Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

SPDUB

muffler wrote: »

I mentioned a few posts back that An Post customer service rep had advised me that deliveries to and from china had been suspended.

As of 22 April there were only 10 countries you can post to since they won't accept incoming mail

France Germany Italy Belgium Netherlands Portugal Spain Switzerland UK USA ( no parcels to USA )

FanadMan

muffler wrote: »

I mentioned a few posts back that An Post customer service rep had advised me that deliveries to and from china had been suspended.

So, any idea of what happens to all the orders that have been made? I have quite a few in different stages of the delivery process. Do all the parcels get dumped or returned to base or what?

Strangely, I've gotten a few delivered that were ordered only recently but others seem to be in limbo.

ED E

whiterebel wrote: »

On a Sunday?

Yup. Amazon's weekend stuff apparently extends to Sundays now.

ED E

Ordered 12th March
Dispatched 27th March (COVID)

2020-04-13 08:42
Reached the place of arrival
2020-04-09 17:02
Reached the place of arrival
2020-04-08 09:38
Reached the place of arrival
2020-04-03 18:58
Leaving Chongqing Unity Village Center Station, China
2020-03-29 20:46
Shenzhen, delivered to air transport
2020-03-29 20:46
Shenzhen, delivered to air transport
2020-03-29 20:40
Shenzhen, arriving at Shenzhen International Exchange Station
2020-03-29 07:35
Shenzhen, leaving the Shenzhen Interchange Bureau, the next stop , Shenzhen International Exchange Station
2020-03-28 08:36
Shenzhen, Shenzhen Exchange Bureau has been exported directly sealed
2020-03-28 05:47
Shenzhen, leaving the Shenzhen International Bulk Processing Center, the next stop , Shenzhen International
2020-03-27 23:48
Shenzhen, "Shenzhen International Bulk Processing Center" has received, agent: receiving and sending 3

(Auto translated)

Item is holding up a project so would love for it to finally get through.

ohnonotgmail

muffler wrote: »

I mentioned a few posts back that An Post customer service rep had advised me that deliveries to and from china had been suspended.

i received something from china this morning

irishchris

I received a parcel from China this morning too but only the one that I ordered from gearbest. The packages from AliExpress are stuck in limbo somewhere. Strangely the package from gearbest has a dispatched from UK address but in the tracking it didn't show it as having been in UK. I wonder if they ship container there and then dispatch from UK?

irishchris

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

i received something from china this morning

Was this from gearbest or other Chinese store? Did you notice if it had a dispatched from UK label on it beside your address label?

ohnonotgmail

irishchris wrote: »

Was this from gearbest or other Chinese store? Did you notice if it had a dispatched from UK label on it beside your address label?

Aliexpress. From china

IQO

Aliexpress shipment still on the way, shipped out on March 24th in China, last scan occurred on March 31st.. wondering if it's stuck in China or just held up in a depot in Ireland.

ohnonotgmail

IQO wrote: »

Aliexpress shipment still on the way, shipped out on March 24th in China, last scan occurred on March 31st.. wondering if it's stuck in China or just held up in a depot in Ireland.

i wouldnt be expecting that for a few weeks at the rate things are going

gman2k

I have an AliExpress delivery marked as arrived in Ireland on the 22/4 but still no sign of it. Order was placed 14/3.

Glebee

Order placed with Gearbest 16th April, no sign of it shipping.:(

irishchris

Seven orders from China all left end march/start April and no sign of any of them arriving, last scan was supposedly leaving China.
The only order that made it here was a gearbest one and noticed it had a dispatched from UK sticker on it even though tracking clearly showed it left China and traveled here and not from UK

Irish Kev

gman2k wrote: »

I have an AliExpress delivery marked as arrived in Ireland on the 22/4 but still no sign of it. Order was placed 14/3.

I have one Out for Delivery since 27/3.



I did get other one on the 4/4

Away With The Fairies

I made an order on a deal website that said shipped from the UK. It took two weeks to arrive and then it had an address from Asia. What's up with that?

granturismo

I ordered a watch from Banggood's on 14th April, from their China warehouse with EU priority delivery. The estimated delivery date from Banggood was 20th May.

