Experiences/advice with Airsoft retailers.

defenderdude

ScumLord wrote: »

Was it actually shipped or did they forget to post it?

They said they posted it on the 20th and gave me a tracking ref accordingly. I have checked it but it just says that an item left HK on the 22 Nov. Nothing else, and I cant trace it on anyother system - an post etc...

I did order other items after this item (3*M88 helmets $10+ $40 shipping), and they arrived last week.
Over all I think they are quite good but in almost 200 ebay transactions - I've yet to have an item not turn up (sending or receiving).
All I can do is wait...

I did buy a foldable M4 stock from them on the 26Nov. just looked for the shipping confirmation email but I cant find it - I hope they have actually sent the fec**** thing...

Grrrrrrr:mad:

What can I do:) but wait

My advice is to hold tight m8.

cpb

Aidan ring an post customer service 1850575859 with the HK post reference they can tell you if the package made it to Ireland. An post normally put their own reference on it then.

ScumLord

Suppose I'll just have to play the waiting game. I was hoping to have the stuff for this weekend so I could go down to gtac but it's looking unlikely now.

defenderdude

cpb wrote: »

Aidan ring an post customer service 1850575859 with the HK post reference they can tell you if the package made it to Ireland. An post normally put their own reference on it then.

Cool!:D
Thanks Cormac for the head-up!
Will try that number this afternoon

edit:

Just rang them and there's no record of it having arrived in Ireland yet.
At least I know...
Thanks again C.

cpb

No problem defenderdude.

Big Thanks to lads in airsofteire.com your 24 hr service is great.:D

AirsoftEire.com

It keeps them coming back.
You're welcome.

In regards the whole delivery from Asia issue, i rang An Post and there seems to be an issue with ALL post coming from that direction, it's not just the retailers.

I've been waiting on a package myself for three weeks and the HK tracking number still hasn't entered the Irish system yet.
The support guy told me that another person rang up just before I did and his package turned up in and around the 3-3.5 week mark, so apparently there is a large delay somewhere along the line.
Steve

kdouglas

While you can expect post to be delayed a fair bit due to the fact that it's coming up to christmas, some of the retailers are not helping either, i'm waiting on 3 orders at the moment, one from each of rsov.com ehobbyasia.com and ebaybanned.com, they are all miscelleanous parts, nothing major, but the total for all 3 orders is probably around 250-300euro

rsov.com shipped last week some time, scheduled for delivery today, normally they ship stuff out after 1, maybe 2 days, but it was a good 4 or 5 before it left hong kong
ehobbyasia was order and paid for over 2 weeks ago, and i only got a tracking number this morning
ebaybanned.com i'm having issues with as my order didnt show up on the account pages of their site after i paid for it, i've been told via email and IM that it's fine, and the order will be shipped but i've yet to receive shipping confirmation, this was also order about 2 weeks ago

so while the postal service is slower than usual due to the christmas rush, some of the retailers are slower aswell, however i do understand that they are also likely to be very busy and given that none of my orders contains an aeg, they are probably of a lower priority

Masada

dunno why your all having trouble with the postal service, i know they say its usually a lot slower this time of year but ive had loads of deliveries recently, only last week i got an M9 from america in about 9days standard mail, then i got the red dot site from ehobby after about 7 days, im due in a supressor and an M4 fire selector any time soon now from ehobby aswell.

Shiva

vtec wrote: »

dunno why your all having trouble with the postal service, i know they say its usually a lot slower this time of year but ive had loads of deliveries recently, only last week i got an M9 from america in about 9days standard mail, then i got the red dot site from ehobby after about 7 days, im due in a supressor and an M4 fire selector any time soon now from ehobby aswell.

I've had four deliveries from eHobby over the last week or so as well, all in a timely fashion.

AirsoftEire.com

Minutes after me posting in this thread about hong kong post, my delivery arrived today.
Great stuff. Still took 3.5 weeks...

Steve

kinkstr

AirsoftEire.com wrote: »

Minutes after me posting in this thread about hong kong post, my delivery arrived today.
Great stuff. Still took 3.5 weeks...

