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Herk:
Would anyone like to join the wager on when it will arrive?  Place your virtual bets please.

I ordered two u360's from Ultimarc on Fri, July 27/07, 12:30pm EST.  I got a confirmation email from Ultimarc on Mon, July 30/07, 1:15pm EST.  I got a tracking number for DHL from Ultimarc on Tues, July 31/07 4:03am EST, and this is what follows so far from DHL:

     2007-08-01 10:41 Depart Facility LONDON-HEATHROW, GB 
     2007-08-01 06:32 Arrived at DHL Facility LONDON-HEATHROW, GB 
     2007-08-01 02:54 Depart Facility EAST MIDLANDS, GB 
     2007-07-31 23:17 Arrived at DHL Facility EAST MIDLANDS, GB 
     2007-07-31 19:53 Depart Facility LONDON-HEATHROW, GB 
     2007-07-31 16:33 Processed at Origin LONDON-HEATHROW, GB

The joysticks appear to be doing a figure eight in Great Britain!

Herk

BTW, final destination should be St. Agatha, Ontario, Canada.

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steveh:
I orderd mine yesterday.  lets see who gets them first :)

TOK:
I've always had good luck with DHL. My first experience with them was with Ultimarc, and I was amazed that I had stuff from London to the Eastern US in less than a week. Haven't used them recently, but it sounds like they're experiencing some major growth related issues. They used to the (relatively) small shipper that could get something delivered anywhere in the world. Now they have partnerships with the USPS etc. that has elevated their size and overhead by a huge amount.

Still, it could just be a tracking oddity.

Zebidee:

I live in Australia, and I know that if I order from Ultimarc on Friday then I'll get my order the following Friday (ie 1 week), when I'll be at home with the kids.  So I always order on a Friday!  Like clockwork :)

FrizzleFried:
As much as I loathe UPS,  90% of the time I order from Hong Kong at Midnight,  I have my item by Noon the next day (meaning 36 hours not 12)...36 hours from Hong Kong to Idaho is pretty damn spanky. 

Now,  I have encountered an "exception" twice now...but BOTH TIMES the shipment was 1 day later than usual and BOTH TIMES I got a 100% refund (has come to $99 in refund thus far!).

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