Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

Magic ]=)

Del2005 wrote: »

I claimed a refund and the package arrived a few weeks later, contacted the company and got another ticket to pay for the item.

Same here. Two parcels ordered from China in February were supposed to be delivered within 4weeks. Claimed refund on both after six weeks waiting. Ten and twelve weeks later both items arrived. Got in touch with the sellers and payed them back.
Another three items ordered last night. We'll see how long will be waiting for these.
It annoys me when I see delivery time 17-22 working days. It's usually twice that.

I read somewhere on the forums that some chinese sellers don't bother posting, hoping people will forget especially about low value items. Only when complaint comes in they would refund or send another one.

ED E

'Magic wrote:

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I read somewhere on the forums that some chinese sellers don't bother posting, hoping people will forget especially about low value items. Only when complaint comes in they would refund or send another one.

Its not unheard of, but this is definitely AP. Sites like DX are way behind and they're very reputable, never had a no show from them.

ohnonotgmail

'Magic wrote:

;103515324']Same here. Two parcels ordered from China in February were supposed to be delivered within 4weeks. Claimed refund on both after six weeks waiting. Ten and twelve weeks later both items arrived. Got in touch with the sellers and payed them back.
Another three items ordered last night. We'll see how long will be waiting for these.
It annoys me when I see delivery time 17-22 working days. It's usually twice that.

I read somewhere on the forums that some chinese sellers don't bother posting, hoping people will forget especially about low value items. Only when complaint comes in they would refund or send another one.

i'm sure that is possibly true for some sites but sellers on Aliexpress dont get paid until the seller confirms the order has been received.

RossieMan

The tracking above is an absolute load of horse shut too, btw.

It's all over the place, and doesn't even tell you which country it's in apart from Ireland. 4 days from Hong Kong to here? I don't think so.

GodlessM

zynaps wrote: »

Oh, and the item arrived about a week after I got the refund. Still says it's in China according to the tracking page.

It's been really bad this year. But then, I ordered a PS3 game from the UK two weeks ago and it's still not arrived...

This is what got me pegged that maybe China Post wasn't to blame, as stuff from the UK stopped showing up as well.

whiterebel

GodlessM wrote: »

This is what got me pegged that maybe China Post wasn't to blame, as stuff from the UK stopped showing up as well.

From the UK via An Post?

GodlessM

Is there any world where something is tracked as leaving China on the 1st of April, and still hasn't arrived anywhere? 'Cause this is my situation according to the tracking on China Post. Seems unlikely.

As for An Post holding people's stuff for months at a time, is it even legal for them to hold your item, items they have no claim to?

whiterebel wrote: »

From the UK via An Post?

Yeah.

whiterebel

GodlessM wrote: »

Is there any world where something is tracked as leaving China on the 1st of April, and still hasn't arrived anywhere? 'Cause this is my situation according to the tracking on China Post. Seems unlikely.

As for An Post holding people's stuff for months at a time, is it even legal for them to hold your item, items they have no claim to?

MOD: AP admitted they may take up to 4 weeks to deliver. No warning necessary any longer.

GodlessM

whiterebel wrote: »

MOD: Ok, for the last time. No-one has provided any proof that An Post are holding on to parcels. All there seems to be is rumours, guesses and postmen giving their opinions. If someone contacts An Post and gets a response, fair enough, but there are too many variables involved in shipping to blame a company with no solid evidence. Any more of it and the thread will be closed.

Is that not proof sitting right at the top of this page that something was sitting in sorting for months?

whiterebel

GodlessM wrote: »

Is that not proof sitting right at the top of this page that something was sitting in sorting for months?

No-one has proof of where the parcels are being delayed. China Post tracking seems about as reliable as a politician's promise. From what I can see, no-one has contacted An Post directly to ask them.

JabbaTheHut

whiterebel wrote: »

No-one has proof of where the parcels are being delayed. China Post tracking seems about as reliable as a politician's promise. From what I can see, no-one has contacted An Post directly to ask them.

I have.

