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Just spoke to UPS again and it is in the US still :( the person i spoke to said the lady must have got confused because the part about being in the UK is just paperwork to stop the package being held up in customs! The package is being flown to spain then driving up!
 
vito said:
Does anyone know the weight and size of the iPad box etc so I can arrange shipping to the UK, do BundleBox do that for you?
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has yours arrived at bundlebox then? did you have apple ship it to them or did Bundlebox buy it for you?
 
A friend in work got a mate of his to ship one from the states via USPS. In all it took two weeks to get here even though he paid for less than 5 business day delivery. This was all before the volcano issue.

He got stung by customs as well.
 
Has anyone who's used bundlebox for shipping also had customs delays or had to pay extra import tax?

Has it just whizzed through customs?
 
Nipz said:
Just spoke to UPS again and it is in the US still :( the person i spoke to said the lady must have got confused because the part about being in the UK is just paperwork to stop the package being held up in customs! The package is being flown to spain then driving up!
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Can this be confirmed by anyone? I wouldn't mind if mine came to the UK via Spain, but I'd like to at least know because the status of mine hasn't updated for a 6 days now.
 
If those are the prices (although i'm prepared to bet that they aren't UK 'mainland' prices), then there is no way in hell i'd buy one. I could get a knockdown fare to the US for a couple of hundred quid and still pick one up without losing out :confused:
 
-Ryan- said:
Can this be confirmed by anyone? I wouldn't mind if mine came to the UK via Spain, but I'd like to at least know because the status of mine hasn't updated for a 6 days now.
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Thats what UPS have told me. They sorted it out over the weekend.

Just checked mine again and now its gone from in transit to exception and now says NATURAL DISASTER! Im hoping that doesnt mean they dropped it ;)
 
Nipz said:
Thats what UPS have told me. They sorted it out over the weekend.

Just checked mine again and now its gone from in transit to exception and now says NATURAL DISASTER! Im hoping that doesnt mean they dropped it ;)
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How did you speak to them? I might confirm with them because mine still hasn't updated. Mine was on 48 hour shipping, so I'm pretty sure I'll be compensated for this, regardless of it being a 'natural disaster' aka BS.
 
-Ryan- said:
How did you speak to them? I might confirm with them because mine still hasn't updated. Mine was on 48 hour shipping, so I'm pretty sure I'll be compensated for this, regardless of it being a 'natural disaster' aka BS.
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I hate to say it but i think u'll be very lucky to get compensation because UK air-space was closed due to a volcanic dust cloud
 
-Ryan- said:
How did you speak to them? I might confirm with them because mine still hasn't updated. Mine was on 48 hour shipping, so I'm pretty sure I'll be compensated for this, regardless of it being a 'natural disaster' aka BS.
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I rang them on the telephone :) think its some kind of new technology but seams pretty good so far!

UPS have put a notice on their website saying they no longer guarantee anything due to the Ash. Ive been told it should only be a 1 or 2 day delay!
 
So the US will get 3G iPads on the 30th April, does that mean that we'll be able to preorder Wifi or Wifi+3G on May 10th or is 3G yet another privilege only at first being extended to Americans?
 
Ok just got another update:

NATURAL DISASTER / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY

Hopefully soon find out what route it is taking!

Edit: It should be landing wherever as it left the US at 9:48 (us time) so should know tonight where it is and a rough ETA.
 
14-04-2010 10:29 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
14-04-2010 10:29 International Hub SENT TO STORE, AWAITING INFORMATION
11-04-2010 17:11 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
11-04-2010 17:11 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGES
11-04-2010 16:55 International Hub Arrived in destination country
10-04-2010 08:50 Heathrow Airport Arrived at destination country
08-04-2010 19:01 Delivery Agent - LOS ANGELES AMU Left origin country
08-04-2010 19:00 Delivery Agent - LOS ANGELES AMU Arrived at Outward OE
07-04-2010 16:13 Delivery Agent - UNITED STATES AMERICA

well today still no change however i do have news, i finally got hold of customs, they confirmed my parcel was released back to parcelforce with charges on £30.76 on the 14th, so i then went back to parcelforce, they state that there is a masive backlog with parcels sent between customs and parcelforce, so if customs have released it it sitting in this delay, they have told me to wait till friday and if still no joy they will then look into it further:mad:
 
hundleton1 said:
14-04-2010 10:29 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
14-04-2010 10:29 International Hub SENT TO STORE, AWAITING INFORMATION
11-04-2010 17:11 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
11-04-2010 17:11 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGES
11-04-2010 16:55 International Hub Arrived in destination country
10-04-2010 08:50 Heathrow Airport Arrived at destination country
08-04-2010 19:01 Delivery Agent - LOS ANGELES AMU Left origin country
08-04-2010 19:00 Delivery Agent - LOS ANGELES AMU Arrived at Outward OE
07-04-2010 16:13 Delivery Agent - UNITED STATES AMERICA

well today still no change however i do have news, i finally got hold of customs, they confirmed my parcel was released back to parcelforce with charges on £30.76 on the 14th, so i then went back to parcelforce, they state that there is a masive backlog with parcels sent between customs and parcelforce, so if customs have released it it sitting in this delay, they have told me to wait till friday and if still no joy they will then look into it further:mad:
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Man that's not cool! On the plus you got away with a very small charge! I'm paying 3 times that! Lol
 
DKatri said:
a friend of mine just tweeted me this link http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/32661/gibraltar-shop-posts-uk-ipad-prices not sure how real it is. Would be crappy if they priced them like this is suggesting.
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What confuses me about this is

£599 for 16GB Wifi and then just a £80 increase to 32GB 3G and a further £80 for 64GB 3G?

the £599 seems like it is actually the price of the 16GB 3G and they have made a mistake?

They do not even have the 32GB and 64GB Wifi listed... very odd...

How ever they are an authorised reseller, apparently? Would Apple allow such opportunists to be authorised resellers if they charged over the odds like that to people before the price is released?


If you actually compare the pricing there with the $ pricing it is as follows

16GB Wifi $499- £599

32GB 3G $729 - £679

64GB 3G $829 - £749

The 3G model prices there I actually think look like they might be real prices, and are actually not bad, not the worst they could have been. I would not be surprised with those at all.

However the 16GB wifi model just seems wrong, if using the pricing models for their 3G listings the Wifi model should actually be closer to £449 which would be fine.
 
hundleton1 said:
well today still no change however i do have news, i finally got hold of customs, they confirmed my parcel was released back to parcelforce with charges on £30.76 on the 14th, so i then went back to parcelforce, they state that there is a masive backlog with parcels sent between customs and parcelforce, so if customs have released it it sitting in this delay, they have told me to wait till friday and if still no joy they will then look into it further:mad:
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Maybe it varies between depots but mine sailed through in comparison. I was charged £30.30 for it. Parcel Force should be delivering tomorrow.

20-04-2010 01:54 Birmingham South Depot Arrived at delivery depot
20-04-2010 00:05 National Hub Sorted in hub
19-04-2010 21:24 International Hub RELEASED WITH CHARGES
18-04-2010 21:22 International Hub Arrived in destination country
16-04-2010 11:15 Delivery Agent - NEW YORK -PTT Left origin country
 
I (unsurprisingly) caved and bought one off eBay today. 32GB plus the Apple case (which I'm selling). Should be here Thursday.
 
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