Full marks to Interparcel, who I assume are some sort of intermediary brokers.  My new antenna, which was ordered on Sunday, arrived today.

Tracking number issued at 18:45 Sunday 12th

Picked up Monday and handed off to FedEx. Monday 13th

Delivered at 10:25 this morning. Tuesday 14th.

Whilst I'm at it, further praise for Hell Guitars, and the USPS.

Bits ordered Feb 2nd, and arrived here today, Feb 14th, after travelling from Japan, to America, and then on to me.  I reckon 12 days from order to delivery is pretty decent given the journey.

I sent a parcel via Royal Mail to France on the 30th of December, Post Office didn't tell me that Royal Mail had been hacked and international deliveries were halted.

They've started up again but the parcel still hasn't arrived. Tracking eventually can't back online at the end of January and it said that the parcel was in Milton Keynes, it's still there!

Refunded buyer in the hope that it arrives some day and he can pay me again.

I bought a new shirt over the weekend.  I've just received an email to the effect that eVri has "got it".

Oh well, there's one I'll never be wearing then. 

People/companies should be made to disclose which courier they're going to use.

I sit corrected.  Not only did eVri indicate that my parcel was out for delivery today when I checked, but they also gave me a one-hour delivery slot (which was adhered to) and informed me that my driver was Graham, whose current length of service is 5 months with Evri. They even posted a picture of my shirt being posted through my letterbox as proof of delivery.  Such a pleasant change from a photo of the external security door, with the parcel on the outside, facing the street.

The only thing they neglected to tell me was that "Graham" has slightly more than what is widely considered the usual number of hands for a human, and can, it seems, use his head as a camera.  I suppose it's possible he had a mate with him, but this is eVri after all...

Evri are listening to the criticisms

Possibly deafened

I've been quite impressed by Royal Mail's "Special Delivery" service again - London to Belfast before 1pm the next day is decent.

Not so much couriers, as a retailer this time.

I ordered, via eBay, a new radio antenna, and a wideband pre-amp, from the same vendor, at the same time.

I have now received 2 emails relating to the purchase.   The first was from DHL to tell me that they have my antenna and they will deliver it on Monday.  The second was from Royal Mail, who tell me that they have my pre-amp, and they will deliver it on Monday.

What?

OK, the pre-amp is a small package, and the antenna will, I assume, bwe quite large..  They've obviously gone for the cheapest option for the larger (heavier) parcel, but why on earth couldn't they have bundled the fairly lightweight pre-amp with the antenna?  Surely it would hasve been cheaper (not to mention easier for me) to send one parcel, via DHL.  To muddy the waters even further, the postage on the antenna is £8.99 while the Pre-Amp is free delivery.

That's possible, and I hadn't considered it.  They may just be acting as a "middle-man" rather than holding the stock themselves.  It doesn't take much to confuse me these days.   

The manufacturer's product prices are exactly the same by the way, including the DHL shipping for the antenna, but with £4.99 minimum postage for the pre-amp, which is why I went with eBay rather than buying direct myself.  That and the Nectar points, and the Honey cashback setup with eBay. So "tech-megastore" is cheaper than the manufacturer's website prices overall.