by Audi1 » Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:10 pm
Here's an update; it's not the greatest, but there is a path forward to the next Round.
Richard (slotting since 1963) found a sympathetic ear at the SA Post when he called yesterday. Apparently, the cars have been sitting in SA since Richard took them to the Post on February 6th. The reason for this is not known at the moment, but Richard is trying to use his contact to find out why we've had a 1+ month, in-place '"sit" on the cars. The good news is that they were shipped out of SA today and are now on their way to John (munter) in New Zealand. The usual transit time is about 2 weeks from SA to NZ, so look for an update from munter around the end of this month.
Sorry for the delay; it's certainly not in anyone's best interest and it's hard to fathom how the cars could have been held up for such a long period of time. We've never had this kind of problem with shipping cars from SA, but we'll know next time to keep a close check on the tracking early-on to be sure that the cars have actually left the country.
I wish that the news was better, but it's not. More in about 2 weeks time.
Allan