I placed my order for my Noreve Kindle case on Saturday, April 24; my order was acknowledged on Monday, April 26 with a delivery date of 'within 15 working day'. Today is 10 working days and I still have not received any shipping notice. Those of you who have bought from them, is this normal? I've heard it takes about 3 weeks, next week will be my 3rd week, I sort of thought I would have gotten a shipping notice today. I'm so anxious to get this!
Shipping time on Noreve case
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No, I haven't really decided yet. I'll wait and see how much I like the K2 one first. But I quite like the look of Maia Gold Illumination one. (I've ordered a Red Perpetual for my K2).Cardinal said:Do you know which one you'll get for the DX?
Still haven't even got a shipping notice yet though.
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I just received the Maia gold and it is a classy bronze gold not a bright yellow one. I have a couple of oberons which I will use when travelling as they seem very tough (off to Indonesia next week) but will use the noreve at home. I just think the noreve cover might dent (although they will protect the kindle) in hand luggage.
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I think Noreve are suffering from the effects of their own popularity at the moment as they can't seem to keep up with their orders or their promise of 15 days for delivery. (I wonder how much of that is due to all the custom they get from Kindleboarders who discover them on here like I did).
I ordered mine on 26th April so their time is up today and as I'd heard nothing, I emailed them. This is their reply:-
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your message. As mentionned in our previous mail, your order will be shipped at the end of the week. We will send your tracking number very soon.
I wish you a very good day,
Despite what they say, there hasn't been a 'previous' mail and it looks like I've got to wait at least another week. *sigh*
I ordered mine on 26th April so their time is up today and as I'd heard nothing, I emailed them. This is their reply:-
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your message. As mentionned in our previous mail, your order will be shipped at the end of the week. We will send your tracking number very soon.
I wish you a very good day,
Despite what they say, there hasn't been a 'previous' mail and it looks like I've got to wait at least another week. *sigh*
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The only thing that concerns me is that the 'Illumination' range have a glossy varnished surface and while I'm sure it looks stunning when it's new, I'm afraid it will crack with use, particularly on the spine and also that it's more likely to show up fingerprints than a more matte leather.Pushka said:
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I got an email from Noreve yesterday stating that my case will take 15-20 working days to ship, but I'm not holding my breath. If I receive it before we go on vacation at the end of June, I'll be a happy camper.
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I'm still waiting for delivery. When I enter the tracking number it still says expected delivery date is 5/17/2010 (today). But the UPS site hasn't entered any different data since Friday so I'm not holding my breath. If I see the brown UPS truck pull up out front I'll probably run to meet him.
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Well, I am just so frustrated. Today is day 23 since I placed my order. I had a shipping notice on Friday 14th May with an expected delivery date of Monday, 17th May. I figured that was a little unreasonable, coming from France to Kentucky!!! And it was not delivered on 17th of May. So today I look at the UPS tracking info and it shows it was just picked up in France today, Tuesday the 18th. And it doesn't even show an expected delivery date now! I'm really frustrated by this whole process. Even if I'm totally in love with this Noreve cover, I doubt I'll ever order another one.
Is today the 23rd day or the 23rd working day? Big difference. You can only count working days.PG4003 said:
Whatever .... If you decide you love your Noreve cover and if you want another one at some time in the future, it would be a shame to deny yourself that pleasure simply because of whatever frustration you are experiencing now. Put it in perspective. In the overall scheme of things -- and I mean The Big Picture -- just how important are a few days more or less?
As for UPS, they have done well for me. My last Noreve order left France on a Monday, arrived in the U.S. on Tuesday, and was delivered to me on Wednesday -- which was the 14th working day after I placed my order.
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I was no more than mildly frustrated at the time. Now, it's a distant past. But to each their own. I personally wouldn't hesitate to order another Noreve, if need be or the bug for a new color bit me.
ETA: sometimes we need to hone our delayed gratification skills in this age of instantaneous everything. Trust me, Noreve's are worth the wait.
ETA: sometimes we need to hone our delayed gratification skills in this age of instantaneous everything. Trust me, Noreve's are worth the wait.
