Ordered 3rd December - was supposed to be sent till 24th December,
email from 23th December
Order ID: 850
Date Ordered: 03/12/2013
Your order has been updated to the following status:
Shipped, pending customs check
The comments for your order are:
Off it goes! Customs will now do a little x-ray (or whatever they do there) and a paperwork check to make sure all is in order. Once that's done we'll be given tracking numbers, which we'll send on to you within the next couple of days at the most:)
opened a ticket since there was no information about any delivery on 18th January, asking about any news...
got auto message 2 days later, on 20th January
Order ID: 850
Date Ordered: 03/12/2013
Your order has been updated to the following status:
Shipped to customer
The comments for your order are:
We've gotten your tracking number back from customs, and your parcel is on its way to you:)
What i for sure see, is that they NEVER sent it on 23th December
23.01.2014 14:39 Arrival at outward office of exchange CAPETOWN D
29.01.2014 11:36 Departure from outward office of exchange CAPETOWN D
but a month later, this is just stupid - hope they fail hard - do not purchase there
Customs pre-clearance events wouldn't show up for a tracking number, hence the "Once that's done we'll be given tracking numbers" bit in the update...how could it when
. Additionally, the post office warehousing the parcel whilst they wait for a vessel to become available wouldn't show up.
, which is why we endeavour to be as clear as possible with our updates. We even have a pretty flowchart on our delivery and returns policy for people that don't like to read: