Source: https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil/117201000187721159
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Neil Brown @[email protected]
# Email from AliExpress:
Your parcel has moved two centimetres to the right. We will update you as soon as it moves.
# Another email from AliExpress:
It has moved! Your parcel has moved another two centimetres to the right.
# Email from UK parcel delivery company:
We have your parcel. It is probably somewhere in the UK, between arrival and departure. At some point, we will chuck it in your general direction. Your driver’s name will be Ethan.
Sep 02, 2026, 10:35 AM
Being in the EU and buying something from the UK:
click buy
5 hours later: “Your package has arrived at the UK distribution centre. We will email you again when it is en route to your country.”
A month later: “Your package has been shipped.”
The next day: “Your package has arrived at your country’s depot and will be delivered today.”
3 hours later: “Your package has been delivered.”