Kevin Fairgrieve Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 There seem to be a few knockers of the Hobby King Global Warehouse service so here goes. I am in no rush for the parts by the way. I have only ever ordered from the UK warehouse, until today. I needed a couple of items that are not available from the UK or European warehouses. Ordered today Saturday 26th July 2014 at 11.30am (6.30pm local time) Paid using PayPal and used my points as part payment. Order conformation and PayPal emails followed shortly at 11.31am I will keep you informed. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Not knockers Kev, victims! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gilder Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 This could be a long thread - timewise!! Will check back in a few weeks / months!! lolIt will arrive, just takes some time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Day 2. Email from HobbyKing at 0458am. Dear Kevin This is an email from hobbyking's product checker #31. I would like to inform you that your product(s) have been double checked and are now packed in their box and sent to the dispatch area. Please allow 48hrs for any tracking information to be displayed/updated. Thanks for your support! Hobbyking.com Checking the status on my account only shows it as "printed". Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 KF - I'm pretty sure your stuff will turn up. You didn't say which of the many available postal services you chose. The goods will leave HK Global warehouse in a fairly short time. After this, the service is down to the courier. I've used Global warehouse a few times for small items. Latest 2 were "Easy Off" clips and tools for XT60 battery plugs. Highly recommended. Postage is a couple of pounds for small items up to 100g. I made the weight up to exactly 100g with cyano application tubes (1g each ), ball links etc. It is actually cheaper to order from Global than UK for this sort of thing, because for some reason, HK UK site does not offer small letter postage at the checkout, so you have to pay parcel rates. Delivery usually takes 3 to 4 weeks and I've never had anything go missing yet. If you don't mind waiting don't let negative comments put you off. I've also ordered a JR DSX9 Mk2 in the past. Price needs to be good on this sort of thing to offset the postage rates. I saved about £100 and it was delivered via air mail in less than a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Thank you for the comments Gary. I have never had a problem using the UK warehouse and decided to give the global a try after so many negative comments. Small items postage used as the total weight was 97g. Airmail I believe, so would expect my items in a couple of weeks if not sooner. If my order goes smoothly, and I see no reason for it not to them I may use the global warehouse more often. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Day 2 Further update. Hi This is an email to inform you that your item has been dispatched from our warehouse. The rest is just personnel info so removed for pasting here. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hobbyking have done their bit. Out of their hands now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 HobbyKing have surpassed my expectations. Even better when you think that even in Hong Kong it is still Sunday! Just 5.901 miles separate me from my goods. What could possibly go wrong. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Day 3 I have a tracking code which opens this page. Pos Malaysia. Great news, yes. No. The tracking code returns the following. Record Not found RC00xxxxxxxx No information for the following shipments has been received by our system yet. Please try again later or contact Customer Service at 1-300 300 300 for further assistance. Obviously I have removed the proper code, but all does not seem to be well!! Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glyn R Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Don't worry about the Tracking code it will eventually tell you it has left Hong Kong. Nearly all my shipments from HK global take up to 2 weeks. I recently had one delivered in 7 days. I also had one that took a month. There was a note on HK website about delays with some posts due to a scare about some shippers sending smoke bombs without a hazard label. I am on order 68 and have never had a lost delivery. Where else can I buy a 2.25" alloy spinner and a glow plug for £6.50 delivered or a 21" wood prop for £9.88 delivered. Before I get the usual what about the quality comments I have 3 spinners and 4 props from previous orders all excellent quality. Edited By Glyn R on 28/07/2014 16:35:04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hilder Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Kevin, try clicking on the link for PosDafter on your Pos Malasia page, to the left of the Track and Trace box. Then enter your tracking number again. This seems to work on the parcel I'm still waiting for ordered on June the 3rd... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 A month. I wish! Ordered on 30 May 14. Email telling me it had been dispatched 31 May 14 Delivered today 28 Jul 14 and it was a very light parcel with contents weighing just 15g! