EMPIRETECANDY
IPCT Vendor
No worry, this month will have 300 in, around 10days waiting.
Buying From AliExpress
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beingaware
Pulling my weight
Message them and ask.
Had one give me 15% off for buying 5 cameras and threw in free DHL shopping.
beingaware
Pulling my weight
Never said about switching.
Just back up options.
Never limit your self to one vendor.
Iemand91
Pulling my weight
That's actually not bad. With only 2 camera's and a cheapo NVR we're probably not getting that much discount but it's a good idea to ask for a discount then.
Oh, and I prefer that sort of things no to be shipped with DHL; much higher change of import costs/taxes with DHL compared to generic cheapo shipping
.Thanks for the tip!
beingaware
Pulling my weight
Most of my orders take 3 days from payment to my door.
Eg, Paid for items on a Wednesday and had them by Friday.
DHL is pretty damn quick.
In Australia, packages are more likely to sneak through via DHL.That's actually not bad. With only 2 camera's and a cheapo NVR we're probably not getting that much discount but it's a good idea to ask for a discount then.
Oh, and I prefer that sort of things no to be shipped with DHL; much higher change of import costs/taxes with DHL compared to generic cheapo shipping
Thanks for the tip!
But our import value limit is $1000 without any duty/tax.
Customs are more concerned with drugs and weapons here.
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DHL is ridiculous.. I had a pkg scheduled to deliver today to a business address.
Called them in the morning to check on the status, the guy told me that it will be delivered today by 5pm. I waited the whole day and called them back at 4:45pm. The rep on the phone said, by the end of the day. I asked what did that mean, she said by 9pm. I was like WHAT? This is a business, who opens that late. She said,... well we don't know it's a business, because it shows it's delivered to your name. Their system can't tell if the address is business or residential. So I said, "if i wrote the name as a fake business name and the address is a residential, it will deliver first?" She didn't know how to respond.
Now I have to wait til monday, this was suppose to be my weekend project.
Called them in the morning to check on the status, the guy told me that it will be delivered today by 5pm. I waited the whole day and called them back at 4:45pm. The rep on the phone said, by the end of the day. I asked what did that mean, she said by 9pm. I was like WHAT? This is a business, who opens that late. She said,... well we don't know it's a business, because it shows it's delivered to your name. Their system can't tell if the address is business or residential. So I said, "if i wrote the name as a fake business name and the address is a residential, it will deliver first?" She didn't know how to respond.
Now I have to wait til monday, this was suppose to be my weekend project.
beingaware
Pulling my weight
Should have asked them to take it back to the depo and pick it up your self before they close or sat morning.
They allow that here.
there's no saturday pickup, asked about that.
beingaware
Pulling my weight
Ouch, that sucks.
With DHL you need to call them if you have special requirements on the day.
I usually get things delivered to my home address as it's easier to manage them and their delivery time is predictable to a 30 minute window.
At work, they are a nightmare. haha
too late, pkg was signature required and no one home to sign for
Solar Deity
Getting comfortable
DHL has never required a signature for any delivery here. I'm in Syracuse, NY. Left $4000+ worth of NVR's, cameras, mounts and j-boxes, no signature required on my front doorstep. I always ship to my home.
I have cameras and would know if there was a porch thief. I called the neighbor to asked him to put the stuff in the garage for me. No problem.
Not sure who you went through on AE, but I requested a Paypal invoice, and this was the third delivery I have received. Never was a signature required.
Hang in there. They will come Monday. I know it sucks not getting your goodies, but judging from your join date, and number of posts, you've been waiting all your life for cameras from China. Another 3 days isn't the end of the world.
SD
I bought from Andy. Not a big deal, just don't like how DHL handled the delivery.
Tracking clearly shows signature required.
Iemand91
Pulling my weight
$1000!In Australia, packages are more likely to sneak through via DHL.
But our import value limit is $1000 without any duty/tax.
Customs are more concerned with drugs and weapons here.
€22 here before taxes come in. And from €150 import duties on top of that.
beingaware
Pulling my weight
Viva la EU. Hahahaha$1000!
€22 here before taxes come in. And from €150 import duties on top of that.
That would really suck.
I'm looking at buy some Dahua cameras & having hard time finding a local Australian supplier. How's the software support if I buy from overseas ie AE ? ie do they have same issue as hikvision with grey imports. Thanks.
mat200
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Hi xtropodx,
Drop Andy ( Empiretecandy ) a line and check the experience that others here have had ordering from him. He does a great job imho, and has been the most reliable Aliexpress ( and even ebay ) vendor I have worked with. Remember China is in their lunar new year holiday season.
Also note Andy provides members a discount as we're helping each other get the kits up and going, so you can search the forum here as your first option for support. ( definitely pick the more popular models here and you should be able to find more answers to any questions you may have )
looney2ns
IPCT Contributor
They are OEM cams, meant for others to place their own branding on them.