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  • #152
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,383 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    They get next to nothing for deliveries from China, so they are bottom of the pile. The EU doesn't want the market flooded with cheap Chinese product, missing out on taxes and there are moves underway to have no lower limit on payment of VAT/Duty so everything coming in would be VATable. That would kill the imports from China stone dead.
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  • #153
    silver2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭silver2020


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I ordered 5 pieces of tat from Wish on March 11th. They were all dispatched roughly the same time, leaving China about March 19th. The 3 cheapest and smallest packages arrived at the end of April. One got to Ireland on April 19, the other apparently hasn't hit Ireland yet. I can't file a claim until June 3rd, and my last Wish account was banned because I claimed back on every package that didn't arrive or didn't work.

    Am I the only one who finds it unacceptable that "their target is 3 to 4 weeks after it arrives to Ireland for delivering stuff from China"? An Post's future is parcels, and if their bar is set that low the couriers will eventually provide a solution that costs a bit more for a much faster delivery. I mean, the Amazon/An Post supply chain is excellent, and it's so convenient that they now do late evening deliveries. If they had a higher tier service at a cost that would mean Chinese stuff arrive in 3-4 days rather than 3-4 weeks, many would take that option.

    read up on Universal Postal Union and you'll see why

    1. Post from China is treated as the last to be delivered by almost every country

    2. Why no courier company will ever want this business.

    it is changing this year, so that will see the end of cheap delivery from China, but a better service.

    Basically, you get what you pay for.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #154
    fritzelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,102 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    Come Monday I will be waiting 3 weeks on a non tracked small packet from the UK bought on ebay
    Is the seller taking the piss saying it was posted? Should I give it a bit longer?
    Checking the RM website all mail between UK/IRE has no issues bar some delays but 3 weeks is beyond a bit of a delay when normally stuff would arrive within 7 days max
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #155
    georgina...c
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭georgina...c


    Hopefully it gets to you soon
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #156
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 731 ✭ [Deleted User]


    silver2020 wrote: »
    read up on Universal Postal Union and you'll see why

    1. Post from China is treated as the last to be delivered by almost every country

    2. Why no courier company will ever want this business.

    it is changing this year, so that will see the end of cheap delivery from China, but a better service.

    Basically, you get what you pay for.

    That's essentially what I was advocating - a higher cost for better delivery. Glad to hear it is imminent.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


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  • #157
    two wheels good
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭two wheels good


    My package was processed by MIAMI FL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER 36 hours after tracking said it had left the facility.

    I'm hoping that's the last stop before a trans-atlantic flight.

    John Oliver did a sketch on the USPS recently.
    Helped me find some more patience and understanding.
    Only 14 days and counting. Not yet excessive compared to some here.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #158
    angeline
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 907 ✭✭✭angeline


    Hi. Just wondering if anyone has experience of a parcel being sorted at Dublin Parcel Hub, Dublin 12. Had a parcel arrive a good few days and tracking just shows it as being at the above place. Usually once a parcel gets to Dublin I get it the following day. Tia.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #159
    sdanseo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,276 ✭✭✭sdanseo


    From outside EU? Sounds like customs have it.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #160
    UrbanFret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭UrbanFret


    Package from the US. Carrier is USPS. Last tracked 08/05/2020. In transit Custom Clearance.
    Is this normal?
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #161
    Negative_G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭Negative_G


    UrbanFret wrote: »
    Package from the US. Carrier is USPS. Last tracked 08/05/2020. In transit Custom Clearance.
    Is this normal?

    Would you mind sharing the USPS tracking history (minus tracking number)

    I'm waiting on a small packet from west coast since late april.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


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  • #162
    Marlow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    UrbanFret wrote: »
    Package from the US. Carrier is USPS. Last tracked 08/05/2020. In transit Custom Clearance.
    Is this normal?

    Yep .. I'm waiting on one since March. Even have requested, that it's investigated where the darn thing is. Have got other since from the US, but they weren't USPS. Kicking myself now for not having shipped the darn thing UPS or FedEx.

    /M
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #163
    UrbanFret
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,051 ✭✭✭UrbanFret


    Negative_G wrote: »
    Would you mind sharing the USPS tracking history (minus tracking number)

    I'm waiting on a small packet from west coast since late april.


    • 8 May 2020
    • 12:22pm

    • Customs Clearance


    • 8 May 2020
    • 11:22am

    • Processed Through Facility


    • 7 May 2020
    • 10:06am

    • Departed
    • DUBLIN


    • 6 May 2020
    • 5:30pm

    • Departed
    • NEW YORK


    • 6 May 2020
    • 11:31am

    • Arrived
    • NEW YORK


    • 4 May 2020
    • 6:19pm

    • Arrived at Regional Facility
    • JAMAICA NY INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER


    • 4 May 2020
    • 6:19pm

    • Processed Through Regional Facility
    • JAMAICA NY INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER


    • 4 May 2020
    • 4:42pm

    • Shipment Received, Package Acceptance Pending
    • JAMAICA, NY 11430


    • 1 May 2020
    • 9:53pm

    • Departed Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item
    • HAUPPAUGE, NY 11788


    • 27 Apr 2020
    • 11:01pm

    • Arrived Shipping Partner Facility, USPS Awaiting Item
    • HAUPPAUGE, NY 11788


    • 27 Apr 2020
    • 3:54pm

    • Tracking number provided
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #164
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,344 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    angeline wrote: »
    Hi. Just wondering if anyone has experience of a parcel being sorted at Dublin Parcel Hub, Dublin 12. Had a parcel arrive a good few days and tracking just shows it as being at the above place. Usually once a parcel gets to Dublin I get it the following day. Tia.

