Sofirn Warning! *Shipping Now Take Many Moons*

Maybe a class action suit ? Sort of like a group buy in reverse .

I had another SG post order (intl-outdoor) get dispatched to the slow boat after sitting at the airport for 25 days, but the Sofirn order isnt doing anything. I ordered through Amazon and its claiming an arrival at late as July 1st.

I got one for one of my AE orders. Not looking good. Even my Convoy orders are stalled up which they usually get here quicker than most.

Meanwhile, Sofirn is getting cute:
https://sofirnlight.com/cob-keychain-light-4pcs-p0111.html
COB keychain light

It’s not at the Ali store. And some things at their Ali store are not at sofirnlight.com

I got a set of those, I think offa Amazon a ways back. Cute little buggers.

Unfortunately, I’ve been discovering that “shipment accepted by airline” isn’t the same as “shipment will be flown to your country”.

Some of my Aliexpress orders from various suppliers have repeated cycles of “shipment accepted by airline” and “shipment returned to China Post”, i.e. the airlines don’t have enough capacity to carry all the airmail, so it sits in the airline’s warehouse for a couple of weeks, then gets handed back to China Post for another go.

At least one of my orders has been through three of those ping-pong cycles already; China Post have actually handed it back to the airline for the fourth time now. Goodness knows when it will actually arrive here in Scotland.

I ordered the latest SP70 yesterday from Lan/Barry at sofirn.com. It is the newer 5k model listed as the “SP70 w/7000 lumen for flasholic -preorder”. I told Lan IF he’d tell me the truth on time to being in stock, I’d order one. He told me about 2-3 weeks THEN it will be shipped. — I expect it in about July :stuck_out_tongue:

I’m a sucker. I ordered another of the same light I’m waiting on (SD03), although the price has gone up a buck since I last ordered one.

The new order says: “Will be shipped within: 4 days 20 hours 57 minutes” by Singapore Post.

Huh. It was over $18 today on Ali.
But I used the search tool and it came up for around $16.
They’re teasing me.

And, interesting, hovering the mouse cursor over the March order’s tracking link gets “hand over to airline” for the 3/29 date, rather than “departed country of origin” — that’s different.
So it probably is still sitting in China rather than out over the Pacific somewhere.

My 3/31/20 order arrived in about 3 weeks. My 4/17 order is still in transit though it appears to have arrived in the states on 5/6. Just pulled the trigger on the LH351D C8F kit. We’ll see how long it takes, I guess.

I love my C8Fs. I just built two of my 18650 hosts today. With rain all week and my wife taking over my office, I’ve had some time and so after getting in some XLP HI leds from Sofirn last week, I got busy on three year old projects.

But the new LH351D C8F I got last month is really a superb light, bright, yet with fantastic natural light. You’re gonna’ like that light I bet! :+1:

Ordered from Sofrin store on AliExpress on 4/16, still sitting over there “accepted by airline”. Same story with Convoy. :frowning:

I think I’m done with ordering from China until situation improves.

My LT1 tracking just popped that my package landed in L.A. on 5/4. Still waiting for movement from there. All in all, not a bad trip, and Sofirn has always been super solid for me. They’re a great company.

Destination
Origin - Tracking consuming: 64 ms
2020-05-04 15:30
LOS ANGELES - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Arrived at destination country

2020-05-03 06:51
Shipment information sent to FedEx

2020-05-03 06:51
Shipment information sent to FedEx

2020-05-03 06:51
Shipment information sent to FedEx

2020-04-23 01:33
Last mile=> FEDEX, number xxxxx

2020-04-22 23:33
Departed from Yanwen Facility

2020-04-21 16:37
Process completed in Yanwen Facility

2020-04-21 13:37
Picked up

When did you order and from where(Amazon/official site)?

Ordered on 4/20 from sofirnlight.com.

Im giving it another 2-3 weeks before I contact them again/file a chargeback.

My amazon order from their official Amazon US store processed and shipped on 4/4 and has been with the airlines since 4/9.

I can’t seem to catch a break… after that 38 day wait in China, it made it to the U.S. on Sunday, it’s now been three days since it left PA and hasn’t made any progress. I live on Long Island, so three days is quite excessive. I guess the USPS isn’t doing much better locally than China Post is doing internationally…

I have faith in the Chinese market and optimistic on my orders eventually getting to my door.

As the air cargo flights are reduced and the priority is for PPE, the logistics of booking a transport is most probably frantic. From the broker’s view, the scheduled shipping flights that are re-routed / cancelled / or prioritized make for heaps of merchandise that await a newer transit schedule. The tracking may not follow suit, may stall at some place, or just not be accountable anymore.

There is this exposé Air Cargo Coronavirus Problem by Wendover Productions. The airline industry has adapted to the demand, but the personnel has slowed with the outbreak (my take). Re-routing and other problems make the delivery times erratic. And the shuffling makes a more recent purchase gets thru before an older one.

I’ve got orders since March 1st idling somewhere. I don’t dare order anything last past 2 months, the waiting is just exacerbating. The irony; I have the time to work on some projects.

I may have spoke too soon as there has been no movement since it supposedly landed in L.A. on May 4th. Not holding out much hope of receiving it for my camping trip on Friday.

It took an LG UV-led from Simon 28 days from ordering to my letter box (no parcel, letter mail).
That’s about a week more than a year or so ago. Not bad, given the times we live in.

Before that, two separate parcels from Banggood made it in 39 days.
Letter mail from KD and FT was delivered in a bit over 7 weeks.

But I have a feeling that the (lack of) speed started almost a year ago.
When some world leaders got mixed up in a pissing contest.
All in all I would say that speed is up to normal, only normal isn’t what it used to be.

The above was about mail coming from China.
T&T shows that parcels within EU for no apparent reason come to a halt for a week or more.
Can’t imagine the Commander in Chief coming over to rattle my parcels in search for contraband.

Color me shocked and in love. Get to work today and there are 2 Sofirn SP10S flashlights here that Sofirn sent to me from the Sofirn store in NY. (I have had a single one on order since Jan 21st still stuck in China). There was no note or paperwork, just 2 brand new well packed excellent SP10S flashlight kits (with charger). If anyone starts a “Best vendor thread” of companies that have gone “above and beyond” to take good care of their customers please add this post to it and make sure Sofirn is on top of the list.

THANK YOU SOFIRN I LOVE YOU!!!