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Ebay camera accessory saw more of the world than most people ever will - pRICE cUBE - 09-21-2019
https://petapixel.com/2019/09/21/this-photographers-ebay-order-took-a-comical-route-around-the-world/
Photographer Gary Gruber recently purchased a Hasselblad lens accessory on eBay. As he waited for the order to travel from South Africa to his home in the United States, Gruber was baffled by the route DHL sent it on.
“I buy and sell a ton of photo gear on eBay,” Gruber tells PetaPixel. “99.8% of the transactions I’ve made in the last 18 years have moved from seller to me flawlessly.
“I’ve made many purchases from Japan and China and am used to the 5-6 day delay as my purchases make their way through customs on both ends.”
In this particular case, Gruber was trying to buy a $20 Hasselblad lens focusing lever, and the seller he found had a great rating and was based in South Africa.
After placing his order, Gruber received 39 shipping updates between when the package was picked up on September 9th and when it was finally delivered on September 18th (in reverse chronological order):
Re: Ebay camera accessory saw more of the world than most people ever will - hal - 09-21-2019
heck, I've never even been to Cincinnati
Re: Ebay camera accessory saw more of the world than most people ever will - RAMd®d - 09-21-2019
It was in Ontario CA on the 11th and Korea on the 12th?!
That's some fast
Re: Ebay camera accessory saw more of the world than most people ever will - RAMd®d - 09-21-2019
Seriously.
I wonder why that happened.
Bad address, incorrect barcode, it decided to take a walkabout of sorts?
Re: Ebay camera accessory saw more of the world than most people ever will - Speedy - 09-22-2019
Looks about normal for DHL.
Re: Ebay camera accessory saw more of the world than most people ever will - polychrome - 09-22-2019
That's crazy. DHL probably lost big on that package. When I ordered the Apple Card, UPS shipped it from the city I was already in to a state more than halfway across the country, then back to my city again for delivery. This happened a couple of other times with UPS and also Fedex.