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Bizarre journey of a Macbook Air

That Weirdo In The Corner

That Weirdo In The Corner

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Has anybody else have this happen to them? I ordered a new Macbook Air and it was shipped quickly and since then I has been in 4 countries most of them more than once, I'm in the Uk by the way.


KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 08/11/2010 11:23 ARRIVAL SCAN
ALMATY, KZ 08/11/2010 8:56 DEPARTURE SCAN
08/11/2010 6:22 ARRIVAL SCAN
INCHEON, KR 08/11/2010 3:33 DEPARTURE SCAN
08/11/2010 0:58 EXPORT GATEWAY HOLD / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY
08/11/2010 0:31 EXPORT GATEWAY HOLD
KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 07/11/2010 16:09 PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY
INCHEON, KR 07/11/2010 13:53 ARRIVAL SCAN
SHANGHAI, CN 07/11/2010 10:59 DEPARTURE SCAN
SHANGHAI, CN 06/11/2010 3:04 DEPARTURE SCAN
SHANGHAI, CN 05/11/2010 21:59 EXPORT SCAN
KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 05/11/2010 7:11 PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE
SHANGHAI, CN 04/11/2010 20:23 DEPARTURE SCAN
04/11/2010 18:10 ORIGIN SCAN
CN 04/11/2010 6:22 BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
 
Not a macbook air, but i bought a laptop off ebay a while back.

Its route was: USA-California, USA-West Virginia, USA-Florida, Great Britain, France, Norway, Sweden(Malmö), Sweden(Göteborg), Sweden(Stockholm), and finally the local post office 30km south of Stockholm.

Now i have no bloody clue what the hell they were doing or why they shipped it all over the place. USA-Great Britain-Sweden is the normal route.
 
For some reason, I'm laughing at That Weirdo In The Corner who ordered a MacBook Air.

Because...why would you want a MacBook Air?
 
Was it the 11" or 13"?

That Weirdo In The Corner said:
Has anybody else have this happen to them? I ordered a new Macbook Air and it was shipped quickly and since then I has been in 4 countries most of them more than once, I'm in the Uk by the way.


KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 08/11/2010 11:23 ARRIVAL SCAN
ALMATY, KZ 08/11/2010 8:56 DEPARTURE SCAN
08/11/2010 6:22 ARRIVAL SCAN
INCHEON, KR 08/11/2010 3:33 DEPARTURE SCAN
08/11/2010 0:58 EXPORT GATEWAY HOLD / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY
08/11/2010 0:31 EXPORT GATEWAY HOLD
KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 07/11/2010 16:09 PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY
INCHEON, KR 07/11/2010 13:53 ARRIVAL SCAN
SHANGHAI, CN 07/11/2010 10:59 DEPARTURE SCAN
SHANGHAI, CN 06/11/2010 3:04 DEPARTURE SCAN
SHANGHAI, CN 05/11/2010 21:59 EXPORT SCAN
KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 05/11/2010 7:11 PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE
SHANGHAI, CN 04/11/2010 20:23 DEPARTURE SCAN
04/11/2010 18:10 ORIGIN SCAN
CN 04/11/2010 6:22 BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
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A friend of mine bought a bag, from somewhere in France. It went to the UK, Germany, Sweden, and when they couldn't find the address the first time, went back to Germany and UK, to take the same trip to Sweden again, this time arriving where it should.
 
Marten said:
A friend of mine bought a bag, from somewhere in France. It went to the UK, Germany, Sweden, and when they couldn't find the address the first time, went back to Germany and UK, to take the same trip to Sweden again, this time arriving where it should.
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du skoja me mä? :lol:

thats the swedish postal service for ya'll. USPS in nothing compared to this shit.
 
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ares93 said:
Marten said:
A friend of mine bought a bag, from somewhere in France. It went to the UK, Germany, Sweden, and when they couldn't find the address the first time, went back to Germany and UK, to take the same trip to Sweden again, this time arriving where it should.
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du skoja me mä? :lol:

thats the swedish postal service for ya'll. USPS in nothing compared to this shit.
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They got confused by a Ö, apparently.
 
^ indeed. with brits or yanks, somehow Södertälje becomes soudertaelje. i have no clue why, Sodertalje is a lot simpler...
 
ares93 said:
^ indeed. with brits or yanks, somehow Södertälje becomes soudertaelje. i have no clue why, Sodertalje is a lot simpler...
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One would think. My name is Mårten, it sometimes becomes Maarten, when the extra e is quite redundant.
 
Tom Hendricks said:
That Weirdo In The Corner said:
Tom Hendricks said:
Was it the 11" or 13"?
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the 11'
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Thinking about getting the 11" Macbook Air for my wife, need to replace her Macbook. She uses her iPad a lot but when she has to do heavy typing, she uses the wireless keyboard. So thinking this would be great for when she needs something a little more then the iPad.
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I have a powerful 15' Dell laptop and I just don't use the power. I want something small and light, I'd also like to "dick about" with OSX, I've had a few hackintoshes and want to try out the real thing.
 
That Weirdo In The Corner said:
Has anybody else have this happen to them? I ordered a new Macbook Air and it was shipped quickly and since then I has been in 4 countries most of them more than once, I'm in the Uk by the way.
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ares93 said:
Not a macbook air, but i bought a laptop off ebay a while back.

