Oh Powerbook adventurer!
My new Powerbook was shipped way earlier than I expected and I now find myself routinely checking its progress across the world every two or three hours. It started off in Taipei - a place I've never been - and then travelled across the world to Luxembourg - another place I've never been. When we finally meet, it will be as two explorers who have explored the world - weary and ready to settle down...
| Activity | Location | Date / Time (GMT) |
| Shipment Picked Up | TAIPEI, TP, TW | 11 Oct 2003 01:44 |
| Cleared Customs | TAIPEI, TP, TW | 12 Oct 2003 05:00 |
| Depart Terminal | TAIPEI, TP, TW | 12 Oct 2003 05:35 |
| Arrive Terminal | LUXEMBOURG, LU, LU | 14 Oct 2003 06:39 |
| Depart Terminal | LUXEMBOURG, LU, LU | 14 Oct 2003 14:12 |
Comments
Please stay on-topic, informative and polite. I reserve the right to remove comments for whatever vague capricious reasons seem reasonable at the time.
By the sounds of things it's your powerbook that's done all the exploring, not you, lardo! ;-)
→ Posted by: Dan...(iel) at October 15, 2003 1:39 PM
Humph. That must be why it's so svelte and beautiful and powerful - all that exercise...
→ Posted by: Tom Coates at October 15, 2003 1:42 PM
Looks like the majority of it's trip is over. Once it gets to Luxembourg TNT pick it up and its only about a day till you get it :)
I went through this with my iPod a few weeks ago, waiting is terrible.
→ Posted by: Kevin Mulligan at October 15, 2003 2:04 PM
http://www.theonion.com/3939/ - last headline on the right hand column. (But I can sypathise - bloody Scan seem to be nowhere near shipping the 400 quids' worth of equipment I need to rebuild my malfunctioning PC)
→ Posted by: Yoz at October 15, 2003 3:47 PM
Sorry if you know this already... You can go here: http://cgi.tnt.co.uk/trackntrace/trackntrace.asp; Click the 'please click here' link at the end of the block of text; And enter your shipping number from the Apple site (not the order number) in the box as your Reference Number.
You'll get a more detailed report on what's happened to your package right now....
→ Posted by: Phil at October 15, 2003 3:50 PM
I hope you've purchased Apple's extended warranty. New PowerBooks have a habit of dying very quickly. Thank God I have the warranty - Apple have twice taken a laptop of mine in 'for repair' and simply replaced it with a new machine.
→ Posted by: Joe Gibson at October 15, 2003 5:12 PM
Oh. Thanks!
→ Posted by: Tom Coates at October 15, 2003 5:35 PM
Joe,
European law dictates that good must be fit for purpose when sold, and with a powerbook, I think a court would accept that that means about 5 years of reliable computing, at least. So there's no need for an extended warranty, at least in Europe - don't be fooled, fellow consumers!
→ Posted by: Aaron at October 16, 2003 8:53 AM
Nice advice Aaron but I tried that method with the first PowerBook I purchased. It means extended rows with Apple, the computer disappearing for months at a time, letters being sent to a Trading Standards officer who says there's nothing they can do, and ultimately ending up paying a great deal more to get it repaired thereafter. It's simply not practical to take Apple to court every time a PowerBook f***s up - which is quite often. At least with the warranty you know you'll get a new computer if anything goes horribly wrong.
→ Posted by: Joe at October 16, 2003 11:38 AM
You can buy the Applecare extended warranty at any point during the initial warranty, I seem to recall.
ie, buy it about 11.5 months from now.
→ Posted by: Horatio Downing, III at October 16, 2003 4:50 PM
well I am sorry Tom Coates that i am one of the dumb people who reached this site by google. I am a student and I ordered an ibook and it is going through the same procces. Shipment Picked Up TAIPEI, TP, TW 09 Dec 2003 11:45. That is the only info i got, now my question: "can i exspect this machine to be here on the 12 of december (this friday)?" considering that I live in belgium next to Luxembourg. Thanx in advance
→ Posted by: Erik at December 9, 2003 8:16 PM