Steve

My holster arrived from you today, quick delivery and best holster ive bought so far, really solid.

AirsoftEire.com

Good stuff, the internal skeleton gives it great rigidity.

I reckon anyone that hasn't revieved Hong Kong post yet, will do sometime this week.

kinkstr

Hong Kong post seems fine for me, ehobby posted me a package on the 10th, the tracking is showing it as in Portlaoise today.

defenderdude

Only yesterday was I whinging about lack of package from eHobby asia - spoke to the post office and they told me the package is not in the country yet...

Guess what arrived today!:o:D

Things are just slow at the mo (bought on 16th Nov arrived 12th Dec) but happy nevertheless.

Now, where are the rest of the packages I'm expecting...:D

liamo333

Got an order from airsoft global in 2 days from hong kong the other day:)

kinkstr

Just got my order from MIA to, thanks for the free pack of bull's eye targets.:)

0ubliette

ordered the super 90 from airsofteire.com on tuesday, posted wednesday, arrived thursday! Couldnt ask for better than that now could ya?

ScumLord

It landed in ireland last night! Now what are the chances An Post will get it to me before the weekend. I have faith in you An Post, Gods speed to you Pat. Gods speed.

Stercus Accidit

0ubliette wrote: »

ordered the super 90 on tuesday, posted wednesday, arrived thursday! Couldnt ask for better than that now could ya?

Whats that?

Dont say its the super 9.....

Stercus Accidit

Airsoftmall.

I bought a spas 12 on their ebay, for 1 cent.

Requested an invoice and they sent one for $49.98, 49.99 altogether, very convenient.

Obviously recouping costs through shipping so I sent them three messages, no replies, opened a dispute, posted twice, no replies, only automated warnings of bad feedback.

The only responce to my dispute was I was reported for not paying, and received a non payment strike, obvious attemp to get me to cough up 50 quid, for 1.5kgs from the us.

F' em, left negative feedback and intend to give bad reviews, here, arnies, asf, asr etc.

F' em.

0ubliette

Motosam wrote: »

Whats that?

Dont say its the super 9.....

benelli M3 super 90 shotgun...no idea what a super 9 is..

Stercus Accidit

0ubliette wrote: »

benelli M3 super 90 shotgun...no idea what a super 9 is..

Dont ever find out!

Just a regular scam on ebay etc., best sniper ever! full metal!

Full plastic, crap, **** etc.

ScumLord

Everything arrived on time. Didn't pay anything extra.

I don't know how they manage to pick the right sizes all the sizes on the tags of the uniform are way off what they actually are. The only other problem is the mag pouch I ordered probably won't take my Thompson and mac11 mags but that's my fault, it's a bit of a tight fit but I guess I can't blame the Chinese for me putting on weight..

Very pleased over all 15 days to deliver.

[--SC(+)PE--]

so ya going to g-tac on sunday then Scumlord ?

Big thumbs up for uncle Shiva i just recieved my mossberg shotgun a few minutes ago [posted yesterday ] I only fired 5 shots with it so far my god i love the thing already

first impressions are its very heavy, sounds savage when racked and has a satisfying loud pop/bang when fired.
Cheers Tony

ScumLord

[--SC(+)PE--] wrote: »

so ya going to g-tac on sunday then Scumlord ?

It's looking highly likely, will just have to avoid the booze on saturday. But if I go to the boards Galway beers that should satisfy the alco in me for this weekend.

[--SC(+)PE--]

happy days so, cant wait to get this shotty out in the field

kdouglas

[--SC(+)PE--] wrote: »

so ya going to g-tac on sunday then Scumlord ?