Its route was: USA-California, USA-West Virginia, USA-Florida, Great Britain, France, Norway, Sweden(Malmö), Sweden(Göteborg), Sweden(Stockholm), and finally the local post office 30km south of Stockholm.

Now i have no bloody clue what the hell they were doing or why they shipped it all over the place.
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That route makes some sort of directional sense though, moving from one hub to another in the right direction. The OP's bizarre circular game of international pass-the-parcel would leave me worrying someone's really screwed up the labelling on the package. :wtf:
 
That Weirdo In The Corner said:
Tom Hendricks said:
That Weirdo In The Corner said:
the 11'
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Thinking about getting the 11" Macbook Air for my wife, need to replace her Macbook. She uses her iPad a lot but when she has to do heavy typing, she uses the wireless keyboard. So thinking this would be great for when she needs something a little more then the iPad.
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I have a powerful 15' Dell laptop and I just don't use the power. I want something small and light, I'd also like to "dick about" with OSX, I've had a few hackintoshes and want to try out the real thing.
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My wife only really uses her Macbook to write documents, make a few powerpoint and surf the net. She doesn't like to carry around her Macbook, because it is heavy. So she uses her iPad mostly outside of the house. Which is perfect for her, she throws it in her bag and off she goes. However when she needs to type documents of length, she takes the wireless keyboard. Which defeats the reason of having the iPad. So I thought something like the 11" Macbook Air would be perfect for her. Her Macbook needs to be replaced, she has had it for several years and it is just past its prime. The Macbook air is only slightly heavier then the iPad. So that will make her extremely happy.
 
Eh at least your product is moving. I've had a package arrive in town and sit in a warehouse for three days for no reason. Yeah it still arrived within the quoted time but did they really have to taunt me by showing my stuff sitting 8 miles away for three days?
 
Holdfast said:
The OP's bizarre circular game of international pass-the-parcel would leave me worrying someone's really screwed up the labelling on the package. :wtf:
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I think it's more likely that the problem is with the reporting element of the tracking system. It looks like Koeln is recorded as the package's location whenever the brokerage there takes action to move the package through customs. My guess as to the actual progress of the box:

  • KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 08/11/2010 11:23 ARRIVAL SCAN
  • ALMATY, KZ 08/11/2010 8:56 DEPARTURE SCAN
  • 08/11/2010 6:22 ARRIVAL SCAN (Almaty)
  • INCHEON, KR 08/11/2010 3:33 DEPARTURE SCAN
  • 08/11/2010 0:58 EXPORT GATEWAY HOLD / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY (Incheon)
  • 08/11/2010 0:31 EXPORT GATEWAY HOLD (Incheon)
  • KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 07/11/2010 16:09 PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY (Actual location: Incheon)
  • INCHEON, KR 07/11/2010 13:53 ARRIVAL SCAN
  • SHANGHAI, CN 07/11/2010 10:59 DEPARTURE SCAN
  • SHANGHAI, CN 06/11/2010 3:04 DEPARTURE SCAN
  • SHANGHAI, CN 05/11/2010 21:59 EXPORT SCAN
  • KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 05/11/2010 7:11 PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE (Actual location: Shanghai)
  • SHANGHAI, CN 04/11/2010 20:23 DEPARTURE SCAN
  • 04/11/2010 18:10 ORIGIN SCAN
  • CN 04/11/2010 6:22 BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
Click to expand...
 
Cicero said:
Holdfast said:
The OP's bizarre circular game of international pass-the-parcel would leave me worrying someone's really screwed up the labelling on the package. :wtf:
Click to expand...

I think it's more likely that the problem is with the reporting element of the tracking system. It looks like Koeln is recorded as the package's location whenever the brokerage there takes action to move the package through customs. My guess as to the actual progress of the box:

  • KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 08/11/2010 11:23 ARRIVAL SCAN
  • ALMATY, KZ 08/11/2010 8:56 DEPARTURE SCAN
  • 08/11/2010 6:22 ARRIVAL SCAN (Almaty)
  • INCHEON, KR 08/11/2010 3:33 DEPARTURE SCAN
  • 08/11/2010 0:58 EXPORT GATEWAY HOLD / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY (Incheon)
  • 08/11/2010 0:31 EXPORT GATEWAY HOLD (Incheon)
  • KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 07/11/2010 16:09 PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY (Actual location: Incheon)
  • INCHEON, KR 07/11/2010 13:53 ARRIVAL SCAN
  • SHANGHAI, CN 07/11/2010 10:59 DEPARTURE SCAN
  • SHANGHAI, CN 06/11/2010 3:04 DEPARTURE SCAN
  • SHANGHAI, CN 05/11/2010 21:59 EXPORT SCAN
  • KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 05/11/2010 7:11 PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE (Actual location: Shanghai)
  • SHANGHAI, CN 04/11/2010 20:23 DEPARTURE SCAN
  • 04/11/2010 18:10 ORIGIN SCAN
  • CN 04/11/2010 6:22 BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
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Well it's due to be delivered tomorrow, I'll see what happens. there was another update yesterday at Koeln "import scan"
 
Cicero said:
Holdfast said:
The OP's bizarre circular game of international pass-the-parcel would leave me worrying someone's really screwed up the labelling on the package. :wtf:
Click to expand...

I think it's more likely that the problem is with the reporting element of the tracking system. It looks like Koeln is recorded as the package's location whenever the brokerage there takes action to move the package through customs.
Click to expand...

That makes a hell of a lot more sense.
 
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