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Post by ranben on Mar 15, 2009 20:43:47 GMT -6
Ok, Ranben, it's probably partly my fault, if I recommended that motor and servos. I don't remember. Yes it had great reviews. But I'm guessing that I just got a bad one. It happens. There is a lot of wire inside that motor! I could just pull it apart, too. Pulled the whole outer rotating body off the motor. That was odd. The Alpha doesn't do that. Did I recommend the SG90's? Ugh. You might be Ok, if you do the static boom mod, and I could send you four spares for free. But that's a moot point if any of them fail. Argh. I hate having tried to do a super cheap build with super cheap crap that doesn't work. Kent Kent, I think it was just a fluke that we both ordered that motor and as far as the servo's, I was getting all kinds of suggestions so dont know where that idea came from. No blame on anyone. |
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Post by vancefish on Mar 15, 2009 22:51:36 GMT -6
I'd read on some forum that having the package marked as GIFT will beat customs time down a little. Not sure if it works but worth a try if the shipper will do it.
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Post by akphill on Mar 16, 2009 14:03:24 GMT -6
my order from miracle mart left hk on the 27 of Feb new rotor head for the belt cp still waiting for it to show
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Post by kiwi1080 on Mar 16, 2009 14:41:00 GMT -6
Yeah I had a metal rotor hub set from Miracle Mart that took about 16 days I think. A lot more than the 6-7 they quote on their site. I think customs must have had it. It's broken already though so not sure if the shaft is very good quality  . The tracking thing they give you is next to useless other than saying it has left HK. It said that right up until the day it turned up on the doorstep! |
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Post by ranben on Mar 16, 2009 15:07:59 GMT -6
I dont think the problem is in China. I think it is in the USPS system. Probably a lot to do with Home Land Security I imagine.
Dont think I will be buying much out of the US unless it is something I dont really have to have right away.
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Post by Raygun on Mar 16, 2009 15:14:58 GMT -6
So far everything I have ordered from china has taken one to two weeks and I live in the midwest. Ray
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Post by ronp on Mar 16, 2009 17:34:08 GMT -6
I order from the stores on EBAY and the majority are in China. This usually takes from, according to one seller, 5-22 days. You have to expect this when ordering from Hong Kong. You give up speedy delivery for a reasonable price..
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Post by 19000rpm on Mar 17, 2009 17:14:22 GMT -6
Got my first Hobby city (King) shipment in 13 days here in the midwest. Came bound in plastic string. lol. Looked like some pictures I'd seen of packages from a very, very long time ago. It was marked "toys" and had a declared value of approximately 1/3 of what I paid.
Happy landings
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Post by mightyxxwhitey on Mar 17, 2009 19:26:49 GMT -6
anything I order from china takes about 2 weeks. Sometimes if im lucky week and a half.
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Post by Solitaire on Mar 17, 2009 19:32:37 GMT -6
...It was marked "toys" and had a declared value of approximately 1/3 of what I paid. Happy landings They have a new section in their checkout now, where you can choose what's on the declaration sticker and the value you want them to put on it. |
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Post by ranben on Mar 17, 2009 20:05:08 GMT -6
Got my first Hobby city (King) shipment in 13 days here in the midwest. Came bound in plastic string. lol. Looked like some pictures I'd seen of packages from a very, very long time ago. It was marked "toys" and had a declared value of approximately 1/3 of what I paid. Happy landings Thats what they had in it .......... ;D |
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Post by flyncowboy on Mar 18, 2009 13:00:49 GMT -6
;D just got a call from the wife, "did you order something from CHINA",  guess that tracking stuff is not very accurate, still shows to be in San Fransico customs. May have some Xplainin' to do when I get home.   ;D  Not as bad as I was thinking, from the earlier replies, 10 days order to delivery, standard air. keep your antenea up..... |
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Post by ranben on Mar 18, 2009 17:40:59 GMT -6
OK.......its been 19 days since my order left China. Still no delivery. The funny thing is that when I contacted Hobby City, they pretty much told me not to ask for a tracking location until the 39th day. USPS has received it........now showing that it is located in New York for 4 days straight. Maybe I should have went and picked it up myself in China..... |
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Post by 19000rpm on Mar 18, 2009 18:53:09 GMT -6
Exactly what I thought Ranben. Happy landings |
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Post by ranben on Mar 18, 2009 19:20:06 GMT -6
Maybe if I place my orde in October this year, I will have it for the spring of 2010. Got to stay ahead of the game....... |
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. The tracking thing they give you is next to useless other than saying it has left HK. It said that right up until the day it turned up on the doorstep!
guess that tracking stuff is not very accurate, still shows to be in San Fransico customs. May have some Xplainin' to do when I get home. 
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