[chbot] Chinavasion and airmail...

[Chris Hellyar]

Similar, but different source country...

Ordered a pile of small antenna bits from a company in Germany on the 
22nd of December, paid for 'economy shipping - German Post office' of $5 
Euro not expecting anything to be fast this time of year.

In contrast, I ordered a electronic module from another German company 
back in the 1st week of December, Only shipping option Fedex.  They lost 
it, and are processing the insurance claim now.

Sometimes you just don't get what you pay for with shipping.

Oh, and happy new year, don't post to here very often these days. :-)

Cheers, Chris H.



On 02/01/14 16:11, Charles Manning wrote:
> It's just like paying Jetstar prices. You don't expect NZ First class 
> service...
>
> Cheap mail == less than best service. Normally fast, but sometimes slow.
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 2:01 PM, Mark Beckett <m.beckett at amuri.net 
> <mailto:m.beckett at amuri.net>> wrote:
>
>     I can beat that...
>     Some stuff I ordered from Dynamic Perception in the USA at the end
>     of November still hasn't made it here.
>     Chasing them was a waste of time as they pass it through someone else.
>
>     Mark
>
>
>     Richard Jones wrote:
>
>
>         This happened to my dx order a year or two back. I assumed it
>         was stuck in some Christmas customs backlog in Auckland. It
>         got logged into NZ and delivered eventually.
>
>         Sent from my phone
>
>         On 31/12/2013 3:00 PM, "Peter Ellens" <ellensp at xnet.co.nz
>         <mailto:ellensp at xnet.co.nz> <mailto:ellensp at xnet.co.nz
>         <mailto:ellensp at xnet.co.nz>>> wrote:
>
>             Its in a plane, that's parked on a aircraft carrier :P
>
>             On 31/12/13 16:47, Robin Gilks wrote:
>
>                 Greetings all
>
>                 Thought I'd end the year with a grumble :)
>
>                 Stuff I ordered from Chinavasion in the middle of
>         December has
>                 reported on
>                 the tracking "Left country of origin" since 17th Dec.
>         Is this
>                 some new
>                 definition of airmail where the 'plane goes via sea?
>
>                 I can only assume it is parked up on a runway somewhere :(
>
>
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