Miraz
Miraz

On 16 November 2022 I ordered two items from Amazon that I couldn’t buy from Aotearoa New Zealand (out of stock or wrong size / colour or just not available here). Amazon told me the items would deliver on 06 December. Today (23 November) they arrived. 😀

Package will arrive on 06 December. Screenshot of my orders for a sun hat and earbuds.
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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@Miraz Some piece of software had to assume it would come by boat, I think.

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Miraz
Miraz

@cliffordbeshers Oh no. By boat would be months! (I'm not actually kidding.) I presume it was making allowances for delays at each stage.

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ReaderJohn
ReaderJohn

@Miraz Underpromise, overdeliver.

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cliffordbeshers
cliffordbeshers

@Miraz Yes, I wonderedd about that later. Is there no market for a small container ship from Sydney to Aukland to carry bulk stuff that needs medium priority? Hard to guess at the viability of that.

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Miraz
Miraz

@ReaderJohn In shipping they were excellent. Now, if only the right earbud would actually function. To be returned.

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Miraz
Miraz

@cliffordbeshers The ways of global shipping are mysterious to me…

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