Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

5500

Stuff has been flying in with Epacket here recently, but I got hit with the dreaded VAT twice lately. Strange thing I noticed was that the tracking never showed with AP for either package, I got the letter in the post first requesting payment, and even then nothing was showing, It wasn't untill it was released from customs that it tracked on AP's side.

In saying that, I've a package sent by Chinapost EMS that departed China on the 18/11 and still no sign of it. But has Epackets sent on the 1/12 arrive today. EMS would usually be the quick one but it must be stuck in the back of a container

bennyx_o

Ordered 2 items from Aliexpress on 11/11 - one arrived yesterday shipped with Singapore Post, and still waiting on one from China Post. One delivered yesterday has no updated tracking since 08/12 & other one has no update since 14/11

septictank

Ordered a load of bits on the 11.11, mainly cheap DIY stuff and costume jewelry. These have mainly not arrived yet.
But I also ordered electronic stuff, ear phones/pods, power packs, mobile battery and other iphone bits. all these have arrived over a week ago, 1/2 each day.

ED E

ED E wrote: »

Bought a phone on Singles Day. Curious to see how much congestion that hits. Didnt even end up saving anything vs ordering a week earlier :rolleyes:

11.11 order lodged itself in DMC Customs on 5.12.2019.

septictank

ED E wrote: »

11.11 order lodged itself in DMC Customs on 5.12.2019.

I just checked the packaging for the earphones. I ordered 4 sets of Tiso i6 which are €21.81 each now.
On the packaging it just says earphones $5.0, came through Singapore.

I have ordered well over 100 items from Ali and some have been opened by customs but never stopped or charged anything.

I've bought Power drills and laptop batteries etc, nothing over €100 individually.

An post seemed to have stopped delivering stuff from China for Christmas.

Have a good few items en route but nothing in the last week has been delivered.

probably focussing on amazon etc now and won't hit the backlog until after Christmas

epacket definitely worth paying extra for as it's pretty reliable. you normally get items in under 3 weeks.

except of course when you pick that option and the seller sends it by a cheaper postage method instead on the sly.

joujoujou

glasso wrote: »

An post seemed to have stopped delivering stuff from China for Christmas.

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Got 3 items last week.

glasso wrote: »

epacket definitely worth paying extra for as it's pretty reliable. you normally get items in under 3 weeks.

Very true.

glasso wrote: »

except of course when you pick that option and the seller sends it by a cheaper postage method instead on the sly.

Another exception recently happened to me - for some mysterous reason one epacket item was bouncing back and forth between few locations in Beijing due to "secuity issues" (what tracking said). Got it eventually, 2 months after despatch. A pair of shoes, casual, nothing fancy.

Doge

I've had 2 items returned to the sender from Beijing for "security reasons".
One was a kalimba so I can't see how that would be a security issue!
I bet they're sending stuff back as they're swamped.
It's probably worse than this, this year....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjdpz05u2DY

deandean

I ordered a € 25 item Nov 25th
from far-away land. Tracking says it arrived in Dublin November 29th. I guess it is stuck with An Post somewhere, forgotten.
I hope an post parcel deliveries sorting office does not look like that video above from China 😱

bassy

how long for a parcel from hong kong to Ireland via DHL,shipping was 30 dollars.sent out on 21st December.any idea when I might have it ?.

deandean

bassy wrote: »

how long for a parcel from hong kong to Ireland via DHL,shipping was 30 dollars.sent out on 21st December.any idea when I might have it ?.

Probably 5 or 6 working days. But they will probably screw you for VAT, delivery charges, import charges etc.

bassy

deandean wrote: »

Probably 5 or 6 working days. But they will probably screw you for VAT, delivery charges, import charges etc.

its only a shirt which was 55 dollars and the DHL shipping was 30 dollars.how would I be charged for customs,vat etc ??.

corkie

bassy wrote: »

its only a shirt which was 55 dollars and the DHL shipping was 30 dollars.how would I be charged for customs,vat etc ??.

55+30=85 * 23% ~~ $19.55 (/€17.62) + Possible Customs Handling Fee DHL

https://www.revenue.ie/en/importing-vehicles-duty-free-allowances/buying-of-goods-online-for-personal-use/buying-goods-from-outside-the-eu.aspx

bassy

corkie wrote: »

55+30=85 * 23% ~~ $19.55 (/€17.62) + Possible Customs Handling Fee DHL

https://www.revenue.ie/en/importing-vehicles-duty-free-allowances/buying-of-goods-online-for-personal-use/buying-goods-from-outside-the-eu.aspx

thanks

deandean

deandean wrote: »

I ordered a € 25 item Nov 25th
from far-away land. Tracking says it arrived in Dublin November 29th. I guess it is stuck with An Post somewhere, forgotten.
I hope an post parcel deliveries sorting office does not look like that video above from China 😱

An post take a passive aggressive approach. You could get it delivered quickly after the date when it arrived in Ireland or it could be one of those containers off a plane left in a warehouse corner for a month or two.

whiterebel

bassy wrote: »

its only a shirt which was 55 dollars and the DHL shipping was 30 dollars.how would I be charged for customs,vat etc ??.

Check out the sticky on the first page: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055862554

corkie

2 items ordered on Dec 3rd & 7th arrived today.

3rd ~~ Singapore Post
7th ~~ AliExpress Standard Shipping

Fann Linn

2 cases for my kindles ordered 10 Dec.
Still waiting, although for total cost of $9 I can't really be impatient.

