RetireJapan

Yup, my SBI one arrived today as well.

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:20 pm

CluelessToshika wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:23 am I ended up spending a good 20 minutes or so convincing them that the crappy 100 yen store multitool thing I had forgotten deep in my rucksack

The knife laws here are wild. You gave them permission to search your bag presumably?

Yup, I wasn't in the mood to summon my inner Debito or anything.

, and I ended up spending a good 20 minutes or so convincing them that the crappy 100 yen store multitool thing I had forgotten deep in my rucksack (with a cutting tool which could do some serious damage to a slab of butter if you let it warm to room temperature) was not intended to facilitate some...

Twice. First time while popping out on my bicycle to a nearby convenience store without lights, sadly for them they made the mistake of stopping me in the convenience store car park so all they did was verify that my bicycle was registered to someone with a foreign name. Second time was while taking...

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Thanks to the spambots, we have changed the ability to edit posts on the forum. It will be restricted to the first ten minutes from now on. That should give everyone enough time to fix typos or reword things, but prevent the strategy below. Seems bots or spammers were signing up, posting normal thi...

I'm not sure this will be of any use I find it interesting to see what other people do with their money :idea: I'd reciprocate, 'cept we don't actually "budget" per-se right now, which will have the Personal Finance Advice klaxons going off, but we do habitually minimize expenditure / avo...

I just checked the Royal Mail site again and discovered a dropdown section with more granular details which confirms it has indeed reached Tweedledum-on-the-Bypass.

As coincidence has it, I have Friday off so will enjoy events as they happen.

The Royal Mail tracking now says:

Delivered

Your item was delivered to your PO Box on ** 03-07-2024. **

so I hope that means it is actually where it should be.