Toronto too. I did the exact opposite and buy a month at a time when CAD is strong, so the good-week thing never lines up with a refill. How far ahead do you usually buy?
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[International] Sourcing outside US/UK/EU - todays check-in
Posting from Nairobi, and honestly the USD rate here is the part I have to actively ignore or I'd never order. The weekly reminder idea is tempting though.
Sydney here, and yeah the rate-watching gets old fast. I only look when I actually need to reorder, otherwise it just messes with my head.
Middle East poster here too, and the two-week customs wait is exactly why I'm eyeing a backup before my next order. Only 3 lbs gone so far, so hearing the appetite quiet can arrive later keeps me from panicking about being slow. Good to have a daily corner for this since our timelines run so different from the US folks.
Posting from Philadelphia, so nothing international about my situation, but the customs wait you mentioned is the part that would make me nervous. I'd probably keep a buffer order going just so I'm never down to my last pen.
Posting from Manila and my last order sat in customs almost three weeks, so I feel that backup worry.
Hartford CT here. My refills have been boringly easy, so reading about a two-week customs wait is a reality check.
Sarasota here, and the week long customs stuff is wild to me since my refills are local. Only a few lbs in so far and the slow start posts are honestly a relief to read.
Posting from New Zealand and my first order sat in customs for nearly two weeks
Posting from Nairobi, and my first order sat in customs almost three weeks before it moved. 34 down now so the wait was worth it, but I've started ordering earlier than I think I need to.
Posting from Nairobi, and the wait here depends entirely on which pharmacy has stock that month. Curious whether you're ordering locally or bringing it in yourself
Posting from Manila, and I gave up tracking delivery dates months ago, the box just turns up when it turns up. Curious whether anyone here has found the wait shorter with a local forwarding address instead of shipping straight in
Richmond VA here, and my shipping has been boringly predictable so far, which I now realize is a luxury. Curious whether the Manila folks ever get tracking that actually updates or if it just appears one day.
Posting from Taipei, and the shipping here is usually quick unless customs decides to sit on a package for a week. Mine stalled hard around the five pound mark too, and the jump after that felt like it came out of nowhere.
Posting from Nairobi, and the customs side is what slows things down here more than the courier. Curious whether you all see the same or it is mostly transit time for you
Posting from Manila. Curious whether anyone here has found local pharmacies more reliable than waiting on international parcels, since customs here can hold things for weeks.
Posting from Nairobi, and the shipping gaps here are less about delays than about customs holding a package for a week with zero updates.
Posting from Singapore, and customs here has been the annoying part, not the supply itself. Curious whether anyone else deals with a similar hold at the border
Posting from South America, and yeah the supplier spam is real. Curious how you handle sourcing down your way, do you go through a local pharmacy or order in?
Toronto here. Access has been fine through my pharmacy but the pen shortage last winter was a real headache.
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