NoFakie 45 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 After a week of "ON HOLD" at "N/A", my tent changed to "out on delivery" a few hours ago. In fact, the Sagawa guy just dropped it off! We want to use it at the weekend so all is well. From this experience, some of "ON HOLD" must mean in a Sagawa truck on the way to your house. fwiw, it came on the second day of the estimated delivery period Ebay said. For anyone shopping, its a 12kg family tent from the US which was about $30 for shipping with $15 for customs. From Amazon, the price was a couple of dollars cheaper but the shipping was $90, and I guess there'd have been a "refundable" customs thing tacked on at final checkout too. It took two weeks in total. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 I noticed that extra charge on amazon the other week... how does that work? Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Current Status: ROUTED TO FINAL DESTINATION Bloody hecks, that sounds ominous. All the documentaries I have seen about that are centered on the themes of fatalism, predestination, and precognition, in relation to death (i.e. how to foresee, avoid, or control it). Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Don't worry Pies. It's nonsensical. All destinations are FINAL. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 That's a relief! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Which reminds me .... that polisher I ordered is certainly taking some time getting here. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Can't you just use your hand? Or perhaps ask the wife to help out? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 She hasn't given me a hand in a long, long time. What they say about married J ladies..is...kinda..well...............true. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Note to self! Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 For UK stuff, I have found that things sent by normal mail come almost as fast as things that are sent by the fancier more expensive parcel worldwide whats-it's-face. Only a matter of a few days difference. Then again I don't know if there's some sort of limit to what you can send via the 'normal' way. Worth asking if you want someone to send something. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Whew....!! Polisher arrived today.. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I just did a tracking on my latest Amazon order, and they seem to have conquered the time travel paradox: August 30, 2014, 2:41 am, Ontario CA US Package has left the carrier facility August 29, 2014, 11:01 pm, Ontario CA US Package arrived at a carrier facility August 29, 2014, 7:41 pm, Ontario CA US Package received by carrier August 29, 2014, 8:23 pm, US Package has left seller facility and is in transit to carrier So apparently it was received by the carrier both before it arrived at the carrier facility and even before it left the seller! I'm impressed Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Impressive Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 My package is still stuck on routed to FINAL DESTINATION thing. Now over 4 days. I reckon perhaps someone's bringing it over on a dingy. Via the Panama Canal. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Arrived in country this morning, perhaps delivery tomorrow? Probably take a couple of days, though, doubt the customs guys were working today. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Did it arrive? My parcel is STILL not in Japan according to tracking which last said it had left Belgium for FINAL DESTINATION seven days ago! How is that even possible? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 That is excessively long isn't it? It's from the UK right? Normally I find post takes 6-7 days, usually arrives just within a week. Sometimes quicker, and that's just normal post. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Delivery actually came on monday, but I wasn't home to get it. Received yesterday morning (at a Y700 charge for some tax or other). Pretty happy with the whole process. Link to post Share on other sites
MagSeven 40 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Have got a package coming from Backcountry.com which has just entered the tracking system at UPS's depot in Salt Lake City. Let the tracking commence! Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Still the same. Quite annoying really, even though I'm not exactly needing what's in there right now at this moment. It's just really crap. In the meantime, a small packet came from the UK yesterday. It was sent normal mail last Wednesday afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Have got a package coming from Backcountry.com which has just entered the tracking system at UPS's depot in Salt Lake City. Let the tracking commence! I have found them to be pretty quick once it starts its journey Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 STILL the same. These people need to check out the gambaro thread. That's if they're not asleep. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 UPDATED! Er, with this: We can see that the expected delivery date of your parcel has now passed. In order for us to investigate this further, please the button below to speak to our live help team. Oh, and there's no button below. Actually a button does appears sometimes when I reload the page, but disappears within 5 seconds if I click it and it doesn't respond. I desperately would like to "chat" with the live help just to see how utterly hopeless and meaningless that all is as well. Link to post Share on other sites
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