FedEx and postal services are the same world-wide, it would seem. I ordered a new ADSL+/VoIP router from Perth, the other side of Australia. The item was actually stocked in Sydney, 1400km away. The stockist sent it FedEx one day after I ordered it, FedEx "attempted" to deliver two days later, but reported a "failure" (even though my wife and I were both home, waiting for the delivery), then left it at our local Australia Post office, who failed to notify me it was there, as they are required to, and normally, do. The original supplier, when I asked for progress information, gave me the wrong tracking reference, so I'm tracking the wrong equipment: three weeks after ordering, I got back to the outfit I'd ordered it from, they gave me the correct tracking reference and the whole sorry saga is revealed! Twenty minutes after finding out where it actually is, I have it in my hot little hands.
Conclusion - shop locally! John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christian Sent: Saturday, 13 March 2010 2:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia My new PC came via FedEx. It sat in Winchester, VA for 2 days with a status of "Not due for delivery." Christian -----Original Message----- From: Paul Sorenson <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Mar 12, 2010 11:18 am Subject: Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia When an item is scanned the tracking gives you an estimated delivery date. Obviously it got to Houston ahead of schedule so they had to do something to keep it moving around in order to meet that estimated date. God help them if they delivered a day earlier. After all, you didn't pay for overnight delivery. ;-) -p On 3/12/2010 8:54 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: > I thought some PDMLer may enjoy this clinical case. > > I didn't know UPS gets frequent flier miles.... > I don't see any other reason why the package passed through Houston > twice within less than 24 hours. > I suspect they forgot to parachute it on the way from Houston to Dallas, > but the plane/track was making only right turns (as it was ordered some > 2-3 year ago - to save the gas, when all routes were reprogrammed for > that), - so the only way it could get back was through > the neighboring state of Kentucky. > > Enjoy: > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/UPS-schizophrenia.jpg > > > Igor > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.733 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2741 - Release Date: 03/12/10 03:42:00 > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
