FYI: Upcoming Week Long Chinese Holiday

[ScottP]

If you are considering placing an order with a Chinese company you may want to be aware that it may take an EXTRA long time to get your package. They are about to have a week long holiday that starts Oct 1st and lasts until Oct 7th. So if your order is not shipped by end of day Sept 30th (this coming Monday) then it will not ship until Tuesday Oct 8th. I am not 100% sure how this will affect their mail if the package was at their equivalent of the Post Office by the start of the holiday but there could be delays.

If time is not of the essence then you can still place your order, but I just wanted to make people aware of this, so they weren't stuck waiting for longer than expected. If you want your products faster, then I suggest finding a non-Chinese vendor until after Oct 8th.

 

[flowerpots]

I just ordered an innokin iTaste V3 and second Vamo2 on the 26th, yesterday, from fasttech. They shipped out today already. They are trying to get orders out before the holiday, it seems.

 

[rotku]

You mean I have to wait even longer than my current 22 days? Ordered on Sept 5th, Acceptance on Sept. 7th, then nothing, nada, zippo. My order has spent more time holed up at the Hong Kong airport than Eric Snowden. Now I am itching to buy more stuff in the face of yet another drawn out Chinese holiday. Oh well! It is nice of you to post the heads up. Thanks.

 

[xtwosm0kesx]

Has anyone confirmed that HKP will also be shutdown for that amount of time?

I.E. if they're not actually headed to the U.S. by Monday, they're not moving.

The HKP site mentions being closed on Oct 1st but nothing about the # of days, that i could find.

 

[flowerpots]

This is all I can find on the HKP website:

http://www.hongkongpost.com/eng/publications/notices/2013/20130925a/index.htm

 

[xtwosm0kesx]

This is all I can find on the HKP website:

http://www.hongkongpost.com/eng/publications/notices/2013/20130925a/index.htm

Yep and it makes no sense to me.

Does that mean theyre close from the 1st till the 14th (actual holiday is 1st-6th right?) or does it just mean they're closed on those days only?

 

[flowerpots]

Yep and it makes no sense to me.

Does that mean theyre close from the 1st till the 14th (actual holiday is 1st-6th right?) or does it just mean they're closed on those days only?

I have no clue, I'm trying to look around to find something more specific on their site.

It does state this:

"Except General Post Office, Tsim Sha Tsui Post Office and Airport Post Office, all other post offices will be closed on Sundays and Public Holidays." So, I imagine this means they operate but at reduced capacity.

Oh, it also states this:

"All mails posted on Sundays and Public Holidays would be treated as being posted before the latest time of posting on the following working day."