Aliexpress - never again

Totally agree.
Banggood does ship some stuff from the US. They use that silly FedPost shipping, which takes a while but at least the tracking is real.
I have a MF01 that is in FedEx. It shows that it left the FedEx hub in NJ on Sat. Nothing since (that is only about an hour from my house). But I think the FedPost stuff is not a priority, they will probably drop it at the Post Office Tues or Wed. Annoying.

Do you know who the shipping company is?use Yodel

I am in the UK and a lot of Asia shippers BG AE GB use Yodel, I can only track once its in the UK at the delivery depot.

If you don't know the shipper, putting shipping number into google can help

Other tracking services to try:

https://global.cainiao.com/detail.htm?mailNoList=ENTERNUMBERHERE

Try the track-order button right on the order page. Lotta times that has more info than 3rd-party trackers.

Then again, I’ve had items stuck at “handed over to airline” for weeks which suddenly arrive without notice. Hell, a less-than-scrupulous person could just wait out the clock and then claim it’s a no-show, so I don’t quite understand how/why they use such crappy carriers and tracking.

Still, I ordered some paring knives from Amazon(!), and it’s being shipped from Outer Crapistan via some carrier I never heard of, and later got an email from the seller saying, “Hey, it’ll take a few weeks (or months), but you’ll get it, so don’t worry! Please be patiently!”, or something to that effect.

So… it seems like a race to the bottom allllll over.

Sometimes tracking numbers don't appear in the system until after the item is delivered.

This has happened to me more than once, even with domestic shipping.

My advice for Americans:

Don't worry about international packages after three weeks.

But be sure to contact the seller after six weeks.

It is an EMS number. They usually track

Cainiao says
packed for picking up.

Not sure that means anything.

On my phone I use this app:

Site version:

It normally gives me all the official and non-official tracking numbers of my orders.
Last time it happened was with the Lumintops Tool AA/ Tool25 from their store at AliExpress.

EDIT: And…things from Simon normally take a long time to arrive. I only had I thing missing and I was refunded by him!
We know what to expect from long shipping…

If you look at price you pay for shipping from China, its no wonder items go missing. I had an S11 host go missing. Simon was quick to reply and send out another.
I had a 1080p PTZ CCTV camera from Banggood. When it arrived it was just PT, no Z and only 720p. Got nowhere with Banggood. Opened a dispute with PayPal, who said to ship it back for refund. The shipping costs was more than the item. I asked PayPal many times if the return shipping scheme would cover this, but by the time they replied my return window lapsed (by an hour or so) and I lost the chance to get a refund.
On AliExpress I did get a 50% refund for the ‘For Samsung INR18650 30Q’ LiitoKala store sold.

You win some, you lose some.

Yup

The last problem I had with an Ali order, the package was shown by tracking as delivered last May to an address in the Midwest (not even close to me).
When I asked they told me it was held up at Customs but should be released “soon” and on its way.
Hmmmm.

USPS usually tracks as well when you pay for tracking, but not always.

When is/was the expected delivery date?

There is none because there is no tracking.
“60 day guaranteed delivery”.
OK, that’s fine. Just don’t jerk me around with tracking numbers that don’t track

Sometimes i use packageradar to track packages from China.
Works better then 17track half of the time.

I always get an expected delivery date even when tracking doesn't work.

And the problem might be with the delivery service, not the AliExpress seller.

The seller might just be providing the tracking number that the delivery service gave them.

Over here in the UK (London) USPS refuse to get out of the van to walk up 11 steps to the door, always leave it at local pickup point.

So you just joined and used your first post to tell everyone how stupid they are?

Both types of packages get tracked in the USA so I fail to see your point, and I am not sure if you are using a translator but it is almost impossible to follow what you are trying to say.

What policy states not to give valid tracking information? Please tell us?

At least he is honest about why he joined.