How far do they have to ship?
Using free shipping on my Probe Masters took 5 days, despite the fact the place they shipped from is a 6 hour drive from where I live.
That is the "estimated" shipping range for the watches: Wed, Dec 11 - Tue, Feb 04.
So as late as Feb 2020, but could come before Christmas!
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I ordered a couple other things and they gave me a better range: Thu, Dec 12 - Tue, Dec 24.
So it maybe is just to cover their butts in case it gets delayed. I've ordered stuff before that had 2-3 month shipping times and it came way sooner.
I don't know how China ships these free packages, but perhaps this is because they work on filling up a shipping container and it takes them a few weeks just to pack up the container full with all the stuff going to my particular area. Then it could take another few weeks to transit across the ocean on a large container ship, and then another few weeks after it lands to get processed through the local mail system. At least that's how I fantasize it is done. But who knows? Anyone venture a guess?
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