Sometimes Amazon is great. I often use Amazon.co.uk to get DVDs that haven’t come out yet in R4, and the British ones are in PAL. But other times, Amazon just plain suck. My latest order from Amazon.com, for example. It’s a CD by Overseer titled “Wreckage” which I haven’t been able to find anywhere. I ordered it on Feb 24, and after a month they still can’t give me a delivery estimate. So I asked their customer service people what was happening and thankfully they responded within a couple of days… to tell me they still couldn’t give me a delivery estimate.

Then I got an email which said (among other things):

“You have unique (and excellent, of course) taste, and this item is difficult for us to get our hands on.”

Why thankyou, Amazon. Maybe I should just order a distasteful item to get it shipped on time.