Jeez Baz, you're lucky!! :shocked: I've had worse/longer delays in just getting stuff from Queensland to South Aus!! (Childers QLD to Mt Barker SA actually) A few years back I ordered 2 separate items from the same place, but they were a little bit fragile, so they were sent in 2 separate padded envelopes.... only the courier's 'Guaranteed Next Working Day Delivery' took 55 working days FOR JUST ONE OF THOSE TWO envelopes to get here - the 'quicker envelope' arrived at 10 am on the very next working day (10am to 10am, not too shabby delivery time, really...) while the other one took a long & devious tour thru every State in Australia except the one it needed to reach (it saw WA 3 times!), hit all of the mainland Territories (including Jervis Bay!), and languished for a week in a Melbourne Mail Centre TWICE before it reached me!! :banghead: And this was all 'in Country' too, with the correct address and Post Code, all clearly typed in heavy type large bold letters in the appropriate spaces on the front, AND there was a clear 'Return Address' label on the back too!! So it SHOULD'VE been easy enough to get it to the right place in the appropriate time, especially since the other one made it so easily; but that one, it seemed the courier's staff saw that particular envelope as a challenge!! :cus:
The supplier was extremely apologetic when I first chased it up with them, and they actually despatched a 'replacement' for the then missing item the same afternoon I informed them I'd only received one of the two envelopes. That arrived at 4pm the very next day, along with a Gift Card for almost the same value of the item to 'compensate me for my inconvenience' and they told me to keep the original when it (eventually) arrived, so I really can't complain about the supplier at all :clap: :firstplace: ..... but I do try not to use that particular courier any more!
I guess that sometimes, we just get lucky. Other times.... not so much! :shocked:
