GlobalFSD Offers Cheap Samples of 5-meter Filament Strands to Try Out

[Wolfie]

Think there has been an email SNAFU somewhere. I haven't gotten any emails from them but I get others to the same domain. Not sure whats happening Got a PM here with a tracking number. And its in New York already! Probably stuck in customs knowing our government. According to the tracking it was posted on the 26th. My paypal receipt shows the order was on the 25th so its been in transit all this time (plus/minus a day for them to pack and pickup). And its being shipped by "Royal Mail". I feel so upper crust now Tea and crumpets anyone?

[chris@radeuslabs]

woot!! now if customs will just process it quickly!! Just don't go changing your name to sir wolfie

[Wolfie]

Sigh..Still sitting in Kennedy New York (assume thats JFK Apt). Been there going on a week now. Swear it would take less time to smuggle a dirty bomb into the us in sacks of coffee beans. Cripes. It moved 1/4 the way around the globe in a day. Hasn't moved across the parking lot in New York in a week. Must be a union shop there.

02/03/15 22:28 RECEIVED AT OEKENNEDY NEW YORK KENNEDY NEW YORK
27/02/15 AM DESPATCHED TOKENNEDY NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
26/02/15 23:58 RECEIVEDUNKNOWN BAG - MISSING DUN HEATHROW WORLDWIDE DC
26/02/15 20:05 DESPATCHABLE TOHEATHROW WORLDWIDE DC CHELMSFORD MAIL CENTRE
26/02/15 20:00 COLLECTED CHELMSFORD MAIL CENTRE

[chris@radeuslabs]

26/02/15 23:58 RECEIVEDUNKNOWN BAG

that line makes me laugh........

but a month sitting in customs???? that's bordering ludicrous!

[Wolfie]

Week. Not month. Feb 27 to Mar 2. Remember, this is coming from England so the dates are euro dates, DD/MM/YY format.

Yea, the unknown bag thing made be chuckle too. Gotta love Brit humor.

[chris@radeuslabs]

guess I still had a tear in my eye from laughing at the unknown bag lol either way they need to get you your filament

[Wolfie]

I agree. Its not GobalFSD thats dragging their feet. Its the shipper..or customs. At least that I can tell. According to the tracking they put it in the mail the following day after I ordered it. Can't really expect much faster to be honest.

When I ordered my 50w CO2 laser from China, it was here in 4 days and it was freakin huge. Think the crate was 6' long and 4' wide and probably 4' tall.

I mean its all out there in this post. Yall can see when I ordered it. Will post when it finally arrives.

[curious aardvark]

These are good guys to deal with.

Apart from the porolay gel, I've got all those other filaments. You're going to have fun :-)

International shipping is brutal !
It's even more expensive to ship from the states to the uk than from the uk to the states.
That said they do seem to be using the top end of the postal range.
I shipped 5.5 lbs to the states in december for about $65 - All your samples together with the packing can't be more than half a pound.
That said, I use untracked airmail, I think it was an extra £20 ($35) for the tracked.

Like I said, it's brutal. And believe it or not it's almost as expensive to ship from the states to canada - and that doesn't need to go airmail.

This is the only reason I haven't bought a roll or two of the polymakr polyflex - by the time I've paid tax and postage the cost per roll has doubled.

Shipping cost for the uk by globalfsd are pretty good. But that doesn't help you foreigners :-)
(everyone is a foreigner somewhere)

[chris@radeuslabs]

wolfie - hate to say this but its not easy to lose a 6x4' crate. Hopefully they didn't lose you filament.

I ordered some line lasers from China, think I had them with in a week. Maybe it was the company I went through,but shipping was very reasonable, $5 maybe?

[Wolfie]

wolfie - hate to say this but its not easy to lose a 6x4' crate. Hopefully they didn't lose you filament.

I ordered some line lasers from China, think I had them with in a week. Maybe it was the company I went through,but shipping was very reasonable, $5 maybe?

You would be surprised to find out, its been done.

Speaking of line lasers. I was shopping for some last month (anticipating the Taz). Where did you get yours and are you happy? Might be better to PM me and not OT the thread. One of the projects I have planned is a fixture for my laser to hold 2 line lasers at 90 deg apart to form a cross and the dot at a 45 to indicate focus point.