I agree, Bill, but in this case, the item was only available from the outfit in Perth: in general, I always shop for computer items locally.
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: Sunday, 14 March 2010 12:32 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT - UPS schizophrenia ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Coyle" Subject: RE: OT - UPS schizophrenia > 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! > I'm always a little aghast at the amount of trouble people will put themselves through to save a few dollars. William Robb -- 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.
