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iPad EU News (Abandon all hope, ye who enter here..) ("Are you nuts?!" - Steve)
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Spoke to some customs woman at PF, very nice lady she said you don't need to wait for a letter as with the bank holiday it may take a while before they get sent out. Just keep an eye on the tracker as to which depot its going to and pay over the phone.
Called Manchester and the chap said it's not there just yet but to call in the morning to pay for delivery on Thursday!
Spoke to some customs woman at PF, very nice lady she said you don't need to wait for a letter as with the bank holiday it may take a while before they get sent out. Just keep an eye on the tracker as to which depot its going to and pay over the phone.
Called Manchester and the chap said it's not there just yet but to call in the morning to pay for delivery on Thursday!
Excellent, just waiting on mine to land at my local depot, last update was.
27-04-2010 11:21 National Hub Sorted in hub
I'm just getting very impatient now it's so close
So you're to ring the actual depot to pay rather than the main PF number?Excellent, just waiting on mine to land at my local depot, last update was.
27-04-2010 11:21 National Hub Sorted in hub
I'm just getting very impatient now it's so close
You're nearly there!
Yep, just call the depot - provide your reference and pay. He said if you call first thing then it will be sent same day for next day delivery.
How much was your customs charge?
Update: My iPad is still in customs but I managed (after 100 redial attempts, I kid you not) to get through and spoke to a helpful lady that said my (USPS Express) parcel was with UPS. Yes, UPS (not USPS).
The reasoning is that because my parcel is coming via USPS Express, ParcelForce handed it over to UPS to clear customs as they apparantly do with all Express parcels. However UPS have a huge backlog and ParcelForce don't. The irony being that if I ordered using "Priority" delivery instead of Express it would probably have cleared customs within a day or two instead of five and counting..
I spoke to a helpful guy at UPS Customs who gave me their fax number: (02476 213308) and I faxed ahead the original purchase and shipping receipts so hopefully this will mean I won't have to reply to a postal letter from them. We'll see.
The reasoning is that because my parcel is coming via USPS Express, ParcelForce handed it over to UPS to clear customs as they apparantly do with all Express parcels. However UPS have a huge backlog and ParcelForce don't. The irony being that if I ordered using "Priority" delivery instead of Express it would probably have cleared customs within a day or two instead of five and counting..
I spoke to a helpful guy at UPS Customs who gave me their fax number: (02476 213308) and I faxed ahead the original purchase and shipping receipts so hopefully this will mean I won't have to reply to a postal letter from them. We'll see.
Dude you are having such nightmare with your delivery! I hope it's all worth it in the end for you mate. Hang in there, you will forget all of these problems once you get it in your hands and start enjoying it's awesomeness.....that sounded so very wrong. Lol
mine is also part of this horrific backlog...
26-04-2010 19:58 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
26-04-2010 19:58 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGES
26-04-2010 19:46 International Hub Arrived in destination country
24-04-2010 10:30 Delivery Agent - CHICAGO Left origin country
24-04-2010 08:36 Delivery Agent - CHICAGO Arrived at Outward OE
23-04-2010 15:59 Delivery Agent - UNITED STATES AMERICA
CBA!
26-04-2010 19:58 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGING
26-04-2010 19:58 International Hub AWAITING CUSTOMS CHARGES
26-04-2010 19:46 International Hub Arrived in destination country
24-04-2010 10:30 Delivery Agent - CHICAGO Left origin country
24-04-2010 08:36 Delivery Agent - CHICAGO Arrived at Outward OE
23-04-2010 15:59 Delivery Agent - UNITED STATES AMERICA
CBA!
I can't wait to <insert doublé-entendra here> to the iPad
As long as it arrives in good condition and hopefully before the end of the week I'll be happy. Fortunately I'm not expecting any such nightmareish delivery for the iPhone 4G - here's hoping it's as easy as last year's camp out at the O2 store!
That's not a backlog - yours is going to schedule and the next thing you should see is "Arrived at National Hub", "At Local Depot", and then "Out for Delivery". If you're on 24hr/Express it may even arrive at your local depot (possibly with charges) for tomorrow".
