The suffering us flashaholics have to go through,
I was born in Parma. On this day in 1960 
My grandmom lived in 44144 zip code. Gifford avenue
Happy Birthday! 
Thanks. Time goes very fast. Enjoy each day.
Pretty sure the majority of members on here are much younger than I,20’s,30’s and 40’s. My guess is the average age is around 30/35.
Maybe I should start a thread about that. :partying_face:
you’re almost 4 yrs older than me. i live about a mile from the properties my grandparents owned when i was born. bohemian/german/hungarian lineage.
I noticed a flashlight I have on route is probably coming by train from China.
Route: Sanmenxia > Wuwei > Shankou (China) > Dostyk > Esil (Cazaquistan Kazakhstan) > Oktyabrsk (Russia).
It left on the 25th May and it is in Russia today (12th June). I guess it will take at least a month more to arrive here !
There was a project called “the new silk way”. It supposed new railways and fast transit through borders, rivers, mountains etc. If it was completed, it could make rail transit from China to EU border much faster, like 7-10 days. In reality, part of infrastructure that had to be improved on Russian territory have been never improved. Railway is very limited type of transport, if you have thousands kms of old railway with slow locomotives, there is no ways to use same railway for faster transports, you need new railways, otherwise there is no room for overtake.
Since China had invested in infrastructure a lot and had a choice in this new sink ways (various ways through different counties), there was several test trips using different ways. Non of them get common because they were not faster than water cargo but at least 2x more expensive.
Probably, today problems with other types of delivery is the reason to try this “new sink way” one more time.
P.S. In English it spells Kazakhstan.
Thank you very much for this explanation kiriba-ru and for the correction! :nerd_face: I corrected my post above :+1: (BTW, in Portuguese it is Cazaquistão!)
I wasn’t aware of this situation and route! As you say, if it was completed, it would be a nice alternative to air transportation (specially in times like these), and even to the “slow” boats.
Maybe this is a new try out and maybe it can become implemented, even if it needs investment to change the railway structures and trains. We would all benefit from renewed train lines!
i’m on 65 days for my 2 orders from hank. they have been stuck on “CAYVR / Despatched to overseas” for 3 weeks now. i have a Sofrin order that shipped may 10th and Canada post just got it today.
Going on 74 days for my KR4 from Hank, Also from Canada I hope my KR1 is shipped with a different method than my KR4.
Just wanted to complete the route of this flashlight (it is in the country already, but not with me yet)!
Route: Sanmenxia > Wuwei > Shankou (China) > Dostyk > Esil (Kazakhstan) > Oktyabrsk (Russia) > Brest (Belarus?) > Mala (Ukraine?) > Liege (France) > Lisbon (Portugal)…. and soon to be > Porto :partying_face:
Finally my 4x18a is here!
2020-06-25 09:55
CLEVELAND, OH 44125, Delivered, Left with Individual -> Your item was delivered to an individual at the address at 9:55 am on June 25, 2020 in CLEVELAND, OH 44125.
2020-06-25 07:10
CLEVELAND, OH 44125, Out for Delivery
2020-06-25 06:32
CLEVELAND, OH 44125, Arrived at Unit
2020-06-24 13:44
CLEVELAND OH DISTRIBUTION CENTER, Departed USPS Regional Destination Facility
2020-06-24 12:34
CLEVELAND OH DISTRIBUTION CENTER, Arrived at USPS Regional Destination Facility
2020-06-23 00:00
In Transit to Next Facility
2020-06-22 19:34
MORENO VALLEY CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER, Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
2020-06-16 19:20
ISC LOS ANGELES CA (USPS), Processed Through Facility
2020-05-12 09:54
Origin Post is Preparing Shipment
2020-05-12 09:54
CHINA, SHENZHEN, Processed Through Facility
2020-05-12 07:57
CHINA, SHENZHEN, Processed Through Facility
2020-05-12 01:26
CHINA, Acceptance
edit: still waiting for the Q8 anduril drivers ordered from sofirn the same day as the 4x18a was ordered from the convoy alixpress store to make it to the US.
