Not as the Crow Flies!

I recently ordered a diagnostic system for my MGF from Blackbox Systems (formerly Rovacom) in Cyprus.
It looks like good value and was shipped late last week.
You would think that the shipping from the Med would be pretty straightforward, but it isn't.
My system didn't go from Cyprus to London to Vancouver as you would suspect but rather...
Cyprus to Abu Dhabi to Liepzig to Cincinatti to Seattle. Last I checked it had left Seattle, hopefully for Vancouver,
but I wouldn't be surprised if it comes via Kuala Lumpur ot Vladivostok!
I'll keep everyone posted and will do a write up on the unit in action.

Cheers,
Rich

Our postman did ask me where you lived as he had a package for you! :evil: :bust:

That wouldn't surprise me...particularly as it is coming via DHL! :blink:

Thanks for the early birthday present Rich- it just arrived!!!!

Sorry for the scratches, The Cat got to it whilst it was here

When I was first working (way back in the mid '80s) my department was exclusivly doing airfreight to Dubia, we offered a direct daily service via British Caladonian (remeber them?) from Gatwick and a weekly service via Brussels on an american cargo carrier called Flying Tigers.

For the weekly service we would load at least 3 artics, sometimes as many as 6, on a Friday evening, they would drive to Brussels to meet the aircraft mid morning on a Monday, the plane would the fly on.

However if we wanted to use the same airline to fly something to New York we would deliver it to Heathrow, it would then fly on the same aircraft via, yes, you've guessed it, Brussels and Dubai, then Hong Kong, Auckland and San Fransisco eventually arriving in New York the following Saturday!

And the post office isn't much better, if you post a letter in a Redhill (RH) postcode box going to a Portsmouth (PO) adress only a couple of miles away it may go as far as Rugby first!

talkingcars wrote: my department was exclusivly doing airfreight to Dubia!

That also near Newtcastle?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Apparently the parcel landed in Vancouver at 08:25 this morning. It's now 18:10 and still no sign of it.
I live 5 miles from the DHL terminal. :rant:

Sounds like my usual experience when ordering from the UK! Always skips London and ends up in Paris, then on to one of several Middle Eastern nations, then Hong Kong or Singapore, enters Australia at Sydney, then up to Brisbane. Had one parcel fly to the USA, apparently road trip from Mississippi to San Francisco, then fly to Australia.

If I order from North America on the other hand, Los Angeles, Brisbane, my door.

It is a bit frustrating. I live within 5 miles of Vancouver International airport which is a British Airways hub, a UPS and Fedex hub and the Western Canada Post parcel sorting plant. Apparently it's barely a spoke for DHL!
Of course this grousing is due to childish impatience as I won't be able to play with my new toy until the weekend regardless! :coat:

Leigh Ping wrote:

talkingcars wrote: my department was exclusivly doing airfreight to Dubia!

That also near Newtcastle?

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