TB Anticipation Syndrome

[latchford]

My combined order shipped yesterday but still shows status as Seattle.. It might just be a lag in updating but I assume it's waiting out the storm that dropped 11" of snow on Portland and closed the highways. Since it's UPS Ground to CA, south through Portland is the normal route. I'm all for safety, so the delay is fine, but I'm also idly refreshing frequently 🙂

I didn’t know there was such a big snowstorm in Portland. Hope everyone there gets through ok. My package left Kent, WA ~14 hours ago. But you left out some important information: what did you buy??

[G42]

I didn’t know there was such a big snowstorm in Portland. Hope everyone there gets through ok. My package left Kent, WA ~14 hours ago. But you left out some important information: what did you buy??

The weather has been wild this week all across the US. I'm in Los Angeles and we have flood warnings everywhere & also blizzard warnings for the mountains that are ten miles from the city ... Apparently that hasn't happened since the late 80s.

I got the NW/Açai Side Effect like you did (that's a combo I want to see in person); a Black halcyon/Açai Side Kick (since it was a great combo in the Pilot); and a few other things like the new colours of Cubelets (like I need more Cubelets).
I want to check out the 400d items that are intriguing to me before that material is completely gone, so I'm currently leaning toward "buy it and see" vs mulling it over.

I'm hoping they reorder the Açai 200 halcyon since it's such a nice colour. It might be kind of dark for bags with deep interiors, but for shallow/open bags like the Pilot, etc it works for me and definitely for accessories.

[moriond]

I got the NW/Açai Side Effect like you did (that's a combo I want to see in person); a Black halcyon/Açai Side Kick (since it was a great combo in the Pilot); and a few other things like the new colours of Cubelets (like I need more Cubelets).
I want to check out the 400d items that are intriguing to me before that material is completely gone, so I'm currently leaning toward "buy it and see" vs mulling it over.

I'm hoping they reorder the Açai 200 halcyon since it's such a nice colour. It might be kind of dark for bags with deep interiors, but for shallow/open bags like the Pilot, etc it works for me and definitely for accessories.

Ditto. Waiting on USPS delivery and looking forward to Night Walk/Açai combination.

[G42]

The weather has been wild this week all across the US. I'm in Los Angeles and we have flood warnings everywhere & also blizzard warnings for the mountains that are ten miles from the city ... Apparently that hasn't happened since the late 80s.

The waiting and anticipation continues. I don't know if my package left the Seattle UPS hub at all - it finally updated to show a weather delay instead of delivery today. Besides the shutdowns due to snow in Portland a couple days ago, the 5 (main North/South interstate highway on the west coast) shut down pretty much all of yesterday and again today in the section called the Grapevine, which is the 40 mile mountainous section north of LA.
Soooo, my new bags are literally chilling somewhere, waiting it out.

[moriond]

The waiting and anticipation continues. I don't know if my package left the Seattle UPS hub at all - it finally updated to show a weather delay instead of delivery today. Besides the shutdowns due to snow in Portland a couple days ago, the 5 (main North/South interstate highway on the west coast) shut down pretty much all of yesterday and again today in the section called the Grapevine, which is the 40 mile mountainous section north of LA.
Soooo, my new bags are literally chilling somewhere, waiting it out.

My update notice claims I will get this today. If USPS gets this out of Seattle delivery service in Hawaii is very good. Up through yesterday they were claiming it would be Monday, because everything was waiting around in Seattle. It now shows out for delivery based on the fact that it was put on a mail truck about an hour ago.

[G42]

My update notice claims I will get this today. If USPS gets this out of Seattle delivery service in Hawaii is very good. Up through yesterday they were claiming it would be Monday, because everything was waiting around in Seattle. It now shows out for delivery based on the fact that it was put on a mail truck about an hour ago.

Planes out beat the trucks, woot!

[moriond]

It’s here!

[latchford]

The waiting and anticipation continues. I don't know if my package left the Seattle UPS hub at all - it finally updated to show a weather delay instead of delivery today. Besides the shutdowns due to snow in Portland a couple days ago, the 5 (main North/South interstate highway on the west coast) shut down pretty much all of yesterday and again today in the section called the Grapevine, which is the 40 mile mountainous section north of LA.
Soooo, my new bags are literally chilling somewhere, waiting it out.

