Delayed Post

[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.

[nalops]

Got Siege Megatron from Amazon US today which shipped 24th so pretty quick, all things considering. Don't like how Amazon made me believe the package was either massively delayed or lost however but oh well.

[High_Q]

I have an item from BBTS shipped on 23/03/20, and Fedex tracking still lists it as being in transit, in Newark NJ.

[DELTAprime]

I'm waiting for a FedEx parcel from Taiwan. They say it will be here on Friday, but I think that's incredibly optimistic. It's currently in Singapore.

[Zippo]

Anyone ordered anything via a Hong Kong based retailer and used surface mail (that is the only option for New Zealand); I voved many many years ago never to use Surface Mail ever again, but with so many shipping options gone and new toys not coming to New Zealand the "Fear of Missing Out" is strong.