Ordering from the states

[sil3nt]

So i ordered some bolts for the fairings from www.bikebolts.com as they had been mentioned several times on the ninja250 board and i thought i would take advantage of the current exchange rate.

This was about 2 weeks ago. After the first week i emailed them as there had been no word on my order. I get this as a response

Hi,




Your order was shipped and is in transit. It was delayed due to a part stock. The tracking number shows no information yet. You can track your order form the USPS website at www.usps.com, go to track and confirm and enter: ##############



Sorry for any inconvenience...




Thank you,

The USPS site says

The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on October 21, 2009 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date. Delivery status information will be provided if / when available. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later.

And it has stayed that way for a week now. Starting to get annoyed! Just sent them another email so should get a reply tomorrow.

Is it really that bad for me to order something and expect it to be shipped straight away? Or to be notified if something is out of stock straight away? Starting to feel like i have been ripped off now!

Have ordered something else from the states today wonder if that will show up.

Anyone else have any troubles ordering from the good old U.S of A?

[YellowDog]

Ordered heaps of stuff from the states.

Usually takes between 3-10 days.

[Timber020]

Bike bandit can be good

Or they can be very very bad.

Good luck

[KiwiGs]

I get heaps from the states. Mostly from z1 enterprises.
Never had a problem with postage.
Normaly stuff takes less than a week to get here.
The only issue can be the cost of postage.

[Owl]

"The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on October 21, 2009 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date. Delivery status information will be provided if / when available. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later."

I've had this message before and still there a week after the goods arrived!

Ordered plenty from the US and never had an issue yet, other than slack USPS tracking! I wouldn't panic yet.

[Hailwood]

Same..ordered about 6 times so far from USA with no problems from 5 different suppliers. Usually takes about 10 days max for stuff to arrive once sent.

See what your latest email reply is before worrying too much.

[vagrant]

Last time I checked, the ohlins shock I bought thru ebay for the Fireblade still had not left the shippers. It's been on the bike for almost a year now.
Delivery time was fine, but their tracking process sucks.

[SPman]

I have the most trouble getting stuff from NZ!

[JohnC]

Last time I checked, the ohlins shock I bought thru ebay for the Fireblade still had not left the shippers. It's been on the bike for almost a year now.
Delivery time was fine, but their tracking process sucks.

Yeah,,that happens quiet a bit huh.
Don't worry about it anymore,things always turn up.

[sil3nt]

Didn't get a reply today. They probably think its stupid for me to ask when they have already sent it. Well thats what im hoping anyway!

If it doesn't show up by friday then i will be worried.

[nallac]

I have the most trouble getting stuff from NZ!

me too......over a week for stuff from the south island...
good old NZ Post...

[Dschubba]

Got a ScottOiler Esystem as none in NZ yet. Ordered thru an outfit called Pashnit. Great service, arrived in 3 days.

[Devil]

Depending on the shipping method they've used that's all the info you'll get unfortunately. Dont panic, it'll get here.

[ckai]

The worst I've had is about 4 months delay! Only because ASV SUCK ASS!!! But that wasn't a delay in the shipping. Just a delay in the company. Dick heads.

Delivery time was fine, but their tracking process sucks.

Agree. I had kit arrived and two days later their site side it was being delivered. I got excited because I thought I was getting a bonus.

Didn't get a reply today. They probably think its stupid for me to ask when they have already sent it. Well thats what im hoping anyway!

If it doesn't show up by friday then i will be worried.

Yeah if it was sent a week ago based on email I would probably give it until next Friday. That gives you a good "10 days".

I've just ordered some parts from the states a few days ago. They said they were shipped so it'll be interesting to see how long they take. I only paid NZ$10 including shipping I thought it would be a cheap test. I wait...

[vifferman]

It varies - depends on who's sending it. I've had things arrive in less than a week, and the longest was four months from Canadia (although to be fair, that was something that was free, so I told my Canadian mate to send it the cheapest way, which turned out to be a slow boat from China - possibly literally).

Often I get some of my Interdweeb friends to buy and ship things for me, especially if sellers/vendors won't ship outside of the continental US.

Sometimes you end up being reamed on shipping - my $750 shock cost me $250 freight because the shipper wouldn't use anything other than a first-class courier, so he could be sure that it was delivered, tracked, insured, etc.

The worst thing I bought was a hugger from some guy on a forum - I paid him immediately, and it took weeks and weeks and intervention by the forum owner to get him to send the item.