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[jack]

"Your Amazon.co.uk order[1]. We are sorry to report that the following items have been delayed." Yeah, I was expecting that. It's like watching a "File copying, time remaining" dialog.

I admit predicting the unpredictable is a great art. But for how many months does it have to be delayed before the algorithm can pick up on that? It basically doesn't exist. So why the optimism? [2] Start extrapolating, ok?

I don't want to say "I don't want it" because I *do*. If it were actually delivering ever, I'd be happy. But there isn't a "I don't believe you, I'm shopping second-hand" button :)

[1] Sorry M :)
[2] OK, I suspect there's a database entry "delivers in N weeks" that's human entered, so whenever it doesn't show up, that's the new estimate. It was rhetorical, ok?

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This was originally down as "delivery in 4-6 weeks" but I didn't notice until I placed the order. I nearly cancelled it then to get the other stuff -- I just assumed that meant it'd never actually arrive, and I seem to be better at predicting that than they are :)

But I decided just to leave it and let stuff get here in due time. After that time, they said it was delayed and apologised, shipped the rest, and gave a new estimate in another 6 weeks. That just expired, with another delay.

So that's just twice, but thrice if you count the original estimate.