I agree, they use FedEx in Australia but that includes a local delivery courier called DaiPost. Full of fake reviews on their site and 1 star on TrustPilot. Lots of delayed and misdelivered items. Parcels travel elegantly from Basildon to Melbourne airport in two days. They are then custom cleared in one day and handed to DaiPost, from there it is a circus. They hold the parcel at a sorting facility for a week, then give it to an illiterate courier who can either get the delivery address wrong by two doors, or two suburbs. I won’t order anything more than £60 worth in case I don’t see it.
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Rose de France
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My parcels are send via FedEx (the label is always "P2P UK" but I get notifications from the FedEx website). They are transported from Basildon to Amsterdam, probably by sea. Then they go to Venlo which is a Dutch city near the German border. It's the place where they sometimes get stuck for days.
My parcels are shipped from Venlo to Czech Republic - strange route because they should be carried directly to Poland. In the past they went to Prague but now they go to Rudná (less than 20 kilometers from Prague). While the parcels are in Czechia, I receive a notification from a new carrier, Czech-owned company Packeta aka Zásilkovna.
The next day I get a notification from one of Polish carriers. Sometimes it's Poczta Polska, the state postal enterprise. Sometimes it's InPost, the private Polish courier. Sometimes it's our local branch of DPD. The day after notification (sometimes two days) the parcel is delivered to my place. It happens that the delivery guy calls to me because the address on the parcel is incomplete.
So at least three different companies know about my particular order from Gemporia.
It’s FedEx that must have the cheapest yet most complex logistics I have seen! The trip to Poland for your parcel sounds like a wonderful holiday for a person! At least your courier calls. I don’t get real time notifications. The only notification i see is the courier on my security cam, if he makes it to my house!
How the fruit did Kati Elliot get a job on tv? Gemporia is now on Australian free to air tv which must cost a fortune, yet her and Ellis have chatted away not selling anything for an hour. Kati sounding like she has sucked on her tacky helium balloons. Her cheap Chinese cosmetics can’t be sold in Australia.
historymystery
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You don't make language errors, by the way. Your English is 100% better than my Polish!
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Whenever I flip channels to Gemporia I seem to ask the same question, whoever is presenting, namely: 'how the heck did he/she get a job on TV?" Now we have successfully 'exported' Katie and Ellis to Australia, how would Australia like Lindsay as well? I'm sure a special deal can be done, if they really twist some arms
And the bonus is she also speaks courtesy of helium balloons, (in fact, even worse, it's enough to cut glass).I didn't realise they were made in China. That's such a No No for me
it’s like watching a train wreck. Obviously some people can’t look away so they keep replaying it!Whenever I flip channels to Gemporia I seem to ask the same question, whoever is presenting, namely: 'how the heck did he/she get a job on TV?" Now we have successfully 'exported' Katie and Ellis to Australia, how would Australia like Lindsay as well? I'm sure a special deal can be done, if they really twist some arms
Yep they show the back of boxes on the website with the ingredients and Made in China. All the influencers are getting stuff made there because it costs them $2 and they sell it for $10. Full of nasties like endocrine disruptors, talc and carcinogens like formaldehyde. Plus they still test on animals. Cheaper and safer to buy Loreal, Rimmel or something reputable from QVC which is usually made in EU or USA to stringent conditions.
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I'm not a fan of Gemporia's renaming - but Flint or Flint Stone is it's proper name. The Cappuccino prefix is marketing reference to its colour.
I don't mind names like that because at least they're fairly 'normal'.
The names that infuriate me are names like 'Nilamani' or 'Tulelei' - which have been created for no other reason than to mislead.
Everyone wants to be embalmed while they are still alive
But seriously. Dare I venture, the producer isn't a native English speaker? Look at the word 'Ingredients' on your attachment. Things like that bug me. Being a printer of old
Rose de France
Gemporia's customer
My English is not perfect. I have a B1 certificate although in reality I'm on the B2 level. Still not impressive. There are many Polish people who speak fluently in English.
Polish is difficult. Especially when you try to learn Polish and Czech simultaneously. These two West Slavic languages are full of ridiculous false friends.
