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Posted by Hugh Asswipe on 12/07/05 23:14
"The Thing" <TheThingNOSPAM@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1iElf.27221$Yo5.10947@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Tell me about it.....If i was the type to fall prey to conspiracy
> theories, i would swear the post office are out to get me....
>
> But i'm not exaggerating when i say, once the 20th working day has passed,
> they nearly always show up in the following five days....
>
> I've wondered whether maybe they take a different route from the packages
> i used to get from DVD Soon and the like, cos i would get a DVD roughly
> within 10 days of them posting it when i shopped with DVD Soon. But i
> order other stuff from the US, (comics, toys, the like..) and they all
> arrive much quicker than DVD's from DVD Pacific.....
>
> I wondered whether maybe Customs are having a peek, but the majority of my
> purchases are barely double digits, certainly not enough to worry the 18
> ceiling....
>
> So, all i can think is that i should have given my Postie a tip last year,
> and not complained about him littering our estate with his F***ing red
> elastic bands....
>
> Ho hum...
>
>
> "P Pron" <paulatspambegone.pron@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:3vofbfF174a58U1@individual.net...
>> The Thing wrote:
>> || I've got to add my little bit to this discussion, as regards DVD
>> || Pacific.
>> ||
>> || I too am a refugee from the DVDSoon debacle, and i have been using
>> || DVD Pacific for about 4 or 5 months now. I probably order around 4
>> || or 5 DVD's a month, and in that time, i haven't received one DVD in
>> || less than 4 weeks, that's about 15-16 discs and 10 or so on the way.
>> || From them e-mailing to tell me it's been dispatched (Or to
>> || paraphrase "it will be shipped within 24 hours") to receiving the
>> || disc is always over 4 weeks.
>> || The weird part is that only twice has it taken longer than 5 weeks
>> || though. They nearly always arrive in that fifth week...
>> ||
>> || I've never had those kind of delivery times with the other firms
>> || i've used like DVD Soon, ABSound, etc....(What was that old one,
>> || reel.com or something), unless there's been a problem with customs
>> || putting a charge on or something.
>> ||
>> || But they are my company of choice at the moment, i just know to
>> || allow a little longer for things to arrive. and that if i need it
>> || speedier, i go to Play and pay a bit more....No probs..
>> ||
>> || So while i accept that something seems awry with the postage, and i
>> || don't just think it's down to the post in general, more particularly
>> || the company they use, i still think they are the number one firm at
>> || the moment.
>> ||
>> || Just my opinion, for what it's worth.
>> ||
>> I must say I'm mystified by the length of time your orders are taking,
>> once they've been despatched.... I'm in Inner London, and the only
>> DVDPacific orders that I can remember taking longer than a week or so
>> have been the few that've exceeded the 18 limit for VAT - then they've
>> hung around Mount Pleasant for a while. I've also ordered some from
>> caiman (Amazon seller also based in Florida) and they've been equally
>> quick.
>>
>> Paul
What delivery do you use? I use their priority and I have my DVD's within
the week more often than not. Very quick for me!
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