January 25, 2005

Continental drift part 2

I'm tracking my replacement combo drive coming from Huntsville, Alabama. The order was processed on 12th, and shipped via USPS Global Express Mail, but unfortunately it didn't make it to the nearest post office until 18th. Since then:

  • ACCEPTANCE, January 18, 2005, 2:03 pm, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35816
  • ENROUTE, January 18, 2005, 4:41 pm, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35813
  • INTERNATIONAL DISPATCH, MIAMI AMC, January 20, 2005, 1:38 pm
  • ARRIVED ABROAD, GREAT BRITAIN, January 24, 2005, 10:50 am
  • INTO FOREIGN CUSTOMS, GREAT BRITAIN, January 24, 2005, 11:07 am
  • Your item cleared customs in GREAT BRITAIN at 11:40 am on January 25, 2005.

So I'm guessing it'll hit Norwich some time tomorrow or Thursday. I'm kinda shocked that it took four days to get from Miami to the UK ... I assume it's either due to the weekend, or maybe the plane flew the long way round?
I'm looking forward to getting the new drive fitted to the Mac - it desperately needs the drive nuking and a fresh install, as a lot of cruft has built up in the last fourteen months of use. I'm surprised, though, at how well it's held up to the serious punishing it has received - broken installs of fink, darwinports, etc ... I just really need to reclaim disk space.

Posted by savs at January 25, 2005 11:18 PM