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How long are deliveries taking from China?

  • 17-11-2016 1:27pm
    #1
    MrDiyFan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭


    Hello
    Is stuff taking longer to arrive these days?
    I have a lot of bits posted over a month ago. I seem to remember packages arriving after 15 days in the past.


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  • #2
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,798 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Stuff seems to be taking an age at the moment. A month at least.


  • #3
    joujoujou
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    Up to 6 months if you're unlucky. :p


  • #4
    MrDiyFan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭MrDiyFan


    ohnonotgmail wrote: »
    Stuff seems to be taking an age at the moment. A month at least.

    Thats my impression too

    On the other hand packages from the UK are arriving much faster


  • #5
    joujoujou
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    UK is a bit closer, I'd say. :D


  • #6
    MrDiyFan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭MrDiyFan


    joujoujou wrote: »
    UK is a bit closer, I'd say. :D

    UK used to take 5 days or so. Now they're arriving after 3-4 days


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  • #7
    Milly33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,662 ✭✭✭Milly33


    I ordered stuff last month and some came in pretty quickly nearly 2 weeks after, but im still waiting on others


  • #8
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,315 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Usually three weeks. Some of the sites are using "Netherlands shipping" to bypass customs tax, and this usually gets in quicker, sometimes around the two week mark. What site were you using?


  • #9
    MrDiyFan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 193 ✭✭MrDiyFan


    the_syco wrote: »
    Usually three weeks. Some of the sites are using "Netherlands shipping" to bypass customs tax, and this usually gets in quicker, sometimes around the two week mark. What site were you using?

    Ebay -only small packages costing a few euro


  • #10
    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    I'm waiting a month on a package now, I'm glad it's not just me


  • #11
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Today is 17.11. The postal system in asia will be a bit crippled for the next 3wks as we've just had 11.11.

    They broke the russian postal service before:
    “It took three months for our first package to reach its destination, and there were people marching on the streets demanding answers for why their postal service is that awful,” Wu said.

    The country’s president, Vladimir Putin, immediately replaced the chief of Russian Post.


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  • #12
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,547 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    3-4 weeks on most stuff.


  • #13
    blackbird 49
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭blackbird 49


    My OH orders stuff from china, he also commented it seems to be taking longer, still waiting on stuff he ordered well over a month ago


  • #14
    Bob Z
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    i ordered stuff from before they were communist and it stll hasnt arrrived


  • #15
    ED E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Just to update this thread. Have had 2x items from SN and 4x from CN recently. One of the SNs dispatched last (week after CNs). Both from SN have arrived, all four from CN are still somewhere in transit.

    Wouldnt be surprised if average times hit 7wks for December for ChinaPost.


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