Darn i shouda gone with DHL...
Has anyone had any troubles with Parcelforce lately?
Havent had any status updates from the 22nd still..
Stuck on the status with 4 of my orders: Processed through facility | COVENTRY (GB)
I get the impression ParcelForce is the UK's Australia Post, and that EMS are the people who either get it from UK to AU, or track it, or do the logistics, or whatever. Then it's in AusPosts hands once it gets here.
EMS seems to have no 'front end' for entering the tracking numbers (at least, not these ones), and both AusPost and ParcelForce provide roughly the same details with the tracking number. The only difference is the AusPost tracking page has 'Dispatched' written above the tracking details, which could mean dispatched from the UK, or from CRC. Useless, either way.
I am regretting no DHL also, but moreso just regretting the $20 option - it's seems to be no different from free shipping even though they throw the word 'priority' in the method title. It's almost like they're saying "We'll take that $20 thank you, and show you just how slow things really move."
If it arrives this week it'll still be decent service. But I'm predicting it'll be a while longer.