switzerland

• Feb 2010: Sharism shipment of 3 NanoNotes from Hong Kong, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 39.12, took 3 days after pickup. VAT and fees were charged USD 46.10.

[edit] Taiwan

• Feb 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Shanghai via S.F.Express, S&H cost 40 RMB (ca. 5.86 USD), took 2 days.
• Mar 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 13.89, delivered in 4 days after pickup.
• Jun 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong, FedEx Priority, S&H cost USD 16.22, delivered in 3 days after pickup.

[edit] Turkey

• Jun 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong, FedEx Priority, S&H cost USD 53.02, delivered in 3 days after pickup.

[edit] UK

• Mar 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from Hong Kong, FedEx Priority, S&H cost USD 49.09, delivered in 2 days after pickup.

[edit] USA

• All shipments to USA need to have FCC Form 740. Here is one filled out form with our information. 'Entry Number' and 'Port of Entry' will be filled out by FedEx or other couriers. 'Importer's Name and Address' and 'Consignee's Name and Address' will be whoever ordered our products. You can find more information regarding FCC Form 740 here. US customers who order our product at our online shop don't need to worry about filling out FCC Form 740. The form will be prepared for you by Sharism once you place your orders.
• Feb 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from HK to east coast, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 24.11, took 4 days.
• Feb 2010: Sharism shipment of 1 NanoNote from HK to west coast, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 24.11, took 2 days.
• Feb 2010: Sharism shipment of 10-pack NanoNotes from HK to east coast, FedEx Economy, S&H cost USD 57.84, took 7 days. 3 days clearance delay due to a missing FCC Form 740. After we submitted it to customs, all went smoothly.