Got the response you'd expect. "We have an obligation to deliver, and we do".

But , just like we have no proof that they are holding any items up, they have no proof that they are not.

If you wish to close the thread, that's your decision, but really, from reading through this entire thread, it lends credibility to An Post being at fault. I know, I know, there is no proof. And for those reasons, you're not comfortable with the accusations. But this thread has been merged from other threads, and the topic here is anyone still waiting. The obvious course it is going to take is why are there so many people waiting? And this is where the speculation comes from.

prinzeugen

Doltanian wrote: »

Would shipping my Chinese stuff into the UK via Parcel Motel etc. lead to faster shipping times? There is a few <$5 items I am thinking of buying but I don't want to wait such long periods for shipping. Adding €3.50 ( for address pal) per packet is pricey but on the ones I'd like to get sooner I'd pay it if it routed via the UK and avoided getting delayed by An Post in Ireland.

Could be held longer by Customs/Trading standards there.

Depends what it is.

styron

If An Post speculation is prohibited fine - but posting changing length of time taken between orders and deliveries is useful data in trying to get a handle on when to expect stuff to arrive and if the trend is improving or not.

If we're totally in the dark - people will needlessly doubt the integrity of the delivery system or make refund claims for delays that may not be a supplier's fault (eventually killing delivery to here). That ... and the Aliexpress bargain thread will be flooded again with post complaints (ie. some legitimate gripe/vent space required).

grogi

styron wrote: »

If An Post speculation is prohibited fine - but posting changing length of time taken between orders and deliveries is useful data in trying to get a handle on when to expect stuff to arrive and if the trend is improving or not.

If we're totally in the dark - people will needlessly doubt the integrity of the delivery system or make refund claims for delays that may not be a supplier's fault (eventually killing delivery to here). That ... and the Aliexpress bargain thread will be flooded again with post complaints (ie. some legitimate gripe/vent space required).

A battery operated GPS tracker should be posted from China...

JabbaTheHut

grogi wrote: »

A battery operated GPS tracker should be posted from China...

I think someone from the bargain alerts thread looked into that and found it to be pretty expensive, iirc

Mountainsandh

I'm waiting on 2 items, one purchased 6th April, the other one 7th April. Same deal as above, same tracking, telling me they're here in Ireland, no sign as of yet.
Both via Ebay.

One item bought 4th April from China arrived ages ago ! Thankfully it was the one I was most keen to get.

my3cents

whiterebel wrote: »

No-one has proof of where the parcels are being delayed. China Post tracking seems about as reliable as a politician's promise. From what I can see, no-one has contacted An Post directly to ask them.

So its OK to question the reliability of China Post but not An Post?

Its just a rumor that China Post keep their prices ridiculously low so they can boost exports but by the same reasoning why would they be the ones slowing down delivery?

ED E

whiterebel wrote: »

MOD: Ok, for the last time. No-one has provided any proof that An Post are holding on to parcels. All there seems to be is rumours, guesses and postmen giving their opinions. If someone contacts An Post and gets a response, fair enough, but there are too many variables involved in shipping to blame a company with no solid evidence. Any more of it and the thread will be closed.

BK has.

ED E

my3cents wrote: »

So its OK to question the reliability of China Post but not An Post?

CPs lawyers wont send boards.ie a letter, APs might. Thats why WB is concerned, and fair enough boards is a business. But we know, AP knows, and a cat on the street knows where the delay is.

ionapaul

Another real-life update: ordered a small item (fancy pack of cards) on April 4th. Package arrived at sorting centre in China on April 7th. Departed country of origin on April 11th. 'Submitted to shipping company at destination country' (from Aliexpress - I'm reading that as accepted by An Post) on May 12th. Delivered on May 15th.

Seems quite quick to me, considering I assume the order sat in a big container of equally small orders on the back of a slow-moving cargo vessel for a few weeks on the way here!

