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 by DionM on Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:13 am
To me it seems to be just to taunt you!
In the olden days (before the Internet  ) when a package was coming you used to sit and imagine where it would be - on a plane perhaps, maybe on the delivery truck today. You used to think it was close, and making its way ever closer to you.
Now track and trace gives you the cold reality - no its still sitting in a depot on the other side of the country, where it has been for the last 12 hours 
The ability to know where it really is spoils all the fun 
(Waiting for my latest lust purchase to arrive - Canon 400 5.6L).
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by birddog114 on Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:17 am
I believe you order from the US and shipped by "snail" UPS (Expedite)
If it's the case then you may not have it by Xmas.
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by Oneputt on Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:17 am
Bought more jewellery huh Dion
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by DionM on Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:23 am
Birddog114 wrote:I believe you order from the US and shipped by "snail" UPS (Expedite)
If it's the case then you may not have it by Xmas.
No, its coming from inside Oz. 
Canon 20D and a bunch of lovely L glass and a 580EX. Benro tripod. Manfrotto monopod. Lowepro and Crumpler bags. And a pair of Sigma teleconverters, and some Kenko tubes.
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by DionM on Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:24 am
Oneputt wrote:Bought more jewellery huh Dion
Not this time ... its Xmas
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by Steffen on Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:51 am
DionM wrote:The ability to know where it really is spoils all the fun
Put the excitement back in - watch the movie "Cast Away"...
Cheers
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by Nnnnsic on Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:00 pm
Steffen wrote:Put the excitement back in - watch the movie "Cast Away"...
His Canon is going to drop onto a deserted island with all but the most courageous Tom Hanks obsessive fan who will now have a new friend besides Wilson the ball... it's Canon - the guy with the really long snout!
"Wilson! Be nice to Canon! He's only five and a half!"
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by DVEous on Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:01 pm
... Obsolete ...
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by DionM on Thu Dec 22, 2005 7:54 am
Well my toy arrived yesterday, courtesy of AaE. They had a plane breakdown, so it was late.
Canon 20D and a bunch of lovely L glass and a 580EX. Benro tripod. Manfrotto monopod. Lowepro and Crumpler bags. And a pair of Sigma teleconverters, and some Kenko tubes.
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by birddog114 on Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:13 am
DionM wrote:Well my toy arrived yesterday, courtesy of AaE. They had a plane breakdown, so it was late.
Lucky, it didn't crash Birddog114
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by DionM on Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:19 am
Birddog114 wrote:Lucky, it didn't crash
Yes, lucky for them
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by Slider on Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:41 am
DionM wrote:Well my toy arrived yesterday, courtesy of AaE. They had a plane breakdown, so it was late.
Yeah, sure 
You know you should have sent it with us Dion
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by DionM on Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:48 am
Slider wrote:You know you should have sent it with us Dion
No choice. Besides, you would have seen it was Canon gear and broken it on me
Oh ... and the fact *** have lost my packages before
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by gstark on Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:52 am
DionM wrote:Well my toy arrived yesterday, courtesy of AaE. They had a plane breakdown, so it was late.
Obviously an Airbus. They regularly require a reboot.
Of the whole plane!
Anybody would think they were running Windows.
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