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

[Rich, WA2ZPX]

Larry,

I contacted Aliexpress and they indicated that the shipping looked abnormal. I have put the order in dispute and same with paypal.  It looks like it was a scam. The reason for the bogus tracking numbers was so the seller could get paid from Aliexpress. I had Aliexpress shorten the dispute cycle time to I could get the dispute in earlier. It is what it is...

Rich

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From: ARM-allstar [mailto:arm-allstar-bounces at hamvoip.org] On Behalf Of "Larry via ARM-allstar"
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2022 1:24 PM
To: Michael Webb via ARM-allstar
Cc: Larry
Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Shipping: Re: Anyone tried Aliexpress RPi4B boards??

Hi all,

Well not being aware of what the shipping method or hoops China Shippers 
need to go through to get shipping assistance  from China. All I can say 
is My order was delivered to what appears to be a side business doing 
DHL ship and receive.  The reason I say that is I was able to get info 
where the package was delivered and signed for. On that same day's 
delivery notice there was also a DHL pickup headed out to China from 
that location.

Since the package signing had a delivery address I Googled it. Turns out 
to be a Hair Salon. One can only assume it has a back room DHL drop and 
ship service. The one good thing about Google (Street View) when I 
zoomed in, it showed the Business Entrance which showed their phone 
number and business hours on the Door.

Being this is the beginning of the week and my Mail arrives late in the 
day I was planning to give it a couple more days and then if no arrival 
I'd call and see what happened to the package or find out what they did 
with it before going into the SCAM recovery mode.

One never knows it might still be on its way and there may have been a 
breakdown with the Rickshaw headed to Washington State.

And yes PayPal is my friend when needed.

Larry - N7FM


On 5/16/22 5:08 AM, "Michael Webb via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> Mine was delivered to someone in Florida.  Trying to get to refunded, might
> have to contact PayPal.
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2022, 6:56 AM "Scott via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
>> 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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