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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #30 on: August 16, 2013, 11:34:01 am »
Eek - now what does this mean?
    Payment of charges - Item being held, addressee being notified
   UNITED KINGDOM
   August 16, 2013 7:11 am
     Arrival at Post Office
   UNITED KINGDOM
   August 16, 2013 4:26 am
     Customs clearance processing complete
   UNITED KINGDOM
   August 15, 2013 5:19 am
   
I haven't been notified, but I assume it's in my local Post Office with taxes or something to pay (just when I'm totally broke  :( ).  I understood everything was already paid.  I think the sorting office closes at 12 and I can't get there before this afternoon  :rant: .   I wonder if it's open on a Saturday.
 
So near and yet so far  ;D
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
    • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #31 on: August 16, 2013, 12:03:06 pm »
Oh no. I always knew that any hold up would be in this country  :(
It's 12 now so I am probably too late with this but can you ring them and find out the details?
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #32 on: August 16, 2013, 12:21:01 pm »
That was a good idea Sally  :thumbsup:
 
I just caught them at the sorting office and after a few crossed wires  ::)  determined that they wouldn't let me collect the parcel until I get their post card notification that it's there - no, having the tracking number and so on doesn't seem to count  ::)
 
So we'll see if the postie brings the card today and if so the sorting office is open tomorrow so I'll get a lift down with OH and....ta da...hopefully collect it.
 
But it does seem typical of this lovely country of ours that my parcel has zoomed from Canada, down through the States and over the ocean, only to lurk around in Britain.  Ah well - the tourists like quaint  :roflanim:
 
I wonder how much extra I will have to pay.
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bloomer

  • Joined Aug 2010
    • leslie, fife
  • i have chickens, sheep and opinions!!!
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #33 on: August 16, 2013, 12:26:33 pm »
worst case is 20% of whatever you paid if they decide you have to pay VAT on it...
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #34 on: August 16, 2013, 02:00:06 pm »
Oh bums  :o
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #35 on: August 18, 2013, 01:00:53 am »
This isn't so exciting any more  ::)   The notification card eventually arrived this afternoon - from Parcel Force in Glasgow - so me sending OH down to the local sorting office this morning was never going to be fruitful  :D
VAT at 20% as you said bloomer, plus a handling charge.  I'll investigate the VAT further as I thought craft items only picked up a couple of percent.  Still - all paid now and I just have to hang around the garden gate on TUES for the delivery man....... :excited: :yippee: :excited:   I'd better watch the youtube vids on how to use the things before they get here.
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
    • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #36 on: August 18, 2013, 09:04:17 am »
Hurry up Tuesday  :excited:
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #37 on: August 20, 2013, 01:24:54 pm »
    DeliveredUNITED KINGDOMAugust 20, 2013 11:27 am
     Payment of charges - Item being held, addressee being notified
   UNITED KINGDOM
   August 16, 2013 7:11 am
     Arrival at Post Office
   UNITED KINGDOM
   August 16, 2013 4:26 am
     Customs clearance processing complete
   ............................................
   SUMAS, WA 98295
   August 7, 2013 1:53 pm
     
Pics to follow  :sunshine:
« Last Edit: August 20, 2013, 09:34:30 pm by Fleecewife »
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Bionic

  • Joined Dec 2010
    • Talley, Carmarthenshire
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #38 on: August 20, 2013, 01:26:36 pm »
YIPEE  :thumbsup:
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
    • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #39 on: August 20, 2013, 01:38:54 pm »
Piccies!  We need piccies!

 :excited: :excited:
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Greenerlife

  • Joined Mar 2009
    • Leafy Surrey
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #40 on: August 20, 2013, 02:01:27 pm »
Huzzah!

 :excited:
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Mammyshaz

  • Joined Feb 2012
    • Durham
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #41 on: August 20, 2013, 02:10:20 pm »
Heehee!! at last  :excited:  :excited:  :excited:
Well, What are they like??  Worth the anticipation? Piccies please  :D
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #42 on: August 20, 2013, 09:44:31 pm »
Opening my birthday pressie:
« Last Edit: August 20, 2013, 09:47:30 pm by Fleecewife »
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Do something today that your future self will thank you for - plant a tree

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Greenerlife

  • Joined Mar 2009
    • Leafy Surrey
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #43 on: August 20, 2013, 09:49:39 pm »
I soooooooo want some!  Jealous
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
    • South Lanarkshire
    • ScotHebs
Re: Tracking my combs
« Reply #44 on: August 20, 2013, 09:53:27 pm »
I love them, but there's not all that much volume for the price  ::) . Special things come in small packages :sunshine:  The comb is beautifully well balanced and all the woodwork is lovely to hold. The tines are lethally sharp but beautiful too.
 
Unfortunately the carrier box was damaged in transit somewhere as the parcel appears to have been dropped from a height onto something sharp, which split the box from the impact.  Forsyth's say I should claim damages and they will make me a new box, so that's a nuisance but they are right that I should have my purchase in perfect condition (we were going to repair it with glue...)  It did perform its function of protecting the combs within.
 
Now to watch those youtube clips again....and again....
« Last Edit: August 20, 2013, 09:55:23 pm by Fleecewife »
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