<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Jumped The Snark]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://jumpedthesnark.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[skeim01]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://jumpedthesnark.com/author/skeim01/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Still waiting to&nbsp;Rock.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>So after writing yesterday&#8217;s post about waiting for days for Guitar Hero 5 to arrive, I realized that I had made an oversight.  At the bottom of the email confirming shipment, basically the fine print, it noted that the game was due to arrive on September 4.</p>
<p><a href="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sep-4.jpg"><img data-attachment-id="222" data-permalink="https://jumpedthesnark.com/2009/09/04/still-waiting-to-rock/sep-4/" data-orig-file="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sep-4.jpg" data-orig-size="493,320" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Sep 4 Delivery" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sep-4.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sep-4.jpg?w=493" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-222" title="Sep 4 Delivery" src="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sep-4.jpg?w=300&#038;h=194" alt="Sep 4 Delivery" srcset="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sep-4.jpg?w=300&amp;h=194 300w, https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sep-4.jpg?w=150&amp;h=97 150w, https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/sep-4.jpg 493w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px"   /></a></p>
<p>So at least I had some answer.  Not the one I wanted, but it accounted for the delay, and why I spent 3 days waiting with bated breath.</p>
<p>I woke up today excited for D-Day (delivery day, of course).  Eager and perhaps a tad greedy, I checked the tracking #, expecting to see that the package was en route.  And to my extreme dismay I found this:</p>
<p><a href="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/picture-5.png"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="223" data-permalink="https://jumpedthesnark.com/2009/09/04/still-waiting-to-rock/picture-5/" data-orig-file="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/picture-5.png" data-orig-size="752,511" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Notified " data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/picture-5.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/picture-5.png?w=752" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-223" title="Notified " src="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/picture-5.png?w=500&#038;h=339" alt="Notified " width="500" height="339" srcset="https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/picture-5.png?w=500&amp;h=339 500w, https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/picture-5.png?w=150&amp;h=102 150w, https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/picture-5.png?w=300&amp;h=204 300w, https://jumpedthesnark.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/picture-5.png 752w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a></p>
<p>If you can&#8217;t read the text, it says &#8220;Electronic Shipping Info Received.&#8221;  So it might not have even shipped yet, let alone arriving today.  Amazon, quit playing games with my heart.  My Guitar Hero anticipating heart.</p>
<p>The sad thing is I know that next time I pre-order something it&#8217;ll be from Amazon.  And the cycle will start all over again.  Well, the devil you know.</p>
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