My tracking hasn’t been updated since the package left Kent, WA a couple of days ago. I think my bags are chilling with yours somewhere though I kinda wish they’d made it onto a plane before the storms came along.

[latchford]

My package has finally reached CA. Hope the next update shows that it’s at LAX and then onto the plane to Tokyo or Taipei

[G42]

My package has finally reached CA. Hope the next update shows that it’s at LAX and then onto the plane to Tokyo or Taipei

The tracking just updated to say my package is now in Portland, five days after "leaving" Seattle

Delivery to LA should be Weds but they haven't committed to a date and with this next wave of weather hitting, I don't blame them lol
I placed another order this weekend, so maybe the packages will race!

[latchford]

The tracking just updated to say my package is now in Portland, five days after "leaving" Seattle

Delivery to LA should be Weds but they haven't committed to a date and with this next wave of weather hitting, I don't blame them lol
I placed another order this weekend, so maybe the packages will race!

Mine's currently in LA and I hope it's enroute to the airport instead of wandering off to Compton or elsewhere like my last package did. Wouldn't want it doing the nomadic life in such severe weather! I just placed an order from another manufacturer who's shipping from Taiwan so my packages may have their own race too.

[Aeon]

A week ago I ordered a Black Halycon/NWS Techonaut 30 mostly because stock was dwindling (the colorway is now sold out). I was/am holding out for a 1050 Black/NWS T45, but I knew I'd be upset if I didn't at least order the BH T30 while it was still available. It's scheduled to arrive tomorrow with some strap keepers. I'm ambivalent about keeping the bag; I have so many bags already in the 25-30L range that I don't need another one -- which is why the T45 is more appealing to me right now.

I am excited for the Black/Mountain Cerylon Parental Unit I pre-ordered though. The day before the pre-order was announced I told myself that if the PU was ever offered again, I'd buy it. So the pre-order felt like kismet.

Unfortunately, my budget for TB bags is now zero for the foreseeable future (with the exception of the T45 in my preferred colorway).

[G42]

A week ago I ordered a Black Halycon/NWS Techonaut 30 mostly because stock was dwindling (the colorway is now sold out). I was/am holding out for a 1050 Black/NWS T45, but I knew I'd be upset if I didn't at least order the BH T30 while it was still available. It's scheduled to arrive tomorrow with some strap keepers. I'm ambivalent about keeping the bag; I have so many bags already in the 25-30L range that I don't need another one -- which is why the T45 is more appealing to me right now.

I am excited for the Black/Mountain Cerylon Parental Unit I pre-ordered though. The day before the pre-order was announced I told myself that if the PU was ever offered again, I'd buy it. So the pre-order felt like kismet.

Unfortunately, my budget for TB bags is now zero for the foreseeable future (with the exception of the T45 in my preferred colorway).

Since Black is the most popular exterior colour and NWSky is one of the most common interiors, not only will it probably be made new again, there will presumably be used ones around. They've said 1050 isn't going away completely and since you want Black, I'd assume that would be your best chance in any case, so fingers crossed, once your budget recovers!

[Aeon]

Since Black is the most popular exterior colour and NWSky is one of the most common interiors, not only will it probably be made new again, there will presumably be used ones around. They've said 1050 isn't going away completely and since you want Black, I'd assume that would be your best chance in any case, so fingers crossed, once your budget recovers!

Yeah, my two fave colorways are Black and Burnt Orange with a gray lining, so I'm pretty much guaranteed that I'll never be disappointed with a lack of preferred color options. I know the T45 in my preferred fabric and colorway will come back into stock eventually, but I've been around long enough to know that "eventually" may mean many, many months, if not years.

[G42]

My two shipments are still wandering around, trying to get over the I5 mountain passes in Oregon and California. The UPS site has been amusing; either they had a tracking error or one package made it to Roseburg OR and then retreated back to Portland to wait it out for a while. It also erroneously said it had made it all the way to Sylmar CA before correcting itself.
I just hope it's system overload/backup vs getting actually lost or destroyed, as they're both pretty expensive boxes of items no longer available.
Safety of the drivers and everyone else is more important though, so I'm practicing patience.

Here's a photo of the snow visible from where my office is in LA... We do not normally see the snow down this far right right behind the city... Feels like I should be in Denver...or Seattle.