The Next Step....Orders

[Ean Austral]

Gday All,
Ok its getting close to order time, so here's the plan..
Orders Close 5PM SUN 6th DEC
When you place YOUR order can you please supply us NAME,ADDRESS and E-mail or FAX DETAILS, Also let me know if its aPerth order or Melb order.

Then WE will send you an Invoice with all our details and Bank details.
You can then do the payment from your end by COB TUES 8th Dec
Prawns will be dropped off to TOLL Darwin on THURS 10th Dec

IF PAYMENT IS NOT CONFIRMED BY COB WED 11 DEC YOU WILL MISS OUT

I have about 4000kgs worth of orders going out that week so im too busy to chase people..

We do it this way with all our other orders and this is the best way for both us and you, and things can be kept clear and traceable.

IF you have not been Invoiced by MON 7th.... PM me as I will have the computer with me on the boat.

You can place your order anytime between NOW and SUN 6TH...This can be done either by PM on here or let me know and I will forward our E-mail address

If you have any questions send me a PM,

Thanks and Cheers Ean

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[Ean Austral]

Gday All,
This is the list I have, the prawns will be dropped off at toll Darwin on Thurs 10th and I will let you know the con note Details once they have been consigned and an ETA MELB..The cold store is SUB ZERO 41 mc donald road brooklyn,

Slug Burner,
Hymie,
Fraser 130,
Loanrangie,
Siska.

Thanks Guys will keep you updated,

Cheers Ean

[fraser130]

Isn't this great???:D:D:D:D
Now guys (and maybe gals), any thoughts on how we do the pick-ups?I'm 10 mins from Brooklyn, if I could borrow a chest freezer I'm happy to get the lot to my place, then have everyone come here and pick them up at their leisure. (I'll even throw in a free nanocom read/reset for any TD5's)
Any thoughts?

[Hymie]

Sounds good to me, beats battling Citylink.

[fraser130]

Sounds good to me, beats battling Citylink.

Just need a kind soul to offer me a chest freezer for a few days.... I'll pick it up if it's not too far......
anyone?


Fraser

[Ean Austral]

Gday All,
Just a suggestion, with the amount of 9kg ctns coming down, I think it will be better if you organise it the day you get them, It will need to be a big freezer to hold whats coming down.
The best option is for those that are close to meet there or nearby, and if some have to travel then maybe hold thiers till they arrive.The last thing you want to do is open each box to stack it in a chest freezer as each order is sorted and labeled and packed for each person. A standard tuckerbox freezer will be lucky to hold 4x9kg ctns.

Or maybe you get people to meet at your place but set it so that they are there when you get back from the cold store..

Just throwing my 2cents worth in..

Cheers Ean

[fraser130]

Gday All,
Just a suggestion, with the amount of 9kg ctns coming down, I think it will be better if you organise it the day you get them, It will need to be a big freezer to hold whats coming down.
The best option is for those that are close to meet there or nearby, and if some have to travel then maybe hold thiers till they arrive.The last thing you want to do is open each box to stack it in a chest freezer as each order is sorted and labeled and packed for each person. A standard tuckerbox freezer will be lucky to hold 4x9kg ctns.

Or maybe you get people to meet at your place but set it so that they are there when you get back from the cold store..

Just throwing my 2cents worth in..

Cheers Ean

What sort of size/quantity is the order Ean?

[Ean Austral]

What sort of size/quantity is the order Ean?

I dont have my packing list in front of me its down on the boat as the order is going before 10am, but I have packed them so that there are no orders mixed in the same outer carton.I think from memory you have 4ctns, but 2 are 6kg, loanranger has 2@6kg Slugburner has 2@9kg..
There are more, but i,ve got that much stuff going tommorrow that I will have to check my book, but could be 12ctns coming your way..

I will post up tommorrow the numbers for each person, but on the back of the cartons I have numbered the order so so if you have 4 they will be numbered 1-4, 2-4 and so on..

I just think that you are creating a hassle for yourself by trying to hold everyones order, unless your chest freezer is a 900ltr one..Plus by leaving them the way I have packed them if there is any problems then its easy for me as I packed the order so it will be my mistake if I've cocked it up, but if the boxes are all opened then its easy to mix them up..

Cheers Ean

[slug_burner]

We just need to organise ourselves to meet at the cold store.

[fraser130]

We just need to organise ourselves to meet at the cold store.

