Delayed Post

[dirge]

My Seacons from OMP have landed in Sydney. Since they now have to be turned over to Auspost for the rest of the journey as DHL doesn't operate here I wonder how long it will take for them to make it to me?

DHL DO operate here, but for some of their more economy "products" they pass on the Australia post. Usually takes a day or two after they arrive in the country to be handed to Australia post.

[DELTAprime]

DHL DO operate here, but for some of their more economy "products" they pass on the Australia post. Usually takes a day or two after they arrive in the country to be handed to Australia post.

I wasn't referring to Australia as a whole. Yes, in some parts of Australia DHL do have services, but they don't here in Gladstone.

[Unicran]

DHL DO operate here, but for some of their more economy "products" they pass on the Australia post. Usually takes a day or two after they arrive in the country to be handed to Australia post.

DHL-DO. That’s an unfortunate name.

[Tha_Phantom]

Just got my DHL tracking from Mandarake. I emailed them back on Monday evening so this is a very good turnaround all things considered. I'm going to be singing their praises in the feedback thread once my item shows up.

[DELTAprime]

Given the issues with international delivery at the moment, I'm going to make do with the PC water cooling hardware I have now instead of ordering the parts I need from Taiwan. Sure it's going to bug the crap out of me that my PC looks a bit wonky, but at least I don't have to deal with the frustration of international postage.

[DaptoDog]

Just got my DHL tracking from Mandarake. I emailed them back on Monday evening so this is a very good turnaround all things considered. I'm going to be singing their praises in the feedback thread once my item shows up.

Wow that's awesome! So I've been able to secure two MP-10DC's on ebay after getting agreement from the sellers to ship by DHL. They lifted their prices to account for the increased cost. Fortunately the cost increase over my original atmos shipped price mostly came down to paying GST since atmos didn't charge it.

My RK shipment of the wave 3 Seacons remains in limbo.

[Tha_Phantom]

Wow that's awesome! So I've been able to secure two MP-10DC's on ebay after getting agreement from the sellers to ship by DHL. They lifted their prices to account for the increased cost. Fortunately the cost increase over my original atmos shipped price mostly came down to paying GST since atmos didn't charge it.

My RK shipment of the wave 3 Seacons remains in limbo.

That's good news! Hopefully you get a resolution for your Seacons soon too.

[Raptormesh]

I had an important parcel from Japan returned to the forwarder even though it was posted on the 26th of March. Happened the same to a few care packages sent by relatives there as well.

Now that EMS and airmail is out I hope the forwarder can send it via DHL and I get my refunds.

[popculturepooka]

Hobby search is beginning to annoy me.

So one of my items was "Return to sender" on the 14th. The other on around the 17th. I emailed for an update, not even requesting a refund, just a "So what happens now?" question.

I got this reply on the 22nd (Ugly formatting and question marks were part of the actual email)

First? of? all,? please? allow? us? to? apologize? for? keeping? you? waiting.
Due? to? the? Covid-19? outbreak? and? Tokyo's? declaration? for? state? of? emergency,?
Hobby? Search? has? been? running? on? reduced? staff? and? are? unfortunately?
unable? to? perform? to? our? standard? level.

Regarding? the? shipping? situation,? we? have? confirmed? that? all? our
packages? returned? from? Tokyo? International? post? office? are?
on? hold? with? our? local? post? office,? as? there? are? several? thousand? packages?
there? and? we? physically? cannot? have? these? returned? to? us.?

So? we? are? asking? them? to? list? up? all? the? packages? they? have? of? ours,?
and? we? plan? to? inform? customers? of? their? package? situation.

Due? to? such? situation,? we? are? not? able? to? ask? them? to? return?
just? a? specific? package? to? us? at? the? moment.
We? hope? you? can? wait? until? we? are? able? to? send? the? notification?
to? all? the? customers? at? once.

We? greatly? appreciate? your? understanding? and? patience? while? we?
do? our? best? to? sort? the? situation,? thank? you? very? much? in? advance.

[DaptoDog]

That's good news! Hopefully you get a resolution for your Seacons soon too.

They've arrived in Sydney! Should have them shortly.