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The order they fucked up on mine was paypal with the credit card linked up with it lol.
Anyway i just order from their NSW warehouse exclusively now. They seem to be pretty with it. Most things show up in <3 days :> _________________ www.demon50s.com - Minimoto parts
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Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:00 pm
Knightrous Site Admin
Joined: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 8511
Location: NSW
quote:Originally posted by Glen:
The order they fucked up on mine was paypal with the credit card linked up with it lol.
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 2729
Location: Gold Coast
Getting annoyed with Hobbyking shipping again. My latest package that I ordered last month hasn't arrived yet and after some research I found out why:
- The tracking number ends with "FJ" which means Fiji
- Entering the tracking number into the Post Fiji website says that the "Letter" was last recoreded on the 10th in Nadi, with "Dispatches Created"
- The HK Forum suggests tracking on the http://www.logicons.com. That tells me that my package was last seen dispatched on the 9th on flight VA4152, which turns out to me a Virgin Australia flight from Denpasar to Melbourne
- The Australia Post website tracking knows it is an international package but doesn't know where it is yet.
Why did Hobbyking switch to using Fiji post rather then Hong Kong post? I didn't order any LiPo's, just carbon fibre and bearing blocks.
Mon Jan 13, 2014 6:37 pm
Nick Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 11802
Location: Sydney, NSW
I just received a small shipment of connectors and electronics, which took about 10 days. I don't recall exactly which shipping option I picked, but it was the 2nd or 3rd cheapest.
Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:29 pm
Daniel Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 2729
Location: Gold Coast
After more reading it seems that not all orders are sent by Fiji. 7 of my last orders were sent with Hong Kong post and one with Singapore Post, which seems consitant with what I've read (Singapore Post had a bad record on the Hobbyking forum). I'm
guessing
that maybe Hobbyking has a limit on the amount they can post with Hong Kong post and the left overs go with other carriers. Singapore got a bad record so they switched to Fiji.
Mon Jan 13, 2014 7:56 pm
Daniel Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 2729
Location: Gold Coast
My package finally arrived 39 days after ordering. The postal guy did a dump and run, probably because it looks like someone tried to open my box. Not happy with HK's Fiji post.
Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:45 pm
miles&Jules Experienced Roboteer
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Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 2729
Location: Gold Coast
yeah, it was all there and currently half made into a new robot
Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:45 pm
Philip Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 18 Jun 2004
Posts: 3842
Location: Queensland near Brisbane
From Hobby King email
quote:
Our lipo shipping crisis is now over and it is business as usual! We are proud to offer a new range of affordable shipping options to all countries and dispatch time from our International warehouse is back under 48 hours.
_________________ So even the rain that falls isn't actually going to fill our dams and our river systems
Needed some programmer boxes for BotBitz so I tested this out with some massive Quad cases. 400 x 200 x 100 ish 1.6kg. $9 for the case postage would have been $100 but posted em for free.
Min spend is $150USD to get it but I was already there anyway. But if you want anything BIG of HEAVY from HK do it now!
"So that nobody gets ripped off by HobbyKing's free shipping:
Today's HobbyKing prices are 1.32x HIGHER than yesterdays. (I looked through a number of items.)
So if you buy the minimum $150, it is costing you $36 more than it should, which is HIGHER than what the "free" economy shipping normally costs.
If you buy more than $150, you are wasting even more money. What a great scheme." _________________ Steven Martin
Twisted Constructions
http://www.botbitz.com
Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:24 pm
Jaemus Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 01 Apr 2009
Posts: 2674
Location: NSW
They have since rescinded this scheme according to the promo emails _________________ <Patrician|Away> what does your robot do, sam
<bovril> it collects data about the surrounding environment, then discards it and drives into walls
Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:09 pm
Nick Experienced Roboteer
Joined: 16 Jun 2004
Posts: 11802
Location: Sydney, NSW
Has anyone ordered anything from the international warehouse in the last week or two? I just bought some motors and the shipping options were different and MUCH more expensive - up to $44 to ship two 550 sized in-runners. The cheapest option was DHL at $22. The good news is that shipping via DHL is super fast; ordered on Saturday and the motors arrived at 9:30 am today. _________________ Australian 2015 Featherweight champion
UK 2016 Gladiator champion
Mon Oct 19, 2015 10:16 pm
Glen Experienced Roboteer
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