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| cosmicray:
In the USA, small light packages inbound from China are generally handled by a 3rd party shipper until it reaches the nearest USPS network distribution center (where it is injected into the mailstream at the lowest rate available, typically zone 1 rates). So the bulk movement is at the leisure of the truckers / airlines / railroads who move bulk freight. This time of year, it is quite possible for which ever freight handler involved to have containers stuck in the snow. It happened to me about 15 years back when I sent a package from Florida to Alberta. When it left USPS's control, it vanished. One very sharp local postmaster (who had previously worked in USPS logistics) was able to determine that the missing package was sitting in a ULD at the Toronto airport (which was closed due to a blizzard). |
| Miti:
--- Quote from: Kosmic on February 14, 2024, 01:02:20 am ---I had the same issue lately. I always took the cheapest shipping option on aliexpress and shipping took normally around 1 month max. Sometimes better. But now it get stuck somewhere (if tracking is right it's in Canada), the due date expire on aliexpress and I end up receiving the package via Canada Post 1 months later (3 months total). --- End quote --- Same here. I ordered many things from Aliexpres and I had a package in 2022 that didn't come, all the rest were ok. This year I received 2 items out of 5 that I ordered. |
| Miti:
--- Quote from: cosmicray on February 14, 2024, 01:20:04 am ---One very sharp local postmaster (who had previously worked in USPS logistics) was able to determine that the missing package was sitting in a ULD at the Toronto airport (which was closed due to a blizzard). --- End quote --- Toronto again! |O |
| jpanhalt:
I was almost arrested in Toronto (I was detained in a holding area at the airport, but not in jail per se) for trying to enter illegally with a group of 3 others who had passports Fortunately, I was leading that team. We were there to visit a vendor in Etobicoke for a $5 million purchase (1990's dollars). The Customs officials wanted me to have a work permit, as it was not just a visit. I volunteered to get on the next flight back to the US. After quite a delay, they let me visit. The vendor didn't get the sale. I have had no problems with AliExpress and have received every item ordered. However, the cheapest shipping is slow in both countries, particularly in the US. SpeedPak has been quite fast on the China side, but once it gets to the US (Pitney Bowels), it takes forever. UPS is only slightly better. With either carrier, the package waits for days either at the point of entry (Chicago or New Jersey) or in a suburb of Columbus. Regular mail between Columbus and Cleveland is fairly quick. Digole apparently ships from Canada or China. A small item from Canada took almost as long as a shipment from China. In other words, it seems to me delays are mostly on our side of the Pacific. |
| Miti:
--- Quote from: jpanhalt on February 14, 2024, 03:28:47 am ---I was almost arrested in Toronto (I was detained in a holding area at the airport, but not in jail per se) for trying to enter illegally with a group of 3 others who had passports Fortunately, I was leading that team. We were there to visit a vendor in Etobicoke for a $5 million purchase (1990's dollars). The Customs officials wanted me to have a work permit, as it was not just a visit. I volunteered to get on the next flight back to the US. After quite a delay, they let me visit. The vendor didn't get the sale. --- End quote --- "How to lose 5 million dollars because of a customs dumbfuck". Manual proudly printed in Canada. |
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