Order from china Delivered 3 days, order in Ireland Delivered 1 week..

Sounds

It's funny that i can shop online and purchase from a country like China,
Pay 10$ for p+p and have the product delivered to my door in 3 days.

Yet if i order something in my own country or from the UK,
I'm lucky if i get the product the same week.. usually 6 or 7 days or more!

Is that proof that our own postal services are messed up or slow or what

I don't mind waiting for something, it'spart of the excitement
But that's pritty slow

TeddyTedson

I've ordered something from Germany over a week ago and it's still not here. Very annoying.

Uhm - unless the company you have ordered the package from uses a private courier service to deliver the package to you, then you are likely to be using An Post, so I don't think they're the problem. It's likely to be whoever you're ordering from that is to blame.

OPENROAD

The Chinese a great bunch of lads

bmw535d

ordinary post in china takes 15-20 business days.

Elohim

Sounds like our postal service is fine. By the time your item gets into Ireland it has taken 1-2 days to get it to your house? Can't complain about that.

Probably more likely that the other companies you talk about take their time in sending it in the post.

policarp

Ass so?

patwicklow

So the slow boat to china just got faster!:D

arybvtcw0eolkf

I ordered a Willy Deville DVD from China 3 weeks ago, still not here yet and I'm not giving the delivery man a tip either :mad:

mickydoomsux

I remember when i bought my PS3 from a Chinese company it left China on the Thursday afternoon, arrived in Ireland on Friday and sat in the DHL depot in Dublin from then until the following Thursday because it was the week of a bank holiday over here. This was considered "Express Delivery".

That's the reason we're in a recession and China is going to be the new superpower.

Dean820

Evelynn Tangy Toothbrush wrote: »

I ordered a Willy Deville DVD from China 3 weeks ago, still not here yet and I'm not giving the delivery man a tip either :mad:

Wait...you actually give tips, normally?

Sounds

lol!

Well yea.. the china company did use ups for delivery

But in fairness, i paid the same for a ups delivery as i did for the one in the uk
An post are not that quick, coz the company sent it out the day after my order

admiralofthefleet

TeddyTedson wrote: »

I've ordered something from Germany over a week ago and it's still not here. Very annoying.

its being inspected in harcourt garda station, expect a visit from the filth

TeddyTedson

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

its being inspected in harcourt garda station, expect a visit from the filth

Will I still get it?

ScumLord

I've ordered stuff of Irish suppliers that's taken 1 - 2 days to get to me.

dan185

Evelynn Tangy Toothbrush wrote: »

I ordered a Willy Deville DVD from China 3 weeks ago, still not here yet and I'm not giving the delivery man a tip either :mad:

if he doesnt put it in your dvd player ready to be watched you should refuse to accept it:)

Sounds

lol

RMD

Having worked in a shop that dealt with internet orders I'll offer some perspective. If a shop says online that it will ship in 5-7 working days that's because the desired item is out of stock or unavailable for shipping and as a result the ordered item must be then ordered by the shop from the wholesaler, in a lot of cases located in the UK depending on what type of shop it is. That means the shop must order it from the UK in a lot of cases, get it shipped to Ireland and then ship it onto the customer, a process of usually 5-7 working days.

While if it says delivered within 3 working days that means it's in stock and ready to go, most delivery services take no more than 2-3 days worldwide if the express option is selected. It isn't down to a poor postage service or the "lazy Irish", it's simply to do with the stock available.

smk89

I've sold on ebay from time to time and had a parcel arrive to Australia in 5-6 days. But to go from Armagh to Dundalk took nearly a week. The UK post is awesome, the Irish are absolute ****e