Wow, now that’s unacceptable klrman! Yeah, I realize ordering from China can take a long while and after you order, forget about receiving it in a timely matter but they could at least let you know when they will ship.
It's happened so many times I've lost count. I will say that two exceptions were Sofirn and Mateminco, they have been pretty good and when they say they will ship via epacket they really do.
They let us know when they ship it, we get a message on APP and/or e-mail! The thing is, it takes long in some stores.
Examples:
a) Sofirn took 1 day to ship the C01 flashlights on the 11/11, and when the sent it (logistic number created), I got a message.
b) some months ago, my girlfriend ordered some stuff from a papers crafts store and after 4 days, there was no notice, so she sent a message and in the next day the shipped it!
When we look at the stores “feedback” we can see if they took long or not to ship stuff and how communicative they are or not with costumer! Some stores may not be so fast on shipping due to the type of materials they have! Convoy is an example, Simon has to costumize all the flashlights’ according to our requests, so it is hard to do it being 1 or 2 people only 
Just some examples, not all stores have human resources to ship our stuff right away
Considering the mess that it could be sometimes, a week to start moving isn’t that much…
Yeah, it’s amazing sometimes because I’ve ordered from China and received my orders in less than 2-3 weeks. Others have taken 4-6 weeks. I’ve never had orders go beyond 2 months.
I know, I know, the old addage that when you order from China just forget about it until it arrives. It’s just that I wish they would at least tell you they’ll ship in 4-5 days or whatever.
Remember Ali is just taking orders, then they send a message out to whoever out there somewhere in China is providing the item and tell them to ship one to you.
Yep what that video shows in sorting center is really crazy but i mean before the parcel even leave the factory/seller.
An other weird thing i had several times is seeing the parcel "bouncing" many times at the export custom
That’s funny! I do remember watching a documentary about USPS and FedEx a couple of years ago and it showed all these complex conveyors completely loaded with packages
and employees plucking packages from one line and actually throwing them to another line and some bouncing around on the floor.
You want to talk about crazy tracking? This is for a Banggod order shipped 18 days ago. The last update, 17 days ago, shows it was loaded on a plane. Nothing after that. And what the heck happened at 9:41- exported to open and demolished? I’m hoping that’s a translation error.
2018-10-31 16:40
Shipped by airline
2018-10-31 16:21
Arrive at “Guangzhou terminal”
2018-10-31 08:30
Airline Shipment
2018-10-30 20:28
Leave the “Guangzhou terminal”, the next stop “Guangzhou”
2018-10-30 20:26
Departure from “Postal Dongguan post area”, Next stop “China Post Group Dongguan Mail Processing Center Bureau”
2018-10-30 19:03
Arrive at “Guangzhou terminal”
2018-10-30 16:30
Departure from “Postal Dongguan”, Next stop “Guangzhou terminal”
2018-10-30 15:07
“Dongguan Interchange Bureau” has been imported into the mutual seal
2018-10-30 15:07
“Dongguan Interchange Bureau” has been exported directly seal
2018-10-30 15:07
“Dongguan Interchange Bureau” has been exported to each other seal
2018-10-30 09:41
“Dongguan Interchange Bureau” has been exported to open and demolished
2018-10-30 09:40
Arrive at the “Dongguan Mail Processing Center Bureau”
2018-10-30 09:21
Leave the “Postal Dongguan e-commerce Parcel Bureau Mail”, the next stop “Dongguan International”
2018-10-30 09:21
Leave the “Postal Dongguan e-commerce Parcel Bureau Mail”, the next stop “China Post Group Dongguan Mail Processing Center Bureau”
2018-10-30 09:18
“Postal Dongguan e-commerce Parcel Bureau mail” has been collected and sent
LOL, now that's what I call tracking! A wonder any parcel even makes it to it's final destination.
@klrman, this will be both of us these winter season. We’ll have to wait until next year to receive our packages lol.
Shipping to Canada is that long usually (not counting strikes) ?
No. It’s usually pretty quick for China shipping. I usually get my packages within 2 to 3 weeks.
With the strikes on the west coast however, that waiting time has been doubled.
So I’m not expecting to get my Sofirn C01 until the holiday, so that will probably be delayed until next year.
And let’s not talk about the Fireflies PL47 lol.
Whoa !
That’s more than twice as long as what i’m used too.
Holy smokes!!
I wonder if they sometimes accidentally ship an employee with the packages…
Depends who you are ordering from. Except for sofirn and a few others, I've stayed away from Aliexpress because of the ridiculous transit times and fake tracking updates.
At least 2019 is going to be a great year lol.
Finally got an update to my tracking. The package that was shipped from China, by airline, October 31, arrived in New York at 9 pm, Nov 17. That’s a 17 day flight from China to USA.
Yeah, when I ordered a bodycam, I never expected to get a whole body with it.
Since the most shops don’t have warehouses themselves, all they do is order the part from a bigger company to you and mark the order as shipped…