Anyone getting deliveries from overseas?

[Nikolas (Nik)]

Hi all
Just asking how deliveries are going from overseas, China and Europe mainly I hear all sorts of convoluted reports but am interested in anyones first hand experience.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Nikolas

Hi all
Just asking how deliveries are going from overseas, China and Europe mainly I hear all sorts of convoluted reports but am interested in anyones first hand experience.

I had 3 deliveries from China for orders placed in Feb and March. Two arrived damaged and one disappeared/never arrived so waiting on a refund. The two others I lodged the usual paypal dispute but was told eventually to suck it up.

[AndyG (Andy)]

I have 2 Ebay economy freight items from Ebay waiitng since early March. Under $20 postage so not too worried. One of the Sellers even asked me how it's going. I told them I'd wait another 2 weeks and let them know.
Still waiting on a Camera from Bintel. I hope they call me once it's in. No idea when that will be. Patience is a virtue, so they say

[DarkArts]

I have a small, low-cost item from China that's about a month overdue. It may still turn up ...

[DeWynter (ILYA)]

China is delivering (eBay and Aliexpress) but at much longer times.
Germany - can be delivered to AU only by UPS (a bit more expensive and slightly longer delivery time). No other delivery options are available ATM.
Spain - no delivery to other countries right now.

[Wilso]

A lot of items use to come with unused cargo on passenger planes also, so that has dried up. Austpost said they have to charter planes to get deliveries to Australia. I don’t think I’ll be ordering from overseas for a while now.
Good luck with your deliveries

[The_bluester (Paul)]

I am waiting on a small part from the US, previously things from there were pretty quick across the US and then maybe two days from departing the states before they hit Australia. 15 days and counting since what I am waiting on left the states via USPS first class international. Fleabay has reset the estimated delivery date to 15 May, so six weeks...

And the part that is to screw into is MIA as well, I should follow up with the local supplier and check if he is in the same boat as me, waiting for delivery of a part from outside Aus, not something I could get made locally unfortunately.

[Exfso (Peter)]

I got an order in from the USA, made it to Sydney 2 weeks ago, still showing as sitting there on tracking.

Also got 4 orders from the UK for Amiga bits and pieces, so I reckon there could be quite a wait for them too.

[chrisp9au (Chris)]

Waiting on an Orion scope cloak from the USA. Orion apparently closed for now.

[pgc hunter]

I ordered some DVDs which were dispatched from the UK. Nearly 2 months and counting now...

[TwistedRider (Drew)]

Waiting on 1 from China. About 2 weeks overdue so far

3 from Qld. In transit for 10 days so far... Suspect another 10 might be needed yet

[FlashDrive (Poppy)]

Waiting for a Radio Part from China .....ordered on the 8th Feb' ....around 9 weeks now .. still waiting.

Waiting for an order from Agena Astro ..... USPS shows it still sitting at International Dispatch Center as at the 8th of this month...that was 15 days ago ...still waiting.

Col.

[DeWynter (ILYA)]

Just a few tips. Most "government" postal services like USPS, AusPOST etc (including EMS) are using passenger aircrafts for shipping. Because passenger fleets are grounded it's very difficult to deliver anything with "default" shipping provider. Courier services like DHL, FedEx and UPS are using their own aircrafts to major destinations and therefore could deliver. So if you want to purchase anything from overseas then try using UPS/FedEx/DHL. But please do check their websites if they are delivering to Australia from the country of origin.

UPS: https://www.ups.com/cn/en/service-alerts.page?id=alert1 (delivery from US, Europe etc to Australia is possible)
DHL: https://www.simplydhl.com/covid-19updates (US to AU - possible, Europe to AU - technically possible as webb, but check with the shop)
FedEx: https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fe...cts_Apr_23.pdf (Not clear, better to drop them an email to clarify)

[castor]

Ordered Minox 10x52 binoculars from B&H in New York - arrived in two working days. Courier order from Brisbane also arrived very quickly.

2 recent, small, Australia Post parcels from Qld (I'm in Melbourne). One arrived almost on-time, other has been in transit for 8 days with no progress.

[h0ughy (David)]

Yes took 8 weeks

[astroron (Ron)]

A book coming from Book depository UK not arrived.
They said it was shipped over 1 month ago.
Normally takes about a fortnight,no sign of it so far.
Large book parcel came from Amazon 10 days before the predicted
delivery time.
Cheers

[RB (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by h0ughy

Yes took 8 weeks

A drop in the ocean compared to the unboxing....

[h0ughy (David)]

Originally Posted by RB

A drop in the ocean compared to the unboxing....

Took 30seconds and was on the scope in 5minutes

[DeWynter (ILYA)]

FYI. Ordered items at Telescope-Express in Germany this Tuesday. Arrived to Sydney today with UPS.

[astroron (Ron)]

Book arrived today 1 month and 8 days.
But at least it is here.
Cheers