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A very nice gesture!

us Offline Poncho65

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A very nice gesture!
on: December 23, 2021, 01:23:25 AM
Back in early Summer I was contacted by McStitchy about buying and getting a tool across the pond for him :whistle:

Well, I bought the tool and it took probably 6 weeks to get to me :ahhh we both were watching it sit and then finally one day it moved :woohoo: not long after it made it to me :like:

I took some pics for him and promptly packaged it up and got it on its merry way :salute:

This is where the real craziness started :ahhh I had sent him the tracking number and we watched it bounce back in forth around the US :facepalm: and then some more and some more :oops:

Finally ending back to my local Post Office :facepalm: I contacted them and asked them what was up and they really didn't know ::) :facepalm: So off it went again.... I forget how many times it came back and was delivered to me a couple times as well :bnghd:

The last time I received it, I boxed it up differently and sent it again. The Post Office finally got it to go across the Pond  :woohoo:

Guess what  :facepalm: yep, it came back to the US :crash: :rofl:

It was almost comical yet aggravating at the same time :facepalm: I even told my wife that if it comes back again I don't know what I will do :oops:

Well it finally didn't come back to me :woohoo:

I forget how long it took from when it was bought to when he finally received it :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh but we were in contact about it the whole time :D

Fast forward to yesterday evening.... I received a package in the mail :o and it was from our own favorite Stitched up guy :D

It took like 2 weeks to get here :rofl: It was some fudge in a very nice tin and a couple postcards :salute: :like:



I appreciate it buddy and the postcards are hanging with the rest of my Christmas cards :cheers:


us Offline Barry Rowland

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #1 on: December 23, 2021, 01:26:14 AM
Way to go !!  :like:
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pr Offline Juan el Boricua

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #2 on: December 23, 2021, 01:29:24 AM
Glad that it resolved for good at both ends.

So, almost 6 months to get there, but only two weeks to get to the CONUS; that's crazy! :facepalm: :think:


us Offline Poncho65

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #3 on: December 23, 2021, 01:35:27 AM
I know right :ahhh it should have been a much quicker trip for the tool but now it is very well traveled  :D


us Offline Rich_SD

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #4 on: December 23, 2021, 01:39:47 AM
Awesome story   :cheers:


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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #5 on: December 23, 2021, 01:44:40 AM
Clearly the US has it's own magnetic field, on top of gravity.


us Offline David

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #6 on: December 23, 2021, 01:51:43 AM
 :ahhh     :popcorn:    :ahhh      :popcorn:     :ahhh      :popcorn:     :ahhh      :mail:     :woohoo:     :mail:      :woohoo:         :D
« Last Edit: December 23, 2021, 02:10:00 AM by David »
What? Enablers! Are you serrrrious? Where? I dont see any.
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us Offline Poncho65

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #7 on: December 23, 2021, 01:52:05 AM
You guys wouldn't believe the tracking history of that tool even if we showed it to you :facepalm: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #8 on: December 23, 2021, 01:52:53 AM
:ahhh    :mail:    :ahhh     :mail:     :ahhh     :mail:     :ahhh      :mail:     :woohoo:     :mail:      :woohoo:         :D

More of those :ahhh and less of those :mail: but finally at the end it was :mail: :D


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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #9 on: December 23, 2021, 02:06:56 AM
Are you sure you weren't using Canada Post?  :rofl:
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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #10 on: December 23, 2021, 02:30:22 AM
You guys wouldn't believe the tracking history of that tool even if we showed it to you :facepalm: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I would still like to see it.  :pok:


us Offline Poncho65

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #11 on: December 23, 2021, 02:46:49 AM
I would have to go back and check to get the number and I may :dunno: :D

Are you sure you weren't using Canada Post?  :rofl:

The US post has sure been problematic over the last few years as well :ahhh


us Offline SteveC

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #12 on: December 23, 2021, 05:38:27 AM
 :like: :tu:


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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #13 on: December 23, 2021, 07:18:57 AM
All well that ends well.  What a story tho. 
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ie Offline McStitchy

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #14 on: December 23, 2021, 08:56:27 AM
I'm amazed it arrived at your door Poncho.
I was like... "here goes nothing"   :D


ie Offline McStitchy

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #15 on: December 23, 2021, 09:04:26 AM
I would still like to see it.  :pok:

My first PST II ...



