Archive for November, 2007

Waiting, waiting, waiting…

I while ago, I ordered a camera. Was a good deal, appears to be a small/home business selling gadgets online. Found a seller with the same name (and referring to the same website) on eBay, and found his feedback to be over 97% positive over three year, with the occasional complaint about slow deliveries, something I can accept if I save some money.

So, I ordered and delivery was slow. It took ten business days (Monday to Friday the week after) for the order to ship, even though the site said the item was in stock. As do all items on the site. Still, I could accept that, keeping the stock low is probably one reason the prices are low.

It’s been a few days since the package was dispatched, which is normal since DHL considers this a remote area, but when I checked the tracking I noticed it was going in the wrong direction I contacted DHL, and they confirmed that the tracking number was for a shipment going to a completely different destination (Poland, not Sweden).

I’m waiting for the seller to reply to my mail and correct what was probably a simple mix-up of numbers, and that’s why I’m not mentioning any names. But should anything indicate it was a deliberate attempt to cover up the fact that he still was waiting for the product I’ll have this post ready. Everyone has a threshold, and I think I’ve been pretty patient so far.

What the…Fudd?

Google Language setting

 I don’t know when this happened, but you gotta love how Google tries to make sure that everyone feels welcome. Even the lisping rabbit hunters (click to biggify):

Google in Fudd

 And maybe it’s time to make sure to learn Intewwingua, Kwingon or Hackew? Sure would make it easier to find the way back to your own language if you encounter a browser with Google set to any of them…