RE: US Mail PTF Orders

Mine usually come in about a week sometimes a day or so less.

Unless of course like Paul mentioned...that it ends up
sitting underneath a porch or in the trunk of postal employees personal
car.

Come to think of it.....there was one a few months back that
NEVER showed up at all (hmmmm)

Thanks for reinforcing that image of Chicago postal employees <grin>

Jim Norbut
Systems Administrator
Grubb & Ellis Company
Northbrook, IL

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Take a look at the package label and see when IBM shipped it.
If was US Mail - i just received a "priority mail" package (not from
IBM)
that took 9 days from ship to receive. It did come from the area where
tornadoes hit last week so could be that reason for delay...
jim

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Ours usually come via DHL and are quick.  Last time I noticed when
ordering
a group online was that there was a field to specify the carrier... i've
never used it though.



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Wow.  Ordered the PTF media for HMC 5.2 - did this on Feb 28th.

The front of the package says "Ship date 2/28/2006" and here it is the
16th of March and it showed up today.  This took so long I reordered the
package 2 days ago.  Good thing I didn't need the fix packs for my HMC
or anything.  Sheesh.

Anyone else having 2.5-week turnaround times on their PTFs?  Is this
IBM's way to ensure everyone does electronic delivery?


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