Project Elf shipments on their way
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wrote on 12 Jan 2011, 07:46 last edited by
I am kind of surprize, didnt nokia declared while sending the gifts what things are in the packet??
I remember few months back I was sending some small electronic device and Fedex asked to declare what things are there in the packet. -
wrote on 12 Jan 2011, 08:30 last edited by
Grrr, I still haven't received. :)
Yesterday I saw the program "Spaniards in the world", and the chosen place was Oslo (nice place, BTW). I hope this is the right signal, and I receive the package today, because I can't believe Barcelona is that far away from Oslo than Hessdorf. ;)
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wrote on 12 Jan 2011, 09:08 last edited by
It's nearly double:
- Oslo - Frankfurt is 1200 km,
- Oslo - Barcelona is 2150 km :-)
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wrote on 12 Jan 2011, 13:35 last edited by
Hehe, yes, that was one of my theories, that maybe the packages go through Frankfurt. But I initially assumed that Oslo->Barcelona was just one "hop" (more or less, since probably many stuff goes through Madrid), so it will be more or less the same to reach any EU city, plus possibly one extra day. But it's Wednesday, I'm still jealous of you. ;-)
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wrote on 12 Jan 2011, 16:44 last edited by
Just received it, thanks Alexandra and Qt DevNet! It's awesome :)
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wrote on 12 Jan 2011, 17:53 last edited by
I have received it yesterday and the device stays perfect in hand, but I am still using my N8 as my primary phone. N8 was also a gift from Nokia to Qt Ambassadors during the Qt Developer Days 2010 in Munich :)
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wrote on 12 Jan 2011, 20:18 last edited by
blessed are the winners :)
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wrote on 13 Jan 2011, 12:07 last edited by
Meantime I have also received my package (after I have cleared it at the custom). Thanks, it is rather nice phone and I very like the t-shirt, as well.
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wrote on 13 Jan 2011, 23:23 last edited by
Bad news, the package arrive to the customs, but in order to deliver it to me, I have to pay U$S200, tomorrow I'll have a conversation with someone from TNT to resolve this problem without having to pay, unfortunately I don't have many hopes. :(
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wrote on 13 Jan 2011, 23:43 last edited by
Hey Paulo, i thought Romania had the worse taxes, i had to pay customs fee and VAT for my package too (about 65 Euro), i paid yesterday and hope to get my package soon...
Wish you good luck with yours ;)
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wrote on 14 Jan 2011, 06:01 last edited by
I had to pay about EUR 17 as customs duty in Bangalore, but luckily by boss agreed for a reimbursement ;)
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wrote on 14 Jan 2011, 11:13 last edited by
I think nobody have to paid anything! this is a free gift not a buy!
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wrote on 14 Jan 2011, 11:25 last edited by
[quote author="stuk" date="1295003606"]I think nobody have to paid anything! this is a free gift not a buy![/quote]
but tell that to customs, they are a different animal altogether ! still this is a too good a deal in my opinion :P
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wrote on 14 Jan 2011, 11:49 last edited by
Still, the $200 paulo has to shell out to be able to get his gift is quite a let-down, I'd imagine. That is a serious amount of money!
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wrote on 14 Jan 2011, 12:25 last edited by
Gnah!
I should have stated this more clearly probably. None of you should have been asked to pay any kind of fees or taxes to receive the package. I keep telling the shipment companies we use that EVERYTHING is supposed to be billed to our account. It goes wrong repeatedly though.
After all, the point of it is that it's a GIFT.
And yes, we declared every little thing in the package including it's value. How much do you think is a sticker worth?!
In any case, since I am not in the office today, I will go through the list together with my colleague who shipped the packages and see what is stuck where and why.
All the Russian shipments by the way (incl. the ones for the translation project) have returned because DHL can't get them through customs without the receivers having to pay EVERYTHING...
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wrote on 14 Jan 2011, 12:32 last edited by
No, this is not our problem!
If i ahve to paid only 1 € to my spedition i refuse the spedition. Because the packed is a free and i and the devnet are seriuos people! There are many assholes people that buy some 't-shirt' in other country without paid the taxes and receive correctly the packed.
For this reason i not paid anything![quote author="chetankjain" date="1295004345"][quote author="stuk" date="1295003606"]I think nobody have to paid anything! this is a free gift not a buy![/quote]
but tell that to customs, they are a different animal altogether ! still this is a too good a deal in my opinion :P[/quote]
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wrote on 14 Jan 2011, 12:32 last edited by
Seems like soon this whole project Elf thing will cost more in time dealing with the shipping and handling than the worth of the prizes :(
I guess that's the benefit of handing out prizes like this at an event like the Dev Days: people can just stick them their luggage and nobody asks questions... -
wrote on 14 Jan 2011, 12:36 last edited by
[quote author="Andre" date="1295008374"]
I guess that's the benefit of handing out prizes like this at an event like the Dev Days: people can just stick them their luggage and nobody asks questions...[/quote]Indeed. The only question is: how can we reach people who cannot attend those events? Suggestions welcome. ;)
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wrote on 14 Jan 2011, 12:44 last edited by
For me the spedition is correct. But this is the the real cause because many site that create a contest limit that only for their country.
For me this is bad, internation shipment is correct, after this spedition, we know that in italy t-shirt have some rules, in Russian batteries have some rules...ecc.
Maybe in a future contest, should be necessary add some document that specific the spedition is a gift, the t-shirt,the batteris ecc...[quote author="Andre" date="1295008374"]Seems like soon this whole project Elf thing will cost more in time dealing with the shipping and handling than the worth of the prizes :(
I guess that's the benefit of handing out prizes like this at an event like the Dev Days: people can just stick them their luggage and nobody asks questions...[/quote] -
wrote on 14 Jan 2011, 12:51 last edited by
[quote author="Alexandra" date="1295008568"][quote author="Andre" date="1295008374"]
I guess that's the benefit of handing out prizes like this at an event like the Dev Days: people can just stick them their luggage and nobody asks questions...[/quote]Indeed. The only question is: how can we reach people who cannot attend those events? Suggestions welcome. ;)[/quote]
I suppose main problem is that different delivery companies in different countries vary in quality quite a lot. Russia is exception with its corruption based policy, but seems like even European countries have serious problems with custom handling and stuff...
When I got my N900 from Nokia, the delivery company called me to ask my data so that they can deal with the customs instead of me. So there everything worked correctly :)
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