I can't wait to <insert doublé-entendra here> to the iPad
As long as it arrives in good condition and hopefully before the end of the week I'll be happy. Fortunately I'm not expecting any such nightmareish delivery for the iPhone 4G - here's hoping it's as easy as last year's camp out at the O2 store!
That's not a backlog - yours is going to schedule and the next thing you should see is "Arrived at National Hub", "At Local Depot", and then "Out for Delivery". If you're on 24hr/Express it may even arrive at your local depot (possibly with charges) for tomorrow".
Are you sure? I thought it meant it was waiting in this queue. Sorry if your right, I didn't mean to rub it in lol (although I would be very happy!)
That looks good for you mate. Mine went to released to hub shortly after the customs charging bit. Just make sure you phone Parcelforce (or whoever your delivery agent is) when it does so you can pay the charges and get it out for delivery. If not you will have to wait for them to send you a letter.
So I am a little unclear of how the whole process goes. Could someone sum it up in steps please?
Do I just order form Apple, getting ti sent to my BundleBox. Then in my BB account I need to tell them to send it to me? Or is it all automatic?
Do I just order form Apple, getting ti sent to my BundleBox. Then in my BB account I need to tell them to send it to me? Or is it all automatic?
I still think they are lieing to you. Mine and the other 2 people to get recently were also USPS Express and we got straight through and with Parcelforce.
Unless USPS is helping Parcelforce and some of their mail is being delegated to them then it makes no sense at all.
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That's alright! I'm happy for you
Whatever the truth of the situation is I know that at least Customs and Parcelforce have lied to me once each.
I called UPS this afternoon and spoke to a helpful guy there who confirmed that they (UPS) do in fact have the package but it's in a storeroom backlog at the moment for the attention of UPS to process. I've called Parcelforce half a dozen times over the last five days and each time spoke to a different person who has advised that the package is not with them. I managed to get through to a helpful person at Customs who said that the package isn't with them either but with UPS. What a pullava. Looking back through the history of this thread almost this exact same person has happened to at least one other person before me.
Either way I have the original purchase receipts for the iPad and the Shipping and have faxed these to UPS. I'm hoping for a quick charge and release rather than more days in storage which doesn't help anyone.
so basically your correct... You have two choices... either...
1. buy direct from Apple and get them to ship to your bundlebox account
2. have bundle box buy it for you.
The issue with 1 is trying to fool the Apple store into thinking that your not shipping to a freight forwarder, as they have decided this is not something they want!
Once it's at bundlebox you then select the bits you want shipped and "bundle" them together and ask them to ship them,
If I buy a US iPad, will I be able to use the app store and iTunes on it without creating a US account? If not, can I download apps from my UK account, and sync through my iMac?
WARNING
I just got a call from my credit card company to say that they believe my card was used fraudulently over the weekend. The amount is the same as my INTLO purchase but the payment was made to private account and not a company account. They have reversed the transaction and recommended that I should cancel my card. It's rather suspicious that someone at INTLO would try and charge my card around a week before they receive shipments of 3G model themselves.
er you obviously have no experience making big online purchases online?
All retailers put a hold on the money to make sure you are good for it first. Even apple themselves. And every bank out there will flag any charge over a few hundred pounds as potential fraud and ring you.
My bank rang me with the fraud call for my purchase from the Apple store themselves who HELD 600 of my money over 12 days before it was due to ship.
Everything that happened to you was perfectly normal so stop screaming fraud to people.
When I held the Ipad box I gave in lol. Way too hard to look at an Ipad and not open/use it. Ipad is so aweeesomeee. Lol.
Also creating a USA account is easy, how are people having so much trouble?. If you go to App store on Ipad it pops up saying would you like to download iBooks free?
Say yes then register an account on the Ipad and it let's you without a card or voucher. Made my account with no payment card or credit at all.
Posted from my IPad O:
Also creating a USA account is easy, how are people having so much trouble?. If you go to App store on Ipad it pops up saying would you like to download iBooks free?
Say yes then register an account on the Ipad and it let's you without a card or voucher. Made my account with no payment card or credit at all.
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I guess so. Missed that part. However Intlo is a pretty dodgy company I bet they dodge paying VAT by doing that.
Im hearing so many mentions of having to make a US account. Why? I was told you don't need to. Can't I just use my UK account from the get go?
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