Kieran_Burns

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I ordered a t-shirt for a mates present from an online company with a .co.uk address and picked the "Expedited Deilvery" to make sure it got here on time.

"More fool me" I thought when I checked yesterday to see where the hell it was:


Philadelphia.


I kid you not - the bloody site was US based but using a .co.uk domain name!

I look at the tracking info and see this: (reverse order, oldest at the bottom)

PHILADELPHIA,
PA, US 12/23/20083:09 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

LOUISVILLE,KY, US
12/23/2008 1:29 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
LOUISVILLE,KY, US
12/21/2008 8:43 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

OAKLAND,CA, US
12/21/20082:01 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
12/20/2008 9:06 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

OAKLAND,CA, US
12/20/2008 8:46 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
12/20/2008 8:46 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

SUNNYVALE,CA, US
12/19/2008 8:30 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

SAN JOSE,CA, US
12/19/2008 7:51 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
12/19/2008 7:17 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN
12/19/2008 6:04 P.M. PICKUP SCAN
US 12/19/2008 9:22 P.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Yesterday. The day before the very last day it could be delivered, and the damn thing is on the wrong side of the Atlantic.

Anyway, online this morning looking for the phone number for the local Co-op (to check what the licencing hours are.... get the booze!) I decide to check the order and see what is happening.

I see this:

DERBY,GB 12/24/2008
12/24/2008 5:19 A.M. OUT FOR DELIVERY
12/24/2008 5:19 A.M. IMPORT SCAN
12/24/2008 5:00 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR,GB
12/24/2008 4:20 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
12/24/2008 12:17 A.M. IMPORT SCAN

EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR,GB
12/23/2008 8:22 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

PHILADELPHIA, PA, US
12/23/2008 8:58 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
12/23/2008 3:09 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN


To say I was Gob-smacked is a massive understatement! I get back from the Co-op and at 9:30 there's a UPS truck outside with the parcel!

How good is that? The very last of the presents which I'd given up on and it arrives from the States just in the nick of time.

SunnySideUp

Not bad for a £1:99 T Shirt!

mart360

loL it took dhl 3 attempts to deliver parcels to me,

twice they never left the depot after being assured they were on the lorry


Mart

Snazy

Seems mega impressive when you look at it, but its a standard economy service from USA to UK for most carriers

Express would have done all that over night

Glad its arrived. Oh and glad you got home before recieving a card of doom!

Steve_PPP

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thats pretty damn good

worley

DHL are card-of-doom mongers. Recently got a package via UPS from New Jersey to Rouen in 20 hours door-to-door using next flight service, held up in French customs for 7 hours!

If you are 10 years with them, they bypass most of the US customs guff.


Nik

David Lock

Shame they sent the wrong size....

c-o-l-e

DH-Hell are a pain for damaging goods that I've sent and received.

ChrisB

All couriers are useless, some are just more useless than others...

phil_wrx

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there is a documentary going around about ups's huge parcel hub in louisville and it is huge

Snazy

This lil place you mean ?
ups louisville airport - Google Maps

Or Fedex Memphis...
fedex memphis airport - Google Maps

phil_wrx

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yep thinks its the louisville one snaz that place is huge and i must say very impressive

Snazy

I am reliably informed by my company (Fedex) that the Memphis hub is kick **** too, lol.

And unlike UPS, had an employee hijack a plane to crash it into the hub to kill everyone. Talk about oneupmanship lol

phil_wrx

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lol isnt that the one that was on air crash investigators? where a disgruntled pilot attacked the crew with a hammer?

NAF

I remember hearing about that , He was trying to cash in on his life insurance for his wife and kids right?

phil_wrx

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thats the one yeh, was pretty mad when u think about it

NAF

Crazy thinking really ...

Snazy

Thats the one Phil.

The untold part of the story was he was a disgruntled employee who was sacked from Flying Tigers I think it was, then employed by Fedex after they bought them out.

He was just about to be sacked and disgraced, so thought he would take something daft like 5-10,000 people working in the hub that evening with him.
Apparently the plan was to dive the plane into it.

All went wrong though as the route was over weight, the plane was replaced, therefore the all woman crew was replaced by an all male crew, who were fortunatly stronger and over powered him.

Interesting spin on it eh

phil_wrx

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was good viewing though

Snazy

lol they are all good to watch
Especially just before a flight

j4ckos mate

courier:- When they are good they are great,

when they are bad, they lost me a hot air balooning basket,

phil_wrx

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lol hot air balooning basket? could it not of fallen down the seat of the delivery van

Puff The Magic Wagon!

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