Abiya041

So I ordered the mi band 4 from aliexpress and tracking shows it has arrived in destination country yesterday. When I tried putting the tracking number into anpost it does not recognise it.
Are we not able to track aliexpress packages on anpost or is this just a problem I'm facing.

nava

Abiya041 wrote: »

So I ordered the mi band 4 from aliexpress and tracking shows it has arrived in destination country yesterday. When I tried putting the tracking number into anpost it does not recognise it.
Are we not able to track aliexpress packages on anpost or is this just a problem I'm facing.

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Glebee

Fann Linn wrote: »

2 cases for my kindles ordered 10 Dec.
Still waiting, although for total cost of $9 I can't really be impatient.

Same as me. Ordered a kindle case mid December, arrived in Dublin 24th Dec, still waiting for delivery.

bassy

corkie wrote: »

55+30=85 * 23% ~~ $19.55 (/€17.62) + Possible Customs Handling Fee DHL

https://www.revenue.ie/en/importing-vehicles-duty-free-allowances/buying-of-goods-online-for-personal-use/buying-goods-from-outside-the-eu.aspx

never got charged customs or vat etc as the seller had it invoiced for 5 dollars

corkie

corkie wrote: »

2 items ordered on Dec 3rd & 7th arrived today.

3rd ~~ Singapore Post
7th ~~ AliExpress Standard Shipping

7th ~~ Anpost ~~ RB878152133SG

Abiya041 wrote: »

So I ordered the mi band 4 from aliexpress and tracking shows it has arrived in destination country yesterday. When I tried putting the tracking number into anpost it does not recognise it.
Are we not able to track aliexpress packages on anpost or is this just a problem I'm facing.

It will depend on the type of tracking number, you where given if you can track it on AnPost. Some Chinese delivery service have only got tracking in China and not outside.
RB*********SG <<< Numbers like that will appear on anpost, but usually only on the day it is out for delivery.

Things reported having arrived in country can take 7 to 14 days to be delivered by AnPost, that is if the tracking is accurate.


Use https://www.17track.net/en or http://parcelsapp.com/en/

raspberrypi67

dont go near Banggood

Abiya041

Quoted: Corkie

"It will depend on the type of tracking number, you where given if you can track it on AnPost. Some Chinese delivery service have only got tracking in China and not outside.
RB*********SG <<< Numbers like that will appear on anpost, but usually only on the day it is out for delivery.

Things reported having arrived in country can take 7 to 14 days to be delivered by AnPost, that is if the tracking is accurate."


Had problem with it saying arrived in destination country twice.
I ordered on 13 dec and got email saying arrived in ireland on 24th dec. Tracking info now says arrived only 3rd jan.

ED E

US to IE, arrived Thurs 2 Jan 2020. 22 Days

Departed
DUBLIN, IRELAND
Your item departed a transfer airport in DUBLIN, IRELAND on December 24, 2019 at 8:40 am. The item is currently in transit to the destination.
December 21, 2019, 10:30 pm
Departed
NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
December 21, 2019, 10:10 am
Departed
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES
December 20, 2019, 8:15 pm
Arrived
CHICAGO, UNITED STATES
December 20, 2019, 7:04 am
Processed Through Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 20, 2019, 7:04 am
Arrived at Regional Facility
CHICAGO IL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER
December 19, 2019, 4:39 pm
Shipment Received, Package Acceptance Pending
CHICAGO, IL 60688
December 19, 2019, 12:12 am
Departed Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL 60007
Shipping Partner: GLOBEGISTICS INC_ORD_PARCEL MODULE
December 18, 2019, 2:36 pm
Departed Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL 60007
Shipping Partner: ASENDIA USA
December 11, 2019, 4:00 pm
Arrived Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL 60007
Shipping Partner: GLOBEGISTICS INC_ORD_PARCEL MODULE
December 11, 2019, 2:35 pm
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item

S10 coding? UM000000000US Not scanned by AP.


Yanwen item from CN via Istanbul.
16/11/2019 to 6/1/2020 - 51 days.



Two outstanding (that I remember):

2019-12-24 23:55
Guangzhou, Airlines

2019-12-22 23:18
Guangzhou, delivered to air transport

2019-12-22 23:17
Guangzhou, delivered to air transport

2019-12-22 22:05
Guangzhou, arriving at Guangzhou International

2019-12-22 22:02
Guangzhou, leaving Guangzhou International, next stop , Guangzhou International

2019-12-22 10:53
Guangzhou, Guangzhou International has been exported directly sealed

2019-12-22 01:45
Guangzhou, leaving the International Shijing Business Department, the next stop " Guangzhou International"

2019-12-21 17:49
Guangzhou City, "International Shijing Business Department" has received, the pitcher: LuolianGuo Shijing

2019-12-18 20:59
Logistics orders created (quick-selling platform)

2019-12-22 23:55
Guangzhou, Airlines

2019-12-21 00:27
Guangzhou, delivered to air transport

2019-12-21 00:27
Guangzhou, delivered to air transport

2019-12-20 21:15
Guangzhou, arriving at Guangzhou International (via transfer)

2019-12-20 18:37
Dongguan City, leaving Dongguan International, the next stop , Guangzhou International

2019-12-20 11:26
Dongguan City, Dongguan International has been exported directly sealed

2019-12-19 20:44
Dongguan City, leaving the "package express bulk business department back-office support class", the next stop "Dongguan International"

2019-12-19 19:46
Dongguan City, "Parcel Express bulk business department back-office support class" has received, agent: dg7

2019-12-18 14:10
Logistics orders created (quick-selling platform)

august12

raspberrypi67 wrote: »

dont go near Banggood

Why???

GBX

august12 wrote: »

Why???

Ive bought plenty from them and had no issues. Id gladly buy from them again.

Enrico Palazzo

GBX wrote: »

Ive bought plenty from them and had no issues. Id gladly buy from them again.

Me too, but there is enough feedback out there to believe their service has gone to dogs recently.