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Old 01-05-2020, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by HelpMeHelpU
Mine took several weeks to arrive. I suspect you'll receive them in the next week or two.
I hope you like it and it was worth waiting for...!

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Old 01-09-2020, 08:24 AM
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Anyone recently receive their order?
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Old 01-09-2020, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by rjf
Anyone recently receive their order?
It is a bad feeling that customers have to wait 4-6 weeks if they order a book from Europe in november or december.

We pay an enormous amount to DHL international, about 30% more than we charge to the customers.

I guess we need a distributor in the U.S.!
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Old 01-09-2020, 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by rjf
Anyone recently receive their order?
I have not received it yet, but I did get notification from usps that it was in the states (NJ) and on its way to me. So I expect to see it in the next few days!
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Old 01-09-2020, 10:50 AM
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I haven't yet and mine was ordered 12/11.
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Old 01-09-2020, 03:42 PM
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Nothing for me either, ordered Dec 2nd. DHL website’s last update was on Dec 10th, and USPS still shows pending as well
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Old 01-09-2020, 04:49 PM
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Sorry many of you are still waiting. The 964 book is fantastic, so I bet the 993 (and Speedster) book is amazing too.

Here are a couple more Museum Archive pictures from my visit this past spring. (including a 993 model!)







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Old 01-09-2020, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Speed-Star
It is a bad feeling that customers have to wait 4-6 weeks if they order a book from Europe in november or december.

We pay an enormous amount to DHL international, about 30% more than we charge to the customers.

I guess we need a distributor in the U.S.!
With so many US customers pending their orders, have you pursued with DHL?

I honestly cannot understand how their website lacks updates for the past three weeks for my order.

Thinking about this further ... this is truly a first-world problem - waiting on a book to be delivered for over 3 weeks without any explanation or updates from DHL - but it is nonetheless frustrating. The DHL site seems to offer no potential method to contact them - at least from what I saw on my phone. I’ve never experienced such poor service from a carrier.

Perhaps your company should use FedEx or UPS or someone else other than DHL to ship to the US.

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Old 01-10-2020, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by rjf
With so many US customers pending their orders, have you pursued with DHL?

I honestly cannot understand how their website lacks updates for the past three weeks for my order.
Same here. I ordered on December 8th and received 5 updates from DHL up till December 10th. USPS recognizes the tracking number, but still indicates it has not received the package. Frustrating.
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Old 01-10-2020, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue TTop
Same here. I ordered on December 8th and received 5 updates from DHL up till December 10th. USPS recognizes the tracking number, but still indicates it has not received the package. Frustrating.
How did you know that DHL handed off to USPS? There’s absolutely nothing I saw on the DHL site that indicated that for my shipment.
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Old 01-10-2020, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by rjf
How did you know that DHL handed off to USPS? There’s absolutely nothing I saw on the DHL site that indicated that for my shipment.
It was a just a guess. I plugged in the DHL tracking number into the USPS app and it recognized it. All it says is:

Pre-Shipment:
Origin Post is Preparing Shipment

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Old 01-10-2020, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Blue TTop
It was a just a guess. I plugged in the DHL tracking number into the USPS app and it recognized it. All it says is:

Pre-Shipment:
Origin Post is Preparing Shipment
Thanks.
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Old 01-10-2020, 11:46 AM
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I have bought car covers from Germany and have them delivered within the week. My wife ships books to Australia on a regular basis and they are delivered within 10 days. I cannot fathom why these books are taking so long. I was considering buying one. I will wait until I see how this thread plays out.
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Old 01-10-2020, 01:12 PM
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Ordered mine on December 9. It’s either sitting in Hamburg as of December 21 waiting to catch a flight or stuck in us customs. Post office computer knows it is coming, DHL is quite vague. Did these books end up on a sailboat to cross the Atlantic?

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Old 01-11-2020, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Chuck W.
I have bought car covers from Germany and have them delivered within the week. My wife ships books to Australia on a regular basis and they are delivered within 10 days. I cannot fathom why these books are taking so long. I was considering buying one. I will wait until I see how this thread plays out.
Got mine delivered to Australia before Christmas. Its an amazing book.
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