I shipped a nexus 7 tab an year ago. It was delivered to my postal address. It took only 7 days and I was charged an IDF fee of 5k (that was before the VAT bill was passed). On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Martin Gicheru <martin@techweez.com> wrote:

Last I purchased something from Ebay and shipped via USPS it never arrived, kept indicating as on transit in the tracking. Fortunately it wasn't a huge purchase.

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On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Alex Ngatia <alex.ngatia@gmail.com<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','alex.ngatia@gmail.com');>

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Hi guys,

Who has used USPS to ship stuff to Kenya? Looking for information on lead time and also how they deliver: door step or post office box?

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Well that's 50% success rate LOL! Something I bought is at 10days now, tracking says in transit. On Mar 18, 2014 8:57 PM, "Martin Gicheru" <martin@techweez.com> wrote:

Damn You VAT Bill (DYVB)

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On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Joseph Tintale <jayxtintale@gmail.com>wrote:

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I shipped a nexus 7 tab an year ago. It was delivered to my postal address. It took only 7 days and I was charged an IDF fee of 5k (that was before the VAT bill was passed).

On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Martin Gicheru <martin@techweez.com> wrote:

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Last I purchased something from Ebay and shipped via USPS it never arrived, kept indicating as on transit in the tracking. Fortunately it wasn't a huge purchase.

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On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Alex Ngatia <alex.ngatia@gmail.com>wrote:

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Hi guys,

Who has used USPS to ship stuff to Kenya? Looking for information on lead time and also how they deliver: door step or post office box?

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Regarding the lead times, the options presented to us prior to shipping were : *Express Service :* Costs $47; Takes 1 week; has tracking; has insurance cover up to $100 *Priority Service :* Costs $47; Takes 2 weeks; has no tracking; has no insurance *First Class Service :* Costs $13; Takes 3 weeks; has no tracking; has no insurance (Add + $14 to make it registered) The package was less than 300g and the value was about $100. Hope that helps. Tony.

Nothing has ever bugged me like VAT on electronic items, darn! On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com> wrote:

Correction :

Priority service was quoted at $27 and not $47 as I wrote earlier. My bad!

Tony.

This is from the USPS website, not sure if all the charges apply/are valid. http://about.usps.com/publications/pub141/kenya.htm Regards, Alex On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Karimi <kndigah@gmail.com> wrote:

Anyone have a link where you can check the Duty et al on various items?

On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Joseph Tintale <jayxtintale@gmail.com>wrote:

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Nothing has ever bugged me like VAT on electronic items, darn!

On Tuesday, March 18, 2014, Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com> wrote:

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Correction :

Priority service was quoted at $27 and not $47 as I wrote earlier. My bad!

Tony.

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Regarding the notification upon arrival, I wasn't contacted when the package arrived despite what the tracker indicates (sigh!). With the tracking available,this wasn't much of an issue to me. I just went over to EMS office when I was sure the package was ready for collection. Tony.

@Thuo, now I can try to impersonate you so as to collect the package upon it's arrival. Anyone with the contacts of those river-road guys? I need to get me some necessary documentation [?][?] Tony.

Don't worry too much Thuo. Mine arrived finally and says it is being processed through customs. Let's see how much Kamwana wants me to pay him for my shipment. Regards, Alex On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:55 AM, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:

Try me.... Tracking number is no big deal.

Kind Regards, Wilson./

On 19 March 2014 11:52, Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com> wrote:

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@Thuo, now I can try to impersonate you so as to collect the package upon it's arrival. Anyone with the contacts of those river-road guys? I need to get me some necessary documentation [?][?]

Tony.

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Exactly 10 days. On 19 Mar 2014 12:24, "Thuo Wilson" <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:

On 19 March 2014 12:10, Alex Ngatia <alex.ngatia@gmail.com> wrote:

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on't worry too much Thuo. Mine arrived finally and says it is being processed through customs. Let's see how much Kamwana wants me to pay him for my shipment.

How long did it take to arrive?

Kind Regards, Wilson./

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@Thuo, you will have to present your tracking number to the EMS section of Posta. Just keep on tracking the parcel's movement. My postal address is at GPO, so I collected the package at the GPO EMS office. ( I had supplied my Postal Address as the delivery address) Tony.

For my convenience, I gave my Postal Address as the delivery point. I'm not sure how yours will work out. On a good day EMS may give you a call aiming to deliver the package at your door-step (has happened to me once in the past) With our unreliable 'last mile' delivery infrastructure, you are well advised to be prepared to physically collect the shipment in person. I got no notification call with my last parcel..* *this*is*near*SPARTA!** Tony.

@Alex, You have to wait until you get a *"**Customs clearance processing complete"* signal. In case you requested to pick up the item in person (read gave a Postal address), then you will further have to wait for *"**Arrival at Post Office" * signal. Otherwise, EMS guys should simply deliver it to the doorstep, assuming they'll be kind enough to notify you in advance. You can refer to my old tracker : https://tools.usps.com/go/TrackConfirmAction!input.action?tRef=qt&tLc=1&tLab... Tony.

On 19 March 2014 14:20, Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com> wrote:

@Thuo, I'm waiting to see how your case will turn out; especially if there are fees/duties to be paid.

The grey part with door-step deliveries is the settlement of those statutory fees. When and to whom do you pay?

- The boda-boda guy upon delivery? [?][?] - Do you still have to go to the EMS office to settle this, then head back to your station and wait for the package?

That's how I find own-pick-up option more convenient for such cases.

​@Tony - i actually gave a Westalands office address - in the first place i thought this USPS works like DHL. Now it hit me it isn't. I will be very keen to see how things unfold here and very much close to this tracker - just bookmarked and made it my home page for the next 30days. ​ Kind Regards, Wilson./

Anyone used African Salihiya Cargo and Clearing for bulk purchases? On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Alex Ngatia <alex.ngatia@gmail.com> wrote:

I was talking with PCK on Facebook and they were able to tell me that my package is at customs and I should go pick it up. I've just gotten it after paying customs. Charges came to around 5600 On 19 Mar 2014 14:33, "Thuo Wilson" <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:

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On 19 March 2014 14:20, Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com> wrote:

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@Thuo, I'm waiting to see how your case will turn out; especially if there are fees/duties to be paid.

The grey part with door-step deliveries is the settlement of those statutory fees. When and to whom do you pay?

- The boda-boda guy upon delivery? [?][?] - Do you still have to go to the EMS office to settle this, then head back to your station and wait for the package?

That's how I find own-pick-up option more convenient for such cases.

@Tony - i actually gave a Westalands office address - in the first place i thought this USPS works like DHL. Now it hit me it isn't. I will be very keen to see how things unfold here and very much close to this tracker - just bookmarked and made it my home page for the next 30days.

Kind Regards, Wilson./

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Hehehe ./Ok3ch On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Thuo Wilson <lixton@gmail.com> wrote:

On 20 March 2014 12:15, Karimi <kndigah@gmail.com> wrote:

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Anyone used African Salihiya Cargo and Clearing for bulk purchases?

This looks like a trap :)

Kind Regards, Wilson./

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