[chbot] Chinavasion and airmail...

[Chris Hellyar]

Duh, missed the punch line..  The $5 Euro postage item arrived this 
morning...

moving on.

On 03/01/14 15:13, Chris Hellyar wrote:
> 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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