Amazon.com?

[Morgan N. Sandquist]

Did anyone else make the mistake of ordering M&D from Amazon?  I figured
that they would ship it Wednesday by Priority Mail, as they've shipped
everything else that I've ordered from them, and I would get it by Friday at
the latest, as I've gotten everything else I've ever ordered within a day or
two of shipping.  In fact, I seem to remember someone from Amazon posting a
message on the list saying that M&D would be shipped immediately if you
ordered it ahead of time.  I figured I'd have it by the weekend, and since I
have a lot of work to do this week that would be fine.

Instead, I've been notified that they did not ship it until after the close
of business on Wednesday (7:17 pm according to their e-mail), and that they
shipped it UPS Ground.  So it probably won't come until sometime next week,
and I have to call UPS to arrange a time when I will be home so that they
can deliver my books.

I have learned two lessons:  1) Never experiment with something important,
and 2) Amazon is probably best only as a search service.  Much as I hate to
admit it, it's easier (and probably cheaper in the end) to just go to the
local Barnes & Noble and buy your books the old-fashioned way.

Morgan

  Oh and night:  there is night, when a wind full of infinite space
gnaws at our faces.  Whom would it not remain for--that longed-after,
mildly disillusioning presence, which the solitary heart
so painfully meets.  Is it any less difficult for lovers?
But they keep on using each other to hide their own fate.