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Bay of LIES

Maxhirez's picture
I don't know if those outside the US experience this as much, but often I'll choose a part or board off of eBay based on the "Ships from" geographical location if I want it sooner than I care about price, but Occasionally something that is shipping from Texas or New Jersey will arrive with a Mandarin shipping label, quite a few days later than the USPS maps indicate it should take it seems. How often do you guys experience this?

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In the UK, I find that I regularly get parts quicker from china than from the UK, but I dont think its anything to do with geography.  When I order locally because im in a hurry, it regularly takes about 3 or 4 days before the seller marks the item as shipped, whereas when I order from china, I usually have a tracking number in a few hours.  I think its the attitude of the sellers that makes a big difference, most of the local sellers do it as a hobby, the chinese guys 'seem' to do it as a job.

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Protowrxs's picture

Same here with Sainsmart, took a lot longer than expected.

I also do not buy from any that show up as a "US seller" but only list "United States" as the location and not a city. Always a lie/scam somewhere it seems.


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The only time thats happened for me was sainsmart, and shipping was Hong Kong speed so better than mainland China, but not true usps speeds, the stuff had Chinese post mark with a usps label over part of it.