Invites printed

My invitations have been posted!

The retailer in Hong Kong has confirmed it was shipped by UPS on Friday night.  The whole process (approving the proof and printing of the card) took a total of 1 month to organize.  And made me au$600 poorer.

April 29th I made contact with the retailer.  She said they didn't have my card in stock but they had Ant's.  His card is au$1 cheaper than mine so I went with it.  It was either that or contacting another retailer and paying a higher price.

April 4th I put down a 20% deposit and provided her with my draft.

May 11th she provided me with the layout.  This is after I rang her to find out why it was taking so long.  She didn't seem to remember who I was and was like, "Oh, did I say I would provide you the layout today?'  and I was like, 'Yes!' 

May 16th I signed off on the layout.

June 1st she emailed to say the card was ready for pick up at their WanChai office, so 'feel free to collect it anytime.'

I had to remind her (again) that I was based in Australia and need the invites posted to Fiji.  How much was courier cost?

She said she would get back to me.

June 2nd I had to follow up and ask if she had the courier quote for me. She responded immediately with the quote.  I authorized the total payment for the invites + postage to be debited from my credit card.

June 3rd she gave me the airway bill number for tracking.

Postage time should take about a week according to her so that's exciting.  The Yams will be able to have the invites 'in their hands' mid-end of this month which keeps in line with their aim to distribute it to their overseas guests with at least two months notice.

Awfully considerate of them to give their overseas guests so much notice.  But not exactly necessary considering they already know.