Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

joujoujou · 17-03-2018 11:17AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I ordered some stuff from Canada that was sent by surface mail. Anyone know how long it takes? [...]

Bought something once, got refund from seller after 3 months of waiting. Item eventually appeared a month later, so money sent to a seller once again.

I wouldn't be surprised if they use sleds pulled by dogs for carrying post over there!

archer22 · 17-03-2018 12:07PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I ordered some stuff from Canada that was sent by surface mail. Anyone know how long it takes? It was sent out on Feb 5th. Not sure how long I should wait before filing a PayPal claim either.

Don't know about Canada but I used to order stuff from Nebraska in the USA shipped surface mail...the delivery time was fairly consistent at around 12 weeks..but of course that was back in the day when post used to keep moving after it reached Ireland.

DBB · 17-03-2018 12:20PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I ordered some stuff from Canada that was sent by surface mail. Anyone know how long it takes? It was sent out on Feb 5th. Not sure how long I should wait before filing a PayPal claim either.

I had a parcel posted from Canada (Quebec) at the start of December that didn't reach me until 11th of January... And that was with express postage that guaranteed delivery in 6-10 days!

17-03-2018 12:32PM

Yeah think I'm in for a long wait. Thanks guys.

Dandelion6 · 18-03-2018 11:13AM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

As Dandelion6 said this isnt the actions of individual workers. Given how widespread this seems to be it has to be management diktat.

Does ComReg's remit cover An Post? Has anyone tried complaining to them?

An Ri rua · 18-03-2018 11:49AM

Dandelion6 wrote: »

Does ComReg's remit cover An Post? Has anyone tried complaining to them?

Tried. Waste of time. Even when An Post breached their own customer service reply timelines.
Absolutely toothless. Trust me. Until MUCH more time has past. You have to exhaust internal procedures. They need to respond first though !!

dragona · 18-03-2018 04:39PM

Great

more bloody snow, so more of a *backlog* as they like to call it.

Suckit · 20-03-2018 11:20AM

8 parcels arrived today, including two from China ordered less than 2 weeks ago.
I have not opened them yet so I do not know for certain that is what they are, but i am pretty sure. still no sign of my items from Ireland and UK.

Edited.
One of the items was a memory card ordered from Mymemory UK two weeks ago, it arrived via Post NL.

20-03-2018 11:32AM

I find stuff that comes through intermediate services like Poste Belgique to be a lot quicker - can get in a 2.5 to 3 weeks.
My theory is that it's coming through EU post with other normal EU stuff so it's not easy for them to stick the whole postal lot in a corner.
Stuff coming direct from China Post / Sing Post etc. still awful.

xabi · 20-03-2018 11:58AM

My stuff from China is in Ireland since 12th March, is there anyway I can track this with An Post? They dont recognise the tracking number from China.

archer22 · 20-03-2018 12:19PM

xabi wrote: »

My stuff from China is in Ireland since 12th March, is there anyway I can track this with An Post? They dont recognise the tracking number from China.

That's because An Post haven't scanned it yet...your Chinese tracking number will register whenever An Post does this....sometime in the near future (hopefully).

scotchy · 20-03-2018 12:44PM

Taken from another thread

Think my sat nav charging cable is in one of these.

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ED E · 20-03-2018 01:36PM

Small packet, 67 Days.

joujoujou · 20-03-2018 04:23PM

RTE said there will be direct flights between China/Hongkong and Ireland since June. I have very strong feeling piles will grow even faster.

Fred Swanson · 20-03-2018 04:45PM

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joujoujou · 20-03-2018 04:49PM

Sellers won't pay as well as they don't pay now. Most items go airmail anyway - Chinese government subsidises that.

Fred Swanson · 20-03-2018 04:57PM

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joujoujou · 20-03-2018 05:04PM

Well, ordinary Chinese citizen's post won't create a business, hence no revenue, hence no subsidy.

whiterebel · 20-03-2018 05:06PM

joujoujou wrote: »

Sellers won't pay as well as they don't pay now. Most items go airmail anyway - Chinese government subsidises that.

