I was expecting one last gift to show up before Christmas but it didn’t get here. No big deal. I ordered the item late on Amazon and I wasn’t sure it would arrive. Besides, we had more than enough under the tree, so it will be a nice surprise for my son a week from now when all the excitement is over.
Then I checked my email and found a curious message from my sister. She got not one, but two gifts from me. Both identical in two different boxes from the same retailer. Oops! I placed the two orders only minutes apart. Did I actually, accidentally choose the same shipping address for both? Turns out I didn’t. According to my confirmation emails, I sent one box to NJ and one to NY. They both ended up in NY and I ended up being one of those complaining customers on the phone the day after Christmas. Next problem – they’re sold out of the item. Solution? The customer service person suggested that my sister re-mail the package (which was damaged because the delivery person left in in the sno…