Mail Order Sucks ~ Never Shop Online Grrrr
Without doubt the most torturous experience in life is horror that is Mail Order
I say this advisedly having experienced quite a few painful and unpleasant experiences in my life - but nothing, and I mean nothing, compares to the hell that is Mail Order.
The whole thing is akin to . . .
Being trapped in a living nightmare.
I was going to describe some of the most unpleasant experiences of my life but I’ll spare you the gory details cherished reader, suffice is to say there have some some very unpleasant ones - however they all pale into insignificance when it comes to buying something online or by mail order !
This week your host suffered the ultimate of depravations - 2 whole days without The Mighty Sabaton - I kid you not 2 WHOLE DAYS !
Having to stay in and wait for a parcel, no music on unless you miss the knock is unbearable, I feel my entire life has been put on hold - I was the Prisoner of Zenda !
I’ll never do it again - ever !
Of course I said this before when I was last forced into mail order because I could only get Sabaton Hoodies from Germany - that too turned into a fiasco.
Maybe it’s just me - perhaps I’m unlucky.
I also wonder how I can get a book to somebody in New York 3 days after he ordered it but it takes 6 days to get something to me that’s only 120 miles away 
I’m sure I can’t be the only one who suffers in purgatory when I’m forced into buying something by mail order - I very rarely do it and now I’ll never do it again - it’s truly horrific
Here’s a photograph which I hope will have a calming influence just as Panzer Battalion is which is playing at this exact moment
I took this picture on route to finding a piece of stone that lead to the masterpiece thread on Knapped Flints just down this path is where I found it and often walk - a nice spot which I may need to revisit tonight as part of my rehabilitation from an imprisoned wreck into a free man once again
The View Near Me
Yours in consternation
Rod
Cid said,
September 8, 2010 @ 8:53 pm
Rod,
We all know the misery of waiting in for a parcel that has to be signed for…… heaven knows what real 9 to 5 workers do and whether they ever actually receive any mail order goods. Somewhere there must be an enormous hanger stacked floor to ceiling with parcels that never made it even after three attempts! I’m usually lucky though and this week all my purchases have been successfully delivered by an obliging agent. By the way I try to remember to put a notice on the door which says ‘knock with vigor, I’m sure I’m in’
Lovely shot….. I particularly liked the sweep of the sky.
Cid
chris keyworth said,
September 8, 2010 @ 9:34 pm
aggghhhh the pains of waiting for scientific equipment…
chris
Amiguru said,
September 8, 2010 @ 10:49 pm
Rod,
Its going to get worse - they’re replaceing all the 10mph bikes with 2mph electric trolleys - simple equation there eh?
I think your best ploy will be to say something like…”I WILL NOT BE IN ON TUESDAY SO DO NOT DELIVER THEN!!!” That way you will only need to stay in on Tuesday.
Regards,
Neville
Rod said,
September 9, 2010 @ 7:47 am
Cid
they queue at the Sorting Office on a Staurday morning - I went there once myself there was a line of people stretching across the car park - a nightmare.
I’m shuddering just thinking about it - never again
Regards
Rod
Rod said,
September 9, 2010 @ 7:49 am
Chris,
hopefully it will be like child birth - painful but worth it !
Strike that, I don’t want to be left holding the baby
Cheers
Rod
PS. The Iron Age razor is beyond belief !
Rod said,
September 9, 2010 @ 7:53 am
Neville,
it’s even worse than that - Courier Firms !
Self-employed people buying a franchise and delivering when they want !
I once wiated an age for two parcels of books eventually an old Fiesta turned up one evening with one of the boxes.
“I’ll be back in 20 minutes mate - can only get one at a time in the car”
He was a milkman and did this as an extra job - £2ks worth of books had been in his kitchen for nearly a week !
Bad Times (as they say on Facebook)
Cheers
Rod
Little Brother said,
September 9, 2010 @ 1:36 pm
Rod,
So would you advise I ignore your last email?
LB
chris keyworth said,
September 9, 2010 @ 5:06 pm
lol Rod
yer the razor is a cracker int it you can use the pic if you wish to put on the metal detecting in lincolnshire page if you wish i will send it to you … i will comment on it after it is on …
regards
chris
Rod said,
September 9, 2010 @ 5:27 pm
LB,
truth be told . . . I would
Cheers
Rod
Rod said,
September 9, 2010 @ 5:28 pm
Chris,
that would be great - many thanks
Best
Rod
Jon S said,
September 10, 2010 @ 10:41 pm
Hey Rod, relax - reading your rant (with a wry smile) prompted me to look up Sabaton on Youtube; I’d never heard their music until now and, dammit, I’m hooked! Thanks! Good things do occasionally come out of bad…
Jon
Rod said,
September 11, 2010 @ 8:37 am
Jon,
pleased I managed to elicit a wry smile - it’s done its job but I’m even happier you’ve found Sabaton !
Check out the following tracks (most of the videos on YouTube are homemade jobs by fans btw)
Ghost Division
Panzer Battalion
40:1
Cliffs of Gallipoli
Primo Victoria
the list goes on and the more you listen the better they get - fantastic band
Regards
Rod