Still waiting on May subscription. Anyone in Australia gotten their May sub yet?
I guess I'm getting a bit concerned. My May order was shipped to the UK on the 18th and still hasn't arrived. I know it's a bigger order but I'm starting to look at my July sub I guess...
My May order arrived at the end of last week and I'm also in the UK so I wouldn't worry too much yet.
My May order arrive just yesterday in Germany.
I received Book 5 of Extinction Curse + B2 yesterday in Austria
My May order arrive just yesterday in Germany.
June order just 2 days later.
My March order just arrived today! My faith in humanity has been restored :)
High five!
Woot! My May sub finally arrived!!!
Not had June yet in UK but won't start worrying until end of month
My June order (EC6) arrived today in Austria, so it seems almost back to normal.
My May and June orders arrived in the same week here in Ireland despite shipping over two weeks apart.
Update: Cradle Infestation arrived today. Still waiting for The Apocalypse Prophet.
Yeah, I haven't got my May subscription in Australia yet either. :(
(My June order leapfrogged it and arrived last week, so things are moving at some level, just a little chaotically, it seems).
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Yeah, I haven't got my May subscription in Australia yet either. :(
(My June order leapfrogged it and arrived last week, so things are moving at some level, just a little chaotically, it seems).
AusPost boggles my mind lately, feels like its working in an ineffective Last In, First Out way letting the older stuff stagnate at the bottom of the pile.
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Big time.
I ordered a shirt towards the end of June, it's just hit over the 20 business days, and I'm fighting off the "did it turn up and someone nicked it out of my post box?", "did the postie just not leave me a notification?" and "is AusPost just deluged and unreliable?" dread.
Still I wait, sadly staring out my window, face pressed to the glass, whispering "pakidge...".
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Still I wait, sadly staring out my window, face pressed to the glass, whispering "pakidge...".
"...guess that's why they call it 'window-pain'..."
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Big time.
I ordered a shirt towards the end of June, it's just hit over the 20 business days, and I'm fighting off the "did it turn up and someone nicked it out of my post box?", "did the postie just not leave me a notification?" and "is AusPost just deluged and unreliable?" dread.
Still I wait, sadly staring out my window, face pressed to the glass, whispering "pakidge...".
I’m glad I’m not the only one doing that, I see the postie arriving, a big smile of hope on my face but which fades quickly as they speed past my home on their little bike
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Not sure if it’s reason for other Australians to hope, but my May order arrived today.
Everything from Paizo is untangled now (for me) albeit transit times look to be an extra three to four weeks..
Update: Cradle Infestation arrived today. Still waiting for The Apocalypse Prophet.
Apocalypse Prophet arrived today so I'm finally up to date. Just in time for July's shipping which surely has to be today or tomorrow (fingers crossed).
AusPost boggles my mind lately, feels like its working in an ineffective Last In, First Out way letting the older stuff stagnate at the bottom of the pile.Yeah, I haven't got my May subscription in Australia yet either. :(
(My June order leapfrogged it and arrived last week, so things are moving at some level, just a little chaotically, it seems).
As I understand things, they've implemented physical distancing in their warehouses which has slowed things down just as a massive spike in online shopping has inundated them with packages.
In dealing with the big backlog, they decided to focus on "getting back to normal as quickly as possible" rather than "making sure early orders get dealt with first". Which means that there are going to be some packages which sit in delay for long periods of time until the backlog is resolved and they can get back to working through things in a more first-in-first-out manner.
(That was from a news article a month or so ago, so it could well be out of date. It kind of makes sense though).
I'm in the UK, my May delivery was fine (yay B2!) but I'm still waiting on my June subscription, which was apparently sent out on June 5th, so nearly 2 months ago... Hopefully it's still on its way! At least I have the pdf :)
(Still waiting for my July subscription to ship though! Eeeee I am very excited for the APG)
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My fellow Aussies, do you get annihilated on Shipping and Handling charges whenever your order includes more than a single AP module? For instance my S&H for July’s PF AP, APG and Slithering module came in at more than the cost of the APG, it went up by $20 after this months second authorisation.
