[Electric Turahk]

While not actually a woe under normal circumstances, I did have an experience with Amazon recently that actually would have been freaking incredible.

S.H. Figuarts Mario came into stock a week early and Amazon decided to begin processing all of the orders for it ASAP. Which means I got a pending charge and couldn't cancel.

Sounds great so far, right?

Well, I had planned for its shipment to coincide with my move and under the original release date, coupled with the slowest shipping option (still just 3-5 days - so I didn't even take advantage of my Prime!), it should have arrived a week later. Instead it was going to ship before I moved.

And it did. A few days after the initial email, on a Friday, it shipped. I moved in the following Monday. I thought it would still be okay because I picked the standard shipping.

It arrived Saturday morning. It was barely even 24 hours after being notified of shipping.

That is absolutely freaking fantastic! And why I love Amazon.

Except I was in another state across the country! >_<

Fortunately it does happen for people moving and the office was nice enough to hold it... but it was still embarrassing and I had to deal with my mother prying into what it was (since she was never going to see it and is always nagging about me buying toys)...

So in a sense, I'm a little upset because they didn't follow my expectations at all. I expected it to ship when the preorder release date indicated it should. So it came in stock earlier, okay.. But then you also have that expectation of shipping speed. If you pick a slower speed, it's usually for a reason and you probably want that wait, you know?

So I'm conflicted because I'm both impressed and a bit peeved that I didn't get what exactly I was asking for/expecting.

But at least I got my shit in the end.