I feel very very very stupid.
Remember me complaining that I was cursed with online shopping at the moment? That my Blackstar order had gone astray and I’d had to get them to send me out a new Buffy DVD?
Well it arrived today. Bloody good service considering I’d only reported it yesterday lunchtime. Opened the parcel, went to go put the DVD on the shelf… there was already a Buffy Season 6 there. I blinked. I counted the seasons. I double checked both boxes.
Yes, I had received it, unwrapped it and put it on the shelf to watch later and COMPLETELY BLANKED IT FROM MY MEMORY! Now, I know the rumour that they remove your brain with the placenta when you give birth, but this is ridiculous! I have absolutely no recollection of receiving that parcel and I didn’t delete the order confirmation email from my PC as I normally do when receiving an online purchase. Sorry Blackstar. Duplicate is back in the mail to you. Full marks for you being so quick to replace.
In other good online purchase news, my new Docs arrived today – far quicker than I expected them. So I can now thoroughly recommend Shoe-Shop.com for their highly efficient dispatch. No more achy feet! They fit perfectly. Here’s to the next 11 years worth of wear…
3 responses so far ↓
1 Ed // 16th May 2003 at 3:18 pm
I can’t wait to read about you receieving another pair of Doc Martins because you’ve put this lot on a shelf somehwere!
The most bizarre thing I ever forgot was that I’d left a chocolate cake on the top of my car. It wasn’t until I got home that I realised it had not survived the journey and had fallen off. It amazingly managed 3 roundabouts and 4 sets of lights.
2 Pewari // 16th May 2003 at 4:09 pm
*laugh*
Actually, it gets worse – I’ve just found the original packing slip in my “papers needing to be put through my accounts” pile.
3 Pewari // 16th May 2003 at 7:11 pm
Fortunately Blackstar have a sense of humour (ooo, and actual real live customer service people!) This is the response I got:
“Thanks for your e-mail.
Hey, no problem Pewari! I’m glad to hear that both parcels arrived safely.
That’s great news! Thanks for getting back to me.
Whenever you get the chance to arrange the return, that will be fine.
I hope you manage to chill out and re-charge the batteries over the weekend.
In the meantime, if you need any further help or information, please get back
to me.”
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