What is going on with Chinese post?

[Letitia]

I don't really care how long my ft orders take honestly. I only order gear and bits I'm in no hurry for from them. I get my mods from US vendors and do follow those packages daily. My goal this year is to add a couple more liters of salt to the stash and a couple mods for backups. Probably already have enough gear to last throughout my life already but none unused yet.

 

[Breezy Dawn]

I dont spend a great deal at FT but there is always something coming, i hope they get it straight. I think this is the first time ordering a mod from them so i am pretty anxious this time. Any other time its just bits and bobs and i dont even check tracking.

 

[Tabac man]

My Doggies have arrived. Posted 03 June arrived at my door in the UK 13 June. Pretty good I'd say.

 

[DaveP]

I usually look for what I want in American vendor inventories first. If they have it for a similar bottom line or a few dollars more with free shipping I order domestic. If i have to go to China looking for it I usually choose Fasttech. It used to be 8 days to middle GA, but that's increased in the past couple of years.

Since Trump put the tariffs on China goods there's no predicting what that will do to prices. He's promised to bring back jobs to America.

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[Anise]

I have an order from Vaporl and one from Cigabuy that are taking forever but each had one item that was preorder. Guess they waited for all the items before shipping. The Squonk I ordered from Fasttech arrived quickly for them!

 

[Breezy Dawn]

So i went to ft just now and to see how i had it shipped and odd enough their site shows it was accepted this morning AND has a new tracking number but the photo shows the old tracking number so im not that crazy to have been tracking some random number lol Soooo must have been returned and they reshipped Yaaaayy.....i think

 

[billthetroll]

Thanks for the update dawn.sorry to read about your package being kicked back too.sucks, fasttech is really trying to fix this.they seem to be putting our things in black bags (never seen that before) shipping out packages on a different route.but sadly packages are still getting kicked back even then.I don't order in small amounts I save up and hit them fasttech sales so I want my stuff and I look forward to my vape mail lol.do you know what route your package is routed? Singapore post? Hong Kong? Shanghai? Shanghai and Singapore seem to be routes that work.

 

[Vape Muppet]

Seems the problems in Beijing might be over at last. Both my outstanding parcels have now left Beijing and are on route to LAL.

 

[DaveP]

Looking at pictures of ships coming out of China in the media I wonder how they keep up with everything. All it takes is an obscured or torn shipping label and it will sit in an unclaimed freight warehouse until someone buys the whole lot of lost packages for salvage.

 

[jim_87]

My first order from two weeks ago is still going in circles in china, funny thing is I put another order in four days ago and that order shows being in Chicago already.

2019-06-12 23:51

ISC CHICAGO IL (USPS), Processed Through Facility -> Your item has been processed through our facility in ISC CHICAGO IL (USPS) at 11:51 pm on June 12, 2019.

2019-06-09 09:24
Origin Post is Preparing Shipment

2019-06-09 09:24
CHINA, BEIJING EMS, Processed Through Facility

2019-06-09 08:21
CHINA, BEIJING, Processed Through Facility

2019-06-08 04:42
CHINA, Acceptance

Origin - Tracking consuming: 1506 ms
2019-06-12 23:51
United States, arrival processing center, from Beijing, China

2019-06-10 05:36
Beijing, arrive at Shanghai International Mail Exchange Station Processing center

2019-06-10 05:35
BEIJING, has left Beijing international Mail Exchange station, sent to Beijing International Mail Exchange station

2019-06-09 20:00
Beijing, arrive at Shanghai International Mail Exchange Station

2019-06-09 11:27
BEIJING, leaving China Post Express Logistics Co., Ltd. Beijing Tianzhu International Mail processing sent to Beijing International Mail Exchange station

2019-06-09 10:44
Beijing, leaving Beijing to send to Chicago

2019-06-08 04:42
Beijing Post Express International Branch Collection Center has received (Chowangiang)

 

[mackman]

I have a order stuck in a loop since June 1st
Processed Through Facility
BEIJING EMS, CHINA ...................................................

 

[Letitia]

I have a order stuck in a loop since June 1st
Processed Through Facility
BEIJING EMS, CHINA ...................................................

I'd open a ticket.

 

[mcduffy]

My May 27 FT order that tracking showed in Chicago on June 8 was delivered on the 11th as estimated.

My second FT order which was shipped on June 1st also by United States Express ePacket (not the USA Express ePacket routed by Fasttech or the one by Hong Kong Post) seems to have been returned after leaving Beijing to send to New York JFK Airport according to 17track. All my other previous orders from FT have come through Chicago.

 

[billthetroll]

I'm trying to post a pic, but can't.it's from the Chinese post and it's them explaining what's going on, basically no mods are going to be passing through Beijing for a while.yes some might sneak by but they're shipping all of it......

I'd open a ticket.

Why? Obviously you don't seem to understand how huge this is? Opening a ticket does nothing but get you an excuse.the same one everyone's getting.you can opt out for a refund but nobody wants that we just want our stuff haha.some packages are getting rerouted and it seems to be working but it takes 3 days just to get the stuff to whatever post office they're using.

 

[Letitia]

At least opening a ticket let's the vendor know you're paying attention.

 

[jim_87]

At least opening a ticket let's the vendor know you're paying attention.

I did that with my order that has been going in Beijing circles for two weeks. They said it has made it to the post office over there, just waiting on more info before it's re-dispatched.

 

[billthetroll]

Yea not to mention they're about 10 open comment post on the fasttech chat forum lol.at this point we're all just waiting and seeing what's going on, hoping whatever fasttech is working on "works" one of my packages should be here tomorrow it was in Charleston today.this is kinda like a "fasttech support" group/ open forum chat.feels good to talk about it and see you're not the only one with this nightmare.

 

[Letitia]

Nightmare?

 

[billthetroll]

Nightmare?

Yes, not having my new kayfun lite, all the extra tanks, mec's and rda's have keep me up at night.mind wondering endlessly........ "3rd world problems" lol naaa not a nightmare for us the consumer but I'm 100% sure it's been a nightmare for the poor customer service reps at all the Chinese online venders.I feel so bad for them.lose of money and dealing with the post office and the consumers.mass piles of tickets.

 

[puffon]