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Christmas present disasters

Valley Ant
Valley Ant Posts: 463
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I ordered an item on my daughter's Xmas list on 9th December.

I have been checking the order tracking as it has taken ages to deliver and I still haven't received it.
The order was ready for collection on 10th and Evri collected it on the 20th. It has been through several check points since so I have been expecting it any day.

This morning I checked again, and at 9.30 this morning it had left the AIRPORT. I didn't realise I had been following its progress across America...

Hopefully it's a direct flight to Lapland otherwise Santa is going to have to go back for it.

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  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,018
    Someone I know has bought themselves a virtual reality headset for Christmas. But they are not into gaming and don't watch movies. They just wanted reality to be different. I can’t help but think they are heading for a big disappointment. 
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,455
    Reminds me of that Steve Merchant film Click and Collect.
  • jacob_CAFC
    jacob_CAFC Posts: 2,063
    Stig said:
    Someone I know has bought themselves a virtual reality headset for Christmas. But they are not into gaming and don't watch movies. They just wanted reality to be different. I can’t help but think they are heading for a big disappointment. 
    maybe they just want to wear it around the house
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,689
    Other half ordered stuff from Converse for the kids. It was "out with Evri" for weeks until they finally admitted it wasn't and she was refunded. Someone had nicked it obviously but it means those presents aren't arriving:(
    Evri seem particularly bad for this
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,474
    rananegra said:
    Other half ordered stuff from Converse for the kids. It was "out with Evri" for weeks until they finally admitted it wasn't and she was refunded. Someone had nicked it obviously but it means those presents aren't arriving:(
    Evri seem particularly bad for this
    Our Evri delivery driver bucks the trend and is absolutely brilliant, I gather we are very lucky.
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,840
    cfgs said:
    rananegra said:
    Other half ordered stuff from Converse for the kids. It was "out with Evri" for weeks until they finally admitted it wasn't and she was refunded. Someone had nicked it obviously but it means those presents aren't arriving:(
    Evri seem particularly bad for this
    Our Evri delivery driver bucks the trend and is absolutely brilliant, I gather we are very lucky.

    Snap
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,332
    My mother once bought her friend a gift set from Boots and some chocolates. Her friend bought her the same gift set and a larger box of the same chocolates.
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 9,740
    Not really a disaster but I remember when @golfaddick @LargeAddick and our Chelsea fan cousin all bought each other Synchronicity 2 by The Police. More weird and funny than disaster.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Was reminiscing only today that I once had to assemble a child's bike on Christmas day. Children also got to hear the C word as yet another differently-sized spanner was required. Never again.
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  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    It'll be a disaster for me, I'll be lucky to make Christmas.
    The wife got money wallets for a few people for me.
    I've just started to write them out and fill with cash.
    I've hit a snag , though.
    I've done the cards willy nilly and I'm now coming across the niece and nephew wallets.
    My problem is I've already done their cards  , I'm going to be short on cards and am about to tell the wife
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,722
    Ordered an advent calendar at the beginning of November that had fishing equipment in every door for my son who’s mad for fishing . It turned up yesterday ! 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,364
    Some of our recent takeovers were completed around Christmas time.
  • PrincessFiona
    PrincessFiona Posts: 5,436
    Stig said:
    Someone I know has bought themselves a virtual reality headset for Christmas. But they are not into gaming and don't watch movies. They just wanted reality to be different. I can’t help but think they are heading for a big disappointment. 
    Sounds like being a Charlton supporter
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,587
    Bedsaddick said:
    Ordered an advent calendar at the beginning of November that had fishing equipment in every door for my son who’s mad for fishing . It turned up yesterday ! 
    Serves you right for ordering it on the net. 
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,347
    My mother has an unerring ability to buy me crap presents. It comes from such a good heart that it has become endearing, and one of the many reasons she is such a great lady.

