khanem wrote
Johnaudi wrote
AVOlio wrote@khanem no I didn't get the yanwen shipment yet.
And I have no idea where it is, if in Lebanon or not.
And I have extended the purchase protection dates twice already so far.

@johnaudi
If the sellers actually ship it (cause there's been a talk of Chinese new year and I don't know what)
Your items are most likely to come and arrive here for about 15 days.
Then the actual waiting time and gambling begins, when your item is with the customs.
I also ordered a raspberry pi model B+, customs are not a big issue as long as it's nothing higher than actual price.
Thanks avolio for your reply. We are in the same boat.

My item cost 5$ and it's stuck in customs since 29 of January. I think they are trying to discourage people from ordering from chinese sellers.
All my previous orders cleared customs in 2 days.
I currently have 3 items from Aliexpress and 1 from a Hong Kong company (2 singapore post, 1 HK post and 1 China mail) at the airport customs with one having arrived since Feb 3. In January i received 3 parcels, 2 from the US and one from Aliexpress (Singapore post) both only took a day to pass customs but it seems everything starting end Jan early Feb was stopped by Lebanese customs.

I called Libanpost and they said there is nothing they can do and i just have to wait :/ im thinking of going to the airport and "10,000 عل ماشي لكل واحد تيمشو" it's the only way to get things done in this country.
Siji wrote
khanem wrote
Johnaudi wrote
I also ordered a raspberry pi model B+, customs are not a big issue as long as it's nothing higher than actual price.
Thanks avolio for your reply. We are in the same boat.

My item cost 5$ and it's stuck in customs since 29 of January. I think they are trying to discourage people from ordering from chinese sellers.
All my previous orders cleared customs in 2 days.
I currently have 3 items from Aliexpress and 1 from a Hong Kong company (2 singapore post, 1 HK post and 1 China mail) at the airport customs with one having arrived since Feb 3. In January i received 3 parcels, 2 from the US and one from Aliexpress (Singapore post) both only took a day to pass customs but it seems everything starting end Jan early Feb was stopped by Lebanese customs.

I called Libanpost and they said there is nothing they can do and i just have to wait :/ im thinking of going to the airport and "10,000 عل ماشي لكل واحد تيمشو" it's the only way to get things done in this country.
yeah i know. how else can they extort money for a 5-10$ item.....for them it's work for nothing.
Correct. The Chinese have their new year's holiday. Some are off work til the end of the month.
it could be an item have stayed in customs 3 months ago and not sorted yet to delivery ,is there someone with the same case ?
@Siji what is the website you are using to get items from the US?
Is there a way to cancel an order? I have ordered a Raspberry Pi Model B+, then 2 days later I purchased a Raspberry Pi 2.

My order has not been shipped yet, though I cannot find a way to cancel the order of the Raspberry Pi Model B+. Any help would be appreciated - and if it's not possible, that's fine.
You should be able to request a cancellation if the order is not yet shipped
AVOlio wroteYou should be able to request a cancellation if the order is not yet shipped
Ah apparently I haven't looked under the Orders tab, silly me.

Thank you.
chosen2k wrote@Siji what is the website you are using to get items from the US?
Amazon actually, i bought a bunch of stuff from there but you have to chose the seller that ships internationally for the item you want. It helps to chose a popular item that has multiple third party sellers.

Here are the details of what i purchased:

1. Victorinox swiss army knife (The small one that fits on a keychain) cost around 12$ and shipping via USPS priority (with tracking) from Florida 11$. This order took one day processing and 14 days shipping to get to my home via libanpost which charged no customs or TVA and surprisingly enough the knife went through customs with no problems admittedly it's only a 2cm blade.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004YVB3/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

2. Monoprice in ear earphones cost 11$ and shipping via regular mail (No tracking) for 4$. This order arrived in 13 days to my house from California.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B8QCMHY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

3. Comply foam tips for earphones (Which i recommend everyone to buy) cost 20$ and shipping via USPS priority (with tracking) from Ohio 12$. This order also arrived in 13 days.

http://www.amazon.com/Comply-Tx-400-Isolation-Earphone-Black/dp/B00354951S/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1424475434&sr=1-2&keywords=comply+tx400

Side note: Today i went to Virgin in ABC and was going to buy a 32GB micro SD card for 47$ and changed my mind when i saw that i could buy a newer and faster 64GB card on amazon for 33$ and pay 3$ shipping. What costs 14$ in the US is 50$ in Lebanon which is ridiculous.

I hope this helps, i also got a lot of stuff from aliexpress which i can tell you about if you want :).
I'm still waiting for some items I ordered since 11.11, the mega sale during which Lebanon was in the top three countries that had the most orders. It kind of explains the delay.

But what I don't understand is Liban Post tracking system. According to them, all of my items are received since December.
One of the items delivery date is last week while I received it today. This is the third time such thing happens.

Is anyone else having this problem?
@Siji thanks for the clarifications. Share the link of the memory card :)

I'm fed up with aliexpress I dont think its worth the wait anymore.

Maybe we should compile a list of websites that ship to lebanon and do not use paypal.
7 days later
Quick question :
I had a mistake in my phone number that I wrote on my delivery address on 2 orders from aliexpress ( the mistake is that I added 00961 and I didn't know that they automatically add it to the number so now the phone number in my delivery address reads 00961 00961 xxxxxx). Will that cause me any trouble with libanpost?
Thank you
A.L wroteQuick question :
I had a mistake in my phone number that I wrote on my delivery address on 2 orders from aliexpress ( the mistake is that I added 00961 and I didn't know that they automatically add it to the number so now the phone number in my delivery address reads 00961 00961 xxxxxx). Will that cause me any trouble with libanpost?
Thank you
I think that will be fine since the person viewing it is not a robot but human.
Did anyone actually received an item delivered through yanwen, i havn't received my item though it shown on their site that its in lebanon airport since 2/12/2014
Ahmad_S111 wroteDid anyone actually received an item delivered through yanwen, i havn't received my item though it shown on their site that its in lebanon airport since 2/12/2014
Same here. i asked for refund and seller agreed. i don't think we will ever receive our packages.
me too, but my order shipped 9 days ago, I'm going to wait for 20 days to pass to open dispute.
to the guys with experience with this website, is it safe to order electronics, there is this razer kraken neo pro+death-adder mouse +razer mouspad which goes for 90$, and im thinking of getting them, are they official ?
chassis wroteto the guys with experience with this website, is it safe to order electronics, there is this razer kraken neo pro+death-adder mouse +razer mouspad which goes for 90$, and im thinking of getting them, are they official ?
They're most likely fake Chinese copies of Razer..
My laptop's 160GB HDD is full, so I'm looking into buying a new one. As I've been searching, apparently external HDDs are cheaper, but I'm not sure if I should pay less for less portability... I saw a Western Digital WDBUZG0010BBK-EESN (1TB - USB 3.0 - 5400rpm) here in Lebanon for 100,000LBP. On AliExpress I just stumbled upon a whopping 42$ 2TB USB 2.0 10,000rpm from Samsung:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/free-shipping-New-2014-samsung-2TB-hd-externo-portable-external-hard-disk-drive-USB-2-0/32280960526.html
As my laptop doesn't have a USB 3.0 port, this seems to be a good deal.
I looked for the model number but it's not provided, do you think this might be a fraud ?
Adnan - it is a scam. Do not buy it, you will get few bricks inside case.
This reseller doesnt have any reputation.