Mine look the same way. I look at the LED and think also that Iām picking the 3200, but the 5600 is the warmer looking one. I was confused for a minute when first playing with them last night.
21.11.2018 22.00 order made
22.11.2018 03.00 price adjusted and paid shortly after
22.11.2018 12.00 āshippedā
24.11.2018 22.00 actually shipped
06.12.2018 18.00 arrived in Finland
Iād expect the parcel to be available for pickup at my local post office next Monday or Tuesday unless the customs decides to take a look at it.
If you really want the lights, just relax & give it time. Youāll get the lights sooner or later. Iām in the same boat you are, but I have every confidence they will get here sooner or later.
My experience with AliExpress is always the ālaterā part of āsooner or laterā by the way.
Thatās just how it is.
Especially coming on the heels of the big 11/11 sale, the China-US transportation is likely overburdened right now and running a bit slower than usual.
I get that, but what perplexes and worries me is other people who ordered after me have gotten theirs already, or theirās are at least in the States.
Many times there is no ārhyme or reasonā when dealing with shipping from China defloyd77. That is just how it is sometimes. Yours may have been sent by a different carrier, a slower boat, etc., etc. Give it timeā¦ youāll get it.
Teacher is wise. I ordered on the 10th in the first 300. Paid full price for one of each. They probably oversold that batch and are having to wait for manufacturing. It may take till February to get them and with Chinese New year it might be April. You never know.
Looking forward to trying out my new C01ās when they get here, Iām especially excited for it being a good AAA light with high CRI. Iāve come to appreciate the portability of AAA lights and pretty much always have one on me, usually the BLF-348. Itād be nice to complement that with one of these 3200K C01ās
That is another thing you must realize defloyd77, āshipped outā does not always mean āSHIPPED OUTā. That is just another thing some Chinese vendors like AE do sometimes. :person_facepalming: .
The packages may actually be sitting around somewhere waiting to start their jourjey to you. Iām not condoning that practice, that is just how it is.
For exampleā¦ mine supposedly āshipped outā over 2 weeks ago, the day after I placed the order. But even though they have a Tracking Number they have not even entered the Tracking System yetā¦ā¦ they just have a number. They are sitting around waiting to actually start their journey.
I know this is probably not what you want to hear, but it is how it is. Try to be patientā¦. they will get to you. Probably later than sooner though.
Here yaā go, a picture of some packages loaded on a ātiller steerā launch & sitting on the dock on the bayā¦. waiting to be loaded on the āSlo Boatā from China to begin their journey toward delivery. .
Any questions why Standard Free Shipping sometimes a long time??
To all those out there waiting on your orders to arrive from China: I feel your discomfort.
One of my packages from China took over 3 months to show up at my home.
Personally I do not mind slow, however this was overdoing it ā¦
This was an exception though, as most of my orders arrived within 3 to 6 weeks.
And up till now not a single package got lost
I am still amazed by how this āfreeā shipping from China actually can function at all; especially when you look at those pictures of the complete chaos of the logistics.
The trade-off of no-cost shipping, however seems to be no-speed delivery.
Especially during peak periods, such as Thanksgiving, Sinterklaas (Netherlands only), Christmas, or Chinese New Year.