    Many moons ago we were in a restaurant for a family occasion, i ordered the cheese board commenting, to all I loved a bit of stinky cheese. Mum obviously stored that in her memory bank, because many years later I was presented with my Christmas present, unwrapping a large block of extra mature Cathedral City!  Thanks ma.
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,332
    Bedsaddick said:
    Ordered an advent calendar at the beginning of November that had fishing equipment in every door for my son who’s mad for fishing . It turned up yesterday ! 
    You should have contacted the supplier and told them to their skates on.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,587
    thai malaysia addick said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    Ordered an advent calendar at the beginning of November that had fishing equipment in every door for my son who’s mad for fishing . It turned up yesterday ! 
    You should have contacted the supplier and told them to their skates on.
    He didn’t want to carp on about it 
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  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,582
    edited December 2024
    Remember getting crossfire game for Christmas with my brother, only to open it and find only one gun.


  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    bobmunro said:
    cfgs said:
    rananegra said:
    Other half ordered stuff from Converse for the kids. It was "out with Evri" for weeks until they finally admitted it wasn't and she was refunded. Someone had nicked it obviously but it means those presents aren't arriving:(
    Evri seem particularly bad for this
    Our Evri delivery driver bucks the trend and is absolutely brilliant, I gather we are very lucky.

    Snap
    Double snap, our guy is brilliant and, so helpful and always time for a chat 
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,020
    edited December 2024
    CAFCBourne said:
    The mrs went back to the in-laws in France before me due to her work finishing up earlier and i still having to work. Come the day of my departure having had a couple of light ales the night before i picked up the check list. I proceed to load all items into the car including i noted the washing basket. I arrive in France proclaiming i have done my job and all items in the list are indeed in said car. The Mrs appears 5 mins later asking why the dirty washing basket is in the car and not the washing basket containing the Christmas presents. A little frosty for a while but the in-laws sore the funny side even if my dirty washing didn’t get sorted.
    At least you have next year's presents sorted.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,329
    Stuart_the_Red said:
    My late grandmother was famous for buying all her pressies from a long-gone shop in Welling called All-Saves.

    I think they specialized in bankrupt stock, surplus, fire-damaged goods, etc. would have made Del-Boy happy if he had bought his stock there!

    One year she gave everyone in the family bags of Licorice Allsorts that must have been exposed to the sun or some form of heat. When you opened the bag there was just one solid piece in there.

    Another year she gave me an Airfix model of the Titanic that couldn’t be built because the two halves of the hull were so warped that no amount of glue would stick them together!

    Happy days,



  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,216
    thai malaysia addick said:
    Bedsaddick said:
    Ordered an advent calendar at the beginning of November that had fishing equipment in every door for my son who’s mad for fishing . It turned up yesterday ! 
    You should have contacted the supplier and told them to their skates on.
    Did he pay up front or was it COD?
  • swordfish
    swordfish Posts: 4,233
    Stuart_the_Red said:
    My late grandmother was famous for buying all her pressies from a long-gone shop in Welling called All-Saves.

    I think they specialized in bankrupt stock, surplus, fire-damaged goods, etc. would have made Del-Boy happy if he had bought his stock there!

    One year she gave everyone in the family bags of Licorice Allsorts that must have been exposed to the sun or some form of heat. When you opened the bag there was just one solid piece in there.

    Another year she gave me an Airfix model of the Titanic that couldn't be built because the two halves of the hull were so warped that no amount of glue would stick them together!

    Happy days,


    You sure it didn't read "HMS Piss the League" on the box. 
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,730
    I bought a butt plug for my Nan once. 

    She wasn’t impressed……ungrateful cow. 
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,552
    guinnessaddick said:
    Remember getting crossfire game for Christmas with my brother, only to open it and find only one gun.


    Those were the days. Stick computer games where the sun don’t shine. Can’t beat the likes of Cross Fire.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,587
    guinnessaddick said:
    Remember getting crossfire game for Christmas with my brother, only to open it and find only one gun.


    Did you rename it “fucking annoyed fire”?

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