Yup, looks like that will be the easiest way

Fraser

[Ean Austral]

Gday All,
Guys I have good and bad news,
Good news the prawns were dropped at the Darwin coldstore today..
The bad news is the trucking company has told us that they only leave Darwin 1 day a week now so it wont leave Darwin till Mon night, it then goes via Adelaide then to Melb, expected day of arrival Mon 21st..
I have been on the phone to Gilberts management who run the service but basically they said badluck,
So if this is not going to suit you I will go back to the cold store up here and remove your order and refund your money..Thats the best I can do

This is annoying and im really ****ed off but I can do no more than that.
Let me know if you want to stop your order.

Perth guys yours leave's Darwin tonight, I will PM you the con-note details when I get home..

Cheers Ean

[slug_burner]

Ean,

I am still in. Just pick up on the 21st, No probs.

[Ean Austral]

Thanks Mate, I was more worried that people may be going away and want to take the prawns with them, and they would get there 2 late..

Anyway I will see what the others want to do,I had to pay the freight up front so yours will be coming down even if everyone else pulls out..

I will just sort afew things here at home then I have to go back down the boat, but I will PM the con-note number thru so you can track it next week..The cold store up here didn't have many good things to say about the truck company, but they are the only one's that go to Melb from here, all the other companies just pass there costomers over to them, its a classic case of no competition, no customer service..

Makes you want to go out and buy a freezer truck..

Will PM later,
Cheers Ean

[stuart]

Yup no worries here either...if anything it's better for me...

Stu




Gday All,
Guys I have good and bad news,
Good news the prawns were dropped at the Darwin coldstore today..
The bad news is the trucking company has told us that they only leave Darwin 1 day a week now so it wont leave Darwin till Mon night, it then goes via Adelaide then to Melb, expected day of arrival Mon 21st..
I have been on the phone to Gilberts management who run the service but basically they said badluck,
So if this is not going to suit you I will go back to the cold store up here and remove your order and refund your money..Thats the best I can do

This is annoying and im really ****ed off but I can do no more than that.
Let me know if you want to stop your order.

Perth guys yours leave's Darwin tonight, I will PM you the con-note details when I get home..

Cheers Ean

[Ean Austral]

Gday Guys
Im going to the coldstores on Monday to pull an order if anyone else is cancelling let me know by Sunday arvo as I am only going Once..


Cheers Ean

[loanrangie]

Fine for me too, depending on the time i can meet at the cold store during the day.

[Hymie]

I'm fine, can't wait.

[Ean Austral]

Gday All,
Only got the request to pull the one order , so did that today, the coldstore tells me the truck should depart on time later tonight or early hrs tommorrow..I will check with Gilberts on Friday and keep you updated..


Thanks and Cheers Ean

[Ean Austral]

Sorry Guys by the time I finished selling today Gilberts had gone home so will try tomorrow..

Cheers Ean

[Ean Austral]

Gday Guys,
Am expecting your prawns to arrive sometime Monday, and the Con-note details have been sent thru to Slug-burner who is the go-to man down there so can you PM either him or me a contact # to arrange a suitable pick-up time/day once we know they are ready..

Thanks and Cheers Ean

[loanrangie]

A big thankyou to Ean for organising the prawns for us and another big thankyou to Gabriel (slugburner) for organisng the logistics of the collection - i can almost taste them garlic prawns :D.

[Ean Austral]

Glad to hear that you got them..I must admit im pretty deflated that it took 8 days to get there, when it took 3 days to get to Perth.:(

I hope the wait was worth it and you are able to enjoy them over christmas..:)

Cheers Ean.

[slug_burner]

Ean,

It was worth the wait.

Sampled some Endevs, just boiled them in salty water, cooled them in icy water, pealed and could not resist but to sample the first. I had to restrain myself as I pealed the rest and put them out on a bed of lettuce. My wife had gone and got some seafood sauce as well as thousand island dressing. I used my dressing to coat the lettuce as I had my prawns pretty well neat. Nice and firm not a hint of fishy smell.

Thanks for all your effort to get the prawns down to us Melbournians.

Merry Christmas to you and your wife.

[Ean Austral]

Gday All,
Well thats it for this Year , We are sold out and all the prawns have made there destinations..
To those who bought from us We thank you for your trust in us for this first time, and to the Melb guys I can only say that next year I hope the transport issue is sorted.
To the Brissie and Sydney guys I will endeavour to find a transport solution for next year.

To everyone who sent the PM's Thanks very much and hope we can offer the same next year or once we start fishing again I Will let you know and if you like we can send some before next Christmas.

Its good to se that there is still support for local Australian produce and hope that we can continue to supply it for you at a fair price

We would like to wish you all a Safe and Merry Christmas, and hope you save some of you prawns for chrissie Day

Thanks Again,
Cheers Ean and Louise