My new Powerbook was shipped way earlier than I expected and I now find myself routinely checking its progress across the world every two or three hours. It started off in Taipei – a place I’ve never been – and then travelled across the world to Luxembourg – another place I’ve never been. When we finally meet, it will be as two explorers who have explored the world – weary and ready to settle down…
| Activity | Location | Date / Time (GMT) |
| Shipment Picked Up | TAIPEI, TP, TW | 11 Oct 2003 01:44 |
| Cleared Customs | TAIPEI, TP, TW | 12 Oct 2003 05:00 |
| Depart Terminal | TAIPEI, TP, TW | 12 Oct 2003 05:35 |
| Arrive Terminal | LUXEMBOURG, LU, LU | 14 Oct 2003 06:39 |
| Depart Terminal | LUXEMBOURG, LU, LU | 14 Oct 2003 14:12 |
11 replies on “Oh Powerbook adventurer!”
By the sounds of things it’s your powerbook that’s done all the exploring, not you, lardo! 😉
Humph. That must be why it’s so svelte and beautiful and powerful – all that exercise…
Looks like the majority of it’s trip is over. Once it gets to Luxembourg TNT pick it up and its only about a day till you get it 🙂
I went through this with my iPod a few weeks ago, waiting is terrible.
http://www.theonion.com/3939/ – last headline on the right hand column. (But I can sypathise – bloody Scan seem to be nowhere near shipping the 400 quids’ worth of equipment I need to rebuild my malfunctioning PC)
Sorry if you know this already… You can go here: http://cgi.tnt.co.uk/trackntrace/trackntrace.asp; Click the ‘please click here’ link at the end of the block of text; And enter your shipping number from the Apple site (not the order number) in the box as your Reference Number.
You’ll get a more detailed report on what’s happened to your package right now….
I hope you’ve purchased Apple’s extended warranty. New PowerBooks have a habit of dying very quickly. Thank God I have the warranty – Apple have twice taken a laptop of mine in ‘for repair’ and simply replaced it with a new machine.
Oh. Thanks!
Joe,
European law dictates that good must be fit for purpose when sold, and with a powerbook, I think a court would accept that that means about 5 years of reliable computing, at least. So there’s no need for an extended warranty, at least in Europe – don’t be fooled, fellow consumers!
Nice advice Aaron but I tried that method with the first PowerBook I purchased. It means extended rows with Apple, the computer disappearing for months at a time, letters being sent to a Trading Standards officer who says there’s nothing they can do, and ultimately ending up paying a great deal more to get it repaired thereafter. It’s simply not practical to take Apple to court every time a PowerBook f***s up – which is quite often. At least with the warranty you know you’ll get a new computer if anything goes horribly wrong.
You can buy the Applecare extended warranty at any point during the initial warranty, I seem to recall.
ie, buy it about 11.5 months from now.
well I am sorry Tom Coates that i am one of the dumb people who reached this site by google. I am a student and I ordered an ibook and it is going through the same procces. Shipment Picked Up TAIPEI, TP, TW 09 Dec 2003 11:45. That is the only info i got, now my question: “can i exspect this machine to be here on the 12 of december (this friday)?” considering that I live in belgium next to Luxembourg. Thanx in advance