Thread: My supposed new Vikings jersey..

Well..
here's the story..

More than a few years ago, while walking around one of the malls in the Twin Cities, I step into a Champs Sports store.
I noticed a throwback number 88 jersey..
So I checked the name, and it was Allen Page's jersey.
Now, I got excited, because Page has always been my dad's favorite player.
I check with the clerk to make sure I get the right size for my old man, and I buy it for him for Father's Day.

Flash forward to a few weeks ago.
I tell my dad to keep Sept. 14th open because I'm going to take him to the home opener after we join ya'll at the tailgate.
I also tell him to break out his Page jersey.
Then I mention to him that since he's got a jersey, I'll have to start shopping for one of my own (after all these years, I STILL have yet to purchase my own Authentic Vikings jersey..
SAD!!).
Then this past weekend at our family reunion, he tells me that he bought me a jersey online.
A Carl Eller throwback.
He said that since he couldn't find one, he had to do the customize your own jersey.

Silly old man.
I never asked or told him he should get one for me..
I just mentioned that I needed one of my own in passing.
Hopefully it's Authentic embroidered and not silk screened.
Either way, though, it's still a Vikings jersey.

I recently won an autographed authentic Kwill jersey.. been waiting for it forever now.. so i know the feeling of wanting one of the good ones.


here's one reason why i hate buying things online being over here.. even though it's probably the only way i can get them.

check out the delivery date.. and so u know.. I still
havn't had it delivered.



Jul 7, 2008
2:52 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jul 6, 2008
12:33 PM Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jul 5, 2008
12:33 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jul 2, 2008
11:39 AM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR








11:39 AM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jun 30, 2008
2:08 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jun 29, 2008
12:28 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jun 28, 2008
12:28 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR


Jun 27, 2008
12:46 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jun 25, 2008
12:37 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR





12:35 PM

Shipment exception

ATHENS GR



Improper or missing international paperwork, contact Customer Service



12:34 PM


Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR




12:13 PM
Clearance delay

ATHENS GR




Jun 24, 2008
12:13 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR






Jun 23, 2008
3:05 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jun 22, 2008
3:05 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jun 21, 2008
3:05 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jun 20, 2008
12:22 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR





Jun 19, 2008
1:23 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jun 18, 2008
12:36 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jun 17, 2008
12:33 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR



Jun 16, 2008
1:47 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR




Jun 15, 2008
2:20 PM
Clearance in progress

ATHENS GR


9:44 AM
In transit

ATHENS GR



Package available for clearance


Jun 14, 2008
10:39 PM
In transit

PARIS FR



Jun 13, 2008
10:30 PM
At local FedEx facility




PARIS FR





9:23 PM
Departed FedEx location

PARIS FR




8:56 PM
Arrived at FedEx location

PARIS FR





1:02 PM


In transit




PARIS FR





3:42 AM


Departed FedEx location




MEMPHIS, TN



Jun 10, 2008
3:54 PM
In transit

MEMPHIS, TN



1:41 PM
Arrived at FedEx location


MEMPHIS, TN


Jun 9, 2008
10:44 PM
At local FedEx facility


MINNEAPOLIS, MN






8:47 PM
Left FedEx origin facility

BLOOMINGTON, MN


4:52 PM


Picked up




BLOOMINGTON, MN




Jun 6, 2008
2:23 PM


Package data transmitted to FedEx





DiGiTaL

Holy crap!

Here's to hoping it's not tooo messed up.

i just found out customs has my jersey..

and is watiing for me to pay them some amount of money..

i'll find out tongith how much.

DiGiTaL

Feel for you on that digital... not easy for getting stuff shipped out. When I wanted my customised jersey I had to order over the phone so that I could pick it up when we went to TC. Only problem was that I had to order it 8 weeks in advance and then spent that time hoping that the guy taking my order had understood my accent
;D
the time seemed to drag by and breathed a huge sigh of relief when I got to the Vikings Locker Room and found that it was just as I wanted
;D

"digital420" wrote:

I recently won an autographed authentic Kwill jersey.. been waiting for it forever now.. so i know the feeling of wanting one of the good ones.


here's one reason why i hate buying things online being over here.. even though it's probably the only way i can get them.

check out the delivery date.. and so u know.. I still
havn't had it delivered.

WTF is THAT bullshit?
"Clearance in Progress"?
Clearance for what?
That it really is a shirt and not a secret fabric bomb?

=Z=

"digital420" wrote:

i just found out customs has my jersey..

and is watiing for me to pay them some amount of money..

i'll find out tongith how much.

DiGiTaL

Question - wouldn't this "shipping to Europe" thing be easier if someone here shipped it to you?
Would it need this "Clearance" crap then?
I see people shipping boxes via the US Postal Service all the time to places overseas and I don't recall anything about it needing to sit for a month in some warehouse....

=Z=

I get stuff shipped from overseas and I've never had anything held up in customs.

"Zeus" wrote:

"digital420" wrote:

i just found out customs has my jersey..

and is watiing for me to pay them some amount of money..

i'll find out tongith how much.

DiGiTaL

Question - wouldn't this "shipping to Europe" thing be easier if someone here shipped it to you?
Would it need this "Clearance" crap then?
I see people shipping boxes via the US Postal Service all the time to places overseas and I don't recall anything about it needing to sit for a month in some warehouse....

=Z=

I think the deal for the UK is anything worth over £18 is hit with a tax, the customs hold onto the item until you pay up.

"Zeus" wrote:

"digital420" wrote:

i just found out customs has my jersey..

and is watiing for me to pay them some amount of money..

i'll find out tongith how much.

DiGiTaL

Question - wouldn't this "shipping to Europe" thing be easier if someone here shipped it to you?
Would it need this "Clearance" crap then?
I see people shipping boxes via the US Postal Service all the time to places overseas and I don't recall anything about it needing to sit for a month in some warehouse....

=Z=

Depending on what it is, yes. You need to fill out a declarations form & describe all the contents. Depending on how much they are backlogged & long the customs agents dilly dally around inspecting your package, it could take several weeks.

An Xmas package I sent Jing the first week of December last year, didn't arrive until late January/early February.