timberpond Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Hi Americans, I need to purchase a sensor for a PCB repair from Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. The postal service worked up to about $225 for a $20 sensor. The sensor is only 1/4 of my pinky finger. The seller did warned me about the S&H is going to be expensive and hoping that I have a local address to ship against. I believe fellow Americans do post parcel to Thailand from time to time. May I know if you have any cheaper alternative advise I could follow? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt1 Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 That does not seem right. Go to usps website to check prices, should be much less. Could it be they don't want to deal with the forms needed to ship or are they trying to overcharge? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberpond Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 23 minutes ago, walt1 said: That does not seem right. Go to usps website to check prices, should be much less. Could it be they don't want to deal with the forms needed to ship or are they trying to overcharge? I believe it's the former. They are trying to sell it on their door as they mentioned to send fedex to their door step will be the best. They will get it pack and ready for collection. usps indicated about $40 small parcel mail to thailand 6-10 business days. $225 is a bit steep. I can't complaint because they are manufacturer selling in the thousands of units and I managed to persuade them to sell me a few for my board repair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 I have not had to deal with this myself, but others have told me stories about exorbitant duties and various fees on the Thai side when using private services (DHL,Fedex et al). Myself, I have only received packages sent USPS to Post Restante, the only fee was the post office storage, I think it was 5 satang per day. Perhaps another source for the part -- tried eBay? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberpond Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 16 hours ago, bendejo said: I have not had to deal with this myself, but others have told me stories about exorbitant duties and various fees on the Thai side when using private services (DHL,Fedex et al). Myself, I have only received packages sent USPS to Post Restante, the only fee was the post office storage, I think it was 5 satang per day. Perhaps another source for the part -- tried eBay? Yup... trying to get help from a friend in US but still unable to locate him. I read that USPS non commercial shipping is about $40 to Thailand for small packages. I have tried everywhere, ebay, aliexpress, amazon, etc. No luck... have to buy from manufacturer. https://frederickscompany.com/products/0717-4304-99/ This is the sensor I'm trying to buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebluewater Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Good Gosh - have someone stick it into a padded envelope and send it USPS registered mail. It's not expensive at all. Sorted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberpond Posted October 1, 2021 Author Share Posted October 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, bluebluewater said: Good Gosh - have someone stick it into a padded envelope and send it USPS registered mail. It's not expensive at all. Sorted. That's the intention... have to find a local address for help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwardflory Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 $40 to $60 at the extreme. Put in in a padded packet, send registered mail.. Use US POSTAL SERVICE 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaijoe Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I know what ur going through, I moved back to the states, you can use my address if you want,I live in ohio. email me if you need me to send it to you.. [email protected] buy it on line, ship it to my address and i'll ship it to you. I know shipping thing is like 2-4 weeks, sometimes. and i have had it in 12 days, but this covid has everything screwed up. and next month UPS is raising there prices up by 8% I think. i know its going up and stamps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberpond Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 53 minutes ago, thaijoe said: I know what ur going through, I moved back to the states, you can use my address if you want,I live in ohio. email me if you need me to send it to you.. [email protected] buy it on line, ship it to my address and i'll ship it to you. I know shipping thing is like 2-4 weeks, sometimes. and i have had it in 12 days, but this covid has everything screwed up. and next month UPS is raising there prices up by 8% I think. i know its going up and stamps Oh.... Thanked god! I will be contacting you shortly for your address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panadadad Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 For $225 I would have hand carried it for you yesterday that was half of my airfare lol 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placnx Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 6:33 PM, bluebluewater said: Good Gosh - have someone stick it into a padded envelope and send it USPS registered mail. It's not expensive at all. Sorted. I just got 4 toothbrushes ($12) via USPS for $25 postage in padded envelope. It took around a week, but was trackable only in the US. Postage was more than I expected. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndudorn Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 up to 2lb USPS $25 first class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebluewater Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 ^ those tooth brushes must be pretty special! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ54 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Has mail (credit card) shipped USPS Priority August 8 not received yet.. although others have used and received in 10 days. Sent a replacement DHL good service @$65 USD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberpond Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 On 10/2/2021 at 6:21 PM, Panadadad said: For $225 I would have hand carried it for you yesterday that was half of my airfare lol Missing the chance for me... I would gladly pay you $60 for your trouble... So you in Phuket now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberpond Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 12 hours ago, DJ54 said: Has mail (credit card) shipped USPS Priority August 8 not received yet.. although others have used and received in 10 days. Sent a replacement DHL good service @$65 USD It's a risk we have to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Did you search AliExpress, Banggood, Shopee or Lazada for the same item ? Wouldn't be surprised if the US vendor didn't source it from Alibaba ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, KhunLA said: Did you search AliExpress, Banggood, Shopee or Lazada for the same item ? Wouldn't be surprised if the US vendor didn't source it from Alibaba ???? http://www.jinzon.com.tw/Fredericks/sens_tilt_0717_4304.tpl.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ross163103 Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 As others have said, pretty outrageous. A week ago I shipped an 8lb box from the middle of US to Chonburi and it cost around $97 USD...........helping out the USPS with their debt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberpond Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 12 hours ago, BritManToo said: http://www.jinzon.com.tw/Fredericks/sens_tilt_0717_4304.tpl.htm Emailed them twice with no reply... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberpond Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 12 hours ago, KhunLA said: Did you search AliExpress, Banggood, Shopee or Lazada for the same item ? Wouldn't be surprised if the US vendor didn't source it from Alibaba ???? No luck at all... it's a on board tilt sensor. Only PCB manufacturer will purchase such a thing and usually in huge amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbko Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Is it the USPS or the company that's bumping up the shipping cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberpond Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 9 minutes ago, ross163103 said: As others have said, pretty outrageous. A week ago I shipped an 8lb box from the middle of US to Chonburi and it cost around $97 USD...........helping out the USPS with their debt. 8lbs is about 3.6kg. Not too expensive in my opinion. Used to send so items to Swiss from Thailand cost about 2,200 baht about the same weight via Thaipost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberpond Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, bbko said: Is it the USPS or the company that's bumping up the shipping cost? They do not use USPS because they will have to make a trip to the local post office. They only offered UPS or Fedex. Add in their cost of exportation paperwork and stuffs work out to be $225 for a 50g package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbko Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 4 minutes ago, timberpond said: They do not use USPS because they will have to make a trip to the local post office. They only offered UPS or Fedex. Add in their cost of exportation paperwork and stuffs work out to be $225 for a 50g package. Ouch, unless you already paid for the item, maybe give an exact description of the needed item, Lazada, Shoppee and AliExpress aren't the only online places to buy computer parts in Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberpond Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, bbko said: Ouch, unless you already paid for the item, maybe give an exact description of the needed item, Lazada, Shoppee and AliExpress aren't the only online places to buy computer parts in Thailand. https://frederickscompany.com/products/0717-4304-99/ This is the sensor I'm trying to buy. I usually could find most things in Aliexpress... Even the processor chip ST92F150 series, but the little sensor seems so rare in it's application till the point that I could not find a similar replacement too. Not even different brand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbko Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 If still unable to find the part elsewhere, there's always those mail forwarding businesses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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