The Official Skybox Thread: Take 2

[stev]

I'm with Tropical Express at the moment

....I used IBC, Aeropost and Websource.....never had bad service or experience, just Tropical's price is ridiculously cheaper than these. lol

[alexx7x]

CSF IS good as well

[uncle sam]

I'm with Tropical Express at the moment

....I used IBC, Aeropost and Websource.....never had bad service or experience, just Tropical's price is ridiculously cheaper than these. lol

Im feeling tropical Express. Thx bud

[stev]

keep in mind that tropical doesn't deliver to your door...u have to choose which office to pick up your package.

[Jade_Inc.]

well that's it for me and websource. We paid the extra for quick service... Service not quick anymore... Sooo.... yea

Any, recommend me one pls. One that I can sign up online easily. thx

Bluesky shipping

After you say they not reliable?

Aeropost or Ezone, problems done.

Unreliable yes, but they are cheap

[car]

Stay far away from Blue Sky.
Absolute worst.

Had totally wonderful experience with them. Very helpful.

[Swisha]

CSF send an email saying rates going up from December 1st. No mention of what the new rates are yet

[iM@st@1]

Have no idea why ppl still do business with CSF...

[Cen-Serv Ltd]

Yup

[Jewlicious]

Anyone noticing very slow transit times with aeropost? Had packaged leave miami since monday and they still havent cleared yet.

[*KRONIK*]

WS sending "flight delays" weekly now.

Steuppppsss.

I had a pkg delivered by USPS since the 13th...i t take 10days to show up as "received" and now it delayed.
So i eh getting that till next week.

[Jade_Inc.]

Same with bluesky... Got a delayed email twice

[paid_influencer]

Behold, I have an explanation.

1. Bluesky, Websources, Aeropost, etc, do not operate their own aircraft. The actual shipping is provided by air cargo companies like AmeriJet, who own and operate real aircraft.

2. Amerijet is a USA-based air cargo carrier and deals in US dollars.

Prior to the 2017/2018 budget, they did accept TT dollar payments (albeit at a higher exchange rate). This has since stopped, and they no longer accept "Trinidad & Tobago dollars" in any way, shape or form.



3. The local skybox companies (bluesky, websources, etc), have to go to the bank and beg for US dollars. The banks give them less than they need to keep the present flight schedule.

The skybox company has to cut back on shipments, so what was once one-a-day air cargo flights from Miami, is now once-every-other-day air cargo flight from Miami.

source: http://www.guardian.co.tt/business/2017 ... orex-pinch

[Jade_Inc.]

Does ezone and IBC also use amerijet?

[websource]

Behold, I have an explanation.

1. Bluesky, Websources, Aeropost, etc, do not operate their own aircraft. The actual shipping is provided by air cargo companies like AmeriJet, who own and operate real aircraft.

2. Amerijet is a USA-based air cargo carrier and deals in US dollars.

Prior to the 2017/2018 budget, they did accept TT dollar payments (albeit at a higher exchange rate). This has since stopped, and they no longer accept "Trinidad & Tobago dollars" in any way, shape or form.



3. The local skybox companies (bluesky, websources, etc), have to go to the bank and beg for US dollars. The banks give them less than they need to keep the present flight schedule.

The skybox company has to cut back on shipments, so what was once one-a-day air cargo flights from Miami, is now once-every-other-day air cargo flight from Miami.

source: http://www.guardian.co.tt/business/2017 ... orex-pinch

Love the name "paid_influencer".

But yes, you do have the facts. All local skybox companies use Caribbean Airlines and Amerijet. Since we can't get enough USD from the banks to pay Amerijet, we now have to share Caribbean who flies only 3 days a week. Some of the smaller companies can still use Amerijet simply because their shipments are smaller i.e. the US they can purchase from the banks is enough to cover their bill, However that's a double-edged sword because as their shipment increase, they too will eventually have the same problem.

From next week especially when the Black Friday sale items start arriving at the various Miami warehouses, those CAL flights will begin to buckle. Everyone will have delays because not everyone's cargo can fit on the same flight. Web Source will have delays due to flight congestion. CAL will have delays when they have to pull planes out of the rotation for maintenance.

This is just another casualty of the forex issues we're all facing.

[stev]

4 packages in Miami, 2 in transit as of 25th November....who is this AmeriJet u speak of?

[RedVEVO]

Anyone noticing very slow transit times with aeropost? Had packaged leave miami since monday and they still havent cleared yet.

How long is Aero taking now to complete a delivery ?

[*KRONIK*]

4 packages in Miami, 2 in transit as of 25th November....who is this AmeriJet u speak of?

Amerijet is the place next to swissport and the old airport.
They are air-cargo transporters.

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

Buying a certified refurbished iphone 6S on Amazon.

How much would customs charge in Vat and Duty on this thing? its not coming with any invoice.

[iM@st@1]

Phones really unpredictable when it comes to customs imo, for example know a guy brought in an 256gb iPhone X and is paying $400 total to clear it.

[Chimera]

and then other men get jam full $4000

[Strugglerzinc]

Anyone noticing very slow transit times with aeropost? Had packaged leave miami since monday and they still havent cleared yet.

How long is Aero taking now to complete a delivery ?

5 day average. Less if you collect. Delivery guy says packages gone up to almost 100 daily for his route (central) from 30-40 last month.

[RedVEVO]

Anyone noticing very slow transit times with aeropost? Had packaged leave miami since monday and they still havent cleared yet.

How long is Aero taking now to complete a delivery ?

5 day average. Less if you collect. Delivery guy says packages gone up to almost 100 daily for his route (central) from 30-40 last month.

Ok thanks. Just ordered some stuff.

That seems cool

[Swisha]

First time I actually went in to Web Source to collect a package yesterday and wow, I was impressed. Was in and out of there in under 5 minutes and the place was so huge and well laid out compared to the offices of other skybox companies I've been to.

Thought I was in a different dimension yes. Never experienced service like that before in Trinidad. Great job Web Source!

[Jewlicious]

Anyone noticing very slow transit times with aeropost? Had packaged leave miami since monday and they still havent cleared yet.

How long is Aero taking now to complete a delivery ?

About a week, best to switch to pick up. That being said things have slowed down a lot. I have packages that left Miami on the 21st and it still havent cleared yet. On the other hand packages that left Miami on the 24th will be ready to pickup tomorrow. When black friday weekend packages start coming in that place will be a mess lol

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

Monday my package said shipped, but I notice it then said delayed by airline. The status has not changed since then, I am with transexpress. Hmmm

[Strugglerzinc]

Monday my package said shipped, but I notice it then said delayed by airline. The status has not changed since then, I am with transexpress. Hmmm

Got delay notification from Aeropost as well on Tuesday. Cleared and will be delivered today.

Black Friday mess start. Stuff delivered to Miami Monday didn't even show up on their website until yesterday. Nothing unexpected though. A few days extra this time of year is normal.

[EFFECTIC DESIGNS]

^ Yeah it has just been updated for me, says arrived at destination. Looks like is real mess right now with that black friday sale.

[Chimera]

Even ezone having massive delays. I had goods reach there last week Friday and only clear Wednesdays night for me to collect yesterday.

[*KRONIK*]

WS too....everyweek having a delay.
And what getting me mad is that 2 seperate pkgs getting delivered same day but they sending 1 and the other getting left behind and not ready till thr next week.