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Re: [Healeys] Denis Welch, the Royal Mail and a mid week Rant

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Denis Welch, the Royal Mail and a mid week Rant
From: Kees Oudesluijs via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 08:28:11 +0200
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These Covid-19 days mail (at least in Europe) is slow. Not enough air 
planes, parcels are kept in "quarantine", lack of staff and space , 
whatever. E.g. shipping a parcel from Holland to Ireland lasted nearly a 
month as did several other parcels although less extreme.

Kees Oudesluijs


Op 28-5-2020 om 00:08 schreef Michael MacLean:
> If some of you remember I was on the list asking about original type 
> and after market type tappets for my BN2 engine build.  I finally 
> decided to buy the modified tappet that Denis Welch sells.  (cost with 
> shipping $110)  These are the same after market types that the usual 
> suspects sell, but Welch machines a flat groove on two sides to aid 
> oil drainage back to the pan.  With shipping by Royal Mail (the 
> cheapest) I bought them on May 5th.  They are still in transit with no 
> scheduled delivery date according to the United States Post Office.  
> For some odd reason they sat at the airport in the UK for almost a 
> week before departing for the States.  Once here (Miami, FL) they sat 
> there for several more days before entering the USPS system.  I 
> purposely avoided the alternative offered by DW (UPS).  I have been 
> hearing from several sources UPS is having problems and to avoid 
> them.  Maybe I should have sprung for the UPS charges, even though 
> they were substantially more.  Not sure who is at fault here;  me, 
> Welch or the Royal Mail.   Just a note of caution if you are thinking 
> of buying anything from a UK supplier through the Royal Mail.
> Mike MacLean
>
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    <p>These Covid-19 days mail (at least in Europe) is slow. Not enough
      air planes, parcels are kept in "quarantine", lack of staff and
      space , whatever. E.g. shipping a parcel from Holland to Ireland
      lasted nearly a month as did several other parcels although less
      extreme.</p>
    <p>Kees Oudesluijs<br>
    </p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Op 28-5-2020 om 00:08 schreef Michael
      MacLean:<br>
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        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">If some of you remember I was
          on the list asking about original type and after market type
          tappets for my BN2 engine build.  I finally decided to buy the
          modified tappet that Denis Welch sells.  (cost with shipping
          $110)  These are the same after market types that the usual
          suspects sell, but Welch machines a flat groove on two sides
          to aid oil drainage back to the pan.  With shipping by Royal
          Mail (the cheapest) I bought them on May 5th.  They are still
          in transit with no scheduled delivery date according to the
          United States Post Office.  For some odd reason they sat at
          the airport in the UK for almost a week before departing for
          the States.  Once here (Miami, FL) they sat there for several
          more days before entering the USPS system.  I purposely
          avoided the alternative offered by DW (UPS).  I have been
          hearing from several sources UPS is having problems and to
          avoid them.  Maybe I should have sprung for the UPS charges,
          even though they were substantially more.  Not sure who is at
          fault here;  me, Welch or the Royal Mail.   Just a note of
          caution if you are thinking of buying anything from a UK
          supplier through the Royal Mail.</div>
        <div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Mike MacLean<br>
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