Anyone still waiting for stuff from China?

Collibosher

mad muffin wrote: »

From Hong Kong to Ireland in 5 days :eek:

Holy fudge Batman!

Hong Kong to Ireland has always been quick for me. I have a supplier there who I order from every month, always around a week or so to get to me in Dublin.

China Post in general from the mainland is generally fairly quick for me, around two or three weeks.

It's the shipments that are sent via Yanwen/Economic that are an absolute lottery. Like a post above, had some stuff posted via Yanwen first week of February, tracking showed they'd ended up in Istanbul and nothing since. Had given up on them arriving, and one seller had refunded me without me even asking about it! They both turned up last week :rolleyes:

raxy

I'm finding an post to be the issue with my orders. 2 items I ordered have been sitting in fonthill for 10 days now & no sign of an post delivering them.
Phoned to query it last week to be told despite an post marking them as delivered successfully they are still in the depot waiting to be delivered.
Another item was marked as arrived at destination post office on 20th April but no sign of it.

juno10353

Duffryman wrote: »

Am considering ordering from Wish for the first time. I know it's probably been asked here a thousand times before, but I honestly can't find a recent answer to a pretty straightforward question - it is generally fairly reliable? I don't mind waiting 6 to 8 weeks for delivery if I can be sure things will eventually arrive properly.

Have ordered loads from Wish.
Read descriptions and reviews carefully.
Do not recommend clothing as the materials resemble umbrella covering.
Household products are good value.
Their customer service is really good. Complained about quality of clothing item, was asked for photo, once photo was sent the money was returned immediately.

Kamili

juno10353 wrote: »

Have ordered loads from Wish.
Read descriptions and reviews carefully.
Do not recommend clothing as the materials resemble umbrella covering.
Household products are good value.
Their customer service is really good. Complained about quality of clothing item, was asked for photo, once photo was sent the money was returned immediately.

+1 on this, also Wish have started asking for a copy of your bank statements and passport to continue using them.

Closed my account. You can find it on eBay cheaper (or Joom) in most cases anyway.

https://ie.trustpilot.com/review/www.wish.com

juno10353

Kamili wrote: »

+1 on this, also Wish have started asking for a copy of your bank statements and passport to continue using them.

Closed my account. You can find it on eBay cheaper (or Joom) in most cases anyway.

https://ie.trustpilot.com/review/www.wish.com

Use wish regularly and have never been asked for bank statements or passport details. Last order placed yesterday

corkie

AnPost holding things back again?

corkie wrote: »

Another item ordered Apr. 12 2019 should be hopefully delivered this week.
https://track.aftership.com/sypost/LP00128071311432?

Above item finally arrived today 24th May!

A month latter than when reported in the country.

False tracking info or is AnPost holding stuff back again?

archer22

I got an item yesterday that was posted over 9 weeks ago...I wonder if some of the delay is caused by An Post giving priority to 'fly tipping' election junk in our post boxes instead of delivering real mail.

Anyway they are a dreadful company now...kind of a another version of Fastway!

my3cents

archer22 wrote: »

I got an item yesterday that was posted over 9 weeks ago...I wonder if some of the delay is caused by An Post giving priority to 'fly tipping' election junk in our post boxes instead of delivering real mail.

Anyway they are a dreadful company now...kind of a another version of Fastway!

They get paid for fly tipping election junk but they don't get paid for stuff from China, you decide :pac:

archer22

my3cents wrote: »

They get paid for fly tipping election junk but they don't get paid for stuff from China, you decide :pac:

They do get paid for it,same as every other postal service in Europe...who have no difficulty with delivering it on time.

RossieMan

archer22 wrote:

They do get paid for it,same as every other postal service in Europe...who have no difficulty with delivering it on time.

Where have you information on how much they get paid? Would like to read it, as it's fairly well known they do not receive money for most of the post from China.

archer22

RossieMan wrote: »

Where have you information on how much they get paid? Would like to read it, as it's fairly well known they do not receive money for most of the post from China.

Read back over the thread you will find it...just because the Chinese government sponsors postage doesn't mean it's free.

my3cents

archer22 wrote: »

They do get paid for it,same as every other postal service in Europe...who have no difficulty with delivering it on time.

They don't get paid anything like the actual cost of delivering the items because China is still considered a developing nation under the agreements for international mail.

archer22

my3cents wrote: »

They don't get paid anything like the actual cost of delivering the items because China is still considered a developing nation under the agreements for international mail.

