Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

FanadMan · 07-01-2020 6:52pm

Unbelievable delivery time for an order from Wish - 10 days! Probably have to wait for months for the rest of my stuff

SCOOP 64 · 07-01-2020 7:47pm

Record for me ordered 21st Nov delivery 6th Dec,still waiting for stuff ordered 2 weeks before this and one from 8th Oct,they have now sent another so they say.

corkie · 08-01-2020 12:10pm

Pre Xmas backlog is starting to be delivered.

China Post Registered Air Mail >> http://parcelsapp.com/en/tracking/RP850068529CN

Ordered Dec. 07 2019

23 Dec 2019 Airline departure

Reported Airline arrive at destination country 7th Jan, and delivered the following day!? (Today).

Normally it take at least a week, from arrival to actual delivery.

GBX · 08-01-2020 12:14pm

Ordered on 3 Dec 2019.
Delivered yesterday, 7 Jan 2020.

Not too bad. Was a stocking filler xmas gift. Bit delayed. Not the end of the world!

bodhrandude · 08-01-2020 4:14pm

I bought an item over a week ago, after doing my conversions the Euro price came to 22.76 Euros which includes post and packaging, will I still incur a VAT charge, was looking at the Revenue site and it states that if ' If the VAT payable is €6 or less it will not be collected.' I presume I might evade collection hopefully.

Abiya041 · 08-01-2020 4:50pm

I got my item, Singapore Post. Ordered 13th dec arrived in destination on the 3rd of Jan and finally received my item. Exactly 26 days from order. The estimate was 17-25 days. Not too bad

08-01-2020 5:06pm

Abiya041 wrote: »

So I ordered the mi band 4 from aliexpress and tracking shows it has arrived in destination country yesterday. When I tried putting the tracking number into anpost it does not recognise it.
Are we not able to track aliexpress packages on anpost or is this just a problem I'm facing.

just 'cos it's in Ireland doesn't mean An Post necessarily plan to deal with it any time soon.

I have items from Ali supposedly in Ireland from Dec 2 and as yet undelivered.

As a contrast I ordered a cheap item from Ali on Dec 26 to the UK and it was delivered today (less than 2 weeks from order to delivery so that's including processing time of the order) in London.

bodhrandude · 10-01-2020 1:11pm

My item arrived this morning so that's good going, only taking eleven days.

Glebee · 10-01-2020 1:20pm

Still no sign of my kindle cover, landing in Dublin 24th Dec.

Discodog · 10-01-2020 1:35pm

Ordered Nov 5th
Delivered Jan 9th

deandean · 10-01-2020 2:21pm

Ordered from Wish January 1st.
Delivered January 9th

I was offered quicker delivery for an extra €8 which I clicked on.
Dispatched from Estonia and delivered by An Post.
Well worth paying the extra few quid for better delivery - when it's offered.
However I am still waiting for an items ordered November 25th with normal delivery.

corkie · 10-01-2020 4:44pm

Another pre-xmas order delivered today!

Ordered on the Dec 6th but due to been a new item, not processed till 20th.

China Post Registered Air Mail >> http://parcelsapp.com/en/tracking/RV285026085CN
27 Dec 2019 15:55 Airline departure

Still waiting on Dec. 13 order.

10-01-2020 5:39pm

deandean wrote: »

Ordered from Wish January 1st.
Delivered January 9th
I was offered quicker delivery for an extra €8 which I clicked on.
Dispatched from Estonia and delivered by An Post.
Well worth paying the extra few quid for better delivery - when it's offered.
However I am still waiting for an items ordered November 25th with normal delivery.

you should take a look at Aliexpress if you don't use it already.

Vs Wish generally much more accurate and longer description of the item, more reviews.

better choice of postage options generally also

many items on wish are misleading as to their quality imo

ED E · 13-01-2020 7:35pm

Order from 16th December.

