What's going on here then?

[Rhythm Thief]

I bought a valve amplifier for my stereo recently from a chap in Hong Kong. (I don't normally like buying expensive stuff from so far away, but never mind.) He emailed me yesterday with a tracking number and the UPS website, so I thought I'd see where it was.

EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR, GB 09/11/2009 2:12 A.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 09/11/2009 2:50 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
09/11/2009 2:03 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
KOELN (COLOGNE), DE 09/10/2009 10:53 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
DUBAI, AE 09/10/2009 6:24 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
09/10/2009 1:20 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN
EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR, GB 09/10/2009 4:29 A.M. ADDITIONAL CLEARING AGENCY INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED FOR CLEARANCE
09/10/2009 4:29 A.M. PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY CHEK LAP KOK, HK 09/10/2009 9:39 A.M. DEPARTURE SCAN
EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR, GB 09/09/2009 10:31 P.M. PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE
CHEK LAP KOK, HK 09/10/2009 1:49 A.M. EXPORT SCAN
09/10/2009 1:49 A.M. ORIGIN SCAN
KOWLOON BAY, HK 09/09/2009 9:01 P.M. PICKUP SCAN
HK 09/09/2009 9:04 A.M. BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

Anyone else baffled by the fact that it's got as far as Nottingham, then gone to Dubai and Cologne before arriving back at Nottingham 22 hours later?

 

[Bman]

At a quick glance it looks like the dates/times are not in order....

 

[Rhythm Thief]

The times are local time at wherever the parcel is. I'm not bothered enough to check them all, but I assume they're roughly chronological.

 

[Bman]

I also think some of the dates are in american format (MM/DD/YYY) and some are UK (DD/MM/YYYY). Unless that package was scanned sometime next month

 

[Rhythm Thief]

They're all US format dates, which threw me at first, I admit. But there's no getting away from the fact that it was 100 miles away yesterday and then it went to Germany and the middle east. I'm still baffled.

 

[Globalti]

So the air transport industry is as disorganised and wasteful as the UK road haulage industry with hundreds of trucks charging around empty on spurious journeys? Are you surprised?

 

[Steve Austin]

that is wonderfully bizarre!

 

[dellzeqq]

I may have got this wrong, but

EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR, GB 09/10/2009 4:29 A.M. ADDITIONAL CLEARING AGENCY INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED FOR CLEARANCE
09/10/2009 4:29 A.M. PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY

tells me that it's in transit, but not at East Midlands - in other words the documentation has been sent, but the goods are still on their way from Hong Kong to Dubai.

 

[Bman]

I think Dell deserves a cigar

 

[Headgardener]

I may have got this wrong, but

EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR, GB 09/10/2009 4:29 A.M. ADDITIONAL CLEARING AGENCY INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED FOR CLEARANCE
09/10/2009 4:29 A.M. PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY

tells me that it's in transit, but not at East Midlands - in other words the documentation has been sent, but the goods are still on their way from Hong Kong to Dubai.

Thats what I was going to say it looks like the paperwork had arrived from HK but the actual package was still in transit so it should be with you soon RT.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

I may have got this wrong, but

EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR, GB 09/10/2009 4:29 A.M. ADDITIONAL CLEARING AGENCY INFORMATION OR DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED FOR CLEARANCE
09/10/2009 4:29 A.M. PACKAGE DATA PROCESSED BY BROKERAGE. WAITING FOR CLEARANCE / RELEASED BY CLEARING AGENCY. NOW IN-TRANSIT FOR DELIVERY

tells me that it's in transit, but not at East Midlands - in other words the documentation has been sent, but the goods are still on their way from Hong Kong to Dubai.

He's got it! By george, he's got it! Probably.

 

[02GF74]

What amp are you getting by the way?

One made from valves. Are they pig's heart vavles?


ebay purchase perchance, let us know what it is like when it arrives.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

It's an Audioromy 6550. I took a bit of a gamble buying it, but my guitar amp was made in China and is excellent, so I thought this would be worth a go. Have you seen the price of valve amps in this country?

 

[Rhythm Thief]

It's scanned as "Arrival" at East Midlands airport this morning. Looks like Dell was right.

 

[cheadle hulme]

It's scanned as "Arrival" at East Midlands airport this morning. Looks like Dell was right.

Yup, EMA is the hub for DHL.