Aaaand...... Now I'm The D**khead! 😂

Meh, you did nothing wrong. When I order things and they are late, I ask questions.

Ordering from AliExpress to Canada is insane for this. I have had a watch say it was departed for Canada and then sit there for 3 weeks. I have messaged the seller before. One was very knowledgeable and told me that there is some form of priority system and it depended how many planes to that country were cleared to leave as to how fast the watch made it here.

Only with my wine orders lol.

Well I completely understand in that situation! Can't let the wine cellar go empty!!!

I've heard that from a couple Crunchers. Canada seems to be a difficult destination for some vendors, especially from Asia for some reason.

I have ordered watches and received the tracking. Showed label generated and then nothing. Watched arrived and still nothing updated. Usually it was coming from a foreign nation; which might be why.

Such is life man. Tis the dice we roll in interhuman connectivity. Little funny though

Lots of direct cargo flights to the USA. Not as many cargo planes to Canada. Just part of the fun collecting in Canada!

It's fair, especially if you couched it (as you say), "Are you seeing the same thing?" Because that's not accusatory or angry, or anything that would actually annoy the seller. Indeed, if I was sending something, I'd be quite interested (if not a bit worried!), if my shipping company was sending those signals to my buyers. So I think it's fine, honestly.

Literally did the same thing last week. No tracking updates - email seller - strap turns up - seller mails back saying ‘we can see it’s been delivered’

Don't get too excited. I've had exactly the same happen and everytime I reached out the tracking miraculously updated. 3 times I chased seller 3 times tracking updated and still no watch. Was told that China sellers (some) say they've sent an item and string you along until the opportunity to raise a dispute has passed, hoping you've no recourse to recoup monies paid.

No saying that's happened to you but don't let it go on too long before demanding a refund. Good luck, 🤞it comes.

With international shipping there is a massive lag time where it has to clear customs at least once, if not twice. Usually during that time they aren't scanning, probably because of security reasons and because they're checking large lots of shipments.

So, I'd say not the d**khead. It's natural to want to check up on stuff that hasn't moved. When I ordered my Boderry, it didn't have an update for over 2 weeks (maybe 3?) and I would have sent an email if I hadn't been distracted and kind of forgotten when I had ordered it.

This is what UPS is currently doing to one of my orders:

Yep that's what I figured as well. Just made me laugh that the update came in within an hour of my query, after I waited patiently for the estimated delivery times to elapse. 😂

You did nothing wrong. I ordered an Omega from a reputable eBay seller and the US Postal Service seems to have lost the package. It's still "missing mail" after almost a month. Ebay only gives 30 days from estimated delivery date to file a refund request, so I'll be forced to do so to recover my funds. The seller has been great. I really want the watch though!

At this point I don't even look at the tracking for Ali purchases. They'll get here someday. I often even forget I made the orders 🤣

If it's something that I know arrives within a few days, I track it. But for stuff that may take weeks I just let it flow because being anxious about a package for weeks isn't it for me 😬

But as others have said, you did nothing wrong. You weren't even impatient there!

Fair enough. I just don't order often enough to have grown that 'parcel Zen' yet 😂 money spent + from online = always has me slightly anxious. So different from traditional retail where the formula is so simple. I give money = you put product in my hands. 😂

Omg.... That's ridiculous!! How long has that saga been going?!?

Good to know! 😂 Where'd you get one of those btw? Would be handy to have just for daily life 😂

Not something you can buy my friend. You get it after a lifetime working with dickheads 🤣

I sold a watch to someone in Austria. Provided all of the relevant information like tracking number. The watch was stopped by their customs and then lost. Even though once it leaves my hands its no longer my responsibility, the buyer hounded me daily asking for updates when he could clearly see that it had arrived in Austria. I'm in Australia!!!! I couldn't know what was going on.

After recommending that they investigate the issue in person, they eventually got the watch after threatening to give me a bad review on Ebay and demand a refund. This person was a genuine nightmare.

There's nothing wrong with being worried about the timely delivery of your watch. Just remember, there's only so much the seller can do. The rest is up to the postal service or courier.

Mate that sounds so petty and naive from the buyer.... Especially when it's clearly out of the seller's hands once the courier picks up the parcel. Yea I wasn't even accusatory, just asked if maybe they knew more? And to clarify if they were shipping by air or boat? It was just hilarious to me that within an hour of my query, the app updated and let me know it was in the country 😅made me feel like a d**khead 🤣