[TriEmbed] China Shipping .. TriEmbed Digest, Vol 58, Issue 39

Terry King terry at terryking.us
Wed Mar 28 15:21:44 CDT 2018


Hi Pete,

You said, " why I went with the overseas order was to get some very interesting Arduino
Uno-compatible boards to
use for a teaching gig"

What was interesting / unusual about them??

If it's any help, I can ship these immediately from Vermont USA:

http://arduino-info.wikispaces.com/YourDuino-RoboRED

What ages of people are you teaching?

Regards, Terry King
...In the Woods in Vermont USA
terry at terryking.us

-The One who Dies with the most Parts LOSES. What do you need??

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Today's Topics:

   1. DX Extreme order adventure notes (Pete Soper)
   2. Re: DX Extreme order adventure notes (Glen Smith)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:47:09 -0400
From: Pete Soper <pete at soper.us>
To: Triangle Embedded Computing Discussion <TriEmbed at triembed.org>
Subject: [TriEmbed] DX Extreme order adventure notes
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I thought it might be interesting to share some details of my most
interesting offshore trade adventure so far. This has different wrinkles
compared to the epic "order before Thanksgiving, receive in early
February" episode with the several week sojourn in US Customs that I've
shared in the past.

On the 7th I ordered stuff from dx.com and it was split three ways. One?
SKU had a bizarre "LP" tracking number that finally appeared via USPS
with a proper tracking number from Kentucky but with half the ordered
quantity in the box. I beat the Internet bushes hard trying to get a
clue to decode the "LP" tracking code. The dx.com site had a decoder
ring but it lacked the LP flavor and there was no way to send a message
asking for explanation. Several polls of their "chat line" during their
biz hours (12 hours in our future) always yielded a "not available, try
again later" page. I submitted a ticket about the missing item and will
call them on the phone if they don't respond by tomorrow late night.

Two other packages went to Amsterdam 10 and seven days ago respectively
according to the USPS tracking they were linked to. As far as USPS is
concerned they are still in Amsterdam. However I just found a cute
little popup on the dx.com site informing me that one package left
Amsterdam on the 22nd. I'm not sure if I just haven't noticed that popup
or if there was a long lag before it was added to their system. But the
package that, according to USPS, was still in Amsterdam starting on the
18th (*before* the one that's sailed) has not been updated.

The impossible to decode "LP" tracking number dx.com gave me is what I'm
blaming for my current anxious state. That, and the fact that, in
perfect accord with Murhpy's Law, the missing item is one of the two
night vision security cameras that were half of the original motivation
for the whole order. The other half of why I went with the overseas
order was to get some very interesting Arduino Uno-compatible boards to
use for a teaching gig. Which box has those boards in it? The one that
got to Amsterdam first but appears to be leaving last, of course.

But, as exhibit C, I submit a screen shot I just took from their site
showing what they are publishing as their current date and time. They
obviously don't want to be pipped to the post by other April Fools jokers.



Pete

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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:51:25 +0000
From: Glen Smith <mrglenasmith at gmail.com>
To: Pete Soper <pete at soper.us>
Cc: Triangle Embedded Computing Discussion <TriEmbed at triembed.org>
Subject: Re: [TriEmbed] DX Extreme order adventure notes
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Pete,

In my various orders from China I have found that different tracking
websites work better for some numbers over others. I don't know which ones
you have attempted, so I will post the two that I usually use, plus an
extra I found referred to on my flashlight forum:

https://www.17track.net/en
https://packageradar.com/
http://www.track-trace.com/post

Sometimes you need to click into the proper carrier (which is hard when you
don't know what it is!) in order for the tracker to find it.

Good luck!

Glen

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 1:47 PM Pete Soper via TriEmbed <
triembed at triembed.org> wrote:

> I thought it might be interesting to share some details of my most
> interesting offshore trade adventure so far. This has different wrinkles
> compared to the epic "order before Thanksgiving, receive in early February"
> episode with the several week sojourn in US Customs that I've shared in the
> past.
>
> On the 7th I ordered stuff from dx.com and it was split three ways. One
> SKU had a bizarre "LP" tracking number that finally appeared via USPS with
> a proper tracking number from Kentucky but with half the ordered quantity
> in the box. I beat the Internet bushes hard trying to get a clue to decode
> the "LP" tracking code. The dx.com site had a decoder ring but it lacked
> the LP flavor and there was no way to send a message asking for
> explanation. Several polls of their "chat line" during their biz hours (12
> hours in our future) always yielded a "not available, try again later"
> page. I submitted a ticket about the missing item and will call them on the
> phone if they don't respond by tomorrow late night.
>
> Two other packages went to Amsterdam 10 and seven days ago respectively
> according to the USPS tracking they were linked to. As far as USPS is
> concerned they are still in Amsterdam. However I just found a cute little
> popup on the dx.com site informing me that one package left Amsterdam on
> the 22nd. I'm not sure if I just haven't noticed that popup or if there was
> a long lag before it was added to their system. But the package that,
> according to USPS, was still in Amsterdam starting on the 18th (*before*
> the one that's sailed) has not been updated.
>
> The impossible to decode "LP" tracking number dx.com gave me is what I'm
> blaming for my current anxious state. That, and the fact that, in perfect
> accord with Murhpy's Law, the missing item is one of the two night vision
> security cameras that were half of the original motivation for the whole
> order. The other half of why I went with the overseas order was to get some
> very interesting Arduino Uno-compatible boards to use for a teaching gig.
> Which box has those boards in it? The one that got to Amsterdam first but
> appears to be leaving last, of course.
>
> But, as exhibit C, I submit a screen shot I just took from their site
> showing what they are publishing as their current date and time. They
> obviously don't want to be pipped to the post by other April Fools jokers.
>
>
>
> Pete
>
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