The policy simply stated:
The flat rate charge for shipping, handling, and insurance will be $ 70.00 for shipment by UPS
or FedEx (selected by SPI Supplies) to all destinations in China, irrespective of the
shipment's weight or commercial value. But excluded would be any shipment that contains any
product(s) designated as being Dangerous Goods. This would also mean that we can not ship under
this flat rate program any product identified as being 
.
This means that an order that consists of some
tweezers,
TEM grids,
Parafilm®,
and some embedding molds, could ship under the flat rate program from SPI Supplies in the USA
to any business address in China (see important exception below). But if your order
contains as much as a single dangerous goods item (for example, an SPI Easy Duster™), then it could not be shipped under this program and would probably have
to go via air freight.
Note that we can not ship under this program to addresses in China any dangerous goods
products designated as being . This is because the combination
of approvals needed between the China government, the courier services doing the shipping,
and SPI Supplies have not yet been consummated.
And of course, such shipments would be subject to the special "cold ship" charges should the
shipment include a product that is to be shipped refrigerated.
Exceptions:
Keep in mind the following exceptions to the above policy statement:
- Shipments containing dangerous goods that are not described as
are not covered by this program.
- Addresses not considered to be bona fide business addresses by the
carrier (e. g. FedEx or UPS) are subject to a residential address fee.
- The final arbiter as to whether an address is or is not a residential
address is the carrier, that is, UPS or FedEx. Generally speaking, if one
has sleeping accommodations at the address, or if the property is not
zoned for commercial use, the carrier designates such an address as a
"residential" address.
The benefit to the customer:
Customers of SPI Supplies in China are able to estimate almost to the penny the actual
prepayment amount that will have to be paid even if ordering from China to the USA. There
is no need to waste time getting a "quote" since all of the information necessary to calculate
a total CIF amount will be available to the customer at the time the order is placed. So just
decide what you want to order, the fob prices are on the website, add $70.00 and that is the
total price to you (except of course for any customs duties, VAT, and any other local taxes,
if applicable, that are paid on the buyer's end. Remember that this will "work" only if there
are no Dangerous Goods on the order. Some of our customers in China have long requested a flat
rate program like this, and we offer it now in response to such customer requests. Certainly
this is saving customers in China considerable money since they can buy direct. Let us know how
the SPI Supplies flat rate program works for you. Tell us how we can improve on this innovative
program for shipments to China. Chinese customers always have a friend in the USA when they
contact SPI Supplies!
Remember our distributor in China:
If you are not able to make purchases outside of China conveniently, remember you can
always order via our long time distributor in China.
Jiang Wei Ji
E-mail: jjiang@sh163.net
Yu Feng International Trade Company
Room 1904, No.2, Lane 777,Zhong Shan Nan Er Road
Shanghai 200031 P.R. China
Phone: 86-21-5396.6608/5396.6698
Fax: 86-21-5396.6558
Just remember that how ever you wish to deal with SPI Supplies will be just
fine with us. We are here to serve the needs of our customers in China, not
the other way around! If you wish to order via our long time and excellent
distributor, that is just fine and if you wish to order directly from SPI
Supplies, that is just as fine with us as well. We know our customers have
other choices and we want yours to be to rely on SPI Supplies products that
are procured either via Vantage Hightech or from SPI Supplies directly in
the USA.
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