Amazon Roulette

ET2SN · 03-07-22, 06:47 PM

So, last Jan 18th I was ordering some junk from Jeff's Corporate Behemoth and I impulse-buy a small jar of Tamiya flat yellow acrylic paint. No big deal, I'm in for all of 7 dollars including shipping. My other stuff shows up on time but- no paint.

At this point I can't cancel the order.

I check the order status and its status is "shipped" by "Wali Global Freight Services". Oh great, here we go.

Everything points to a point of origin in either Taiwan or the Mainland, which is something I try to avoid on small orders. I would rather not be the source of some international incident in the Pacific involving a box of pencils or mini staples, if you know what I mean.

Meanwhile, someone, somewhere is tracking my 1/3 oz. jar of paint as it travels halfway around the planet, because that's what you do..

I get e-mail updates from "on time" to "still on time" to "please fill out this feedback form" to "gosh, we're sorry" and it finally shows up today.

At this point, I don't even know why I ordered it. That was Me from an earlier time, I had different wants and desires.

03-07-22, 06:47 PM	#1
ET2SN Ocean Warrior Join Date: Oct 2017 Posts: 2,652 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	Amazon Roulette So, last Jan 18th I was ordering some junk from Jeff's Corporate Behemoth and I impulse-buy a small jar of Tamiya flat yellow acrylic paint. No big deal, I'm in for all of 7 dollars including shipping. My other stuff shows up on time but- no paint. At this point I can't cancel the order. I check the order status and its status is "shipped" by "Wali Global Freight Services". Oh great, here we go. Everything points to a point of origin in either Taiwan or the Mainland, which is something I try to avoid on small orders. I would rather not be the source of some international incident in the Pacific involving a box of pencils or mini staples, if you know what I mean. Meanwhile, someone, somewhere is tracking my 1/3 oz. jar of paint as it travels halfway around the planet, because that's what you do.. I get e-mail updates from "on time" to "still on time" to "please fill out this feedback form" to "gosh, we're sorry" and it finally shows up today. At this point, I don't even know why I ordered it. That was Me from an earlier time, I had different wants and desires.