Can't plan the UR5e arrival from a label that never changes

AlexChen1168 · 13 Aug 2025, 01:55 UTC

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AlexChen1168
I'm trying to arrange space for our UR5e and mounting plate, but the carrier still has only a label. The seller through Alibaba says the order left with their freight agent. Every request for collection evidence gets the same screenshot, sometimes cropped differently. We have become quite familiar with that screenshot. What should link the seller's claimed handover to our actual crate?

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HassanArcher0356
Replying to AlexChen1168

Ask for the freight agent's receiving reference tied to your crate mark and packing list, rather than another copy of the final carrier label.

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AlexChen1168
Replying to HassanArcher0356

Seller has supplied a warehouse slip. It has a different reference from the carrier label and describes one machine crate, no customer name or crate mark.

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HassanArcher0356
Replying to AlexChen1168

Ask the seller and agent to link that slip to your marked crate; machine crate is not an identification.

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JamieAllen0295
Replying to AlexChen1168

Give whoever is planning your workshop space that uncertainty now, because a vague shipped message has a habit of turning into an assumed arrival when passed through three people

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AlexChen1168
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Workshop knows there's no arrival estimate we can use. I had pencilled a space reservation in, but have labelled it provisional rather than passing on the seller's optimism.

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JamieAllen0295
Replying to AlexChen1168

Good, and don't let the mounting plate vanish behind the arm in the paperwork; is it packed inside that crate or listed separately?

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AlexChen1168
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Packing list says inside the arm crate. The warehouse slip doesn't mention contents. I've asked for the crate identity first, then confirmation against that list.

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AlexAdams0124
Replying to AlexChen1168

Is the warehouse address on the slip the one named by the freight agent?

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HassanArcher0356
Replying to AlexAdams0124

Worth checking the issuer too, Alex Chen; a seller's internal slip could look like a receiving record without having come from the warehouse.

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HanaBennett0709
Replying to AlexChen1168

Our receipt was for repacking. Ask which handover that slip records.

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AlexChen1168
Replying to HanaBennett0709

Alex Adams, address matches the named warehouse. Hassan and Hana, agent confirms the slip is their receiving entry, but they're still checking which crate it covers. I haven't called that collection confirmed.

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AlexChen1168
Replying to AlexChen1168

Agent found a receiving photo with our crate mark. They confirm that crate is in their warehouse awaiting consolidation. The final carrier hasn't collected it.

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JamieAllen0295
Replying to AlexChen1168

That is an actual place to point to, at last; have they offered a next-leg plan or only confirmed where it is?

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AlexChen1168
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Only its location. Seller says they are asking for a consolidation slot. No slot confirmed, no date given to our workshop.

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HassanArcher0356
Replying to AlexChen1168

Has the agent supplied a next-leg reference since then? The original label may still be intended for the later carrier movement, but ask them to confirm that link.

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AlexAdams0124
Replying to AlexChen1168

And did anyone confirm the mounting plate against that packing list?

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AlexChen1168
Replying to AlexAdams0124

Hassan, no next-leg booking yet. Alex Adams, seller says the plate is inside; warehouse has only identified the sealed crate. Contents will still need checking at receipt.

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HanaBennett0709
Replying to AlexChen1168

Keep that receiving photo. Ours became useful again when the crate was repacked.

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JamieAllen0295
Replying to AlexChen1168

Please post when it moves, Alex Chen; interested whether the agent's next update reaches you without another tour through the seller's screenshot collection

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AlexChen1168
Replying to JamieAllen0295

Nothing moving to report yet. Agent has agreed to copy our order contact on the next update. Thanks for helping me get from a label to a named warehouse, even if the workshop space remains empty.

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