Shipping policy

All postal standards have been suspended, so standard delivery times to all destinations worldwide cannot be guaranteed.

As such, we see average delivery times of;

- Canada - 2 to 3 weeks.

- United States - 3 to 5 weeks.

- Europe - 4 to 6 weeks (depending on the country).

All Expedited and Priority services have also been suspended. As such, while the tracking service may still be provided at an additional cost (see shipping policy below), all mail is now handled as general mail and subject to the aforementioned shipping times.
Under these circumstances, which are wholly out of our control, we thank you for your patience during these difficult times.


Non-delivery (lost package) policy - please read carefully;

Until further notice, we will only be considering non-delivery issues once they surpass 60 business days* beyond the purchase ship date (sent by the shop "Shipped" email confirmation). In the case of non-delivery beyond 60 business days, we offer two options;

- Option 1 - We will resend the order, with tracking added, at no cost, ONCE. Please note that this option is also dependent on existing stock levels, so in some cases, substitutions or partial refunds may have to be offered as compensation. This option, if chosen, will close the non-delivery case, regardless of reception or not of the resent order. No other recourse or refund will be offered, even in the case of non-delivery of the resent order.

- Option 2 - Full refund of the original order.

For either option, if the original order happens to find it's way to you, you're welcome to keep it.

Also note, if our records percive a particular shipping address or addresse to be problematic where non-delivery claims are concerned, we reserve the right to reject and refund any future orders from that address or addresse.

*Business days are considered as Monday to Friday.

Are set and adjusted to reflect Canada Post Small Parcel Air rates (no tracking), fuel taxes, and all additional shipping and handling fees.

*Shiiping rates reflect Small Parcel Air Rate without tracking, for most project boards, and are subject to change at any time without notice. Some larger project boards, projects that use multiple boards, or special project board(s) that we consider to require tracking, will be subject to higher postal rates due to size, weight, destination, and any other shipping and handling fees required.

All orders are sent by "Small Parcel - Air Mail". While this does not affect the DEFX posted shipping rates, for destinations outside of Canada this may or may not incur additional duties by the customs authority of the destination country. THESE DUTIES AND/OR TAXES ARE WHOLLY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PURCHASER!

ALL PARCELS ARE SHIPPED WITHOUT TRACKING. If you really MUST have tracking attached to your order, please contact us before placing your order, or by requesting it in the comment at checkout, so as we may calculate how much more the tracking service will add to your shipping cost. Tracking added tends to run between $12 to $30 USD, IN ADDITION to the already posted shipping fees for the service. This additional cost will be invoiced via Paypal.

As of July 2021, all parcels are shipped via Canada Post, Small Parcel - Air. We used to be able to send most boards via Letter Mail Air in the past, but Canada Post has cracked down quite severly on this practice, and we started getting packets returned to us. This was adding many days to the delivery timeline, as well as additional costs for us in the shipping, so we had to drop the practice.

Canada Post states the following delivery times for the following destinations;
- Canada - 5 to 7 business days.*
- U.S. - 7 to 10 business days.*
- International - 10 to 14 business days.*

*Taken from Canada Post website, as of 09 Apr. 2018.

We can tell you right now, these times are absolute garbage. Canada tends to be within these times, but U.S. and International are never within these parameters. U.S. tends to run between 10 to 20 business days, and up to 30 in some cases. International, I've seen go anywhere between 20 to 45 business days, depending on the destination.

The problem is that Canada Post "assumes" that other postal services will respect whatever postal convention is in place, hence their stated delivery times are based on these conventions. Fact of the matter is that this is rarely the case. Hence, we get the occasional "Where is my package?" email, and to date, a non-delivered package.

Regardless, we will continue to use the postal service, for the obvious economic reasons. As for timelines, these are completely out of our control, as well as Canada Post's as soon as it's handed off to a foreign service.

Where lost packages are concerned, these cases will be handled on a case by case basis (see "NON-DELIVERY POLICY").

For any package that has been returned to us for any non-delivery reason, we will make every attempt to reach out to you to make alternate arrangements. ALL RETURNED ORDERS DUE TO NON-DELIVERY ISSUES WILL BE SUBJECT TO A RESHIP SURCHARGE, IF A RESHIP IS REQUESTED BY THE CUSTOMER. RESHIP SURCHARGE WILL BE DETERMINED BY, AND DEPENDENT ON ORDER SIZE, WEIGHT, AND DESTINATION. IF A RESHIP IS DECLINED, A FULL REFUND WILL BE ISSUED.

IF YOU ABSOLUTELY REQUIRE TRACKING;

If you live in an area that has known sketchy postal service, and would prefer to add tracking to your package, then we will be more than happy to accommodate you. Simply ADD A NOTE ON THE CHECKOUT PAGE REQUESTING TRACKING, and we can invoice you for the additional cost once we have the exact package weight and destination defined. Tracking added tends to run between $12 to $30 USD, IN ADDITION to the already posted shipping fees for the service. Final cost really depends on the destination, as well as size/weight of your package. As such, final costing for tracking can only be determined AFTER purchase. Hence, please don't email us requesting exact costing beforehand.

Personally, we would love to hand deliver each and every package ourselves, directly into your eagerly awaiting hands, but we all know that's impossible. All we can do is ask for your patience and understanding, and if something does go awry, know that we will do our level best to correct the situation.

Sincerely,
The DEFX crew.

Updated 08 February, 2023