exactly, i was so sick of spending a few nights trying everything to get it to work. That's why I didn't even bother with the jumpers until I received the DX one that I was hoping would have the ftdi chip.
Hopefully you ordered the same one that I did in the link above.
SKU: 42823
At one point when i was perusing the dx site trying to figure out their shipping policies, i saw something about them having 'overseas' warehouses with quicker shipping. Maybe you can check those and if they have the same cable, you can cancel your china order before it ships and order from there.
edit: i'm thinking they don't have it in US
https://dx.com/c/us-eu-au-warehouse-...1?pageSize=200