I have 2 ways of ordering things, really does not matter where I order from, who delivers, or what it is:
1: stuff that is non essential, things I like to have but no rush, easy : this arrives whithout 24 hours of ordering, perfect, all the time, every time.
2: Stuff that is urgent, I am either really looking forward to having asap, or just plain need : this arrives after 3 weeks to 3 months, soaking wet, on fire, broken, or not at all.
The only exception to this is the Belgian postal services, using them assures things crap up, all the time, every time, whatever you order, from whoever, IF your item arrives, it's gonna be broken (this just means it wasen't worth stealing by any of their double digit IQ employees) but most of the time things just don't arrive.
You will find a 'nobody was home' card in the postbox, (or somewhere near it thrown in the bushes), despite beeing home all day, at which point you need to report to the post office, 30km's from home because they closed down all the local ones, wait in line for 2 hours, and when you get to the grim faced employee behind the glass who refuses to even look up and look you in the eye, she will claim to have no record of your package, ever, on the planet, nobody ever sends anything to anybody, go fuck yourself....because responding anything else would mean them having to get up from their chair and I dunno, check, so they just give you a form to fill out to get the package refunded, so you fill that out, hand it to them (after standing in line for 2 hours AGAIN) and that's the last you will ever hear of that....
I feel we should have a 'Cowboys views on everything' thread.