Hey NAFTA! Why don't you work! Update: It cleared it.

"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
12/19/2017 at 20:05 • Filed to: None

I’m buying a phone from a North American Company through a North American retailer, shipped from within North America and somehow it got stuck in customs? What the fuck NAFTA? I thought you were meant to help consumers too!

Update:

I am still not getting it today, it cleared customs until 3 in the afternoon. So I’ll be expecting it tomorrow by 8PM again.

Give me a few hours with it for a review though...

DISCUSSION (30)

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 16:22

I blame Trump.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 16:24

Perhaps it was drop-shipped from China?

benjrblant > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 16:27

Your package can still arrive today.

and

Delayed in Customs.

seem contradictory to me.

Dave the car guy , still here > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 16:27

I discovered it doesn’t always work if its a banned product. I once was waiting on a bearing from Canada that was blocked at customs because “its a bearing”. It could be sold at that time as part of an assembly but not as a component. Not sure if that changed but there is a list of forbidden goods.

jimz > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 16:28

I don’t think NAFTA even applies for something under $1,000 US.

besides, NAFTA eliminated most tariffs, but that doesn’t mean customs can’t pull a package and inspect it to verify what it is.

also (as a bit of general info) it doesn’t matter where the company’s HQ is or where it was shipped to you from. What matters is where the good was made (the Country of Origin.) If it’s a mobile phone you can pretty much safely bet the CoO is China.

Spanfeller is a twat > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
12/19/2017 at 16:29

It already passed american customs anyway!

Spanfeller is a twat > jimz
12/19/2017 at 16:29

I am very sorry, but I am terrified by the thought “Mexican Customs officials will open up your package with your brand new phone”

Spanfeller is a twat > Dave the car guy , still here
12/19/2017 at 16:30

Ugh, why can’t it be like the EU?

jimz > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 16:32

doesn’t matter; the Country of Origin is what matters. adn the CoO is usually where the thing was actually made, not where the company is HQed. so China is likely what customs considers the CoO.

yes, I’ve done international shipping. you’ve got to get this stuff right or they’ll sit on a package for a while before bouncing it back to you.

Spanfeller is a twat > benjrblant
12/19/2017 at 16:33

In deed, perhaps amazon is trying to tame me because I paid for expedited shipping

Spanfeller is a twat > jimz
12/19/2017 at 16:34

Ugh, fuck... Well.. I am checking the order summary and they did set back about 10% of the phone’s value for import fees...

Textured Soy Protein > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 16:37

Kinja'd!!!

Spanfeller is a twat > Textured Soy Protein
12/19/2017 at 16:39

If I email a picture of my caucasian forearm to the white house will my order ship?

Is this how racism/xenophobia works? I am extremely confused.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 16:45

I ship to Canada quite a bit and it’s seemingly entirely random that they decide from time to time to be difficult about a shipment.

Spanfeller is a twat > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
12/19/2017 at 16:48

I just can’t stand it! I don’t want to buy a carrier phone on a two year lease where they’d charge me about 10-20% more of what the phone is actually worth to buy! I just hate this sort of unorganized bullshit that happens every time I try to ship from the US!

Future next gen S2000 owner > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 17:39

Not everything is covered by NAFTA. Not every country within North America is part of NAFTA.

Spanfeller is a twat > Future next gen S2000 owner
12/19/2017 at 19:55

oh,I know that!

Its just that I am in one of the countries of Nafta

Ash78, voting early and often > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 20:13

DHL?

Tu paquete va a llegar en CHILE el VIERNES.

Spanfeller is a twat > Ash78, voting early and often
12/19/2017 at 20:14

Why would it go all the way to Chile?

Ash78, voting early and often > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 20:16

Because that’s just what DHL does best.

Seriously, two times I’ve used them. Two times I’ve had 7+ day delays with the package sitting in another city nowhere near me.

Spanfeller is a twat > Ash78, voting early and often
12/19/2017 at 20:18

Big issue is that its already in Mexico and it alreay cleared customs

Wait, could they fly it to Belize and back and then force the package into payong MORE import fees?

Maybe they can be that pathetically bad .... but even then USPS sucks more

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 20:18

“NAFTA is just the worst deal, believe me because I know about deals. Did I ever tell you about this amazing deal I did....”

Kinja'd!!!

Spanfeller is a twat > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
12/19/2017 at 20:22

We just agreed on extending NAFTA to include Telecomm, which would be great! It means that you guys (specially in the south of the US) could buy coverage from Mexican companies that MUST follow net neutrality!

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 20:25

Anything helps, CA says they will do their own thing like always, so they will probably have a hard time with changing anything here.

Spanfeller is a twat > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
12/19/2017 at 20:28

I do love California! I know CARB and CAFE is a pain in the ass, but I love the fact that a single state can sway the ways of an entire nation!

But yeah, you could find yourself getting some IZZI, Telmex, or Axtel, or TotalPlay if you live in SoCal!

jimz > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 20:30

I don’t think fees/duty apply until it reaches the recipient’s country. it wouldn’t trigger customs fees in Belize because the item isn’t staying there.

when I was working for a company which did a lot of product/tech demos and had to have lots of products/prototypes shipped here from Japan, they would be shipped under a “carnet” which is like a temporary “passport” for goods. as long as the things were shipped back to Japan within 90 days, no tax or duty would be assessed.

jimz > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
12/19/2017 at 20:32

this is usually the right approach

Spanfeller is a twat > jimz
12/19/2017 at 20:33

You seem like an expert...

Do you have any experience with Mexican Customs?

jimz > Spanfeller is a twat
12/19/2017 at 20:41

I do not.

Spanfeller is a twat > jimz
12/19/2017 at 20:50

dammit! I could use help...