> > I usually can't speak too highly about DHL's excellence at getting 
> > parcels from semi-random locations somewhere on earth to my local 
> > airport. Or too lowly about their ability to get parcels from the 
> > local airport to me.
> 
> Hi Russel, I've used DHL in the past for PCB's out of China, 
> and they did a good job (Shenzhen to here), but was costing 
> me way too much so I switched to TNT. They also have been 
> very good with delivery times, sometimes as fast as 2 or 3 
> days door to door, 3 to 5 days is a reliable estimate. Once 


I try to avoid TNT these days.

Once upon a time I ordered a small mill; it weighed about 70kg and was in a
wooden crate about the size of a bar fridge.  Not exactly something you
cheerfully tuck under your arm, but easy enough to shift with a trolley.

They couldn't deliver it, and the reason was 'they couldn't get it off the
truck'.  My response was 'eh, you got it ON the truck, surely it must have
occurred to your good selves that you would have to get it back OFF the
truck at the other end.'.  Actually, my response had the word 'fucking' in
there a few times, it's left to the readers imagination as to where & how
many.

After that they delivered a compressor, and managed to get that off the
truck, oddly enough.  :)  Their complaint that time was that it leaked oil,
I pointed out that if they had taken notice of the big arrow on the side of
the crate, it wouldn't have been a problem, and refused to take delivery
until someone cleaned it.

Tony

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