Actually shipped 25th December!
Arrived 13th Jan

18 days. Tracked in ireland with a secondary barcode but only scanned at the DU 3AM this morning not in DMC on arrival.

decky1 · 13-01-2020 7:46pm

sometimes get a few items from China , most times it's 8 weeks or more. very bad to say it's 2020 how can it take so long?

corkie · 17-01-2020 9:53pm

CNY!! ~~~ Chinese New Year ~~~ Expect things to stop for three or so weeks.

If your parcel not on a flight/shipped by now, then add a approx 3 weeks to ETA on deliveries.

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ED E · 19-01-2020 11:42pm

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greasepalm · 20-01-2020 12:06am

Ordered a few things from wish and some came before their deadline date and 1 item not arrived after 2 months and got a refund and it came 4 days later and tracking had it in china.

deandean · 20-01-2020 11:08am

Yeaa delivery from Wish arrived today. Dispatched November 26th.

corkie · 21-01-2020 5:21pm

http://parcelsapp.com/en/tracking/RP858773969CN <<< China Post Registered Air Mail

Dec 13 order finally arrived.

Have 2 other orders (Dec 21st) with delayed processing (7th & 10th Jan, one reported in country), that have flown so won't be affected by 'CNY' shutdown.
And 3rd item marked on 16th 'Planned transportation by airline'.

ED E · 21-01-2020 11:41pm

Item flown out on 22nd December.
Arrived 14th Jan.
An Post missed me then, but only dropped the slip in the next day (15th).

Could be worse.

corkie · 27-01-2020 11:38am

corkie wrote: »

Have 2 other orders (Dec 21st) with delayed processing (7th & 10th Jan, one reported in country), that have flown so won't be affected by 'CNY' shutdown.
And 3rd item marked on 16th 'Planned transportation by airline'.

One of them arrived on Thursday 23rd Jan.
http://parcelsapp.com/en/tracking/RF783437127SG <<< Singapore Post

The other today 27th Jan.
http://parcelsapp.com/en/tracking/RF785424877SG <<< Singapore Post

Thinking the 3rd item didn't make it out before 'CNY' Shutdown.
Edit: - Arrived today 28th: - http://parcelsapp.com/en/tracking/UT967255355CN
Don't know shipping not from aliexpress.

Uncle Pierre · 27-01-2020 1:41pm

A newbie question from somebody who placed their first order on Ali Express a few weeks ago (January 3).

A mail received on January 8 said item was shipped by the seller on January 7. It also says purchase protection of the order will end on January 28. That’s tomorrow.

Item not received yet. The tracking just says ‘departed country of origin’ and estimated delivery date Jan 27 to Feb 7. So not exactly worried yet since we’re still just on Jan 27, but wondering what to do about the purchase protection?

Open dispute due to item not received would seem premature. The email also says I can click ‘request to extend purchase protection’, but I can’t find where to do this. It also suggests I could contact seller directly. Anybody able to give advice? Thanks.

Duke of Url · 27-01-2020 1:43pm

Anyone not planning to order from China for the time being?

ohnonotgmail · 27-01-2020 1:54pm

Duke of Url wrote: »

Anyone not planning to order from China for the time being?

no point. they wont get shipped until after chinese new year

Enrico Palazzo · 27-01-2020 1:54pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

A newbie question from somebody who placed their first order on Ali Express a few weeks ago (January 3).

A mail received on January 8 said item was shipped by the seller on January 7. It also says purchase protection of the order will end on January 28. That’s tomorrow.

Item not received yet. The tracking just says ‘departed country of origin’ and estimated delivery date Jan 27 to Feb 7. So not exactly worried yet since we’re still just on Jan 27, but wondering what to do about the purchase protection?

Open dispute due to item not received would seem premature. The email also says I can click ‘request to extend purchase protection’, but I can’t find where to do this. It also suggests I could contact seller directly. Anybody able to give advice? Thanks.