Big thumbs up for uncle Shiva i just recieved my mossberg shotgun a few minutes ago [posted yesterday ] I only fired 5 shots with it so far my god i love the thing already

first impressions are its very heavy, sounds savage when racked and has a satisfying loud pop/bang when fired.
Cheers Tony

There here???!?!?!?! I WANT I WANT I WANT

Didnt know shiva had them in already

[--SC(+)PE--]

The hell ya doing here talking to me? lol
*prods with shotty* Go!

zero19

Ok during my international hunt for airsoft retailers in search of oddities i found this crowd in italy http://www.arcoefrecce.it/ ordered a small item from them to test the waters, payed via bank transfer as it's the handiest for me, waited a week, no confirmation of payment...Emailed them about it they said they haven't recieved payment but it has been sent 2 weeks previous, no reply since i have let them know that...I'm not a happy bunny right now :mad:

Fallschirmjager

zero19 wrote: »

Ok during my international hunt for airsoft retailers in search of oddities i found this crowd in italy http://www.arcoefrecce.it/ ordered a small item from them to test the waters, payed via bank transfer as it's the handiest for me, waited a week, no confirmation of payment...Emailed them about it they said they haven't recieved payment but it has been sent 2 weeks previous, no reply since i have let them know that...I'm not a happy bunny right now :mad:

ask your bank for a confirmation slip of the transfer, maybe they made a mistake.

kdouglas

ordered a multicam fleece-lined parka from landwarriorairsoft.com last week, they have a decent range of stuff and especially replica multicam if you dont fancy ordering from china, they are based in Edinburgh

Had a few emails back and forth with Scott regarding shipping and stuff to Ireland, the p&p was a bit more than listed on site, but he was very helpful in getting it sorted and getting the tracking number to me

o1s1n

Had my g19 sent out by ehobbyasia on Friday. Postie delivered it this morning. Fastest order I've had from them yet

NakedDex

Two orders placed on Decemeber 31st. One with WGC and one with EbayBanned. Both instant payment with paypal.

It is now January 9th and I still have nothing. WGC did email me to apologise about some public holiday but I heard nothing from EbayBanned.

Emailed both for status on orders 3 days ago (if I don't have both orders by Friday, I don't have a working rifle for Saturday). No word from WGC. EbayBanned says the bipod shipped on the 2nd and the rest shipped after that in another package (didn't say whether or not "after" meanth 10 minutes later or a week later).


What are the chances of me actually getting these before Friday?

tonyj_mc

NakedDex wrote: »

Two orders placed on Decemeber 31st. One with WGC and one with EbayBanned. Both instant payment with paypal.

It is now January 9th and I still have nothing. WGC did email me to apologise about some public holiday but I heard nothing from EbayBanned.

Emailed both for status on orders 3 days ago (if I don't have both orders by Friday, I don't have a working rifle for Saturday). No word from WGC. EbayBanned says the bipod shipped on the 2nd and the rest shipped after that in another package (didn't say whether or not "after" meanth 10 minutes later or a week later).


What are the chances of me actually getting these before Friday?

the same happned with me and ebaybanned, got no answer to e-mails or anything but then it just arrived about a week later or so

NakedDex

He emailed me back and apologised for the confusion (in doing so confused me even more), I'm just getting anxious that there's only two days left for this stuff to arrive before I planned to use it.

Gran Hermano

I've placed several orders with Paul in ebaybanned over the last couple of
months and must say I've found him quick in replying (yes there's the usual
Engrish issue but that's par for the course when buying anything from China).
Overall I was surprised by the service and quality - in a good way!
My only complaint was that I found sizing a tad inconsistent.

Delivery tends to take 2-3 weeks. Mail him for a tracking number if you
haven't done so already. Once the parcel lands in Ireland you'll at least
be able to track it from Portlaoise sorting office to your house. If the
An Post site isn't finding the tracking number by Thursday I reckon it's highly
unlikely you'll have it for the weekend.

cpb

I ordered stuff from ebaybanned on 17/12/07 and only got it Tuesday this week. Reckon the postal service was crazy over xmas as the post mark was dated 18/12/07.

NakedDex

Pants, just back from work, still nothing from either company. Looks like I'll have to postpone Saturday for at least a week.

