OK - in January I ordered two rods from a manufacturer in Canada (specialist stuff for trolling) because I'm a self-confessed tackle tart
I put my hands up to the fact that the shipping prices scared the willies out of me
Didn't help that the rods in question are 9ft 2 piece jobs so the parcel is quite large. I opted for the second-cheapest surface mail option.
Anyway, the rods arrived today - after paying the import
extortion rip off tax at Parcelforce.
Thing is, they were shipped surface post on the 21st of January (by the manufacturer) with a
guarantee of delivery
within 5 weeks of dispatch. They left Canada 'proper' on the 24th of January. Now mathematics has never been my strongest subject, but isn't that closer to 8 weeks
Has anyone else suffered these maladies or is just me
8 weeks
FFS I could
almost have rowed over there and picked them up in that time
Just seems a wee bit excessive - or is it me
The main thing is..... they're here, they're really good quality and I'm now itching to get out with them on a big loch after some Ferox and perhaps a 'silver tourist' or two
H