You should send the seller a message requesting PP extension and if they don't extend it by tomorrow morning, open a dispute. Make sure the PP does not expire as that successfully closes the transaction as far as ali are concerned. But given that the seller probably is off for holidays, you could as well open the dispute already now.
One typically requests extending PP a few days ahead of the expiry, to secure enough time.

Uncle Pierre · 27-01-2020 2:12pm

Okay, thanks.

The whole Chinese New Year thing hadn’t occurred to me. As I said, am new to this. Will send the seller a message anyway but won’t expect a response and will then open a dispute tomorrow before the PP actually runs out.

ohnonotgmail · 27-01-2020 2:20pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

A newbie question from somebody who placed their first order on Ali Express a few weeks ago (January 3).

A mail received on January 8 said item was shipped by the seller on January 7. It also says purchase protection of the order will end on January 28. That’s tomorrow.

Item not received yet. The tracking just says ‘departed country of origin’ and estimated delivery date Jan 27 to Feb 7. So not exactly worried yet since we’re still just on Jan 27, but wondering what to do about the purchase protection?

Open dispute due to item not received would seem premature. The email also says I can click ‘request to extend purchase protection’, but I can’t find where to do this. It also suggests I could contact seller directly. Anybody able to give advice? Thanks.

That purchase protection period seems a lot shorter than any i've seen on AX. Like the other poster said send them a message on AX asking them to extend PP. If they dont open a dispute.

corkie · 27-01-2020 2:35pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

The email also says I can click ‘request to extend purchase protection’, but I can’t find where to do this.

Click on Order 'View Detail' and there is a link to extend in that.

A popup should appear.

Submitting a Purchase Protection Extension Request

Please note: you are asking the seller for an extension of your Purchase Protection. The seller still needs to confirm if he agrees or disagrees. If the seller accepts your request, the On-Time Delivery date will also automatically be extended.

Request to extend Purchase Protection by days

But with China Shutting down for 'CNY' your request may not be processed.

Uncle Pierre · 28-01-2020 11:30am

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

That purchase protection period seems a lot shorter than any i've seen on AX.

Thanks to all again for the advice. Sent them a message yesterday to ask for an extension, no reply (didn't expect one in the circumstances), and opened a dispute this morning. Will see how it goes.

Am just curious about the point above here. I placed the order on January 3rd and as stated earlier, email arrived January 8th to say item shipped and PP would expire January 28th. That's three weeks. Is that really shorter than most, and if so, how long would be normal?

Sorry if too many newbie questions! Again, all help & advice much appreciated.

ohnonotgmail · 28-01-2020 11:42am

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

Thanks to all again for the advice. Sent them a message yesterday to ask for an extension, no reply (didn't expect one in the circumstances), and opened a dispute this morning. Will see how it goes.

Am just curious about the point above here. I placed the order on January 3rd and as stated earlier, email arrived January 8th to say item shipped and PP would expire January 28th. That's three weeks. Is that really shorter than most, and if so, how long would be normal?

Sorry if too many newbie questions! Again, all help & advice much appreciated.

My last few orders from AX have all had 60 days buyer protection. It actually makes no sense for the seller to offer less. You cannot raise a dispute about non-delivery until that time has passed.

ED E · 28-01-2020 11:30pm

Singapore Post:

2020-01-28 12:38
Product Delivered (Country code: IE)

2020-01-28 07:02
Receive item at delivery office (Country: IE)

2020-01-28 03:24
Arrival at Processing Center (Country code: IE)

2020-01-23 15:42
Arrival at Destination Post (Country: IE)

2020-01-23 08:20
Arrival at Destination Post (Country: IE)

2020-01-19 19:03
Despatched to overseas (Country code: IE)

2020-01-17 19:02
Received from Customer

Fasssssssssst.

