...it's hard to resist

[purplewakanda]

Hi all,

New here, I ordered for the first time few weeks ago, and waiting the delivery in Ireland now. But Fedex is playing with me I think, have a look on the tracking (4 times France-UK...)

Tuesday, May 11, 2021
4:03 PM	STANSTED GB	In transit
4:49 AM	ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR	Departed FedEx location
1:46 AM	ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR	In transit
Monday, May 10, 2021
7:47 PM	ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR	In transit
5:42 PM	ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR	In transit
Sunday, May 9, 2021
12:56 AM	STANSTED GB	In transit
12:56 AM	STANSTED GB	At local FedEx facility
Saturday, May 8, 2021
11:00 PM	ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR	At local FedEx facility
Friday, May 7, 2021
10:44 PM	STANSTED GB	In transit
10:43 PM	STANSTED GB	At local FedEx facility
11:23 PM	ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR	At local FedEx facility
4:13 PM	ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE CEDEX FR	Arrived at FedEx location
11:20 AM	STANSTED GB	In transit
10:22 AM	STANSTED GB	In transit
Thursday, May 6, 2021
8:22 AM	STANSTED GB	Delivery exceptionPackage at station, arrived after courier dispatch
8:22 AM	BISHOPS STORTFORD GB	Left FedEx origin facility
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
11:52 PM	LEEDS GB	Left FedEx origin facility
5:49 PM	RIDGMONT GB	Picked up
3:05 AM		Shipment information sent to FedEx

PS : sorry if I made some mistakes, english is not my native language.

Best regards all, and stay safe !

Probably I was the lucky one. My PC didn't take a trip to France. Looking at trends if it's shipped mid-week it takes a trip to France.

 

[AgentCooper]

Looking at trends if it's shipped mid-week it takes a trip to France.

I believe they call it a sojourn 😜

 

[ubuysa]

Probably I was the lucky one. My PC didn't take a trip to France. Looking at trends if it's shipped mid-week it takes a trip to France.

I understand it's to give them a short holiday before they spend the rest of their lives shoving electrons around at great speed. 😎

 

[Schmoo2k]

I dug a bit deeper into this and worked out why it happens! It turns out the FedEx aircraft N110FE tends to do a DUB->STN->CDG->STN->DUB routing (with some trips to Madrid and Italy), so sending it to France for clearance will have actually sped up its delivery by not needing it in Dublin (as it still ends up on the same physical plane when it arrives in Dublin, but pre cleared...), you can see its recent flight plan here: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n110fe

 

[Schmoo2k]

(My PC is sitting in the Cork FedEx depot at time of writing so have had nothing better to do!!!)

 

[Citrus_9]

I dug a bit deeper into this and worked out why it happens! It turns out the FedEx aircraft N110FE tends to do a DUB->STN->CDG->STN->DUB routing (with some trips to Madrid and Italy), so sending it to France for clearance will have actually sped up its delivery by not needing it in Dublin (as it still ends up on the same physical plane when it arrives in Dublin, but pre cleared...), you can see its recent flight plan here: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/n110fe

This is interesting! I have returned my GPU and getting a new one with Fedex. This time it's coming straight from Leeds and now currently in Dublin Fedex facility (after the customs clearance). It means that sometimes there is a plan B for their routing to Ireland.