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rubber_jonnie
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GadgetUK164 wrote: 10 Jan 2022 13:58 Yes, got worse since XMAS! Staff shortage due to Omicron I think!
Very possibly, and as Terriblefire said, maybe a result of contractors being dropped after Christmas.
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Atari74user wrote: 10 Jan 2022 15:58 That's interesting, I only just now started to think about stuff I ordered at New Year, thinking why haven't I got it yet. East Anglia here, so yeah, defo waiting for stuff too which I would say are a couple of days overdue.
Yeah, I have stuff I was expecting by last Friday, but we've had no post since last Wednesday. Nothing today either, other than my Atari 600XL which was delivered by DHL not Royal Mail.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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The replacement phone battery for my Dad's Google Pixel XL turned up today, having been sent 1st Class a week ago.
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stephen_usher wrote: 10 Jan 2022 16:39 The replacement phone battery for my Dad's Google Pixel XL turned up today, having been sent 1st Class a week ago.
Not exactly the 1st class you were expecting no doubt.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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Yeah. Oh well. At least it arrived.
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I've been waiting a week for some DIP sockets that went 1st class too! I bet they turn up tomorrow!
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GadgetUK164 wrote: 10 Jan 2022 23:59 I've been waiting a week for some DIP sockets that went 1st class too! I bet they turn up tomorrow!
Rubbish. No post here yesterday, and normally the postie has been by now, so looks like today will probably be a bust too. Tomorrow will be a week since we last had anything, and I have at least 4 items that should be here by now.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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Woo hoo, postie just arrived, 6 items of post, fingers crossed I have some parts in there!

Just the Aquarius RAM I ordered and a TZXDuino that I ordered on the 20th December to come, though I don't think the TZX was posted until the first week in Jan!
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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UK might have postal problems (here in France it's not better though), but I think we have a champion here with USPS:

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Ordered from the US, if it keeps running in circles, I'm not sure when it will reach France....
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:o ouch
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