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2010/05/03 21:47:55
Subject: Apparently, the UK postal service is not universally slow.
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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So, I ordered some resin bases off Ebay the other day, from Fenris games (Sulaco bases, good for space hulk terminators). 2 days later, I got an email from the seller apologizing for the "lateness" and that they had posted. Shipping within 48 hours is not "late" to my thinking, but OK, great.
They arrived today. Great condition, too.
How is it that this guy can send these bases from the UK and have them here in 3 days, and everything I get from Forgeworld takes a solid 3 weeks? I mean, the last thing I got was weathering powders from them, and it was nearly a month, so we don't have a fabrication time issue.
Long story short, I guess at this point FW had conditioned me to think anything ordered from the UK would take a month. Not so, so if you're a US shopper reticent to order from the UK from experiences with FW, FYI, I guess.
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 Flinty wrote:The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
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2010/05/04 02:38:37
Subject: Apparently, the UK postal service is not universally slow.
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Ollanius Pius - Savior of the Emperor
Gathering the Informations.
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Not every UK seller uses Royal Mail.
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2010/05/04 03:08:22
Subject: Apparently, the UK postal service is not universally slow.
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Powerful Irongut
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I must say I've had very good experiences with the Royal Mail. Heck my Tau army came in a few days and there was a heck of a lot of stuff there
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Grimstonefire wrote:I am feeling quite confident that by this time next year I will be holding a new CD model in my hand (07/07/10). Someone can sig that if they want. 
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2010/05/04 05:49:31
Subject: Apparently, the UK postal service is not universally slow.
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[MOD]
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Somewhere in south-central England.
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When you receive a parcel look at the postmark, which gives you the date of posting.
Then you can judge if it the postal service or late posting.
Don't forget that international parcels go through the Royal Mail on the way out, and through customs and the other country's postal service on the way in.
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2010/05/04 06:50:10
Subject: Re:Apparently, the UK postal service is not universally slow.
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Last Remaining Whole C'Tan
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It actually came via Royal Mail.
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lord_blackfang wrote:Respect to the guy who subscribed just to post a massive ASCII dong in the chat and immediately get banned.
Flinty wrote:The benefit of slate is that its.actually a.rock with rock like properties. The downside is that it's a rock
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2010/05/04 06:57:07
Subject: Apparently, the UK postal service is not universally slow.
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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It would have come by Royal Mail until it reached the airport, then by an international carrier.
Once it reached the USA it would have gone through customs and been carried onwards and delivered by the US Post Office.
Unless it was sent by Parcel Force.
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2010/05/04 17:39:10
Subject: Re:Apparently, the UK postal service is not universally slow.
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Pulsating Possessed Chaos Marine
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I think it's pretty easy for traders to blame Royal Mail so they can be lazy with dispatch.
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2010/05/05 05:02:54
Subject: Apparently, the UK postal service is not universally slow.
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Owns Whole Set of Skullz Techpriests
Versteckt in den Schatten deines Geistes.
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My experiences with the Royal Mail are never very good.
Orders from GWUK take forever to arrive. Orders from GWUS usually arrive before I receive the order confirmation E-mail. Orders from Maelstrom, even when shipped, take a while. Wayland same deal.
Forge World is worse however, as they don't even ship for 4-8 years, and then it takes another month to get there.
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2010/05/05 14:00:13
Subject: Apparently, the UK postal service is not universally slow.
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H.B.M.C. wrote:My experiences with the Royal Mail are never very good.
Orders from GWUK take forever to arrive. Orders from GWUS usually arrive before I receive the order confirmation E-mail. Orders from Maelstrom, even when shipped, take a while. Wayland same deal.
Forge World is worse however, as they don't even ship for 4-8 years, and then it takes another month to get there.
How long is 'a while' with Maelstrom, do you find? I've received relatively large orders in 5 days before, with free, uninsured royal mail.
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2010/05/05 18:04:16
Subject: Apparently, the UK postal service is not universally slow.
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Ollanius Pius - Savior of the Emperor
Gathering the Informations.
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H.B.M.C. wrote:My experiences with the Royal Mail are never very good.
Orders from GWUK take forever to arrive. Orders from GWUS usually arrive before I receive the order confirmation E-mail. Orders from Maelstrom, even when shipped, take a while. Wayland same deal.
Forge World is worse however, as they don't even ship for 4-8 years, and then it takes another month to get there.
That's because GWUS uses an independent, international shipping company for even their smallest orders(the USPS charges out the arse for the stuff that GW ships) versus using a federally operated mail system.
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2010/05/07 20:35:43
Subject: Apparently, the UK postal service is not universally slow.
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Monster-Slaying Daemonhunter
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Royal Mail are actually very good domestically. Pretty much anything sent first class form UK mainland to UK mainland can be expected next day these days.
As Killkrazy points out it's down to delivery standards in your own country.
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Dark Eldar - 2000 ( 0% Painted )
Tyranids - 3500 ( 85% Painted )
Necrons - 1680 ( 80% Painted )
Dark Elves - 2250 ( 2% Painted )
Skaven - 5400 ( 8% Painted )
why didn't we get any awesome stuff like this.