^ Only took 44 days 
Glad you got it…must be a relief!
OK, explain this. A shipment of flashlights from Sofrin was ordered by me around May 25. It was showing as picked up by shipping partner in New York June 03, and I live in South Carolina, maybe 1000-1500 miles from N.Y. and I am then thinking…cool, I will get it soon. Today, it finally showed updated shipping, and arrived in California…over 3000 miles away. Why are they sending it to California over 3000 miles from the delivery address, and who is Pitney Bowes who delivered the package in California? I learned in Elementary School that the shortest distance between 2 points is a straight line. California is about as far away as they could send it while remaining in the USA. Can anyone reading this educate me on the reasoning here? Can anyone tell me the transportation method employed that takes Pitney Bowes 21 days to travel the 3000 or so miles between N.Y. and California? Is Pitney walking that package the 3000 miles in the wrong direction? Am I missing something, besides my lights, that might explain the logic employed here?
This is assuming it checks in before I check out. I am a disabled 62 year old with spinal cord damage. The days are becoming more pressing all the time.
it went by ship. shortest route china to california. usps responsible after that.
Sure it’s a legit tracking number? Sometimes if they’re “reused”, they start off in your direction, but then go elsewhere.
Eg, one order (forgot what or from whom) arrived at the New York ISP, and even got “local” from there. Kewl, coupla more days, and it’d be in my grubby little hands.
And then nothing. Days went by, almost a week, then the next notification I get, it’s in Ocala, Florida! And then the local PO, out for delivery, then delivered! Wtf?!?
I contacted the seller, forgot if I got the “real” tracking number or not, but eventually I got my package perfectly fine, but with a different tracking number (ie, the real one). And popping in that number after-the-fact showed its whole journey from the start.
Damnedest thing…
No, I am sure of little. The USPS informed delivery and the Sofrin website both show that tracking number. It is the USPS tracking that showed it picked up in New York on June 3, and then delivered in California on June 25. The same informed delivery shows another item arriving at my Counties post office on June 25…to be delivered June 29…really? They are saying it will take 4 more days to travel that 5 miles? I should not be surprised though. Here in South Carolina I received the tithe of someone who mailed it to a Pennsylvania Church. I got their name from a google search and called them to let them know. They too found it hilarious. I have no idea how the post office even missed the State. They surely should have seen my modest home was no church.
My point is, are you sure the tracking number you were given is in fact for your package?
A label can be created, ostensible shipping address already locked’n’loaded, and then that number (and label) get instead “reused” for someone else’s package.
That’s what I’m convinced happened in my case. The number was first assigned to my package, and was sent as if it were in fact being sent to me (ie, to land in NYC, and not Oakland or Chicago or…). Then, being that the number was reassigned to someone else’s package, after it got to NY (as if intended for me), it then wended its way down south to Florida, to the new recipient’s location.
And my package was given a different tracking number after-the-fact, which I was able to track after I received the package and thus saw the new tracking number. The package with the old/original one was still delivered in Ocala.
As much as it sucks, hank’s lights are so worth it to me it’s like the release you get when you finally get to open the Christmas present you wanted but you were unsure you would get. It’s almost like an enjoyable nostalgia that you never got to experience but never appreciated. And now you’re an adult and you need to realize this is really one of those Beautiful Moments where patience is the essence. Enjoy waiting for the reward makes that all that much more rewarding.
Sure…… I don’t feel the same way. But if you tell me my patience is not appreciated and I should enjoy waiting longer…. I believe I’ve waited long enough my KR4 still hasn’t arrived and its been almost 90 days since shipping I think I’ve waited LONG enough….
But somehow I have my KR1 arriving Monday as Canada post generally doesn’t deliver on weekends…