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last updated in August 28th, Thursday
REGARDING THE RECENTLY TARIFF SYSTEM ISSUE THAT IS SICKENING ME AT THIS POINT
USA stopped admitting packages with commercial value.
We Europeans (as you might have noticed) cannot keep on sending commercial packages to the US. That's why I deactivated US Shipments in here until they solve it or whatever.
The only solution I could find to keep sending (some items) is to let USA clients buy paper based products only (prints, bookmarks, stickers, etc). Because I have always declared them as documents, and they have always arrived at their destination without any problems.
Unfortunately, acrylic items will have to wait a little bit longer to be activated for the US.
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ORDERS FROM JULY TO MID AUGUST HAVE BEEN DISPATCHED
All orders that entered from mid July to mid August or so have been dispatched already.
I declared them as gifts (since everyone here is doing it aparently with no issue) so they can get past the border.
But I'm praying for them to not be returned to me since everything is chaos right now and the most reliable advice I received was to send them as gifts since they are super small and could get past customs.
So please, those who received a tracking number today keep an eye on your package and let's hope they get to you safely.
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As far as I know, because I'm no expert, the sunburnt Dorito wants the EU to handle the customs logistics, which implies sending packages to the US, instead of being the US who do that job.
My local company has even implemented new software for us to use when sending packages abroad, which I suppose is a result of this new measure.
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WORKING ON A SOLUTION
I'm not willing to give up.
The US is my main source of supportive clients and social media traffic.
So I'm contacting other (private) companies in order to offer an alternative shipping option.
Until now, I managed to start setting things up with DHL Express, who seems to not be affected by this.
But as you might guess, it will be twice or thrice more expensive than what I usually offer.
I have projects to bring to life, so this is the only reliable option I have to offer to US clients.
The good thing is that you will receive the package at your doorstep in 3 days. And I include freebies to compensate the express shipping cost.
I always wanted to implement an express option anyway...
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