Its all luck dude.

Hi Guys,

After ordering from hobbycity the order is still showing as processed, its been like 3 days..Does anyone know or facing similar incident ?

I guess these guys are overloaded with orders ? Any comments ?

cheers

atul g.

Just forget it and relax.
Its like this: If u order on sunday evening, then they would be overrloaded with weekend order and they may take upto 4 days to process. But if you order on friday morning then it would be shipped by saturday evening.

I received one parcel today. Got 1 mg14 servo(3 more on the way). REAL SOLID build and nice centering, it makes hxt900 look like CRAP . Would post the results after putting on Heli.

great stuff..thanks vinay..It seems you order a lot of stuff on the internet..

So all my ordering would be done on friday morning 

I do order a lot on internet as they are very cheap and good quality with reviews so that I can select based on reviews.
Dont necessarily order on friday, order on any day you want and forget it for 20 days. In other words, if you plan to build a plane after 20 days, calculate the power required for it right away and order electronics right away so that by the time you start building the plane the items will be in hand. Myself and ujjwaana were way ahead, before we even decided on the plans, we read a lot decided on what motors/props are required generally, visited Ashta's house(ware house)and ordered in advance. All we need to do is start building planes. But for some reason I got addicted to Helis now I now have 7 plane motors and 2 heli motors with me.

I will buy an ARF and put 1 motor on it.

all the best..hope to see more of your spads or arf planes..

In btwn it was a wise decision to edit your earlier post  

You got it right , I already have 1/2 as many messages in my inbox as I have posted on this site. I dunno y people dont directly ask on the forum, that should help others as well.

It's been 9 days hobbycity has still not shipped my items and after repeated e-mails they still haven't got back to me, any body ever faced this kind of problemo ? 

Imagine it takes 25days to get all my stuff at my place now adding 9 and god knows how many days it will be like over a month  Kills the excitement..

Hope nobody faces this kind of problemo..

Cheers

Atul G.

You got to be patient.
If you have select Air mail ( and Not EMS ) they can take upto 10 days to ship. BTW is everything you ordered in stock and not back-ordered or something ?

If any item is in backorder, then it takes more than 30 days before they are shipped, plus the time for shipping and delivery. 

Hi Guys,

Everything is in stock, I made sure about that while ordering..I guess will shoot one more mail or give them a ring..

Must be because of the festival I presume 

Iam getting everything in time. It takes no more than 4 days for me. I booked a heli a week back and its already leaving hong kong today. Also some employees have quit HC, so the slow down. But if its 9 days, you better hurry and call them right away, Hong Kong will be closed between 12th to 20th of feb as per deal extreme.

Thanks vinay..Yea will call them up right away..

Strange..I guess am the lucky one...Or better I must have won the 7cell charger frm hobbycity 

check their new offer 100days 100 chargers 

Its just your bad luck Atul. One of my order which I booked on 20th Jan, left H'Kong on 29th Jan and reached me on 4th Feb!! The fastest till date.

Just the tip - keep it small and simple. You can ask forum seniors for any further help. Its not preferred to post such details on open forums.

Hey Ujjwaana,

Quote from: ujjwaana on February 09, 2010, 02:33:41 PM
Its not preferred to post such details on open forums.

Kept it simple and small, have ordered previously from HC..I don't think there's a problem in discussing about me getting my courier so late and I have already paid for it  ...  Just wondering what's wrong in that 

I ordered some stuff (bunch of props and brushless motors, servos - without a particular application in mind) from Hobby city on Jan 22 (friday) and it was out of their warehouse on 23rd. Am impressed with their speed (hope its not a one off case). I am still patiently waiting for my order to arrive. I have forgotten that i have ordered stuff. Lets see when it comes.

Looking at Shri Rao's experience, I am tempted to order a radio from tower.  Wonder if it is worth taking a risk  I am not worried abt customs. At max, they will charge some duty, which will make the price equal to a LHS. I am only worried abt legality angle. Not that I doubt the legality, but these guys will suddenly say it is a banned item etc. etc. 

Shrikant forget it, You stay in mumbai and trust me you will never see your radio.. Not worth it..

Order from Mr.Sai or indianhobbies..

Quote from: Shrikant on February 09, 2010, 02:46:22 PM
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..from Hobby city on Jan 22 (friday) and it was out of their warehouse on 23rd. Am impressed with their speed (hope its not a one off case)....
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Looking at Shri Rao's experience, I am tempted to order a radio from tower.   Wonder if it is worth taking a risk  

1. It was an off case. Normal Air mail/parcel ususally takes 5-8 days the day you order and the day they really send it to Hongkong post. EMS they do in 2 days ( priority). HC operates on un imagible resource optimization (as told by one of my friend, HC Platinum member, who visited their warehouse on busy pre thanks giving week). They get orders in tunes of few thousand a day, shipped by just a bunch of staff.

2. Radio from Tower and that too in Mumbai , where all 12KG pay load capacity Chinese plane episode happened ?FORGET IT! I mean even if some senior says they got it thru, please don't do misadventure as situations has changed. I have penned my experience in detail on the forum, please search it.

Whatever your experience with a particular LHS, there are many others LHS offering Radio, RCDhamaka, Indianhobbies, Spherehobbies etc. At least first two have great reputation on the Forum and supposedly provide legally/WPC approved Radio. Please, please, please, don't try importing by post and gamble. The customs at Metro are much smarter than you may think. The bigger packets are opened by Superintendents/Asst Commissioners, least to say they should have been smart enough to clear dreaded Civil Services exams.

Atul,
I was referring to do's and don't on ordering from West/online shops so that you get least trouble/cost. People like me would be glad to help a fellow hobbyist, but posting on the open forum would be not the best thing for the community as 'everyone' would be watching.

Ujjwaana,

I have paid for an item and its not being couriered for the past 9 days so thats why I have made this post if everyone is watching, fine by me..I can give them my no as well.

RC imports are just 0.01% of the total imports or further less I believe, for everyone to be watching. I myself visit RCIndia twice or thrice a week.

Hey atul, if you noticed, you just became a Forum Hero  Time for a treat.

 ..

Anytime Vinay..anytime..

cheers

Quote from: atul_pg on February 09, 2010, 09:56:31 PM
Ujjwaana,

I have paid for an item and its not being couriered for the past 9 days so thats why I have made this post if everyone is watching, fine by me..I can give them my no as well.

I can understand Atul. I hope nobody on the forum has reported 'No Ship' from HC, so may be they might have piled all the orders to ship before long holiday starts. Just wait for 2-3 days. Do one thing, wake up early in the morning and go for an online chat with HC reps. Otherwise you may call them as well (Vinay did it once I guess)

And Vinay, by 'thrice', you meant 'Daily' and not 'Weekly' ! Ain't ?? I guess take it as mistype )

yea ujjwaana, am pretty sure they will ship it across..I guess everybody there is in a festival mood..

cheers

hello everyone,
                        i just ordered two rx from Hk on 29th jan belive it or not today i have a package in my hand i.e 10th feb exactly on 13th day what should i say"im lucky"!!!! ,i oedered through "International (Registered) Air Mail  ".