USA/Canada Shipping, New Logistics Partner Solved South Pacific/South America

Hello Backers,

Our factory has been working in overdrive in order to catch up to our original schedule. They managed to get the fat tire bikes for Sweden in record time and these are now on their way via boat to us with an anticipated landing date in the harbor December 13th. The batch 1 EU bikes are well on their way to our distribution center with an anticipated arrival date of November 15th. After landing in the EU, the bikes will be inspected by customs and then assigned individual tracking numbers by our delivery partners which will then be uploaded to your accounts.

USA/Canada Deliveries

we are excited to announce we have finalized our shipping method for the USA and Canada. They will be leaving our factory by boat bound for California where they will be imported and then sent via UPS to each backer. Canadians note that you will be charged Duty on the bike as per Canadian Taxation law which you can confirm with Tax Canada. There is no Duty on electric bikes in the USA which is a good thing. Right now the factory is just finishing up the Fat Tire bikes for this shipment and the factory expects these to be compete November 15th and will leave shortly after that. Once the land in the USA, we will have tracking numbers available and these will be added to your account and to paypal.

South Pacific / South America Deliveries

we have hired a new logistics partner and they have already proved their worth by finding shipping solutions to parts of the world we were originally having issues with. We now have no problem delivering to South America (note that some destinations are significantly more expensive to ship to which we are absorbing for now but future backers will have increased pricing for delivery). In all cases, the backer will have to act as the importer for their bike. More instructions on this will be sent to relevant backers.

We now have solutions for New Zealand, Cook Islands, Fiji and more meaning that shortly your bikes will be sent out of our factory bound for your location. The same November 15th Date applies here for anticipated departure time. You too will act as the importer for the bikes meaning a visit to your local port.

Mate.bike Lawsuit for Tortious Interference in California

Our lawyer has last week officially sent the request for arbitration naming Indiegogo/Mate.bike as the defendants. Mate.bike chose not to settle with us when we sent them a demand letter for our losses due to their interference in our original campaign. This arbitration will be based on California law and can be held anywhere or even via teleconference. We will be claiming significant punitive damages for the pain and suffering caused to our team as well as the loss of good will from the part of our original backers as well as anyone else whom stumbled upon our campaign page on Indiegogo which surprising is still 'under review' 9 months later.

Sincerely

Stark Drive Team
Stark Drive LLC