There will probably be a big jump in cost to ship direct, I wonder if the Chinese government would pay the extra. If they abolish the minimum VAT payment on imports it won't matter either way.

Fanny Wank · 20-03-2018 05:07PM

2 AliExpress orders:

First one:

- value $28
- ordered 20/02
- posted 26/02
- delivered today 20/03 (would have been yesterday if it wasn't for the bank holiday)

Second:

- value $53.65
- ordered 20/02
- posted 03/03
- cleared customs 19/03

I assume this will be delivered tomorrow or Thursday

Not bad tbh

joujoujou · 20-03-2018 05:07PM

whiterebel wrote: »

There will probably be a big jump in cost to ship direct, I wonder if the Chinese government would pay the extra. If they abolish the minimum VAT payment on imports it won't matter either way.

Time will tell... :cool:

archer22 · 20-03-2018 06:54PM

joujoujou wrote: »

Well, ordinary Chinese citizen's post won't create a business, hence no revenue, hence no subsidy.

Yes what the Chinese are doing is a very clever way of increasing their foreign currency reserves...they are essentially converting Yuan's into Euros, Dollars and Pounds...it's the main reason besides employment for subsidising the postage.

Chinese government always looks at the big long term picture...In Ireland the government tend to only see as far ahead as the next election.

Dandelion6 · 20-03-2018 08:39PM

xabi wrote: »

My stuff from China is in Ireland since 12th March, is there anyway I can track this with An Post? They dont recognise the tracking number from China.

12th March? Heh. I'm waiting on a few things that arrived in Ireland in January (and whose tracking numbers are not recognised by An Post).

dragona · 20-03-2018 08:42PM

Dandelion6 wrote: »

12th March? Heh. I'm waiting on a few things that arrived in Ireland in January (and whose tracking numbers are not recognised by An Post).

Same here, tracking number starts with UG, very weird.

archer22 · 20-03-2018 09:13PM

dragona wrote: »

Same here, tracking number starts with UG, very weird.

UG is tracking code of Yanwen Logistics Company LTD

dragona · 20-03-2018 09:59PM

archer22 wrote: »

UG is tracking code of Yanwen Logistics Company LTD

When I went to post office to query where the hell my parcels are, they said UG was Uganda

:D:D:D oh dear! I fear I may have been speaking to a TWIT

Esel · 21-03-2018 12:01AM

dragona wrote: »

When I went to post office to query where the hell my parcels are, they said UG was Uganda :D:D:D oh dear! I fear I may have been speaking to a TWIT

Twat Who Is Thick?

ohnonotgmail · 21-03-2018 10:20AM

2 orders received today that were shipped in the middle of January. things might be starting to move.

Cantona's Collars · 21-03-2018 10:28AM

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

2 orders received today that were shipped in the middle of January. things might be starting to move.

Good, I'm waiting an age for stuff too. Before shopping from Chinese sites was something that people viewed with suspicion and not too many did it. Now it's seen as a normal day to day task and sites such as Wish have seen a surge in traffic from Ireland. Container loads of stuff arrives in Ireland and due to An Post getting little or nothing at all for handling it,the stuff is low down on their list of priorities for sorting and sending on to us.

21-03-2018 12:58PM

xabi wrote: »

My stuff from China is in Ireland since 12th March, is there anyway I can track this with An Post? They dont recognise the tracking number from China.

I'm in a similar boat. Here since the 13th Mar but not on the track and trace system, and I was unaware there were issues with Chinese / Asian deliveries. Rang the helpline and was on hold for 16 minutes, told to just sit tight. No explanation or information on delays or backlogs, just told to wait.

Kinda glad I'm not the only one as I thought it had been stolen. I came on here to ask advice and the first thread I saw was this one. Looks like i'm in for a bit more of a wait.

Ironically, this item was first delivered in January after I ordered it in November. It came the same day as another parcel, both of which were too big for the letterbox. I came home to a "your mail is in the local sorting office" note, but the neighbour then knocked in with a different parcel and said the postman left it with him. When I tracked the item a week later it had been returned to sender.

Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

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