Here are some examples:Pol. bezcenny - priceless
Cz. bezcenný - worthless
Pol. czerstwy - stale
Cz. čerstvý - fresh
Pol. płyn - liquid
Cz. plyn - gas
Pol. zapach - smell
Cz. zápach - stench
Pol. palec - finger
Cz. palec - thumb
Pol. czerwiec - June
Cz. červenec - July
Pol. kwiecień - April
Cz. květen - May
Pol. słoweński - Slovene
Cz. slovenský - Slovak
Pol. szpetny - ugly
Cz. špatný - bad
Pol. chudy - thin
Cz. chudý - poor
Pol. nieprzytomny - unconscious
Cz. nepřítomný - absent
Pol. skuteczny - effective
Cz. skutečný - real
Pol. wygodny - comfortable
Cz. výhodný - profitable
Pol. ostatni - last
Cz. ostatní - other
Pol. pośledni - inferior
Cz. poslední - last
Pol. jagoda - berry
Cz. jahoda - strawberry
Pol. krzesło - chair
Cz. křeslo - armchair
Pol. miłość - love
Cz. milost - grace
Pol. sklep - shop
Cz. sklep - cellar
Pol. piwnica - cellar
Cz. pivnice - pub
Pol. dywan - carpet
Cz. divan - sofa
Pol. lustro - mirror
Cz. lustr - chandelier
Pol. zachód - west
Cz. záchod - toilet
Pol. poprawa - correction
Cz. poprava - execution
Pol. trup - corpse
Cz. trup - trunk
More false friends:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/False_Friends_of_the_Slavist/Polish-Czech
I think your English is extremely good, learning a second language is not easy I know. I taught myself Spanish a long time ago but would never dare try to speak or write it now, well, not without a vodka or 2. If you don't use it you lose it.My English is not perfect. I have a B1 certificate although in reality I'm on the B2 level. Still not impressive. There are many Polish people who speak fluently in English.
Polish is difficult. Especially when you try to learn Polish and Czech simultaneously. These two West Slavic languages are full of ridiculous false friends.
Pol. bezcenny - priceless
Cz. bezcenný - worthless
Pol. czerstwy - stale
Cz. čerstvý - fresh
Pol. płyn - liquid
Cz. plyn - gas
Pol. zapach - smell
Cz. zápach - stench
Pol. palec - finger
Cz. palec - thumb
Pol. czerwiec - June
Cz. červenec - July
Pol. kwiecień - April
Cz. květen - May
Pol. słoweński - Slovene
Cz. slovenský - Slovak
Pol. szpetny - ugly
Cz. špatný - bad
Pol. chudy - thin
Cz. chudý - poor
Pol. nieprzytomny - unconscious
Cz. nepřítomný - absent
Pol. skuteczny - effective
Cz. skutečný - real
Pol. wygodny - comfortable
Cz. výhodný - profitable
Pol. ostatni - last
Cz. ostatní - other
Pol. pośledni - inferior
Cz. poslední - last
Pol. jagoda - berry
Cz. jahoda - strawberry
Pol. krzesło - chair
Cz. křeslo - armchair
Pol. miłość - love
Cz. milost - grace
Pol. sklep - shop
Cz. sklep - cellar
Pol. piwnica - cellar
Cz. pivnice - pub
Pol. dywan - carpet
Cz. divan - sofa
Pol. lustro - mirror
Cz. lustr - chandelier
Pol. zachód - west
Cz. záchod - toilet
Pol. poprawa - correction
Cz. poprava - execution
Pol. trup - corpse
Cz. trup - trunk
More false friends:
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/False_Friends_of_the_Slavist/Polish-Czech
Rose de France
Gemporia's customer
Thanks!
And if you wanted to use the toilet in the west?
Rose de France
Gemporia's customer
I don't know.
But I know that Gemporia's jade is bezcenny/bezcenný.
But I know that Gemporia's jade is bezcenny/bezcenný.
Depending on which side of the camera you are? OR, when, in those 20 years you bought it
Rose de France's false friends reminds me of a rule on assessing items formally. In the area that I used to work in, I'd catalogue some Gemporia's items as truly worthless (think some of the Lifestyle Channel's offerings...) but the rest may be just plain valueless - right now or for some time to come.
Imperial Russian Bonds from the late c19th/early c20th were initially classified as worthless but, after roughly seventy years, the Collector market reinvigorated their worth, increasing their value and rendering them as potentially valueless, rather than worthless.
Imperial Russian Bonds from the late c19th/early c20th were initially classified as worthless but, after roughly seventy years, the Collector market reinvigorated their worth, increasing their value and rendering them as potentially valueless, rather than worthless.
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Ellis will tell them what's what in no uncertain terms - multibuy, ....or else! But beware if she starts singing - tell everyone to cover their ears - or find a good doctor.
