Update #9Unfortunately bad news guys.
Last friday I received this e-mail from PCBWay, saying that the PCBs were sent back to them.
Now, let me be clear here. The tracking, as it stands in Brazil Post website, states that it is in Brazil and passing through customs, just like I told you guys. Given, it has no updates for more than a month; however I made nothing of ti because that is pretty common here.
Now, they did offer to send the package back through many means:
The problem with express shippings and couriers to Brazil are the obligatory import fees, which can easily be 100% or more than the net worth (package + shipping worth) of the package.
What follows is a negotiation between me and them to send the package back, and they agreed to send back via ePacket. The problem is that they wanted me to pay the new shipping, so I managed to convince them to pay for that so I won't loose that money. This back and forth took until today.
Now, I dread we have more time ahead of us. The PCB components are already here -- having arrived last week -- and waiting for the PCBs.
I'm sorry about this and I will keep you guys posted.