Five packages from three European vendors have been shipped; one from the UK with the crankset, two containing my wheel builds, and two from bike24.com containing major components. Oh, and I'm still waiting for the headset spacers from Miami.
In the case of the two Bike24 packages and the two wheels, DHL handles the shipping duties through Germany, then hands them off to the US Postal Service. The DHL tracking numbers can be tracked on the DHL website (.de version). That DHL site also provides the domestic tracking number that can be tracked from the USPS website once the hand-off occurs.
Package #1 from Bike24.com:
The latest status on Bike24 package #1 read "Inbound Out of Customs". What the hell does that even mean? A governmental oxymoron for sure. Luckily, status two days earlier read "Inbound Into Customs", so I'll assume this new message means it made it through customs.
Package #2 from Bike 24.com:
The last two status updates on the second package stated it had been processed through a facility in Franfurt Germany (Monday status), then "Origin preparing shipment" (Tuesday status). I take it from Tuesday's status, the package was waiting to be put on a plane. The first package showed this status a couple days before arriving in San Francisco, so this package is running about three days behind the first.
Headset Spacers:
Estimated delivery date: Tomorrow! I'll believe it when I have them in my hand. Sixteen days (and counting?) to get a four ounce package across the country, Geesh. In comparison, Pony Express riders could deliver a small package coast to coast in ten days. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express Hats off to 1860 technology.
Wheels:
I received an email about a week ago saying one wheel had shipped and the other was to be shipped the next day. That was a lie. I received another email today providing two tracking numbers. Turns out the wheels have just now started their journey. At least I now have tracking numbers,
Crankset:
Shipped (I hope). The vendor doesn't supply tracking numbers so only those with a Magic 8 ball (1960 technology) know where it is. The only status they would give estimated a delivery time from 14 to 42 days ... so pretty much anytime between now and whenever.
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