What have you just bought?
02-01-2017, 15:10
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Re: What have you just bought?
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Originally Posted by joglynne
New phone last week. I have been tracking it from the factory in China and onward through Japan and France. It has just landed at Stansted Fedex Hub.
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a flying phone isn't technology marvelous
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Yup! What fascinated me was that I could track my phone from the moment I had my order authorised. Being informed when it moved from one location and arrived in the next. Transferred from airport to airport through China, Japan, France to finally reach the UK.
At which point it has been handed over to DHL and I have no idea what so ever what they are doing with it or when it will be delivered to me.
So roll on technology reaching the delivery systems in the UK.
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02-01-2017, 15:20
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Re: What have you just bought?
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Originally Posted by joglynne
Yup! What fascinated me was that I could track my phone from the moment I had my order authorised. Being informed when it moved from one location and arrived in the next. Transferred from airport to airport through China, Japan, France to finally reach the UK.
At which point it has been handed over to DHL and I have no idea what so ever what they are doing with it or when it will be delivered to me.
So roll on technology reaching the delivery systems in the UK.
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Yes, it would be nice to actually know where the delivery van is so you can plan on being in at the right time. They must have this information as each item is delivered and checked off.
I bought a second hand piece of equipment form a dealer in California and it was fascinationg to watch it trickling from state to state and different carriers in the US before finally on a UPS jet to Gatwick. Then saw it put on the van but it took most of the day to actually get to me.
Still a bit of kit that originally cost over £1,000 for under £50 including shipping second hand was a bargain. Just needed a light service of the switches and it worked perfect.
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02-01-2017, 16:17
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Re: What have you just bought?
Had to rush and buy a fridge freezer as the freezer went tits up this morning! Getting it delivered tomorrow before work hopefully!
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03-01-2017, 15:10
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Re: What have you just bought?
New tumble dryer as the old one we got for £20 some 13 years ago is starting to make some nasty noises. Gone for a Bosch vented model as we already have a hole in the wall and don't want to pay silly money for a heat pump version that costs twice as much or even more. Reviews are mixed and very polarised - excellent or terrible. One review changed from bad to good when they found it was installed incorrectly and there was a plastic device blocking the vent.
Shame really but the old one is OK some times then starts making a very loud noise and we don't have an utility room to mask it in else we would keep it.
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03-01-2017, 15:25
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Re: What have you just bought?
Bubble wrap.
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03-01-2017, 17:03
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Re: What have you just bought?
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Originally Posted by denphone
Bubble wrap.
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You should keep your fantasies to yourself! Lol
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03-01-2017, 17:07
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Re: What have you just bought?
new fridge for my boat
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03-01-2017, 17:16
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Re: What have you just bought?
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
new fridge for my boat
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03-01-2017, 18:42
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Re: What have you just bought?
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Got a Fractal Design Define S for free, did cost me fuel to collect tho so not exactly free.
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Very nice
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04-01-2017, 08:09
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Re: What have you just bought?
A tin of bitumen paint.
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04-01-2017, 17:46
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Re: What have you just bought?
Three books courtesy of Waterstones.
The irony is that I hadn't intended to buy any books - all I intended to do was kill half an hour or so while waiting for part of my prescription to arrive at the chemist.
After all these years I still haven't learned that I shouldn't go in there unless I do intend to buy a book. To me it's like trying to fight a black hole's gravity...when you're already past the event horizon.
On the other hand, they were all discounted and they should be good reads: Catalyst, Rogue One and the latest Honorverse novel from David Weber, which I didn't know had been published and therefore came as a nice surprise.
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04-01-2017, 18:10
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Re: What have you just bought?
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Originally Posted by Anonymouse
Three books courtesy of Waterstones.
The irony is that I hadn't intended to buy any books - all I intended to do was kill half an hour or so while waiting for part of my prescription to arrive at the chemist.
After all these years I still haven't learned that I shouldn't go in there unless I do intend to buy a book. To me it's like trying to fight a black hole's gravity...when you're already past the event horizon.
On the other hand, they were all discounted and they should be good reads: Catalyst, Rogue One and the latest Honorverse novel from David Weber, which I didn't know had been published and therefore came as a nice surprise.
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darn how did you make it out with just 3 i normally end up with a whole set of a new scifi fantasy author
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05-01-2017, 19:09
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Re: What have you just bought?
Two books.
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05-01-2017, 20:21
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Re: What have you just bought?
Replacement battery for my Tosh laptop.
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06-01-2017, 05:01
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Re: What have you just bought?
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Replacement battery for my Tosh laptop.
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What model of Tosh?
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