Well then An Post should come out and say they won't deliver it instead of acting the bollocks by delaying it.

ohnonotgmail

archer22 wrote: »

Read back over the thread you will find it...just because the Chinese government sponsors postage doesn't mean it's free.

my3cents wrote: »

They don't get paid anything like the actual cost of delivering the items because China is still considered a developing nation under the agreements for international mail.

they dont get paid what it costs them to deliver them. Actual figures are hard to come by but the US Post Office loses $1 on average for every parcel it receives from china.

https://www.ft.com/content/876bc3ec-aadb-11e8-8253-48106866cd8a

ohnonotgmail

archer22 wrote: »

Well then An Post should come out and say they won't deliver it instead of acting the bollocks by delaying it.

they have an obligation to deliver them.

RossieMan

archer22 wrote:

Well then An Post should come out and say they won't deliver it instead of acting the bollocks by delaying it.

They don't delay it. They do it when they have the manpower to sort it. It's not there priority. Getting in a massive container of unsorted mail must be a complete cluster **** to sort.

archer22

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

they have an obligation to deliver them.

So they have to deliver it anyway...but they just act like passive aggressive pricks about doing it.
So what do they gain by that

my3cents

archer22 wrote: »

So they have to deliver it anyway...but they just act like passive aggressive pricks about doing it.
So what do they gain by that

I honestly don't know but I think its a An Post management way of getting their own back on the Chinese for not paying their prices.

raxy

I think it's volume combined with incompetence. I had parcels marked as delivered successfully but not received. Eventually after complaining I was sent to the depot to collect. At the depot I was told they knew nothing about them & I would be contacted when they were found.
They delivered them the next day.

On the other hand I had an item marked as arrived in destination country yesterday morning 8am. When I got home there was an attempted delivery docket waiting for me.

joujoujou

That was surprisingly quick:



Another one, untracked, came after 11 weeks.

Thargor

17Track is telling me an item from Singapore arrived in Ireland 10 days ago, no results for the tracking on An Post, is there any point in me contacting them or should I just wait?

RossieMan

Thargor wrote:

17Track is telling me an item from Singapore arrived in Ireland 10 days ago, no results for the tracking on An Post, is there any point in me contacting them or should I just wait?

No point unless it's tracked. Even then you'll get fobbed off.

Thargor

RossieMan wrote: »

No point unless it's tracked. Even then you'll get fobbed off.

Well I have a tracking number that's how I know it's in Ireland, I'll give it another week and see.

snapslam

Thargor wrote: »

17Track is telling me an item from Singapore arrived in Ireland 10 days ago, no results for the tracking on An Post, is there any point in me contacting them or should I just wait?

I have two sent by Singapore post. One arrived in Ireland last Monday and second one yesterday. I rang an post as couldn't track either with them. I gave them first one's tracking and after about 2min on hold I was told he can see it still en route to Ireland. I didn't get to ask anything else as he must of just hang up! Anyways the first one seems to have arrived in Ireland again yesterday when I checked tracking? Think I'll choose China post next time delivered in 3 weeks with detailed tracking

theguzman

An item I ordered in the 22nd of April arrived this morning 28/05, so 5 weeks and a day.

Thargor

RossieMan wrote: »

No point unless it's tracked. Even then you'll get fobbed off.

snapslam wrote: »

I have two sent by Singapore post. One arrived in Ireland last Monday and second one yesterday. I rang an post as couldn't track either with them. I gave them first one's tracking and after about 2min on hold I was told he can see it still en route to Ireland. I didn't get to ask anything else as he must of just hang up! Anyways the first one seems to have arrived in Ireland again yesterday when I checked tracking? Think I'll choose China post next time delivered in 3 weeks with detailed tracking

Came today, not too bad.

snapslam

Thargor wrote: »

Came today, not too bad.

Did it show up on an post tracking or just arrive in your letterbox?

Thargor

Yeah I checked in the morning and both An Post and 17track reporting it as Out For Delivery then around 11am it changed to Delivered and I got an email from reception saying I had a package.

snapslam

Thargor wrote: »

Yeah I checked in the morning and both An Post and 17track reporting it as Out For Delivery then around 11am it changed to Delivered and I got an email from reception saying I had a package.

That's great, No sign of mine being delivered yet but there's hope now. Thanks!

Ilovemycharlie

waiting on a 10+ orders from DHGate atm.

Discodog

This seller must of heard about the problem

Estimated between Wed. 17 Jul. and Fri. 6 Sep.

Another interesting one which is just more proof of the deliberate delay on the part of An Post on the stuff from China.

Ordered something cheap (couple of dollars) on Aliexpress.

To my shock I got it in about 10 days.

Then out of interest I checked the tracking on it. It was sent not from China but from Laos.

Anything from China (which has similar processing and departure tracking times in terms of origin country departure) would be lucky to get here in a month and often much longer.

As volume from Laos hitting An Post is likely small it's not on the blacklist (unlike China, Hong Kong etc).

joujoujou

Things going noticeably better lately, I have to admit. These all were delivered today:



Still waiting for a few more though.

yes historically March to July is the "ok" time. order now for Christmas gifts as you may not get them in time otherwise!

whiterebel

glasso wrote: »

Another interesting one which is just more proof of the deliberate delay on the part of An Post on the stuff from China.

