The English will never really trust the Dutch after that embarrassing incident on the Thames. The Dutch will never forgive the English for the trade-off of Surinam for Manhattan either.

The English have long ago papered over the Dutch victory, what does it matter if you lose battles so long as you win the wars.

QuoteIt seems that our Continental 'friends' are being difficult post-Brexit.

The only country I'm suspicious of is Germany as we've had over 30 packages returned to us in the past 18 months, all of them labelled as 'Unclaimed'.  But when we contact our customers, they've never received any delivery attempts or communication from customs to pay their fees. 

I'd have expected the German customs system to be one of the easiest/most efficient given that they're the biggest country in the EU with the most packages being processed, but it doesn't appear so. 

We've had a few issues with Spain, mainly customs delays, and I think one or two from Italy that took a long time to arrive. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64718824
In past years, some items from Germany / Italy have taken 3-4 weeks. Pre Brexit! Items fron Canada or Japan 3-4 Days!
USA... you take your chances!

Thanks for that HH

My order is still showing as "leaving the UK" on 1 February and is not showing up on the NZ Post website so it has not arrived "in country" yet.

Purhaps the Avengers included in the packet have decided to emulate Flight 19 and disappear into thin air?     

I'm sure I can find something else to progress gaming wise till they arrive 

QuoteThe English will never really trust the Dutch after that embarrassing incident on the Thames. The Dutch will never forgive the English for the trade-off of Surinam for Manhattan either.

How about this as a goodwill gesture:

Until further notice, visitors from the UK are still allowed to view the stern carving of the flagship 'Royal Charles' in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/NG-MC-239

The tracking is almost useless at the moment, I've got dozens of packages still showing as being in the UK but they must have moved along their journey by now.  Some of these have been in the system for nearly 6 weeks now so it's not great.

My package arrived in California yesterday; ordered about February 2nd, so 3 weeks.  Not bad to the US.

Progress this morning(?)

According to Royal Mail the order arrived "in country" on 23rd Feb and has been processed through the International Mail Centre, so logically should be delivered in the next few days.

According to NZ Post site the order still does not exist   

The top half of the North Island has been hit hard by repeated fronts bring heavy rain which has done billions of dollars worth of damage to the infrastructure that will take a lot of fixing. 

So far Wellington is just wet and windy as usual, so I'm counting my blessings that I'm able to continue largely "as normal".

Waiting a few extra days for things to turn up is nothing compared to what has happened further North.       

Order arrived this morning 

     

Quote from: pierre the shy on 26 February 2023, 09:50:22 PMOrder arrived this morning 

They always arrive in the end, though you might be dead by the time they do.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/64655730

Lee has just got THREE parcels. Nuffink for me. 

Quote from: FierceKitty on 28 February 2023, 08:43:56 AMLee has just got THREE parcels. Nuffink for me. 

What a pity, never mind.

QuoteThey always arrive in the end, though you might be dead by the time they do.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/64655730

Cor, deja vu ain't what it used to be!

QuoteThis will take some beating for delayed delivery:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64647166