    Yeah I had same thing 2 weeks ago with a parcel from Cork.
    Posted on the Tuesday, arrived in Dublin 12 Parcel Hub on the Thursday but wasn't sent out for delivery until the Saturday morning.
    Post edited by whiterebel on

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #165
    Marlow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    My parcel shipped with USPS on 20.03. finally showed up on An Post tracking yesterday and has been delivered today.

    Over 2 months is a pisstake.

    /M
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #166
    enniscorthy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭enniscorthy


    Marlow wrote: »
    My parcel shipped with USPS on 20.03. finally showed up on An Post tracking yesterday and has been delivered today.

    Over 2 months is a pisstake.

    /M




    great news mate still waiting myself
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #167
    statto25
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,908 ✭✭✭statto25


    Waiting 3 weeks for something from France. Its not even made it onto the AnPost system yet
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #168
    two wheels good
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭two wheels good


    two wheels good wrote: »
    My package was processed by MIAMI FL INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER 36 hours after tracking said it had left the facility.

    I'm hoping that's the last stop before a trans-atlantic flight.

    No such luck. 8 days later it appears at another Miami airport location.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #169
    Negative_G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭Negative_G


    enniscorthy wrote: »
    great news mate still waiting myself

    When did you order and whereabouts in the US did you order? Was it a large item or a packet?
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #170
    Negative_G
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭Negative_G


    two wheels good wrote: »
    No such luck. 8 days later it appears at another Miami airport location.

    This is horrendously frustrating.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #171
    Joziburg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 379 ✭✭Joziburg


    le_girl wrote: »
    That's strange because I'm sending a lot via standard post so no tracking but I haven't had any complaints, unless they're all being especially patient.

    I would get onto An Post if you haven't already. They're very slow to respond at the best of times. I've found a message to the Facebook page to be the quickest way to get a reply.

    Package was delivered in the UK on Sat 23rd, so slightly over 2 weeks vs. the 3 to 5 day estimate. The post is backed up these days it appears in light of the recent conditions and measures in place.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


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  • #172
    Heebie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,302 ✭✭✭Heebie


    statto25 wrote:
    Waiting 3 weeks for something from France. Its not even made it onto the AnPost system yet


    I had some stuff from France take around four weeks. It's tracking number didn't show up in an Post's Staten until it was on the truck for delivery.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #173
    silver2020
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,045 ✭✭✭silver2020


    Marlow wrote: »
    My parcel shipped with USPS on 20.03. finally showed up on An Post tracking yesterday and has been delivered today.

    Over 2 months is a pisstake.

    /M

    Not sure if you know that there is a worldwide pandemic that is currently causing mayhem for people.

    Part of this is the suspension of 80%+ airline flights. Which means that 80% of scheduled cargo capacity of the postal systems is not available.

    2 Months is standard from US to Europe and the USPS have now started to use ocean freight to transport parcels from US to Europe.

    A small amount of online searching will give all this information
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #174
    Marlow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    silver2020 wrote: »
    2 Months is standard from US to Europe and the USPS have now started to use ocean freight to transport parcels from US to Europe.

    Will you stop. This is a USPS problem only. FedEx and UPS still manage even throughout the pandemic and get parcels from the US to Ireland in under 2 weeks. I had 3 other parcels from the US being shipped and delivered while this one was stuck in limbo.

    This one was also shipped priority express on top of it.

    /M
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #175
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    FedEx has it’s own fleet of planes.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #176
    Marlow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    FedEx has it’s own fleet of planes.

    So do UPS. But thats neither here nor there.

    /M
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #177
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Marlow wrote: »
    So do UPS. But thats neither here nor there.

    /M

    But USPS doesn’t. So it is relevant.
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #178
    enniscorthy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,046 ✭✭✭enniscorthy


    Negative_G wrote: »
    When did you order and whereabouts in the US did you order? Was it a large item or a packet?


    5TH APRIL



    LA


    Probably a box approx 30cm long x 15cm high x 15 cm wide
    Post edited by whiterebel on


  • #179
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,344 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    Item from same supplier in Cork, this time got to me in Dublin in 48 hours rather than 5 days.

    Strange tracking report, showed as out for delivery by Limerick DSU.
    Post edited by whiterebel on

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



  • #180
    Marlow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,555 ✭✭✭✭Marlow


    Marlow wrote: »
    My parcel shipped with USPS on 20.03.
    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    But USPS doesn’t. So it is relevant.

    No. It is actually not. Because at the time the parcel was shipped, the lockdown was not in effect.

    Parcel shipped 20.03. and left Chicago on 21.03.

    Initial voluntarily lock down in Ireland kicked in on 24.03. !!

    So most of the flights were still in operation at the point of shipping.

    Also, the state of the parcel indicates, that it's sat in a corner and been kicked around a good bit. USPS made it clear, that the delay was on the An Post end.

    /M
    Post edited by whiterebel on


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  • #181
    walshtipp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 390 ✭✭walshtipp


    Anybody have any experience receiving parcels from Germany via DHL/An Post recently?
    Post edited by whiterebel on


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