Chinese Airmail Parcel Tracking - A guide.

[robby]

Putting this on the board to try and make some sense out of the Tracking System for so-called slow boat shipping.
Your tracking number will look something like this RB154360954CN.

The first site you should go to is www.track-trace.com/post

There your page will look like this




Enter your tracking code into the box and you will be taken to this page.



Enter your tracking code and the verification number and you should see something like this



In the above case you can see that the destination is Spain (ES). The numbers 10010200 and 1061400 refer to where the package is currently situated at the time and date in the last column. Both those numbers mean it is still in China.
Generally speaking, the word OPENING refers to the parcel being in Customs for opening and inspection. In this particular case, the parcel has been there since the 8th December. The chances are that the package has been rejected and picked up by the sender for repackaging. This could be for a number of reasons.



This parcel has gone through the Customs in China and has arrived in the UK for delivery. Do not be surprised if it takes a week to get to you at this stage. This has happened to me on a few occasions.



This shows a completed package delivery from China to the UK.

The most important thing in getting the tracking system to actually track is going through www.track-trace.com/post first. I have been given a link which goes straight to the site of the second picture first and it wont track, whereas if I initiate the tracking through the site of the first picture, it tracks every time.

If anyone has any more relevant info as regards tracking, please add it here. The more we can learn, the less stressful it will be waiting for all those lovely shiny things to arrive

[blakey]

Nice work rob, should take out the pain of waiting for a few people

[Chrissie]

Would folks like this pinned?

[robby]

Dec 28, 2012 12:56:57 GMT Chrissie said:

Would folks like this pinned?

Seems like a good idea, if anyone needs any help with anything, I would be glad to help.

[Chrissie]

Thanks Robby - thread pinned.

[robby]

This is what can happen with China post, if you look at the date on the line above the bottom one, it has OPENING on the 2nd Dec. Then nothing until the 29th Dec when it arrived in the UK and I just received it today 31st Dec. I have placed two other orders with Vaporbreak since the 2nd Dec and received them a week ago. I suppose it has a lot to do with the time of year etc. But if your tracking looks like mine in the pic, you will probably still get the package okay. It is probably beyond the control of Vaporbreak in this case. The strange thing is, there is absolutely no sign of it being opened at all. But, it`s here at last yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ;-)

[Deleted]

Here is some great info to help us all in future, if parcels are sent from china town with a tracking number starting with RR or RA:
Words explanation: (click on the picture)

Attachments:

[robby]

An example of what can happen with China Post, this was ordered on the 30/11/2012. I have just received it today. It was dispatched on the 1/12/2012 and it has just come through my letter box. I actually forgot all about it, it is just 2 X 50ml of e liquid.

[robby]

Another thing that seems to stand out now is that if there is a number in the location column, it is still in China, if it is in UK somewhere it will have GB in the Destination and Location Columns.

[daveyboy37]

Slow boat shipping?? I thought we tracked that here
www.royalmail.com/

Seriously tho. Great post. Gonna come in handy very soon

[robby]

Tracking working again after a week off

[chrisjw]

I was looking for that tracking link yesterday to put it up on that query thread, but couldn't find it.well done robby & good idea Chrissie.......

[Jerri]

Tried for a good 10 minutes to track my parcel, took me a solid ten minutes to get the correct captcha code, still can't make sense of the tracking.

[Deleted]

cant get it to work

[brysoni23]

Not working at the minute booo