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Progenix Oj101 said:
Corsair shipments take an average of 10 days to get here via sea, however some can take much longer (eg Asus has been delayed by two weeks twice). Just saying.
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I call bs :cautious:
If going by sea, once ordered the shipment still has to be loaded in a shipping container and loaded on a ship in the source country then once the ship arrives at Durban Port South Africa it will still need to wait it's turn to berth, that can take a few days, then offloading, then customs, then unpacking the container and only then put on the truck up to JHB.
All in 10 days, never in a million years 😅

10 days just for it to get off the ship and clear customs in Durban can be overly optimistic at times..
Nevermind that just the container shipping part of the trip will take far longer than just 10 days.

Or does Corsair ship with one of those new electric hydrofoil mega container ships that Tesla released a few years ago?:whistling:
 
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airborne said:
I call bs :cautious:
If going by sea once ordered it still has to be loaded in a container and loaded on a ship in the source country then once the ship arrives at Durban Port South Africa it will still need to wait it's turn to berth, that can take a few days, then offloading, then customs, then unpacking the container and only then put on the truck up to JHB.
All in 10 days, never in a million years 😅

10 days just for it to get off the ship and clear customs in Durban can be overly optimistic at times..
Nevermind that just the container shipping part of the trip will take far longer than just 10 days.

Or does Corsair ship with one of those new electric hydrofoil mega container ships that Tesla released a few years ago?:whistling:
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Na, we saw it quite a lot recently. Cases are always by sea (air would likely double the price of a case), and I sent my PI just in time to be added to a shipment. It was here 17 days later - remove weekends and that's 13 working days, and I don't know the date the container was finalized.

However, there are certainly exceptions. There's an Asus shipment that was dispatched mid Jan and still hasn't arrived.

airborne said:
I highly doubt they are shipping orders via sea, that will take a lot longer than just a few weeks to get from Europe branch to port onto ship then to South Africa off the ship and out of customs.
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I'm saying this as an observer (edit: the rest of my post didn't post from here on?) - every single item on their site says in stock at Durban port, and I doubt they have a warehouse with a few hundred thousand SKUs on hand at their own warehouse. Check with them? That would make them (local branch) larger than our local distis.
 
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Progenix Oj101 said:
Na, we saw it quite a lot recently. Cases are always by sea (air would likely double the price of a case), and I sent my PI just in time to be added to a shipment. It was here 17 days later - remove weekends and that's 13 working days, and I don't know the date the container was finalized.

However, there are certainly exceptions. There's an Asus shipment that was dispatched mid Jan and still hasn't arrived.


I'm saying this as an observer (edit: the rest of my post didn't post from here on?) - every single item on their site says in stock at Durban port, and I doubt they have a warehouse with a few hundred thousand SKUs on hand at their own warehouse. Check with them? That would make them (local branch) larger than our local distis.
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17 days from ordering to in your hands, shipped via sea and you've had the same in 10 days before?
What port or county are these items being shipped from?
This is going to be good :p

I have no idea what ITworkup is doing, they might be getting better bulk airfreight rates to Durban and warehousing there, which I doubt but they are certainly not shipping their webshop orders by sea.
 
airborne said:
17 days from ordering to in your hands, shipped via sea and you've had the same in 10 days before?
What port or county are these items being shipped from?
This is going to be good :p

I have no idea what ITworkup is doing, they might be getting better bulk airfreight rates to Durban and warehousing there, which I doubt but they are certainly not shipping their webshop orders by sea.
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If temu can ship via air, won't they be able to ship cpu, mouse, keyboard and other small things via air?
 
Just to add to this - Fenway.co.za is claiming to be unaffiliated with ITworkup.co.za. I don't fully understand as I was able to sign-in to their site a few days ago (using my ITworkup details) and was able to see my pending order. Trying again today, my account could not be found.

No idea what's happening with this anymore.

My message:

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Response from Fenway:
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airborne said:
17 days from ordering to in your hands, shipped via sea and you've had the same in 10 days before?
What port or county are these items being shipped from?
This is going to be good :p

I have no idea what ITworkup is doing, they might be getting better bulk airfreight rates to Durban and warehousing there, which I doubt but they are certainly not shipping their webshop orders by sea.
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Sorry, I should have specified 10 working days. I don't know the port of origin - Asbis, for example, has branches in about a dozen countries.

Regardless of HOW it's coming in, I don't think "in stock in Durban" means what it appears to mean. Perhaps meaning for lost in translation, I don't know :)
 
Progenix Oj101 said:
Sorry, I should have specified 10 working days. I don't know the port of origin - Asbis, for example, has branches in about a dozen countries.

Regardless of HOW it's coming in, I don't think "in stock in Durban" means what it appears to mean. Perhaps meaning for lost in translation, I don't know :)
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Even if it's 10 working days the shipping times you are claiming are impossible via sea freight, it’s never going to happen.
 
airborne said:
Even if it's 10 working days the shipping times you are claiming are impossible via sea freight, it’s never going to happen.
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Shipping times from Shenzen to Durban are 17-24 days end to end and 11-16 days from Dubai to Durban.