Squad 701

Hi there all,
First post, only on my second import from Hong-Kong (WGC) and my package (KSC Glock 19 M/slide) is stuck in Port Laoise - into customs.
Obviously I know it's eventually going to arrive, but I can't believe how many times today I punched in that tracking number on An Posts site expecting to see 'from customs' but to no avail, looks like this is going to be a 3-day job.
Bad luck for me as I should be due 2 more on Monday, when I'm not off work, and the other-half will go mental when the delivery man arrives at the door.
I'm sure everyones heard 'what do you need another gun for' by now

NakedDex

Customs doesn't always strike, last time I got hit by customs it only added a day onto the delivery so it may turn up quicker than you thought. Smaller items or ones that aren't gun shaped, like magazines usually miss customs in my experience

deepimpact

Squad 701: I know the feeling. My CA M203, 2 P229 mags and a few other bits 'n' bobs are in customs for the last three days.
I'm getting a bit annoyed now since my last few orders just flew into and out of customs (there were charges due on both)

kinkstr

NakedDex wrote: »

Customs doesn't always strike, last time I got hit by customs it only added a day onto the delivery so it may turn up quicker than you thought. Smaller items or ones that aren't gun shaped, like magazines usually miss customs in my experience

Yea same here, a few bits ive got from hongwong have been held by customs for maybe a day and then they arrived a day or two later with no extra charges.

Squad 701

Hi Guys,
thanks for the feedback, but by Monday/Tuesday I will be an expert on the in & outs of customs delays and there ways.
As of 12.10 today my KSC Glock 19 M/slide) is still into customs, that's since Wednesday morning, and a couple of there friends have just arrived to keep them company, luckily enough not in customs just yet though, they are a KSC Beretta M9 full metal & Tanaka Sig Sauer 229.
And the moral of the story is never take time of work for deliveries, Murphy's Law - it doesn't work out.
Now the hard part, gently breaking it to my good lady that a delivery man with some very heavy CD's/DVD's will be here on Monday morning expecting a lot of money :rolleyes:
Plan 2 : mid next week explaining Custom Gock 26 (metal not 26c) and KSC Beretta 8000 Cougar (silver), books maybe ! Japanese heavy ones

NakedDex

WGC order arrived today. I had an email from them apologising for and explaining the delay. Good show.

EbayBanned order still hasn't arrived and I still haven't recieved a tracking number. I wouldn't mind them being late as much if I had the tracking number to know where they are.

defenderdude

NakedDex wrote: »

WGC order arrived today. I had an email from them apologising for and explaining the delay. Good show.

EbayBanned order still hasn't arrived and I still haven't recieved a tracking number. I wouldn't mind them being late as much if I had the tracking number to know where they are.

I'm surprised Paul from Ebaybanned hasnt given you a tracking number - I assume you asked for it specifically as I find he doesnt give them unless requested specifically.

I just got an order this week from him - it was posted on the 18 Dec so i guess there are delays...:( I wouldnt worry tho.

BTW, he has changed email address! - pm me if you need the new one.

NakedDex

Yeah I figured there were delays but I didn't anticipate this much

NakedDex

Finally got a tracking number from EbayBanned (2 and a half weeks after ordering and a week after requesting it). But he didn't say where I'm supposed to enter the bloody number? Anyone know where?

Lemming

I've had a (to date) outstanding experience with Tactical Airsoft Supply. I got a Guarder SOG vest (still to arrive), and a Tru-spec BDU top (which has arrived along with Alice clips). They don't sell Alice clips, which I had asked about for the vest MOLLE components, and the guy took the clips off his own LBV vest instead and sent them along as compliments for buying fromt hem.

They're quick to reply to emails (given the GMT offset issue) and very helpful. Shipping was reasonable.

The Master

Dex,

Here first
http://app1.hongkongpost.com/CGI/mt/enquiry.jsp

And when it gets to Ireland

http://track.anpost.ie/track/trackone.html

NakedDex

Cheers Rob

Apparently it left HK on the 11th. That's a long time after I ordered it. Not pleased.

No idea where it is now as the tracking number isn't recognised by An Post.