Sofirn Warning! *Shipping Now Take Many Moons*

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!!!

Definitely nice that they rectified it and then some.

I guess Sofirn has no leverage with the shipping companies once a package gets to the airline.
My March 21st order is still claiming after 3 weeks to be somewhere between China and the US.
And a few subsequent orders haven’t even gotten that far. Oh, well.

Nice! I may order from Sofirn after all…

I believe that much of what is shipped from China by e-packet mail has traveled on commercial airliners in the hold under the passengers. Air travel is down 96% for the same time a year ago. At the same time the freight aircraft are in huge demand and those shipping rates have multiplied several times over what thay used to be. So much so that our simple, inexpensive flashlight orders are never going to come fast until the airline industry recovers some.

@MtnDon …/

The demand is very high for cargo, so the passenger seats are filled with boxes. Somewhat time consuming task, but the industry has adapted.

There is this very good YouTube video by Wendover:

Air Cargo Corona Virus Problem

That old “Slow boat from China” might currently be the fastest and most reliable carrier.

Good thing freight isn’t stored as extra baggage on cruise liners.

they are not kidding it does take many moons, my prize light was shipped out by skilhunt on 4\10, on 4\13 it got to SHEN ZHEN, United States Dedicated Service, there has been no update since then,

I got my reflector spacers from LHT Flashlight Store (AE) today, plus a T12 soldering tip I ordered back on March 5th! Wo hoo. Here’s the strange part: the spacers came shipped from Hebron, Kentucky! Not China? Weird. Although I do remember an emitter I ordered from KD come almost 2 months later (ordered Jan 3rd, arrived Feb 25th) showed shipped from California. Odd stuff going on with China shipping.

Well, I have, let’s see, five flashlights ordered and in the pipeline, ordered from ali/Sofirn since March.

Time I simmered down.

Yep, my 4/3 Sofirn order is still in Nanning (since 4/9). Another order from Hank has been on the slow boat for almost 3 weeks now with no update.

Sofirn said they talked to the shipping companies to get their stuck packages moving, but nothing came of it yet.

Hopefully we see movement soon.