From: Jeff S. <jef...@gm...> - 2007-05-02 21:58:40
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Never again will I ever ship something via regular mail My heart stopped with how long it took. I even emailed USPS asking if there was something I could do. I thought for sure it got lost in the mail. Luckily it got through but the amount of worrying that it got lost and the amount of time it took was just too long. of course it only costed $1.11 shipping via regular first class mail, although it took a week and a day to get there. And there was no tracking it. Tracking is definitely worth the extra amount. Hurray I have my gumstix on its way back to me :-) (jumping for joy) |
From: Marc N. <gee...@gm...> - 2007-05-02 22:11:17
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Funnily enough (or not), UPS lost my Verdex. Should have been here Friday. They have no record of it after leaving customs, yet my conceirge says a UPS driver turned up on Friday looking for customs fees. UPS will neither deny or confirm its lost as-of this afternoon ;) So, even the "pros" get it wrong sometimes! -marc On 5/2/07, Jeff Sadowski <jef...@gm...> wrote: > Never again will I ever ship something via regular mail > My heart stopped with how long it took. > I even emailed USPS asking if there was something I could do. > I thought for sure it got lost in the mail. > Luckily it got through but the amount of worrying that it got lost and > the amount of time it took was just too long. of course it only costed > $1.11 shipping via regular first class mail, although it took a week > and a day to get there. And there was no tracking it. Tracking is > definitely worth the extra amount. > > Hurray I have my gumstix on its way back to me :-) > (jumping for joy) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |
From: Kirk M. <km...@ec...> - 2007-05-02 22:17:02
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*lol* - when Gumstix get shipped to the UK - they bounce at the delivery point because nobody can pay the $100 taxes etc. Then they post an invoice, which slowly comes through finance to someone who has to phone and pay - then we wait for the 2nd delivery. I used to think that was painful until a UK company shipped our stuff directly to Norway and tax paperwork (N re-taxes everything!) got lost (as it followed the parts there after we left) - and before we knew it Norwegian debt collectors were sending inflated bills to us. Maybe we'll be able to print the gumstix on a printer one day :-) Kirk Jeff Sadowski wrote: > Never again will I ever ship something via regular mail > My heart stopped with how long it took. > I even emailed USPS asking if there was something I could do. > I thought for sure it got lost in the mail. > Luckily it got through but the amount of worrying that it got lost and > the amount of time it took was just too long. of course it only costed > $1.11 shipping via regular first class mail, although it took a week > and a day to get there. And there was no tracking it. Tracking is > definitely worth the extra amount. > > Hurray I have my gumstix on its way back to me :-) > (jumping for joy) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > -- Electronics and Computer Science University of Southampton, UK +44 (0)2380 594491 http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~km |
From: Jeff S. <jef...@gm...> - 2007-05-02 22:37:07
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Ouch you two had much worse experiences I hope you two can get that resolved. Customs fees for ups? now I'm curious how shipping works out of country. and $100 tax in UK what is this about? On 5/2/07, Kirk Martinez <km...@ec...> wrote: > *lol* - when Gumstix get shipped to the UK - they bounce at the delivery > point because nobody can pay the $100 taxes etc. Then they post an > invoice, which slowly comes through finance to someone who has to phone > and pay - then we wait for the 2nd delivery. > I used to think that was painful until a UK company shipped our stuff > directly to Norway and tax paperwork (N re-taxes everything!) got lost > (as it followed the parts there after we left) - and before we knew it > Norwegian debt collectors were sending inflated bills to us. > > Maybe we'll be able to print the gumstix on a printer one day :-) > Kirk > > Jeff Sadowski wrote: > > Never again will I ever ship something via regular mail > > My heart stopped with how long it took. > > I even emailed USPS asking if there was something I could do. > > I thought for sure it got lost in the mail. > > Luckily it got through but the amount of worrying that it got lost and > > the amount of time it took was just too long. of course it only costed > > $1.11 shipping via regular first class mail, although it took a week > > and a day to get there. And there was no tracking it. Tracking is > > definitely worth the extra amount. > > > > Hurray I have my gumstix on its way back to me :-) > > (jumping for joy) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list > > gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > -- > Electronics and Computer Science > University of Southampton, UK > +44 (0)2380 594491 > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~km > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |
From: Arnar B. <ar...@gm...> - 2007-05-02 23:04:52
