[time-nuts] Overseas buying?

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 Just received 50 PCB's in 36 hours via DHL from Hong Kong and in the last 18 Month two HP 5065A in less than 48 hours from Israel.      How ever shipping from the US   USPS is the best. 
Bert Kehren
In a message dated 7/4/2019 4:05:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, time-nuts at lists.febo.com writes:

Hello Jim,
I am in Germany and have sent several premium receivers (i.e. AEG Telefunken E 1800/3 and Rockwell-Collins 851S-1) worlwide with DHL Express and German postal. No delay shipping to the US and no customs fees paid by the recipient.

If you need any help shipping from the EU let me know. BTW I get highly discounted rates (up to 67% below published rates for DHL Express and UPS) with a shipping broker in Germany
vy 73 Heinz DH2FA, KM5VT

dh2fa at me.com


Von meinem iPhone gesendet

> Am 04.07.2019 um 18:31 schrieb AC0XU (Jim) <James.Schatzman at ac0xu.com>:
> 
> Anyone have suggestions about how to buy equipment from out of the country without getting US Customs delays?  I have the impression that precision timing devices are on some kind of US list of sensitive technologies, but Customs seems to also be concerned about importing such items.
> 
> I recently purchased an Oscilloquartz OCXO from a seller in France and FEDEX delayed delivering the item, requesting documentation about the item and about the purchaser (me) over and over again. I found FEDEX's communications to be atrocious - 7 different FEDEX people wanted me to email them information, and they kept asking me to email documents to paperwork at fedex.com, which bounced everything I sent it. For a few days, it looked like FEDEX was going to return the package, because they kept complaining that I wasn't responding to their requests for more information. Emails to them bounced. My phone calls to them went unanswered. Eventually FEDEX did release the package but it took over a week.
> 
> This was a frustrating experience and I am wondering what I should advise sellers in the future about how to document items so as to get through US Customs more smoothly. Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks! 
> Jim
> 
> 
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