Manjaro Community Edition Shipping thread

[ryo]

My Manjaro PinePhone is on its way via DHL apparently. I ordered in late November. Thought I would post so that anyone else in the mid-December dispatch can keep their eyes out for theirs. It's already moving through DHL's system, and they've given me an estimated delivery date (to Indiana, USA) of Thursday, December 17th. I got a text from DHL, an email from DHL, and an email from PINE64.

Very excited

Be aware, delivery might actually take place 1 or 2 days before that.
Back when I ordered, it took a bit more than a month between order and delivery, but DHL ended up coming 1 day before the planned date.
I didn't have the money to pay customs in cash (only on my bank at the time), so I had to let them deliver 1 day later (which was on the planned date).

Are you aware of anyone in the US having to pay a customs fee? I only ask because several other americans in the thread have posted about getting theirs, and they haven't mentioned a US customs fee.

Regardless, I've set aside about $40 USD in cash for a worst case scenario, if for whatever reason they need me to pay a fee.

I have no idea.
I can only speak for Japan in this case, and I never had to pay any customs fee until now, so it really came as a surprise attack.

Customs were 2,200 yen by the way, so around 21 us dollar.
And probably the only reason I had to pay was because DHL let SAGAWA handle delivery, but communication still went through DHL, even though DHL exists here too.