Just wanted to see if others bear this crazy S&H cost as well
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My fellow Aussies, do you get annihilated on Shipping and Handling charges whenever your order includes more than a single AP module? For instance my S&H for July’s PF AP, APG and Slithering module came in at more than the cost of the APG, it went up by $20 after this months second authorisation.
Just wanted to see if others bear this crazy S&H cost as well
I no longer subscribe to any of the hardcover lines, as the hardcovers cost as much to post as their cover price. I actually find it cheaper to just buy the PDF on release then buy the books locally. You will find if you remove the hardcover from the equation your postage costs will decrease significantly, but you may end up with lot of separate parcels (it is cheaper than way as it gets things into the cheaper weight limits).
My fellow Aussies, do you get annihilated on Shipping and Handling charges whenever your order includes more than a single AP module? For instance my S&H for July’s PF AP, APG and Slithering module came in at more than the cost of the APG, it went up by $20 after this months second authorisation.
Just wanted to see if others bear this crazy S&H cost as well
I jumped for joy when I received my July sub shipped email. Then cried when I saw the revised shipping cost.
It came to a total of US$96.79 for a single parcel weighing in at 7 lbs. In that parcel are the following:
Pathfinder Advanced Player's Guide
Starfinder Starship Operations Manual
Starfinder Adventure Path #30
Pathfinder Adventure Path #157
Pathfinder Lost Omens: Legends
Pathfinder Adventure: The Slithering
So a big month, with many books, but a bit of a shock, especially when the initial shipping and handling was only US$50.65.
Previously I had a smaller parcel, back in Feb, with a couple adventure paths and the Gamemastery Guide that weighed 4 lbs in total and that cost $38.32 in shipping.
Back in August 2019, when the Pathfinder Second Edition shipped, that parcel weighed 11 lbs and the shipping was US$65.15.
So I'm puzzled by the dramatic increase in shipping to Australia. Either an increase in shipping costs due to covid or a goblin has gotten loose in the Paizo account's computer.
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Here is some info on US Postal Service rate increases in 2020.
My fellow Aussies, do you get annihilated on Shipping and Handling charges whenever your order includes more than a single AP module? For instance my S&H for July’s PF AP, APG and Slithering module came in at more than the cost of the APG, it went up by $20 after this months second authorisation.
Just wanted to see if others bear this crazy S&H cost as well
I think something went wrong this month.
I had eleven items,but it was nothing super big. My “cheapest possible” shipping ended up breaking it into two parcels and charging me $152 USD.
I suspect one of the items had incorrect dimensions/weight entered into the system (or it was one of the more esoteric bugs that crop up from time to time). In my experience that’s the most common source of shipping errors - Paizo type 21 pounds for a 2.1 pound book and their shipping algorithm crunches the numbers.
although the packages are weighed before departing the warehouse, it appears to me that the shipping isn’t always recalculated.
Granted there’s a fair bit of guesswork there...
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My orders well all fine except for the April subscription I had.
Shipped out on April 14th and arrived today, August 24th.
In pristine condition even. I wonder where it has been.
(Austrian here.)
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I now got my July Order in Austria about 4 weeks after it shipped out, so transportation times seem to have gone back to normal.
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Yup today was a good day, this morning I got my August shipping notice so got to print the AP to read over the weekend, then lo and behold as I walked to my door a beautiful Paizo box with my July shipment sat waiting for me, 20 days in transit to get to Australia, very very good! Great to see things getting back to normal :-D
Still waiting on my June 25th order (shipped June 30th). Fingers crossed it gets here soon, sounds like some of the other delayed cases are wrapping up!
Yeah, the Aussie delays are frustrating. It's not Paizo's fault, but I've reduced my (non-subscription) purchases because I don't want hundreds of dollars of purchases tied up in some untrackable package that may or may not arrive several months from now.
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Nature wins again, baby arrived yesterday, perfect little girl, and AusPost is left in the dust :-P
Congratulations, and may the dice always roll nat twenties for her.