Cable Forum - What have you just bought?

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. :)

a flying phone :shocked: isn't technology marvelous ;)

Yup! :p: 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. :D

heero_yuy

02-01-2017 15:20

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Originally Posted by joglynne (Post 35878831)

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.

SnoopZ

02-01-2017 16:17

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Had to rush and buy a fridge freezer as the freezer went tits up this morning! Getting it delivered tomorrow before work hopefully!

tweetiepooh

03-01-2017 15:10

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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.

denphone

03-01-2017 15:25

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Bubble wrap.

SnoopZ

03-01-2017 17:03

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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35878945)

Bubble wrap.

You should keep your fantasies to yourself! Lol

papa smurf

03-01-2017 17:07

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new fridge for my boat

denphone

03-01-2017 17:16

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 35878954)

new fridge for my boat

All you need now is a working compass to show you which way you need to go.;)

Ramrod

03-01-2017 18:42

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Originally Posted by alferret (Post 35878638)

Got a Fractal Design Define S for free, did cost me fuel to collect tho so not exactly free.

Very nice :tu:

Tinky

04-01-2017 08:09

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A tin of bitumen paint.

Anonymouse

04-01-2017 17:46

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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. :rolleyes:

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.

rogerdraig

04-01-2017 18:10

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Originally Posted by Anonymouse (Post 35879080)

darn how did you make it out with just 3 i normally end up with a whole set of a new scifi fantasy author

denphone

05-01-2017 19:09

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Two books.

raging bull

05-01-2017 20:21