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Since we're sharing :o) I'm in Iceland and I didn't even take the chance of shipping it up here - I waited some months until someone I knew was going to the US and brought it back for me (we're allowed to bring a certain amount of goods tax-free when travelling). Shipping would have cost me about $100, taken up to 4 weeks and on top of my $300 purchase ($400 with shipping) I'd have had to pay about $160 in taxes and handling fees - bringing the total to about $570. Arnar On 5/2/07, Jeff Sadowski <jef...@gm...> wrote: > Ouch you two had much worse experiences I hope you two can get that resolved. > Customs fees for ups? > now I'm curious how shipping works out of country. > and $100 tax in UK what is this about? > > On 5/2/07, Kirk Martinez <km...@ec...> wrote: > > *lol* - when Gumstix get shipped to the UK - they bounce at the delivery > > point because nobody can pay the $100 taxes etc. Then they post an > > invoice, which slowly comes through finance to someone who has to phone > > and pay - then we wait for the 2nd delivery. > > I used to think that was painful until a UK company shipped our stuff > > directly to Norway and tax paperwork (N re-taxes everything!) got lost > > (as it followed the parts there after we left) - and before we knew it > > Norwegian debt collectors were sending inflated bills to us. > > > > Maybe we'll be able to print the gumstix on a printer one day :-) > > Kirk > > > > Jeff Sadowski wrote: > > > Never again will I ever ship something via regular mail > > > My heart stopped with how long it took. > > > I even emailed USPS asking if there was something I could do. > > > I thought for sure it got lost in the mail. > > > Luckily it got through but the amount of worrying that it got lost and > > > the amount of time it took was just too long. of course it only costed > > > $1.11 shipping via regular first class mail, although it took a week > > > and a day to get there. And there was no tracking it. Tracking is > > > definitely worth the extra amount. > > > > > > Hurray I have my gumstix on its way back to me :-) > > > (jumping for joy) > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gumstix-users mailing list > > > gum...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > > > -- > > Electronics and Computer Science > > University of Southampton, UK > > +44 (0)2380 594491 > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~km > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list > > gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |
From: Jeff S. <jef...@gm...> - 2007-05-02 23:24:55
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Ouch on taxes I've ordered stuff from Germany my IRtrans and I didn't pay a penny in taxes on it. I'd complain to the government. I live in the US. On 5/2/07, Arnar Birgisson <ar...@gm...> wrote: > Since we're sharing :o) > > I'm in Iceland and I didn't even take the chance of shipping it up > here - I waited some months until someone I knew was going to the US > and brought it back for me (we're allowed to bring a certain amount of > goods tax-free when travelling). > > Shipping would have cost me about $100, taken up to 4 weeks and on top > of my $300 purchase ($400 with shipping) I'd have had to pay about > $160 in taxes and handling fees - bringing the total to about $570. > > Arnar > > On 5/2/07, Jeff Sadowski <jef...@gm...> wrote: > > Ouch you two had much worse experiences I hope you two can get that resolved. > > Customs fees for ups? > > now I'm curious how shipping works out of country. > > and $100 tax in UK what is this about? > > > > On 5/2/07, Kirk Martinez <km...@ec...> wrote: > > > *lol* - when Gumstix get shipped to the UK - they bounce at the delivery > > > point because nobody can pay the $100 taxes etc. Then they post an > > > invoice, which slowly comes through finance to someone who has to phone > > > and pay - then we wait for the 2nd delivery. > > > I used to think that was painful until a UK company shipped our stuff > > > directly to Norway and tax paperwork (N re-taxes everything!) got lost > > > (as it followed the parts there after we left) - and before we knew it > > > Norwegian debt collectors were sending inflated bills to us. > > > > > > Maybe we'll be able to print the gumstix on a printer one day :-) > > > Kirk > > > > > > Jeff Sadowski wrote: > > > > Never again will I ever ship something via regular mail > > > > My heart stopped with how long it took. > > > > I even emailed USPS asking if there was something I could do. > > > > I thought for sure it got lost in the mail. > > > > Luckily it got through but the amount of worrying that it got lost and > > > > the amount of time it took was just too long. of course it only costed > > > > $1.11 shipping via regular first class mail, although it took a week > > > > and a day to get there. And there was no tracking it. Tracking is > > > > definitely worth the extra amount. > > > > > > > > Hurray I have my gumstix on its way back to me :-) > > > > (jumping for joy) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > gumstix-users mailing list > > > > gum...@li... > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Electronics and Computer Science > > > University of Southampton, UK > > > +44 (0)2380 594491 > > > http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~km > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gumstix-users mailing list > > > gum...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list > > gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |
From: Joel W. <jo...@in...> - 2007-05-02 23:34:26
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> I'd complain to the government. > > I live in the US. > What happens when you complain to your government Jeff? I'm not so sure that such great advice ;-) |