my expierence from ordering across the bigger pond (pacific)

[chrisatpsu]

with order some different things with ordering from a certain country...

I've noticed....

when i place my order and choose a shipping company, more often than not, it ends up being DHL anyways.
when it has been DHL, i was given a "fake" tracking number.
half the time i get a fake tracking number, i could still track the shipment by going to DHL, and "tracking by reference number" rather than standard tracking number.

when it arrives in the states, and says "with delivery courier" then it gets delivered the next day.
DHL never delivers on Saturday.
DHL will deliver if you leave a signed note, telling then to leave the package, as long as you list the Waybill.

If the package comes via UPS, my UPS guy now anytime he delivers the package, he leaves it in a particular place, and doesnt even bother knocking on the door anymore. Even if i had to sign for it.

if it came slow mail, from ebay, it just gets placed in my mailbox.

if it came slow mail, from aliexpress, then my mailman knocks on the door, and i have to sign for it.


YMMV, just some things I've come across.

[egenoup]

And sometimes your package gets sent to Jamaica and gets stuck for a week in customs..... sheesh.

[taybrynn]

My latest package was to be shipped via. EMS.

When I got it today, it was in a box labeled EMS. 

That box was in another package, a DHL package.

The DHL package was in another package, a UPS package.

UPS delivered it to the door, no signature required.

I placed my order on 4/17 and it arrived today 4/29 ... 12 days later.

I only had some square nodes and no smart strings in this order.

Scott

[chrisatpsu]

I guess in case you wernt there to sign for it, you may not notice which shipper delivered it?   ; )