Unfortunately there's a fault with the product but thats Ali for ya.

corkie · 01-02-2020 4:04pm

"Service alert: the ongoing coronavirus spread is placing China under defecto lockdown.
Local labor policy currently prevents staffs from returning to work as scheduled.
Customer service is available with limited capacity at this time as we work from home.
Shipping is now expected to resume normal service on February 10, 2020. More details to follow. "

Message on fasttech, so along with 'CNY' shutdown, expect delays on anything ordered.

ED E · 03-02-2020 11:40pm

2020-01-1410:11:21Order Information Received
2020-01-1615:03:23Package ReceivedNanjing
2020-01-1709:08:44Depature from Local Sorting CenterNanjing

Delivered 3/2/2020

Uncle Pierre · 04-02-2020 1:44pm

Just an update to say the thing I was wondering about a few days ago arrived safely today.

So:
Ordered January 3
Shipped January 10
Received February 4

dxhound2005 · 07-02-2020 2:33pm

Just in case anyone has to return a parcel to China, An Post have suspended all their outward mails services to the country.

https://www.anpost.com/Media-Centre/News/Suspension-of-mail-to-China

allthedoyles · 07-02-2020 9:27pm

I bought 3 items on 23rd January. Not shipped yet.

ohnonotgmail · 08-02-2020 11:59pm

allthedoyles wrote: »

I bought 3 items on 23rd January. Not shipped yet.

chinese new year

09-02-2020 12:50am

Got a message from an AliExpress seller with whom I have an order that the holiday has been extended again. They said the 15th which is odd. So hey don't order anything on AliExpress I guess!

muffler · 09-02-2020 1:17am

Deleted User wrote: »

Got a message from an AliExpress seller with whom I have an order that the holiday has been extended again. They said the 15th which is odd. So hey don't order anything on AliExpress I guess!

I placed 2 orders with AliExpress last Monday (3rd Feb) and got an email from one of the sellers yesterday to say the order was shipped. No word from the other seller yet but at least there's some movement

joujoujou · 09-02-2020 8:35am

muffler wrote: »

[...] got an email from one of the sellers yesterday to say the order was shipped. [...]

I wonder if really shipped or just tracking number entry created? Happened to me multiple times.

muffler · 09-02-2020 1:30pm

joujoujou wrote: »

I wonder if really shipped or just tracking number entry created? Happened to me multiple times.

Good point. I'll have to check the tracking in a couple of days

allthedoyles · 09-02-2020 10:55pm

I have 5 items on hold. Bought on AliExpress late January.
No movement yet.

silver2020 · 10-02-2020 10:52am

allthedoyles wrote: »

I have 5 items on hold. Bought on AliExpress late January.
No movement yet.

China Closed on 23rd January and reopened today after the extended new year break.

There will be a huge backlog and that's on top of freight issues.

Realistically, expect the items in early to mid March

18-02-2020 1:10pm

Coronavirus will have an effect also.

up to 15% of air freight goes on passenger planes which have been restricted / cancelled due to covid-19

ohnonotgmail · 18-02-2020 1:15pm

nothing moving from china at all at the moment. I have a couple of orders on Aliexpress that i made after the CNY ended and they still haven't shipped.

Shn99 · 18-02-2020 7:04pm

Port faces 'huge cancellation of ships' as virus shutdowns bite.
'Next to nothing' expected from China
https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/port-faces-huge-cancellation-of-ships-as-virus-shutdowns-bite-38966448.html

greasepalm · 18-02-2020 10:14pm

I have got all my wish items from china

dohouch · 02-03-2020 9:10am

Have a few orders coming from China,
From FastTech ordered 31 Jan got postage photo today coming with NL Post, normally expect about 3 weeks delivery time. Another with Banggood since 23 Jan, nothing happening there yet.
Small Ebay item posted 14 Feb no sign yet, but even normally could expect up to 4 weeks

corkie · 09-03-2020 10:44pm

Put in a small €3.96 Order tonight on aliexpress, anyone want to make bets (joking) on when/if it gets here or at all.

Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

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