Seller says handed over, freight agent says not received (transferring sample trays)

MeiAli0255 · 3 Sept 2026, 03:59 UTC

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MeiAli0255
Our unnamed seller in China says it handed over Universal Robots UR5e, including the gripper mounting kit, to a freight agent. The agent says it's waiting for warehouse receipt and uses a different reference. I've spent 36 days asking where our order is. We bought it for transferring sample trays, and neither message gives me a confirmed location.

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SaraArcher0374
Replying to MeiAli0255

What are the two documents actually called? A collection booking and a warehouse receipt would mean different things.

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MeiAli0255
Replying to SaraArcher0374

@SaraArcher0374 One's a collection booking. The agent's reference has no arrival event. Our packing list includes the arm and the gripper mounting kit, but neither message links a received crate to it.

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SaraArcher0374
Replying to MeiAli0255

Send both references and your crate identifier to each party privately. Ask them to link the numbers and say who last physically received that crate.

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MeiAli0255
Replying to SaraArcher0374

@SaraArcher0374 Would it help to put both parties on a single message? Passing their unclear answers between separate conversations is getting frustrating.

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AnikaChan1117
Replying to MeiAli0255

I used a shared conversation on a separate freight purchase. Once the contacts could see each other's references, I no longer had to relay and interpret their replies.

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SaraArcher0374
Replying to AnikaChan1117

Yes, use your established contacts. Once they map the references, the location should be clear.

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GabrielChen1149
Replying to SaraArcher0374

The reference mapping might connect administrative records without establishing physical receipt. You would still need evidence of where the crate went.

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SaraArcher0374
Replying to GabrielChen1149

True, I skipped a step. Mapping identifies the shipment; a receipt or custody confirmation establishes a handover. Ask for both.

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ZaraBrooks0830
Replying to SaraArcher0374

@SaraArcher0374 Could collected and not at the warehouse both be true?

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