Shipping info was never updated on their website as it normally has been in my experience but it arrived today delivered by An Post via the Netherlands.

masculinist

lots of my AliExpress gear had months added onto the already generous deadlines. How long can they keep extending it ?

antodeco

I'm.waiting since January 13th for 2 items. Another item arrived into Ireland last week, but still hasn't turned up anywhere

Irish Gunner

Ordered from Gearbest in Feb and dispatched to Hungary on the 28th Feb

Still showing as sitting there and no updates

Asked for a refund so waiting for that to come through

ED E

ED E wrote: »

Ordered 12th March
Dispatched 27th March (COVID)

2020-04-13 08:42
Reached the place of arrival
2020-04-09 17:02
Reached the place of arrival
2020-04-08 09:38
Reached the place of arrival
2020-04-03 18:58
Leaving Chongqing Unity Village Center Station, China
2020-03-29 20:46
Shenzhen, delivered to air transport
2020-03-29 20:46
Shenzhen, delivered to air transport
2020-03-29 20:40
Shenzhen, arriving at Shenzhen International Exchange Station
2020-03-29 07:35
Shenzhen, leaving the Shenzhen Interchange Bureau, the next stop , Shenzhen International Exchange Station
2020-03-28 08:36
Shenzhen, Shenzhen Exchange Bureau has been exported directly sealed
2020-03-28 05:47
Shenzhen, leaving the Shenzhen International Bulk Processing Center, the next stop , Shenzhen International
2020-03-27 23:48
Shenzhen, "Shenzhen International Bulk Processing Center" has received, agent: receiving and sending 3

(Auto translated)

Item is holding up a project so would love for it to finally get through.

Arrived yesterday, 11/5/2020. Basically bang on 2mo.

gman2k

masculinist wrote: »

lots of my AliExpress gear had months added onto the already generous deadlines. How long can they keep extending it ?

Yeah, just had a notification that one of my orders is now being pushed out to July. Was ordered on the 10th March.
That's me finished with ordering anything again from China until the world comes back to normal. (2021 at the earliest).
I recently asked a seller for a quote on bike wheels and they said they could now only deliver via DHL at a cost of €180....

allthedoyles

Waiting for lots . 2 packages bought in February not arrived yet . Ali said they are in local PO.
Can't locate them . Orders are down as completed on Ali. Very small value though.
..

KAGY

I've had to request refunds for one or two things, a couple more from Jan are on extended purchase protection. The tracking all suggests its left China (as far as that can be trusted!) Nothing too big, but some stuff at the €20 mark.

what will you do if your package arrives and you've got your refund?

Irish Gunner

Asked for refund and suddenly movement on the tracking dated 7th May

Parcel in clearance
Customs clearance processing complete

Strange

SachaJ

mmmm I have 6 orders on the way from Ali since Feb/March and one "Arrived in destination country; awaiting customs clearance" since 26/04. Ali finished the order and the seller said "the parcel has been arrived on your country , please contact post office to get your parcel asap".

No An Post tracking number anywhere and I doubt they'd know what to do with the Chinese tracking number.

ohnonotgmail

SachaJ wrote: »

mmmm I have 6 orders on the way from Ali since Feb/March and one "Arrived in destination country; awaiting customs clearance" since 26/04. Ali finished the order and the seller said "the parcel has been arrived on your country , please contact post office to get your parcel asap".

No An Post tracking number anywhere and I doubt they'd know what to do with the Chinese tracking number.

you should have asked them to extend purchase protection. Even if ali finished the order you can still open a dispute and say you didnt receive it.

ED E

SachaJ wrote: »

mmmm I have 6 orders on the way from Ali since Feb/March and one "Arrived in destination country; awaiting customs clearance" since 26/04. Ali finished the order and the seller said "the parcel has been arrived on your country , please contact post office to get your parcel asap".

No An Post tracking number anywhere and I doubt they'd know what to do with the Chinese tracking number.

You've another 10-14 days until AP process it I'd guess.

for aliexpress items I'd say that it's a combination of slowdown of shipping from China (little / no passenger plane freight available in general and not just from China) and An Post having high volumes so slowing it down even more their usual 1 month post-arrival in Ireland target.

would not order anything from there right now (or most Chinese websites) unless you don't need it for 3/4 months and/or are willing to pay for minimum e-packet / priority line postage option (and even then expect 2 months at a guess)

muffler

Ordered an item on Ebay on March 30 and it was delivered this morning. A guy in An Post told me by email several weeks ago that "post to and from China is suspended". Based on comments here that appears to be nonsense. I was also talking to the local postman this morning and he said that packets in particular were coming in ton loads

muffler

muffler wrote: »

Ordered an item on Ebay on March 30 and it was delivered this morning. A guy in An Post told me by email several weeks ago that "post to and from China is suspended". Based on comments here that appears to be nonsense. I was also talking to the local postman this morning and he said that packets in particular were coming in ton loads

was the postage method described?