[arm-allstar] Shipping: Re: Anyone tried Aliexpress RPi4B boards??

[Scott]

My order was delivered to someone in Utah.

73,
Scott
N4UPC
HSH #: 11648


------- Original Message -------
On Monday, May 16th, 2022 at 6:34 AM, Barry Jackson via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:


> On 10/05/2022 20:28, "Bill Almasy via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>
> > OK, I jumped on the bandwagon as well, ordered PI B 4 gig, followed
> > tracking, and resided in Pennsylvania.
> >
> > Package went to the DHL distribution center in Ohio then of to Texas where
> > it was delivered to someone else.
>
>
> Same here, mine was delivered by DHL to a company about 100 miles away,
> but I can't get their details as it was not addressed to me.
>
> I suspect that someone attached a wrong (but valid) tracking number to
> my order to give the impression that the order was in transit. A real
> number for a different order for delivery to the actual addressee.
>
> I think I'm beginning to see how this scam works.
> The cash will now be released to the seller since the order is tracked
> to have been delivered, despite nothing being shipped out.
>
> The only problem with this, that I see, is that surely AliExpress will
> notice duplicated tracking numbers.
>
> I did think that AliExpress were reputable, however they are not the
> seller in this case, so similar to Amazon I guess.
>
> It will be interesting to see what PayPal do.
>
> Anyone else got a better explanation?
>
> Cheers,
> Barry
> G4MKT
>
>
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