So 10ish business days isn’t completely unreasonable depending on when it left and from where, but it is certainly the best case scenario which isn’t the norm.

And the cost difference is of course massive so it all depends on what your priorities are in that regard.
 
Progenix Oj101 said:
Humble pie time :)

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Humble pie time for who and what is that message actually saying?
SauRoNZA said:
Shipping times from Shenzen to Durban are 17-24 days end to end and 11-16 days from Dubai to Durban.

So 10ish business days isn’t completely unreasonable depending on when it left and from where, but it is certainly the best case scenario which isn’t the norm.

And the cost difference is of course massive so it all depends on what your priorities are in that regard.
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Those times may be possible in ideal conditions and with every star aligned and with priority to jump the queue to get your container on the ship at the last minute but that still excludes waiting for a berth, offloading and customs in Durban harbour which can add a week if not weeks to the time and also need to add courier to @Progenix Oj101 door. The time frames you have quoted aren't actually realistic on a day to day basis, which is what we are debating..
This is Maersks ocean freight time guide:
www.maersk.com

A short guide on ocean freight transit times

Learn about typical sea freight transit times when shipping globally, including times for common departure and arrival points.
www.maersk.com www.maersk.com
 
airborne said:
Humble pie time for who and what is that message actually saying?

Those times may be possible in ideal conditions and with every star aligned and with priority to jump the queue to get your container on the ship at the last minute but that still excludes waiting for a berth, offloading and customs in Durban harbour which can add a week if not weeks to the time and also need to add courier to @Progenix Oj101 door. The time frames you have quoted aren't actually realistic on a day to day basis, which is what we are debating..
This is Maersks ocean freight time guide:
www.maersk.com

A short guide on ocean freight transit times

Learn about typical sea freight transit times when shipping globally, including times for common departure and arrival points.
www.maersk.com www.maersk.com
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Yeah when I was still in this business of shipping **** around we worked on a standard 4 weeks by default and then would simply do the under promise and over deliver if it was early.

Air freight was simply not an option either way because we would make absolutely no money then.

There are ships leaving every other day so generally the wait to get it on and offloaded isn’t really an issue because you are doing whole containers.

If you aren’t doing full containers that’s normally where the wait comes in and I would imagine these big distributors don’t need to do that.

In this specific case I’m pretty sure they wait it out to fill up a whole container which would add plenty of lead time.

End of the day it really depends on your volumes and from where to where.
 
ITworkup said:
Every online order placed through ITworkup has been shipped from Europe. Your order is either already on the way or has arrived at the CSSi office.

James Jakov Grcic promised everyone that he would either issue a refund or provide the ordered products. However, he took everything we had, including our domain, and even redirected it to his own website yesterday. While he has since stopped, we have video recordings from yesterday as proof (please take a look here):

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This is "WhatsApp Video 2025-03-08 at 16.37.57_fee64a37" by ITworkup South Africa on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Our new company will continue processing new orders and delivering them as before, now operating from a new location under a new company. Finally, we will be able to offer more efficient, transparent, and convenient shopping experience for everyone, without middle man.

We want nothing more to do with him—as you can see, many people who worked with him have wasted time and energy trying to expose his lies and nonsense. We refuse to be part of this negativity and simply want to move forward as quickly as possible.
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Hello to whoever runs this account. Could you please confirm if previously purchased items will still have a warranty? Is "Fenway" now responsible for warranty claims on items previously purchased? Thanks.
 
airborne said:
Humble pie time for who and what is that message actually saying?
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Humble pie for me. It's surface but not sea, so I assume road freight. He won't elaborate further - I'm going to assume it's coming from Egypt but I don't know. We're on extremely good terms, but confidential info is confidential info. What I can say, without an iota of doubt, is that I've placed a PI and 17 calendar days later received my invoice and notified that it has been dispatched to me.

airborne said:
which is what we are debating..
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What we were ACTUALLY originally debating is that "in stock at Durban warehouse" doesn't mean it's actually in the country, but rather where it will be once it arrives :p
 
Well they called me this morning from CSSi and said that my goods have finally arrived and that I must come collect. I will go later.
 
ITworkup said:

Blog

My Honest Memories and Thoughts on James Jakov Grcic and His Company, CSSi SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
fenway.co.za fenway.co.za
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This is all starting to make sense, James seems like a real piece of work.
Do you reckon he's a full blown narcissist?
The way he has behaved trying to manipulate and control you along with the paranoia and all the other shenanigans is classic narcissistic behaviour. Things typically get really ugly when you stop bending to their will or stand up to them, especially once the "honeymoon" is over.
 
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ITworkup said:

Blog

My Honest Memories and Thoughts on James Jakov Grcic and His Company, CSSi SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD
fenway.co.za fenway.co.za
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@edvinas, thank you for providing clarity on the situation. I look forward to this being continued on Thursday.

For the time being, can you please confirm who will be handling all pending orders done through itworkup.co.za? Will this be fenway.co.za, who have stated they are not affiliated - or through cssi.co.za?

Please can you also touch on the relationship between itworkup.co.za and fenway.co.za. I see they share the same website design. I was also able to login at one stage using my itworkup.co.za credentials and view my order - however, this for some reason is no longer possible.
 
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