How long does a UT-61E take to arrive in UK from Franky (China) please? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: rolandpenplotter
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2014, 04:23:46 am
content: For all those who live IN THE UK (no speculation from other countries or from people who haven't bought from him, please):I ordered a UT-61E from Franky about 5 days ago. I live in the UK, and I am asking those of you who are living in England and who have ordered from him TO England, how long did it take to arrive please?Franky is extremely polite and helpful - he already gets my vote, and it was because I saw him get good reviews hereThank you, and thank YOU, Franky

author: iloveelectronics
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2014, 05:27:24 am
content: I don't live in the UK but I hope you don't mind me posting hereFirst of all, thanks for the vote of confidence, I really appreciate it! Based on the feedback I have heard from my UK customers it could be anywhere between 5 days to up to 3-4 weeks. 2 weeks would be about the norm. The main factor is whether the package gets picked up by your customs. If it clears customs smoothly it usually arrives within about 2 weeks.Cheers,Franky

author: rolandpenplotter
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2014, 05:38:02 am
content: Quote from: iloveelectronics on January 11, 2014, 05:27:24 amOkay. Thanks Franky.Anyone from England care to give there experience?

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2014, 05:49:46 am
content: Having used Frankie for a while the regular process is as follows.Place order, pay.Next day ( or at max 3 if a weekend) you get confirmation. Order if in stock will be at the post office and sent within a day after that.Tracking number sent.Check tracking and then normally it either goes immediate to airline and your country, or it waits for a few days till the container is full.Gone to your countery. This is a max of 1 week from placing order.Then it is up to your local postal authority. I normally allow 4-6 weeks for my really fast and really clued up post office ( YMMV and mine is so good no-one noticed they were on a go slow for months and then were on strike for another few months) to get the slip into the mail for me to go collect.The bottleneck always seems to be the postal service on the other end. Not a surprise as they have to do a lot of work for the delivery side and are not actually paid to do it other than from the income from either a customs form or from what they charge to send mail.

author: notsob
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2014, 09:32:15 am
content: One order I placed with Frankie was posted on a Friday and was delivered to my door in oz before lunch on the following Tuesday, nothing normally arrives that quickly.

author: G7PSK
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2014, 10:34:01 am
content: Not had anything from Frankie yet but lots of other stuff from both HK and China, I found that if it comes via Deutsche post or Swiss post it is fast very often under 5 days but otherwise HK post is ten to twenty days and China post can be months.

author: steve30
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2014, 01:06:49 pm
content: The item I got from Franky a few months ago took just under 3 weeks I think. That seems to be quite typical for items from Hong Kong and China.

author: Monkeh
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2014, 01:40:46 pm
content: 10 days, give or take. All depends how lazy the Royal Fail want to be.

author: rolandpenplotter
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2014, 04:55:26 pm
content: Well, it arrived this morning (11th Jan) and I ordered it on the 5th - amazingThank you Franky, and thank you also to everyone for replying

author: mariush
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2014, 07:18:20 pm
content: I'm still waiting for a package sent on the 19th of December from UK ... post office workers took a long holiday, from 25th all the way to this last Sunday and now there's a backlog.Relax, they arrive eventually.

author: rolandpenplotter
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 11, 2014, 11:25:54 pm
content: Quote from: mariush on January 11, 2014, 07:18:20 pmDid you read my last post? It's the one you've ignored, and posted directly under.Ps: I'm relaxed- why do people assume that folk asking questions about delivery dates are not relaxed? Lol

author: M0BSW
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2014, 03:18:29 pm
content: I got one from Franky last summer, it was definitely under 2 weeks, I think it depends on customs though, I was ,and am still impressed with his service, probably one of the few I really trust.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2014, 04:01:40 pm
content: Good service, good prices, fast response, all in the same person. Very rare that, and he still has a full time job as well, along with a family, pets and a life. Don't know when he sleeps though.

author: rolandpenplotter
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2014, 04:18:51 pm
content: I've worked out how Franky manages to ship things SO fast; he's a POSTMAN:

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 12, 2014, 04:30:09 pm
content: I think I have that on a LP somewhere. or on a CD.

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2014, 05:29:52 pm
content: Does said Franky has a URL that can shared with the general public?

author: iloveelectronics
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 15, 2014, 05:51:48 pm
content: Quote from: zapta on January 15, 2014, 05:29:52 pmI have some links to my eBay store in my signature--Franky

author: zapta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2014, 05:42:35 pm
content: Quote from: iloveelectronics on January 15, 2014, 05:51:48 pmThanks Franky. My Tapatalk hides it. I will check it out.

author: leppie
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2014, 05:45:36 pm
content: I find Hong Kong Post really fast to South Africa.Best has been around 6 working daysNormally 10 working days.