I think i know why sometimes "HK Air Mail" can take so long

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Shenzhen -> HK via land, Thursday start of journey, sorting, transport and enters HK Saturday. Sorting again before waiting for the next available flight. Leaves HK Monday. This is for MF, DX, CNQG, KD for quite a few items. It could take a few days from order to even start shipping, so that's already a slight delay.

香港小包挂号
SINGAPORE
2011-09-26 00:00:00
2011年9月26日离开香港前往目的地。
2011-09-26 00:00:00
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香港
2011年9月26日离开香港前往目的地。
2011-09-23 00:00:00
五
香港
2011年9月23日投寄，并正在处理中。
2011-09-22 21:45:32
四
桑达
操作完成
2011-09-22 21:43:26
四
桑达
货物到达作业中心
2011-09-22 20:52:06
四
货物电子信息已经收到

2011-09-26 00:00:00
Mon
香港
2011年9月26日离开香港前往目的地。
2011-09-23 00:00:00
Fri
香港
2011年9月23日投寄，并正在处理中。
2011-09-22 21:45:32
Thu
桑达
Shipment operation completed
2011-09-22 21:43:26
Thu
桑达
Shipment arrived at facility

Arrived at Singpost!

Status Date Status Description
29-09-2011 Arrived from overseas (Country code: HK)

HK sellers like XTAR, directly ships from HK.

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Good to know. Thanks for the info, 2100 ;)

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Thanks for the Info. now I know why.

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I've received 4 packages from china now and averaged 7-8 days to Belgium :o

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2100 I am getting dizzy trying to figure out what you just posted???????

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Are these the codes from some unholy flashlight group?

LOL

but I do partially get what you're saying 2100

Sellers who use Chinapost also send it out to Guangzhou first.

I wonder when thy will start direct shipment from the Shenzhen hub

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I wonder how many ebay sellers ship direct form HK. You gotta wonder if that's how most of them become as successful as they are. Maybe they intentionally locate themselves in HK in order to capitalize on shipping. But then again, maybe I'm a moron :P

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since HK airmail is cheaper than other ones ,so it is good choice for nearly all sellers on ebay if they are free shipping...

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As I understand it, a great deal of bulk airmail out of HK is loaded as access cargo on passenger airliners. The availability of space/additional weight on the fleet fluctuates daily and can sometimes cause huge delays. Can anyone confirm?

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That is the only reason i can think of, because some stuff comes so damn fast and some stuff so damn slow.

For DHL, they have 2 daily flights to SG!

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They do. Most successful sellers are based in HongKong. The benefit on mainland china is the cheap cost of operation

From what I understand Hong Kong despite being turned over to China has been left on it's own in terms of governance. So the systems in place are still what was existing during British Control.

The cheap shipping is due to government subsidies to promote their products.

I only read these from other forums don't quote me on it. =)

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XTAR ships with Singapore Post from Shenzhen however that works...

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It's probably just the printing. Think they merged with 4px or something and i'd believe 4px is their subsidiary. But still it is their personell doing the work.

Arrived from HK at Singpost! Hope they can push to the Delivery base by today and then tomorrow can deliver, and failed delivery so that i can collect from the post office on Saturday (no delivery on Sat, but PO does open half a day and i can collect)

Status Date Status Description
29-09-2011 Arrived from overseas (Country code: HK)
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Well I know it takes awhile to ship from Hong kong to the US. But when you got to wait almost a whole month it makes each day seem like eternity.

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All that travel it makes ya wonder how easily a small package or letter could get lost.