Padraig Mor

OK, it's not China but it shows just how An Post is operating ATM:

I ordered something recently which was sent by registered post from Germany. German tracking showed it arriving in Ireland on Sunday April 30th (bank hol weekend). No sign on An Post tracking. Fast forward to Wednesday and still no sign on An Post tracking so I thought it could be lost. Rang An Post - rep checks and says that they have it but they haven't processed it yet because it was only posted on 27th April and they had X days to deliver registered post from Germany. It appeared on An Post that evening and was delivered the next day. So in other words, this was An Post letting a package (and many others I'm sure) sit in a corner because they didn't HAVE TO deliver it yet! Ridiculous!

What's annoying about all of this and the China situation is that I was sure the delaying tactics were strategic to help them get the massive rise in the price of a stamp they were looking for recently - and things would go back to normal if they got the increase. Well, they got their criminally large increase, but they've still left the service in the ****ter!

ED E

ionapaul wrote: »

Another real-life update: ordered a small item (fancy pack of cards) on April 4th. Package arrived at sorting centre in China on April 7th. Departed country of origin on April 11th. 'Submitted to shipping company at destination country' (from Aliexpress - I'm reading that as accepted by An Post) on May 12th. Delivered on May 15th.

Seems quite quick to me, considering I assume the order sat in a big container of equally small orders on the back of a slow-moving cargo vessel for a few weeks on the way here!

Did it have an air mail sticker?

ionapaul

ED E wrote: »

Did it have an air mail sticker?

Not sure - will check later, haven't put out recycling yet

joujoujou

joujoujou wrote: »

Time to reset the counter. :cool:

7 items ordered last night.

Ready, set, go!

That was 18.04.2017.

First item delivered 12th of May. 26 days, not bad.

6 items still in limbo.

For unregistered mail, sites like sky56.com use estimates for their tracking updates, not actual data.

They just add fixed values to each leg of the journey. It's totally made-up.

So it creates a situation where people think their order is sitting in An Post or customs for weeks when reality it's still on a container ship from China.

crossmolinalad

Ordered the 27th of march still nothing here but this morning in the trackinglist showed out of nowhere its scanned in Rotterdam The Netherlands
So in this case its not an Post who holds it up but China itself

ED E

crossmolinalad wrote: »

Ordered the 27th of march still nothing here but this morning in the trackinglist showed out of nowhere its scanned in Rotterdam The Netherlands
So in this case its not an Post who holds it up but China itself

Does the tracking end in "NL"? If so thats PNLs redirection service.

This is that service:

May 15, 2017
03:10 pm
The item has arrived in the country of destination - This tracking is true, from PNL, not spoofed.
May 09, 2017
10:41 am
The item is on transport to the country of destination
May 08, 2017
01:39 pm
The item is at the PostNL sorting center
May 08, 2017
01:39 pm
The item is processed at the PostNL sorting center
May 08, 2017
07:46 am
The item is at the handover point from freight carrier to PostNL
May 04, 2017
01:14 am
The item is ready for shipment
May 03, 2017
02:28 am
The item has left the originating country
May 02, 2017
07:20 pm
The item is received by the shipper in the originating country
May 02, 2017
05:51 am
The item is pre-advised
Apr 29, 2017
02:01 am
The Item is at the shippers warehouse

AnPost:
Tracking Results
Our Item Tracking system has not recognised the number(s) that you have entered. Please check that you have entered the correct number(s), or we may not have yet received the item(s).

As it comes from NL it may get through this week, typically the redirected stuff is pretty prompt.

dohouch

77 days (date on label ) DealExtreme, free postage. Tempered Glass Screen protector replacement for one broken on arrival.

Mountainsandh

I double checked for the one item I got from China recently that arrived quickly, I knew I mentioned it in feedback to seller, item arrived from China 11 working days after purchase !
How did that happen ?

my3cents

Mountainsandh wrote: »

I double checked for the one item I got from China recently that arrived quickly, I knew I mentioned it in feedback to seller, item arrived from China 11 working days after purchase !
How did that happen ?

I can remember one item I bought many years back that took 10 days. Problem was it was the first item I bought from china so the speed of subsequent deliveries didn't live up to expectations