Am I going to get screwed by customs?

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

So I ordered a 14.1 R61 Lenovo laptop two weeks ago, part of the huge deal they had.

I have a A31 right now, so i decided to continue with the IBM/Lenovo tradition.

That being it said, It shipped Yesterday. But I'm confused as hell with this UPS tracking it has given me.

LOUISVILLE,

KY, US 05/31/2008 2:33 P.M. THE SHIPMENT IS BEING HELD BY BROKERAGE FOR REASONS BEYOND UPS' CONTROL / BROKERAGE RELEASED SHIPMENT. SHIPMENT IS SUBMITTED TO CLEARING AGENCY FOR FURTHER CLEARANCE

INCHEON,

KR 05/31/2008 10:08 P.M. ARRIVAL SCAN

CHEK LAP KOK,

HK 05/31/2008 6:04 P.M. DEPARTURE SCAN

05/31/2008 12:15 P.M. EXPORT SCAN

05/31/2008 12:15 P.M. ORIGIN SCAN

ONTARIO,

CA, US 05/30/2008 10:05 A.M.

THE SHIPMENT IS BEING HELD BY BROKERAGE FOR REASONS BEYOND UPS' CONTROL

HK 05/30/2008 5:32 A.M.

BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED

so basically, yesterday, it was shipped from Hong Kong, 5 hours later ended up being held by customs in California, but mysteriously left Hong Kong (again?) a day later, right after being received (again?) and arrived in Korea 4 hours after it left.

BUT, 8 hours before it got to Korea, it stopped in Louisville Kentucky to be held by customs.

WHAT THE HELL?

The "rescheduled delivery" is 6/02/08, which is Monday. If it is in Korea/Louisville/Hong Kong/California, how the hell is it supposed to get here in 1 day?

What the hell is going on?

my best guess is that it is in Incheon Korea, but customs wouldn't let it come into California, so they wanted to go Louisville but customs is being a dick again.

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[BigE 10+ year member]

**** that sucks..

 

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

maybe I can get faulkton to pick it up and send it to me...

hmm...

anyone had this happen to them?

 

[konechiwa 10+ year member]

just called UPS.

Apparently customs WAS being a douche and held the package (in Korea) but they were going to fly it in Express (meaning 1 day shipping!?!) and it will be at my house on Monday (by 10:30 AM I think they said). The two US locations were just adding that customs was being totally gay to let me know.

So free express 1-day air shipping FTW?