...ah...you meant the tracking history. I guess that one is cleared.  :think:

Edit:
Found it. It's still in the system. 54 positions on that list between Poncho and even customs once and all sorts inbetween from July 4th to August 18th, when it was delivered back to his door.
Not to mention that it got lost for 6 weeks before that.
« Last Edit: December 23, 2021, 09:17:49 AM by McStitchy »


us Offline Poncho65

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #16 on: December 23, 2021, 11:49:38 AM
Are you counting the times it bounced around after I repackaged it and resent it :ahhh Not even sure I gave you the second tracking number because I was almost afraid it wouldn't make it and it would get your hopes up :o Lookong back we can laugh but I was not laughing when it was happening :ahhh :ahhh :ahhh :D

Totally crazy :facepalm:

I'm amazed it arrived at your door Poncho.
I was like... "here goes nothing"   :D

 :rofl:

I was kinda shocked :o especially considering it made it before Christmas and that quick :ahhh and the shape the postal systems are inhere in the US during Christmas are a bit wild :ahhh :D


us Offline David

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #17 on: December 23, 2021, 11:50:17 AM
What? Enablers! Are you serrrrious? Where? I dont see any.
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ie Offline McStitchy

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #18 on: December 23, 2021, 12:24:32 PM
Are you counting the times it bounced around after I repackaged it and resent it :ahhh Not even sure I gave you the second tracking number because ...


No, that was just the first...  :D


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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #19 on: December 23, 2021, 12:55:14 PM
One of those stories you laugh at after, but when it's going on it's far from fun.
Glad it made it safely in the end :tu:
Ooh, and that Guinness fudge is really tasty :drool:

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us Offline SteveC

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #20 on: December 23, 2021, 01:53:47 PM
My first PST II ...

(Image removed from quote.)

...ah...you meant the tracking history. I guess that one is cleared.  :think:

Edit:
Found it. It's still in the system. 54 positions on that list between Poncho and even customs once and all sorts inbetween from July 4th to August 18th, when it was delivered back to his door.
Not to mention that it got lost for 6 weeks before that.


Glad it finally made it to you !    :like: :tu:


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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #21 on: December 23, 2021, 03:07:27 PM
It’s wack! :crazy: you don’t have to tell me, we live in Michigan, I watched a package get shipped off from like Ny, easy right, I watched it go down to Louisiana, all the way over to Washington state, then Ohio before heading up into Michigan? Talk about taking a little trip,, heck I can see the Canada border, I had one package coming from over there latterly only a 2hr drive, but it had to go through Michigan to Ohio, over to ny, then back to Michigan before ending up on my steps! It’s totally crazy!!
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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #22 on: December 23, 2021, 04:09:15 PM
It's not just the US postage that has issues.

For the last 3 months Australia Post just refuses to accept any packages for Ireland at all ( I think it is something to do with lack of flights going from Oz to Ireland since Covid started to affect international air travel).   >:(

I have a package for the stitched one that has been sitting on a cupboard for months, just waiting for AusPost to finally get their act together (this was after it was returned once after actually getting to Ireland then being rejected because it didn't have the correct TARIC code on the customs form).   >:( >:( >:(

Maybe McStitchy broke a few too many mirrors or walked under one too many ladders or something as a kid ?
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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #23 on: December 23, 2021, 04:28:10 PM


us Offline Poncho65

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Reply #24 on: December 23, 2021, 08:12:57 PM
 :rofl:


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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #25 on: December 23, 2021, 11:57:16 PM
Best that I can relate to this saga is I had one hit my regional post office 3 different times before it finally reached me, but 54 stops is ridiculous.
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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #26 on: December 24, 2021, 12:05:18 AM
It's not just the US postage that has issues.

For the last 3 months Australia Post just refuses to accept any packages for Ireland at all ( I think it is something to do with lack of flights going from Oz to Ireland since Covid started to affect international air travel).   >:(

I have a package for the stitched one that has been sitting on a cupboard for months, just waiting for AusPost to finally get their act together (this was after it was returned once after actually getting to Ireland then being rejected because it didn't have the correct TARIC code on the customs form).   >:( >:( >:(

Maybe McStitchy broke a few too many mirrors or walked under one too many ladders or something as a kid ?

I'm sure we'll get it sent some day  :cheers:


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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #27 on: December 24, 2021, 01:03:45 AM
So that beats the three months it took Chako's package to reach me?


us Offline Poncho65

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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #28 on: December 24, 2021, 02:05:15 AM
Of yes, it was way more than 3 months :facepalm:


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Re: A very nice gesture!
Reply #29 on: December 25, 2021, 11:21:20 AM
I'm sure we'll get it sent some day  :cheers:

 :cheers:

I live in hope things will be better in 2022 (in many, many ways)  :)
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