Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

archer22 · 13-02-2018 09:57PM

ED E wrote: »

Yes but as a semi state entity that employs 9800 people they have lobbying clout.

We pay individual employees well but because we don't live in clusters like the rest of the sane world our posties spend ages driving instead of delivering.

An Post is not a private sector business...it is funded by the state to provide a service to the citizens.

An Post seems to be the only postal service in Europe that has issues with providing this service...all the rest just seem to accept the reality and get on with the job.

styron · 13-02-2018 10:07PM

China obtain postal subsidies to encourage economic development - the UPU are meant to compensate national post services. The rate struck is wholly inadequate as this volume of traffic/consumer industrial exports was never envisaged.

Looks like Swedish customs are pressing to eliminate their import VAT threshold entirely.

archer22 · 13-02-2018 10:27PM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

but you're not paying an post anything for them. You pay china post a pittance who pass little or nothing on.

China Post move the items at least 7000 miles...An Post only carry it the last few miles, so they might only get a small share of the tiny fee China Post charges but then they only do a small share of the work...so in that case they get their fair share of it.

ohnonotgmail · 13-02-2018 10:31PM

archer22 wrote: »

China Post move the items at least 7000 miles...An Post only carry it the last few miles, so they might only get a small share of the tiny fee China Post charges but then they only do a small share of the work...so in that case they get their fair share of it.

you may only pay china post a pittance but their service is heavily subsidised by the UPU. they can afford to only charge pennies. An post dont have that luxury.

ohnonotgmail · 13-02-2018 10:36PM

archer22 wrote: »

China Post move the items at least 7000 miles...An Post only carry it the last few miles, so they might only get a small share of the tiny fee China Post charges but then they only do a small share of the work...so in that case they get their fair share of it.

you may only pay china post a pittance but their service is heavily subsidised by the UPU. they can afford to only charge pennies. An post dont have that luxury.

SPDUB · 14-02-2018 12:06AM

archer22 wrote: »

An Post is not a private sector business...it is funded by the state to provide a service to the citizens.

No it isn't .

It's core business of delivering letters , packets etc is funded by the price it charges for stamps and by fees it receives for delivering other countries post for Ireland .

The state does pay for some services like some rural post offices but that's not a huge amount .

Doltanian · 16-02-2018 08:59PM

I ordered an item from China on the 4th of February and it arrived today via AddressPal (12 days later) and it must have been delivered in the U.K. 2-3 days ago before AddressPal sent it over from St. Albans. That was pretty impressive for something from Shenzhen in China. If I had elected to send it direct to Ireland I probably wouldn't see the packet for another month or two due to An Post slow delivery of Chinese parcels.

From next June Cathay Pacific will launch a direct flight from Hong Kong to Dublin and this might allow for more opportunities as even though it's a passenger flight I'm sure there will be a certain amount of air cargo transported also between Dublin and Hong Kong.

zell12 · 25-02-2018 11:49AM

Ordered from AliExpress on 11/01. Ordinary post from hongkong arrived on 23/02.
Six weeks

ED E · 26-02-2018 04:49PM

48 days, small packet from Shenzen.

gred42 · 28-02-2018 07:53AM

I placed an order on <SNIP> in 1st,Feb. It is from HongKong to South Africa (my home).But now 28 days pass already,i can not see any tracking news update.How can i do that?

ED E · 02-03-2018 12:01AM

gred42 wrote: »

I placed an order on <SNIP>in 1st,Feb. It is from HongKong to South Africa (my home).But now 28 days pass already,i can not see any tracking news update.How can i do that?

17track.net If its tracked.

Other than that, a forum full of Irish/UK consumers probably wont be much use to you.

gred42 · 02-03-2018 07:36AM

ED E wrote: »

gred42 wrote: »

I placed an order on <SNIP> in 1st,Feb. It is from HongKong to South Africa (my home).But now 28 days pass already,i can not see any tracking news update.How can i do that?

17track.net If its tracked.

Other than that, a forum full of Irish/UK consumers probably wont be much use to you.

No,can not find any information.Will it lost?The seller gave me the response is they will resend me a new package if i can not get it during one week.
I asked them to send me other shipping way except the post.But they did

dragona · 03-03-2018 03:34PM

IRELAND, Arrived --18-Feb-2018 02:03 PM

IRELAND, the transfer of customs-- 18-Feb-2018 05:43 PM

Have been waiting what seems like an eternity, just checked there, I placed four orders, and they all say as above.
How do I get my packages, does this mean they are stuck? Ordered the 4 Feb!

Fanny Wank · 04-03-2018 11:32AM

I've had the following since 30/01 FFS

Only a small value item (memory card from Tomtop) but still. I've ordered and has delivered items from Ali Express since......

Dandelion6 · 04-03-2018 12:56PM

I'm waiting for literally dozens of things since January or early February. Today I got an email that one of my items was refunded "at my request" - seems it was returned to sender. I had no notice of any attempt at delivery! Fuming! :mad:

archer22 · 04-03-2018 01:19PM

Dandelion6 wrote: »

I'm waiting for literally dozens of things since January or early February. Today I got an email that one of my items was refunded "at my request" - seems it was returned to sender. I had no notice of any attempt at delivery! Fuming! :mad:

There really needs to be an investigation of what's going on...it's getting to be outrageous at this stage.

dragona · 04-03-2018 01:53PM

archer22 wrote: »

There really needs to be an investigation of what's going on...it's getting to be outrageous at this stage.

Yes,
But what does this MEAN??IRELAND, Arrived --18-Feb-2018 02:03 PM

IRELAND, the transfer of customs-- 18-Feb-2018 05:43 PM

Does it mean to Customs or Customer ? or what?? This will be my last order I think, too stressful

archer22 · 04-03-2018 02:18PM

dragona wrote: »

Yes,
But what does this MEAN??IRELAND, Arrived --18-Feb-2018 02:03 PM

IRELAND, the transfer of customs-- 18-Feb-2018 05:43 PM

Does it mean to Customs or Customer ? or what?? This will be my last order I think, too stressful

All I know is everything works fine until the package gets into An Post's hands..then the shenanigans begin.
You are allowed to import items under 21 Euro in value including shipping...if an item is held by customs they will contact you, and you may need to prove what you paid for it...they will then calculate the duty on it if its over the 21 Euros allowed and you get charged at delivery.
The problem is now with An Posts carry on its impossible to know whats actually happening.

dragona · 04-03-2018 02:51PM

Al of my orders were under the limit. I actually have no idea where they are

In Ireland somewhere

archer22 · 04-03-2018 03:24PM

dragona wrote: »

Al of my orders were under the limit. I actually have no idea where they are In Ireland somewhere

It says arrived Ireland Feb 18...it's impossible to even estimate when you will receive it now could be this month or next month.
I have one that reached Ireland on December 20th and still not delivered.

Dandelion6 · 04-03-2018 07:02PM

It's just occurred to me that one of my work colleagues has stuff from China delivered straight to the office, and she seems to get a lot in. I wonder if the problem is in particular postal districts? I live in Dublin 7 work in Dublin 8.

ED E · 04-03-2018 07:15PM

Dandelion6 wrote: »

It's just occurred to me that one of my work colleagues has stuff from China delivered straight to the office, and she seems to get a lot in. I wonder if the problem is in particular postal districts? I live in Dublin 7 work in Dublin 8.

If you're friendly it would be good to ask her to correlate a few orders with arrivals.

My suspicion (@Mods: No proof) was the DMC was warehousing it for a few weeks/months before pushing it on. If your colleague sees better times then it would point to Delivery Units holding them - but under a policy for it to be so ubiquitous.

NetChat101 · 04-03-2018 08:46PM

Hi, new to Ali Express so just enquiring if this is common:-
Ordered item 18 Jan and last comment on the tracking page says -
Shipped by air 28 Jan (shipped by air seems a contradiction!)
No update since!
Does that mean it's still between flights somewhere? Thanks.

ED E · 04-03-2018 08:59PM

Have a read of the thread, expect it end of March to mid May.

NetChat101 · 04-03-2018 09:03PM

ED E wrote: »

Have a read of the thread, expect it end of March to mid May.

Thanks for reply.

dragona · 05-03-2018 02:51AM

Or not at all

ED E · 05-03-2018 03:19AM

dragona wrote: »

Or not at all

Its rare for them to never show, but sometimes its 3 months later a surprise present to self.

gred42 · 05-03-2018 07:52AM

I thought i lost my package:(

vandriver · 05-03-2018 08:23AM

December 3rd here,still no sign.My daughter ordered a watch in October,same.Dublin 12.

archer22 · 05-03-2018 11:52AM

An Post was a good trustworthy company up until the second half of 2016...then almost overnight it became a cowboy operator.
I would trust them with nothing now...was going to open a savings account with them before this..but now no bloody way!!

Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

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