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precaud:
I've been buying China-sourced items exclusively thru eBay until this year. I decided to give Aliexpress a try, with their "AliExpress Standard Shipping".

The first order was shipped and processed reasonably quickly, 19 days from order to delivery.

Since then it's been molasses. The sellers are shipping the orders, they are sent to an Aliexpress consolidation warehouse, where they sit for days. I have two orders now that have been sitting there since Feb 25. The sellers both say, there is nothing they can do.

Four days later I made two orders from eBay vendors in China; one by Speedpak, which is managed by UPS and is very good, and the other by some unnamed global economy method. Both were shipped and processed without delay, and have already been processed thru US customs.

I like the selection and prices on Aliexpress. But the waiting times are proving not to be worth it.

Is your experience (to USA) similar?

SilverSolder:

--- Quote from: precaud on March 04, 2021, 04:17:37 pm ---I've been buying China-sourced items exclusively thru eBay until this year. I decided to give Aliexpress a try, with their "AliExpress Standard Shipping".

The first order was shipped and processed reasonably quickly, 19 days from order to delivery.

Since then it's been molasses. The sellers are shipping the orders, they are sent to an Aliexpress consolidation warehouse, where they sit for days. I have two orders now that have been sitting there since Feb 25. The sellers both say, there is nothing they can do.

Four days later I made two orders from eBay vendors in China; one by Speedpak, which is managed by UPS and is very good, and the other by some unnamed global economy method. Both were shipped and processed without delay, and have already been processed thru US customs.

I like the selection and prices on Aliexpress. But the waiting times are proving not to be worth it.

Is your experience (to USA) similar?

--- End quote ---

I have used Aliexpress a few times, and found the delivery times to be "within reason", but that was a year or so ago.

Something seems terribly wrong with shipping via USPS in general at the moment.  I bought a small item in Oregon - via eBay - on Feb 16, and it still hasn't arrived... 16 days later. (USPS in low temperature molasses mode, sender shipped promptly).

Stuff I buy from neighbouring states that normally arrives next day via USPS is now taking 2-5 days to arrive... 



precaud:
I've not had any issues with USPS, outgoing or incoming. Except for mailbox thievery which has been rampant around here lately.

BrokenYugo:
The two things this year I had shipped with that option both came in three weeks. Speekpak is usually about two for me and ideally the only way I buy from China on ebay. I made those orders before Chinese New Year though, I imagine that's probably the issue here, they're probably still getting caught up.

Just be glad it isn't the bad old days when a lot of the cheap shipping went untracked ocean freight that took so long you forgot what you ordered when it finally arrived.

rsjsouza:
All packages from Aliexpress arrived within reason but still slower than previous years. Only one package where the Aneng official store goofed up and did not send the package. Three months later Aliexpress stepped up and refunded me the package.

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