2023 Holiday Challange PIN - did you ever get one?

[InfinityMoose]

Not got mine in the UK....yet.

I still haven't received the pin for the latest holiday challenge, also in UK. Did you receive yours?
I've got quite a few of them already and don't think they have been this late and maybe they shipped them out later this year.

[MPx]

... in UK. Did you receive yours?

Good prompt...no nothing received as of 27/3 - I'll ask and report back.

[MPx]

Ahhh, looks like there has been a problem for UK recipients this year. Just heard back from Ella at C2 UK saying:

I wanted to inform you that our colleagues in the US have notified us that several pins were held up by customs upon entering the UK and were returned to sender.

We have requested additional pins to be sent to us for distribution from Nottingham. I am optimistic that we will be able to have the pins dispatched for delivery next week, but this is contingent on when the US can ship the replacements to us.

So we just need to wait a little longer.....

[InfinityMoose]

Ahhh, looks like there has been a problem for UK recipients this year. Just heard back from Ella at C2 UK saying:

I wanted to inform you that our colleagues in the US have notified us that several pins were held up by customs upon entering the UK and were returned to sender.

We have requested additional pins to be sent to us for distribution from Nottingham. I am optimistic that we will be able to have the pins dispatched for delivery next week, but this is contingent on when the US can ship the replacements to us.

So we just need to wait a little longer.....

Great, thanks for the update.

[Tsnor]

I wanted to inform you that our colleagues in the US have notified us that several pins were held up by customs upon entering the UK and were returned to sender.

Meanwhile an underpaid and overworked customs official mutters "Those Concept2 blokes are at it again. Tariff evaders. Claiming this is a box of GIFT pins they are giving away for NOTHING, not even shipping and handling. HA HA. Can't have that, ship it all back."

[MPx]

Ha! It seems such is the new world we live in....

[InfinityMoose]

Still haven't received one in the UK

[Dangerscouse]

I got mine last week, and I live in the UK

[MPx]

Blatant favouritism - or just rewarding a top ambassador - hmmm!?!? Not got mine yet either so have asked again...

[Dangerscouse]

Blatant favouritism - or just rewarding a top ambassador - hmmm!?!? Not got mine yet either so have asked again...

Hahaha, that's weird that you've not got yours yet, especially as our post is very random at the moment with the postman / woman changing every week, it seems.

[MPx]

C2 says:

We will be despatching the pins today and this will be with you by the end of this week or the beginning of next,

So there's still hope...

[MPx]

Got my pin today - thank you C2! Seems daft to fuss over something like that but its a stated "incentive" so pleased that they took the trouble to deliver on it despite the difficulties. C2 have done a lot better than British Rowing. In their 5 rings challenges last year BR made a thing in the build up about giving medals for each event in age categories - Gold/Silver/Bronze. The competition was not well supported - and against little opposition, of the 5 events, I won 2 outright (any age) and was second in two (outright and in age category). Nothing happened afterwards so I asked the question. After some time I received one silver medal in the post emblazoned with "Challenge Winner". No explanation as to what it was for, no explanation why only one, indeed not even a compliments slip. Couldn't have come across as more begrudging. Not exactly something to be proud of so they really needn't have bothered - and shouldn't have made the promise in their publicity.

[Dangerscouse]

Got my pin today - thank you C2! Seems daft to fuss over something like that but its a stated "incentive" so pleased that they took the trouble to deliver on it despite the difficulties. C2 have done a lot better than British Rowing. In their 5 rings challenges last year BR made a thing in the build up about giving medals for each event in age categories - Gold/Silver/Bronze. The competition was not well supported - and against little opposition, of the 5 events, I won 2 outright (any age) and was second in two (outright and in age category). Nothing happened afterwards so I asked the question. After some time I received one silver medal in the post emblazoned with "Challenge Winner". No explanation as to what it was for, no explanation why only one, indeed not even a compliments slip. Couldn't have come across as more begrudging. Not exactly something to be proud of so they really needn't have bothered - and shouldn't have made the promise in their publicity.

I didn't know about that five rings challenge, so a belated very well done, and that's quite a contrast between C2 and BR.