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Pg4003--believe me, I can completely relate--but it has only been 17 working days as of today. Noreve France has been fabulous about keeping to their scheduled times, unlike their former US subsidiary. With Noreve USA last year, it took over eight weeks for my Sandy Vintage to arrive, and I got every excuse in the book during that time. What happens now, barring volcanic eruption, seems to run smoothly and professionally by comparison.
Your cover will be here in a day or two, and you know at least it's in the shipper's hands now. You're in the home stretch!
As bad as my experience was, my cover more than makes up for it. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one if I wanted it--but once I had mine, I found it was the perfect cover for me, and frankly I stopped "needing" to have more.
Your cover will be here in a day or two, and you know at least it's in the shipper's hands now. You're in the home stretch!
As bad as my experience was, my cover more than makes up for it. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one if I wanted it--but once I had mine, I found it was the perfect cover for me, and frankly I stopped "needing" to have more.
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Thanks Libby, Gwennie, and Victoria for your encouragement. I know we are all so anxious to have things instantly these days, and I'm as bad as anyone else. I am retired now and I do the bulk of my shopping on line, I'm just so used to U.S. delivery times of 3 to 5 days, this just seems like forever! I just checked UPS again and it now has a Rescheduled Delivery Date of 5/20/2010, so it's just the day after tomorrow.....day after tomorrow......I can make it.
And as far as the 23 days total, the reason I was quoting that was because someone told me theirs was a total of 23 days from the day of ordering to the day of delivery. And just counting working days, today would be 17. Considering they told me it would be delivered *within 15 working days*, this adds to my frustration.
I just need to relax, and read a book for goodness sake!
And as far as the 23 days total, the reason I was quoting that was because someone told me theirs was a total of 23 days from the day of ordering to the day of delivery. And just counting working days, today would be 17. Considering they told me it would be delivered *within 15 working days*, this adds to my frustration.
I just need to relax, and read a book for goodness sake!
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I loved my pink Noreve so much I ordered another one (Dark Vintage). I placed the ordered late at night on April 17. On April 18, in the early afternoon, I received an email from Noreve confirming my order and advising me that it would take up to 30 days to fill, and giving me the opportunity to change it. At that time I decided to switch my order to the basic black cover. However, I was advised by Cynthia at Noreve that it was too late, my order was in production. Okay. No big deal. I'd stick with my original choice.
The order was placed on April 18 and I received a shipping notice saying it shipped to my NY address on May 7. I thought it was right on schedule, but it never arrived. Then, May 13 I received a notice from UPS saying it was undeliverable. When I called UPS they said it was still in France. I emailed Cynthia at Noreve, and she is looking into it. Last tracking notice said it was in Marseille in the south of France (probably under the big volcanic ash cloud.) I'll keep you posted.
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The order was placed on April 18 and I received a shipping notice saying it shipped to my NY address on May 7. I thought it was right on schedule, but it never arrived. Then, May 13 I received a notice from UPS saying it was undeliverable. When I called UPS they said it was still in France. I emailed Cynthia at Noreve, and she is looking into it. Last tracking notice said it was in Marseille in the south of France (probably under the big volcanic ash cloud.) I'll keep you posted.
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Oh Judith, what a mess. Now I'm even more worried because tracking on mine says it's in Marseille, France also, arrived there at 12:40 PM (my time) today. No activity that it's left there yet.
I am the one that had a Perpetual leather arrive in 23 days.
I just checked dates for my Passion Vintage, I ordered in on March 8 and it arrived on April 13. During that time I had no idea if I was going to get an "aged and distressed" finish which I really, really didn't want and was on pins and needles the entire time. When it finally shipped it sat in Germany and when I called UPS they said it might be lost.
Believe me, I know what a long wait is like. Every day I counted actual days and working days (it went over the estimate) but when it arrived it was totally worth the wait.
Yours has shipped, it will be here soon, hang in there.
I just checked dates for my Passion Vintage, I ordered in on March 8 and it arrived on April 13. During that time I had no idea if I was going to get an "aged and distressed" finish which I really, really didn't want and was on pins and needles the entire time. When it finally shipped it sat in Germany and when I called UPS they said it might be lost.
Believe me, I know what a long wait is like. Every day I counted actual days and working days (it went over the estimate) but when it arrived it was totally worth the wait.
Yours has shipped, it will be here soon, hang in there.
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