I have a 145.012 dial blackholed in the TNT / Fedex mergin in the US 馃槖 will keep an eye on the tracking for some month more, maybe it will make it down to the destination one day...
I had a PhenomeNato strap disappear into the black hole earlier this year, turned out it was addressed incorrectly. Unfortunately they don't add that kind of info to the tracking, so I considered it gone while it made the trip back to Hungary (which was then correctly addressed and arrived fairly quickly)
Happened to me once with a watch that was shipped from Sweden. I think it sat in that status for around 6 weeks before finally updating that it came through New York. There's still hope!
Twice now I have had the pleasure of waiting a month or two extra for parts from Hong Kong.
Last one ended up in DHL Frankfurt , presumably for Austria not Australia.
What happened to the bar code?
7 months is express post to me in Darwin NT Aus. just took 13 days for something from Sydney......
Mate having lived in Darwin ,now Qld. , the funny postcode probably confused the sorters in Sydney. Then of course truck to Adelaide to catch the camel train up the centre.