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie sawyer Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 What is the standard tax that you have to pay when you get your goods. Is it just a standard 20% ?? I ordered from the European wearhouse last year and had to pay a £14 tax at the post office to recover them which I hadn't taken into consideration. Thanks and good luck with the time scale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename-John Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Posted by Jamie sawyer on 28/07/2014 18:17:58: What is the standard tax that you have to pay when you get your goods. Is it just a standard 20% ?? I ordered from the European wearhouse last year and had to pay a £14 tax at the post office to recover them which I hadn't taken into consideration. Thanks and good luck with the time scale You don't have to pay any tax from the EU warehouse, it must have been the HK warehouse you ordered from by mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daithi O Buitigh Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 You pay tax at 20% on the value over £15 (including the shipping costs). If it's coming by the Royal Snail or Parcel Farce, expect a further £8 rip-off handling charge. If it's SCS, then it's (I think) 4%. If the value of the goods is under £15, then there's no VAT due (and it doesn't matter about the shipping costs - the VAT on those only kicks in if the value of the goods is over £15) If it's EMS, the Post Office will then hit you with an even bigger surcharge (round about £15) for doing exactly the same thing as they did for the 'standard' delivery (and it doesn't get to you any faster) For tracking - I use this tracking site - it seems to be able to handle just about all major carriers. One thing about POS Malaysia is that their tracking varies from terrible to abysmal (in a lot of cases parcels have arrived that the tracker said were still in Kuala Lumpur) Edited By Daithi O Buitigh on 29/07/2014 00:49:43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willhappy Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 hi what are hobbyking uk like, any good or are they like the global on takes a long time will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Olsen 1 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I have used Hobbyking a bit, and the delivery time will vary depending who the carrier is. I haven't had any lately, but my club friends who have tell me that Malaysia post outfit is not a good one for speed. I'm told they have also used Fiji post, who are even worse. Better if it travels with Singapore post or fedex. Of course I am in the opposite direction, NZ rather than the UK but the distance is much the same. (Actually the UK is closer to Hong Kong than New Zealand is, beleive it or not.) It can take a long time between the Hobbyking "we have shipped" email, and the item actually appearing on the tracking. Sometimes the tracking will effectively be saying "we know about the item but don't have it yet" for about a week. One theory is that HK have put the item in a container at their end, but the carrier does not pick it up until it is full. Another theory involves a bullock cart and a man in a straw hat making his way through the paddy fields. In the sixties I once had an order from the UK arrive in eight days. That was from start to arrival, and the order went there by airmail post since I didn't have Internet in those days. So less than four days in transit each way, and the shipper can't have wasted much time dealing with the order. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I have never had a problem with either Global or UK warehouses. Delivery is generaly very good; although I only order stuff that I dont need imediately from the global. I have got stitched charged by Royal Mail on 'Global' parcels, so tend to use UK warehouse by preference. To be clear, even the EU and UK warehouses are staging posts and you (me) are still liable for import duty. It is just the UK orginating parcels dont get picked up for tax. I have just made my first EU warehouse order, so I will see if that gets picked up. If so I will revert to small orders from Global & EU. Anything chunky will have to wait until it is the UK warehouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Posted by Martin Harris on 26/07/2014 13:12:15: Not knockers Kev, victims! Yeah right, I'm the victim of saving hundreds of pounds over sixty orders with HK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Posted by Cuban8 on 29/07/2014 11:38:52: Posted by Martin Harris on 26/07/2014 13:12:15: Not knockers Kev, victims! Yeah right, I'm the victim of saving hundreds of pounds over sixty orders with HK When a servo or ESC at HK costs less than the petrol to drive back to the LMS for a replacement. I am quite happy to put it in the spares box. I still support my LMS, but without HK and the like I would be doing a whole lot less flying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Day 4. No further progress. Still not able to track my parcel. Kev Edited By Kevin Fairgrieve on 29/07/2014 17:36:37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hilder Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Have you tried the PosDafter link I suggested earlier? Try here: **LINK** or try 17track.net, this will work with nealry every carriers tracking number automatically. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 Day 5. And Guess what. Nothing, nada, zilch, didly. Stall can`t track my parcel. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Fairgrieve Posted July 30, 2014 Author Share Posted July 30, 2014 Posted by Tim Hilder on 29/07/2014 17:58:43: Have you tried the PosDafter link I suggested earlier? Try here: **LINK** or try 17track.net, this will work with nealry every carriers tracking number automatically. Tried both and still nothing. Thanks for the 2nd link though. Kev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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