Canon lenses

BigAl-sa said:
Sounds rather skelm to me. (I assume you've been here long enough to know skelm :D)
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Yeah - thats one of the words I've picked up :D
mercurial said:
Does it make a difference if you choose International Express Mail? That's the option I was thinking of taking if I buy something from them. It's just a few days slower but you save a little.
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Depends - the bottleneck here is apparently customs so I dont know if it would make a difference. My understanding is also that IEM goes via the SA Post Office :eek: - something I try to avoid.
 
bwana said:
Yeah - thats one of the words I've picked up :DDepends - the bottleneck here is apparently customs so I dont know if it would make a difference. My understanding is also that IEM goes via the SA Post Office :eek: - something I try to avoid.
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Oh man. What about U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail International (6 - 10 Day Delivery) with Lumicon. I will be getting some filters from them for my telescope and the delivery costs $41.60. Will this also go through the SA Post Office?
 
mercurial said:
Oh man. What about U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail International (6 - 10 Day Delivery) with Lumicon. I will be getting some filters from them for my telescope and the delivery costs $41.60. Will this also go through the SA Post Office?
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That's still via SAPO. Pretty much anything where the courier company has a local presence and their guys bring it to your door, goes through SAPO.

When I send a parcel to S.A., either from the UK or the US, and I send it via registered (or whatever they call it), it's only trackable until it crosses the S.A. border.
 
koffiejunkie said:
That's still via SAPO. Pretty much anything where the courier company has a local presence and their guys bring it to your door, goes through SAPO.

When I send a parcel to S.A., either from the UK or the US, and I send it via registered (or whatever they call it), it's only trackable until it crosses the S.A. border.
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So what would you recommend as the better option wrt delivery?
 
mercurial said:
But bwana's having problems with his. I'm a bit worried that if I choose UPS, I'm gonna experience the same problems.
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Either way your parcel is going through customs - it's who handles things before and after, and who ultimately takes responsibility that is important to me.
 
bwana said:
Either way your parcel is going through customs - it's who handles things before and after, and who ultimately takes responsibility that is important to me.
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Ok. But what I can't understand is why yours is still there. Are they not informing you as to why? That's so unprofessional on their part and I mean who wants to wait longer than the stipulated period? They should just mail it already!
 
mercurial said:
Ok. But what I can't understand is why yours is still there. Are they not informing you as to why? That's so unprofessional on their part and I mean who wants to wait longer than the stipulated period? They should just mail it already!
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I doubt customs is ever known for their professionalism. :o
 
mercurial said:
Ok. But what I can't understand is why yours is still there. Are they not informing you as to why? That's so unprofessional on their part and I mean who wants to wait longer than the stipulated period? They should just mail it already!
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Customs is a bit like home-affairs - a black hole. I very much doubt they give the courier companies a reason or update or any information. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't let them know in a timely fashion that items have cleared either.
 
Good grief - customs is "querying the documentation" so there's little to no chance I'll get my lens out of their hands this week.
 
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