Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

allthedoyles · 29-05-2020 12:17AM

Got 200e item today. Bought on 30th April.
Had to pay 27.50 vat and 14.50 fee to clear.
Would have saved if I had bought on Amazon instead.

29-05-2020 12:42PM

Got another China item. 3 items in 4 days. Limerick area.

Bikerman2019 · 29-05-2020 04:08PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Got another China item. 3 items in 4 days. Limerick area.

That's good going. But notice my 2 deliveries in two days, were from joom, while there is no sign of deliveries from wish.

somebody_else · 29-05-2020 05:14PM

I've ordered some stuff from aliexpress which I used before and it was fine.

But now I got zero things I ordered.

On most of them it is like on picture attached.

Meantime after a while I got some stuff I ordered from amazon.co.uk (that one was sent from China regardless saying that items were in UK) and some other orders from different online sellers.

Is there an issue locally with post ?

I know courier aren't quickest option as parcel from Bray to Tallaght took 8 days to reach destination.

Tom

allthedoyles · 31-05-2020 02:36AM

I have a lot of packages ordered from China and I notice that most of the packages that are reliable and received the fastest are those that are sent by China Registered Air Mail post.

irishchris · 31-05-2020 11:43AM

Just realised both my recent orders were from China post also. Has anyone here received theirs from Aliexpress standard post as rest of my orders are that method?

Irish Gunner · 01-06-2020 04:21PM

What are the chances of getting this

Me thinks never

https://photos.app.goo.gl/P9zKTSrismLkob2W6

Stallingrad · 01-06-2020 04:24PM

Big delay in my AliExpress deliveries, some never shipped and have been refunded others are at least a month overdue. But I'm happy to wait as it usually takes an age anyway, and by the time it gets here I've no idea what I ordered so get a nice surprise.

allthedoyles · 01-06-2020 07:49PM

Same here. I have had two items recently which had to have the time extended by AliExpress to protect my money..

bossdrum · 01-06-2020 10:46PM

FanadMan wrote: »

Received a delivery from Aliexpress today. It was ordered end of Feb/beginning of March. But I had opened a dispute last week and had the money refunded. It was only a cheapo phone case. And with the current situation, I ordered two more from different sites. So if anyone wants a case for a Samsung A70 in a few months let me know

Did you send the refunded money back to the seller?
They shouldn't be punished for An Posts attitude to mail from China.

FanadMan · 01-06-2020 11:20PM

bossdrum wrote: »

Did you send the refunded money back to the seller?
They shouldn't be punished for An Posts attitude to mail from China.

If I had any idea how to do this I would. I'm not a normal Ali user - mostly ebay/wish/banggood etc.

whelzer · 03-06-2020 11:45AM

Small item sent 29th March, delivered today from Aliexpress.

It was 60-70% less than you'd pay here, but some wait!

irishchris · 03-06-2020 11:13PM

whelzer wrote: »

Small item sent 29th March, delivered today from Aliexpress.

It was 60-70% less than you'd pay here, but some wait!

What type of doing for you use. Was it AliExpress standard shipping or China post etc? Just wondering as I have lot of orders still not here since march

PreCocious · 04-06-2020 01:50PM

bossdrum wrote: »

Did you send the refunded money back to the seller?
They shouldn't be punished for An Posts attitude to mail from China.

An Post's attitude is like so many other national postal administrations - they get paid a pittance to deliver Chinese mail because it is classed as an undeveloped country but yet it produces vast quantities of mail - see https://www.joc.com/regulation-policy/new-era-dawns-universal-postal-union_20200108.html

Apart from that I received an email from a company from which I'd ordered an item and they informed me that the mail service they use depends on being carried on passenger flights and due to restrictions this just wasn't happening and they would move to another type of service.

muffler · 04-06-2020 02:43PM

According to the tracking details I have an item in the country since 14/05/2020 but when I enter the tracking number in An Post's site it yields nothing. So I went on to their live chat yesterday and asked for an update and this is what they (An Post) said...

The tracking number provided does not show as having being accepted into the An Post network, If an enquiry is to be made against an international incoming item, it has to be lodged by the sender with their sending service as they are the original carrier and insurer of this item. I would advise that you contact the sender and inform them as such.

autumnalcore · 05-06-2020 02:12PM

In my experience it can be at portlaoise customs aka parcel mountain for weeks before its 'accepted in the an post network' not much point getting onto the sending network.

The Gardener · 06-06-2020 02:36PM

autumnalcore wrote: »

In my experience it can be at portlaoise customs aka parcel mountain for weeks before its 'accepted in the an post network' not much point getting onto the sending network.

Or months! My item from AliExpress arrived at "destination country" on April 3rd, still waiting. That must be some parcel mountain in Portlaoise.

obi604 · 06-06-2020 02:39PM

autumnalcore wrote: »

In my experience it can be at portlaoise customs aka parcel mountain for weeks before its 'accepted in the an post network' not much point getting onto the sending network.

Why do they do this? Is it cause it’s low priority post and they just do the more important stuff in advance.

How or when do they decide to get round to these items?

archer22 · 06-06-2020 05:06PM

obi604 wrote: »

Why do they do this? Is it cause it’s low priority post and they just do the more important stuff in advance.

How or when do they decide to get round to these items?

It's a passive aggressive policy to deter people from buying those low postage items from China.
They legally have to deliver them eventually, but they string it out as long as they can.

They complain about how little they get paid for handling this mail..but the reality is they are grossly overpaid considering the service they provide.

somebody_else · 07-06-2020 06:16PM

Looks like not only from China, Greece as well:

Date & Time Location Status
21/5/2020, 19:15:12 ATHENS AIRMAIL CENTER DEPARTURE FROM OUTWARD OFFICE OF EXCHANGE (--> IRELAND)
21/5/2020, 19:06:03 ATHENS AIRMAIL CENTER ARRIVAL AT OUTWARD OFFICE OF EXCHANGE (--> IRELAND)
21/5/2020, 11:20:51 ATHENS AIRMAIL CENTER ARRIVAL AT OUTWARD OFFICE OF EXCHANGE
21/5/2020, 07:19:44 ATHENS SORTING CENTER DISPATCH LOADED (--> ATHENS AIRMAIL CENTER)
21/5/2020, 02:48:33 ATHENS SORTING CENTER DISPATCH UNLOADED
20/5/2020, 17:29:31 IOANNINA SORTING CENTER DISPATCH LOADED (--> ATHENS SORTING CENTER)
20/5/2020, 14:20:54 IOANNINA SORTING CENTER DISPATCH CLOSED (--> ATHENS AIRMAIL CENTER)
20/5/2020, 12:20:54 IOANNINA SORTING CENTER ITEM ARRIVED AT
19/5/2020, 14:10:26 KATSIKA DISPATCH CLOSED (--> IOANNINA SORTING CENTER)
19/5/2020, 12:06:12 KATSIKA ITEM PICK UP

SachaJ · 08-06-2020 11:00AM

I just had something arrive from Aliexpress that was shipped on 17th March.

On the tracking it was never updated past "Departed country of origin".

irishchris · 08-06-2020 03:45PM

SachaJ wrote: »

I just had something arrive from Aliexpress that was shipped on 17th March.

On the tracking it was never updated past "Departed country of origin".

What form of shipping did you use - AliExpress standard shipping or epacket/China post?

SachaJ · 08-06-2020 03:51PM

irishchris wrote: »

What form of shipping did you use - AliExpress standard shipping or epacket/China post?

AliExpress Standard Shipping

obi604 · 08-06-2020 05:16PM

This is my story. Going on since April 13th.

https://imgur.com/a/2ngpAKs

reni10 · 08-06-2020 11:21PM

Seems like all post from China has just ground to a halt since Feb as I have multiple orders from Ali from Feb, march, April and may and not one has turned up since an order I placed in Jan was delivered about 4 weeks ago!

Bikerman2019 · 09-06-2020 11:00AM

Still waiting on older stuff, but yesterday got a joom delivery, took 2 months.

And today got a wish delivery of sd memory cards. Order date 21st May!

Jun 5, 2020 Arrived to destination country, IRL
Jun 3, 2020 Sent out from transit hub, IRL
May 28, 2020 Arrived at transit hub, IRL
May 28, 2020 delivery to local courier, NLD
May 27, 2020 Departure country customs, AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS, AMSTERDAM, NLD
May 26, 2020 Arrive at Destination Transit Hub, NLD
May 25, 2020 Depart from Departure Transit Hub, CHN China

up4dabah · 09-06-2020 11:01PM

I'm starting to receive stuff I've ordered more recently but the orders from aliexpress that I made before this thing kicked off are never going to arrive I'd say.

SachaJ · 10-06-2020 01:27PM

Things are definately picking up. 3 orders arrived on each of the last 3 days from Ali. Nothing for months before that.

joujoujou · 10-06-2020 02:45PM

I really hope you're right. Have 3 purchases from early March still in limbo.

kindalen · 10-06-2020 03:29PM

Good to hear, fair few items not arrived yet. Only got one item, which came last week. Still been so long that now it is like being a kid opening a lucky-bag!

Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

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