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What is the purpose of online Track and Trace

Postby 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 :wink: ) 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 :lol:

(Waiting for my latest lust purchase to arrive - Canon 400 5.6L).

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Postby 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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Postby Oneputt on Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:17 am

Bought more jewellery huh Dion :wink:
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Postby 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. 8)

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Postby DionM on Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:24 am

Oneputt wrote:Bought more jewellery huh Dion :wink:


Not this time ... its Xmas 8)

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Re: What is the purpose of online Track and Trace

Postby Steffen on Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:51 am

DionM wrote:The ability to know where it really is spoils all the fun :lol:


Put the excitement back in - watch the movie "Cast Away"... :lol:

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Postby Nnnnsic on Tue Dec 20, 2005 12:00 pm

Steffen wrote:Put the excitement back in - watch the movie "Cast Away"... :lol:


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!

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Postby 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.

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Postby 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 :lol:
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Postby DionM on Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:19 am

Birddog114 wrote:Lucky, it didn't crash :lol:


Yes, lucky for them :wink:

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Postby 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 :roll:

You know you should have sent it with us Dion 8)
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Postby DionM on Thu Dec 22, 2005 9:48 am

Slider wrote:You know you should have sent it with us Dion 8)


No choice. Besides, you would have seen it was Canon gear and broken it on me :wink:

Oh ... and the fact *** have lost my packages before :wink:

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Postby 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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