Is SPEEDPAK shipping service a legit one?

[poochi1987]

Well... I've been hearin' real bad stuff 'bout them. They've some really bad reviews as well. People sayin' they've never received their parcels or that they got delivered in wrong countries an' all that.

Normally, I get a slip and then I gotta go to the post office myself to claim my parcels. Does this SPEEDPAK service work differently? I've never received a package at my door. 

[1tuna]

I think that speedpack is something to do with Asian shippers.I have never used it.There are many comments about it but I always figured it was some sort of cheap 1st class shipping  for light items coming into the USA from Asia

[rebell45]

SpeedPAK is a cheap service used by Asian sellers on eBay to get their items to the US. When they reach the US they are handed over to USPS for final delivery. Two problems with this; 1. The post office is losing money on every one of these so they don't give them any kind of priority when they are handed over. Usually just chuck them in a pile and wait until they have nothing else to do before touching them.  2. Once they reach the PO, tracking ends, the PO doesn't assign new numbers and doesn't enter the SpeedPAK number into their system.  So when the SpeedPAK package hits the USPS system its just a matter of waiting, and hoping, until it gets to you.

You can find more info here: https://parcelsapp.com/en/carriers/speedpak

[greg0ryf]

I read with interest, speedPak is the result of a collaboration between a logistics company and ebay China. Its ebay's way to secure the "post and packing" revenue stream that Global Shipping Programme provides in ROTW, but for sales in (from) China. And therein lies the problem, GSP isn't global and nor is speedpak. Its a default opt-in seller feature that ebay says will make seller's despatching simple, cheap and functional... in the real world we find Worldwide Logistics can't be all three of those thigns at once, but the best thing for ebay ans sellers is now, the Buyer pays the higher price and gets the poorer service, and pays dearly in the end- ebay and sellers are quids in.

[auctionatprosper]

Well stated. I find the naming of speedpak to be deliberate misinformation. The process is purposefully set up to benefit someone (ebay?) certainly not the buyer.  As there is nothing speed about it.   Two months to Australia? rubbish. False advertising by name.

[rsie1153]

I'm seeing listing with 'SpeedPAK Standard' for $1.99 shipping from California, USA to Canada what isn't mentioned is if that means it's coming the last mile via the postal system.  

I've had to stop using ebay for what seems like a decent deals, until you receive the import charges bill (ransom) from the carrier.   DHL, UPS, FedEx you might only pay $14.00 shipping on a $40 dollar item, but then the carrier charges $20-$100 processing fee for the $3.00 of taxes collected. 

[malwasa0]

Due to some sellers doing some wrong things in Sri Lanka, it is a big hindrance for honest sellers to perform their services.

[downunder-61]

Dec 2020 thread

[thobur_9049]

Speedpak is the worst. They dont provide USPS tracking numbers. So you lose tracking once the PO has your package. They are nuts. Example: this morning I check the tracking on a package. It went from Bloomington ca. To Commerce ca. On the 16th then to another place in Commerce ca. Then on the 18th it went back to bloomington ca. My **bleep** is going in circles. Why? It should have went from Bloomington to Commerce then to santa Maria where I live. Why back to Bloomington. It's crazy. I ordered two things from Hong Kong on Nov 4th. One seller used a normal shipping company and one used speedpak.  I got the one package a week and a half ago. Speedpak say estamated delivery is Dec. 1st. If a seller uses speedpak and you want reliable shipping. Find a different seller.

[spark-chaser1]

Good info, Thobur. I thought I'd say that before this thread gets the coup de grace for being an old posting...

[4gsonly]

STAY AWAY from SPEEDPAK/China sellers.   I ordered a $325 dash cam, seller shipped via Speedpak and I never got the item.  Item was supposedly delivered to my address, but delivery time on Ebay tracking vs. actual time my mailman came that day (with surveillance proof) was off by 30 minutes.  So I opened an item not received case, and Ebay sided with the seller.   

The bad thing is, apparently, Speedpak shipments get forward to USPS once it arrives in the US.  But USPS couldn't track my item since it can't search Speedpak's tracking number.  Normally, USPS can track when and WHERE the package was delivered via GPS when it gets scanned.  But USPS told me that since it wasn't a USPS originating tracking number, there was no GPS coordinates available to see which wrong house it got delivered too.  

It was a 27-28 minute discrepancy of timing when it was delivered prior to the actual time my mailman came.  I checked with my neighbors just in case, but a delivery 27 min prior means, it was delivered miles away or blocks away.

Althought, my item was an "Ebay Money Back Guarantee" Item, it wasn't! Why? Because its from an international seller and eBay has no control over there, etc.  Thats what the eBay rep told me.  I appealed my case, but they still denied me. So I'm out of $325 of hard earned dollars!

NOTE TO EBAY: You need to stop accepting Speedpak shipping on your platform! Many people have had problems with packages not showing up!! 

[ahamm2288]

Literally had the same issue I’m going through PayPal to try to get my money back 

[kh-vince]

Hi everyone,

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