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Originally Posted by selina4books
Finally! I got a tracking number this morning. Oddly it's being shipped from Hong Kong, not Canada.
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Yep ...
I received notification of shipment of my Aug 28 pre-order today - a day or three AFTER I queried Kobo.
FedEx notification:
Ship (P/U) date :
Thur 9/19/2013 5:20 pm
SHEUNG SHUI,, HKHK
We might guess that they ran out of stock in Canada, the UK and the USA all at the same time ... or maybe the first batch failed inspection (bright spots?) ... or maybe the factory could not meet the original delivery date promised by Kobo Marketing ...
However, the delivery date is still within their promised 10-14 days after Sep 11 (The assumed release date).
The apparently random delivery to people ordering AFTER late August is interesting.
I had nasty visions of the package taking a different water route to my home. Imagine this:
A barge from Toronto via the Lakes Ontario - Erie - Huron - Michigan... then a canoe via the Calumet & DesPlanes & Illinois rivers to the Mississippi. Then a steamboat down to I-20, followed by a trip in the backpack of a guy thumbing rides and wearing an "I carry Kobos for food" sign, to Dallas, TX ... and then, finally, a mule train trip to my local area, somewhere in Texas.
Well ... the visions of water were correct, but in the wrong direction. Maybe I need to drink less before going to sleep.