Ordered something cheap (couple of dollars) on Aliexpress.

To my shock I got it in about 10 days.

Then out of interest I checked the tracking on it. It was sent not from China but from Laos.

Anything from China (which has similar processing and departure tracking times in terms of origin country departure) would be lucky to get here in a month and often much longer.

As volume from Laos hitting An Post is likely small it's not on the blacklist (unlike China, Hong Kong etc).

Maybe you’re not aware, but there is an email in this thread where An Post tell a boards member that they can take up to 4 weeks to deliver parcels from outside the EU after arrival.

whiterebel

whiterebel wrote: »

Maybe you’re not aware, but there is an email in this thread where An Post tell a boards member that they can take up to 4 weeks to deliver parcels from outside the EU after arrival.

yep. that email was sent to me!

hence - more proof!

whiterebel

glasso wrote: »

yep. that email was sent to me!

hence - more proof!

Proof of what? They have told you what they are doing, its not like they’re hiding anything?

whiterebel

whiterebel wrote: »

Proof of what? They have told you what they are doing, its not like they’re hiding anything?

It's still annoying! And I don't think that that guy was supposed to be so forthcoming with the information.

michellie

Ordered "airpods" on aliexpress on the 17/06. All the reviews were great and all mentioned fast shipping (1-2 weeks)

25/06 - accepted by last mile carrier
30/06 - arrived in destination country

Still no sign of it arriving, no sign on the an post tracker.

mad muffin

michellie wrote: »

Ordered "airpods" on aliexpress on the 17/06. All the reviews were great and all mentioned fast shipping (1-2 weeks)

25/06 - accepted by last mile carrier
30/06 - arrived in destination country

Still no sign of it arriving, no sign on the an post tracker.

Is this with Singapore post?

Normally it says arrived at destination country.

Then up to two weeks or so later it will say it again. Then it will show in an post the next day.

michellie

mad muffin wrote: »

Is this with Singapore post?

Normally it says arrived at destination country.

Then up to two weeks or so later it will say it again. Then it will show in an post the next day.

Yep Singapore, hopefully will be soon. I was hoping to have it for next week

michellie

I just checked the tracking number on An post and theres an update, it's out for delivery! Should have it at 8am( work post gets delivered nice and early )

muffler

Ordered a phone case on EBay yesterday from a Chinese seller and got the dispatch email this morning saying delivery would be between 15 July and 6 September :eek:

dohouch

Received Ebay phone case today ( Value €3.33) , ordered 16 June = 16 days = probably shortest ever delivery time.

AllForIt

Hi, just noticed using track and trace that my phone is in customs after arriving in the country from China. Does this mean it's a certainty that I'll have to pay duty on it and a further wait while this is all processed? If so, how long does it usually take approximately. There was me thinking I'll have it by tomorrow. It's a LG V20 refurb, paid €95 for it. Never had to deal with anything like this before so I haven't a clue what to expect.

edit: Also just wondering if there is some reason track and trace is reporting that the package originated from Sweden when it dispatched from China.

Edit: Well I was always going to get an answer to this by way of time passing. A bill for 31 euro inc 10 handling charge and almost an extra full week wait. 10 euros seems a bit excessive to me when the VAT was only 20 euro.

SPDUB

AllForIt wrote: »

A bill for 31 euro inc 10 handling charge and almost an extra full week wait. 10 euros seems a bit excessive to me when the VAT was only 20 euro.

For An Post it basically takes the same amount of time and effort to process the item whether the VAT and/or Duty is €20 or €200

AllForIt

SPDUB wrote: »

For An Post it basically takes the same amount of time and effort to process the item whether the VAT and/or Duty is €20 or €200

Yeah your right. I'm just feeling sore. I could have bought the fone on ebay uk and got it less that I will pay now but it just didn't occur to me for a second I'd have to pay duty which is totally my error. I buy lots of tech stuff from china but usually for a value less than €20 which of course wouldn't be subject to duty.

corkie

@AllForIt Allot of stuff on ebay, gets shipped from china as well, plus It fairly well know not to trust ebay sellers for expensive devices.

There is better options for phones, with some having EU warehouse or ship the product through the same, so you don't get caught for vat. Check the android devices forum for threads and recommended sellers.

rgfuller

Received from amazon uk china based seller "2 x resistive stylus pen" today (Value €2) , ordered 3 July, dispatched 4th July, arrived 17th July, = 13 days, estimated delivery was the 29th July.

Berserker

dohouch wrote: »

Received Ebay phone case today ( Value €3.33) , ordered 16 June = 16 days = probably shortest ever delivery time.

How does customs work when ordering from China via ebay for delivery with Parcel Motel? Looking at buying an item which costs €30, in case the cost comes into play.