For those waiting for orders from me...
 

I had a large WGC pre-order go out in October that a number of people participated in.

I made this post to update everybody on the situation of it since it's been taking much longer than normal for it to arrive:

The package, due to the size of it, piqued custom's attention and they originally pulled it to verify the value of contents.

That took 2 weeks.

Then during the inspection, they were suspicious of some items and sent them off for examination. Some goods were seized.

That took 2 weeks.

The package was then cleared and sent back to the brokerage...

...Only to have customs change their mind and pulled it AGAIN for re-examination.

It's been 2 weeks.

That is where we now stand. Assuming no more problems, it *should* be arriving this week, but with the Christmas rush, I would not be surprised if there are any more delays.

I've already contacted those who had seized goods.
The goods seized were firearms replicas and the buyer had prior warning that there was the chance of seizure.
The rest of the goods should be okay by customs, which is why I don't understand why they feel the need for a reinspection, but yeah.
Just goes to show that even brokers can only do so much for quickly clearing a shipment.

a little of the topic but what about fixing my guns?

pm?

gun fixing is underway. I started on yours last week, but been pretty backlogged due to lots of work and holidays. Once this batch of upgrades and fixes are done, I will no longer be in the business of gun upgrades and repairs.

WHAT you mean you dont like taking my money? whats wrong with you man.

It's taking time also, don't forget that ! We got a life to live on beside airsoft ! Upgrading AEG is a long process if you want to do it fine ! I understand the Illusion's decision.

i don't mind the money and will continue to sell parts and accessories, but performing labour on gun upgrades and repairs is not where I want to go towards.

Yeah, I did that for 3-4 years. It's just too time consuming. Average upgrade can take 3-8 hours depending on the gun and upgrades. Multiply that by 4 or 5 guns a week... it's a friggin full time job.

No doubt.

The labour itself, I can get done pretty quick.. typically 1 hour, with hardly any ever going over 2 hours unless it's a real problem repair or a custom modification. I charge accordingly, rather than a flat rate to make sure I'm compensated properly, but I end up losing a lot of time on consultation when it comes to this stuff. That's where I don't charge and it severely cuts into my time.

Heh Heh, those guys at customs are probably taking them out and havin some fun with the toys. Heh heh, buggers.

yeah, i think they want to see what other toys they can tax from me. they get to boxing week shop without having to leave the office. *cries*

:( I want my gaurder kit. I pray it doesn't get siezed. I've been waiting for so long now and just wanna play with my AK again.

Good news, tracking shows the shipment as finally being released and sent back from the clearing agency on friday.
Now in transit for delivery.
I should be receiving it any time this week (I'm guessing thursday).

Anybody who wishes to follow it online can do so at www.ups.ca with this tracking number:
1Z1979V56648136897

Damn you Greg I...uh.....sorry, wrong thread.

Totally kidding, dude.

Still in Transit..... damnit.... should the full order be in on this one Brian? heh heh itching for that 226 Masher, and the DE parts...

Good god! ups suuuuuuuckkkksssss...

yes... ups sucks, so does canada customs. Heres to praying she comes soon.

Canada customs is one thing, but that 'courier service' has had that package for 14 days (and counting) within the same province.

yeah, so i called ups regarding the matter.

apparently it was just "sitting in the warehouse" for the 2 weeks.
morons.

they said they'd notify the warehouse and have it picked up and sent to me asap.

Douches.

They should refund the delivery costs to you :)

*crosses fingers* comon this week! comon!!

I inquired on the full shipment yesterday to find out what was going on from both UPS' and the CBSA's ends and from what I gathered, CBSA did send the release forms back to UPS late last week. CBSA and the Clearing Agency apparently have different systems and the clearing agency still had not yet received the paperwork from CBSA. Due to this discrepancy, UPS could not yet release the packages, but after doing some legwork, I got progress...

I just received packages 2 of 3. The largest package got seperated from the other 2 and for whatever reason is still sitting in the UPS Hamilton warehouse.
That package has the majority of your guy's stuff, but I still have a good bit of stuff here that I can send out for the time being. Hopefully I get package 3 tomorrow.

Sweetness. DE parts and 226 Masher made it I hope :P

final package has arrived. everybody should be getting their goodies shortly.

Ppl with out of stock items will be contacted.

Still waiting.

doh! you're the final person that I haven't contacted. Sorry about that, I thought I got you. Was wondering why there was no reply... details in PM.