Never-Never Land...

From Peter Pan, Never-Never Land was a utopian place where childhood can last forever.  In Australia the isolated outback area was known as the Never Never Land, later shortened to the Never Never.  As in: the place you never never want to go.  Perspective.

I have been waiting for a new small amp (as in: guitar amplifier) to arrive.  It has been unavailable for months, but there have recently been retailers who have gotten in a small amount and then sold out immediately.  Immediately, as in: before I could get one.  I had my name on a list to be notified when Sweetwater got them in stock.  I got the e-mail while we were traveling home.  By the time I could respond to it that evening, they were sold out.  Next anticipated shipment: mid-June.

Then, two showed up on Amazon Prime.  (Joan was checking regularly)  She grabbed one... it showed an anticipated ship date of late May.  The next day, a vendor on Amazon showed 11 of them in stock, with no delay in shipping.  She cancelled the one on Prime and ordered one from that vendor.  Tracking showed that it shipped out that same day.  FedEx Ground.

It first showed the anticipated delivery of May 1st.  Then, it showed anticipated delivery of April 27th.  On the 27th, the tracking showed that the package was somewhere between the FedEx hub near Houston and the hub in the Rio Grande Valley.  Joan said, "It isn't going to make it today."

It didn't.  It went into "Delivery Pending," with no anticipated delivery date.  Never-Never Land.  Or, perhaps "Pending-Pending Land."  Same on the 28th.

This morning: those words I love to read: "On FedEx vehicle for delivery."  Living here, one must take that with a grain of salt.  Easy enough to do since we live on an island surrounded by salt water.  An island where FedEx drivers have been known to "not able to find address"... even though the houses here are numbered sequentially.  And the numbers are shown on the signs at every intersection.  And the same driver has delivered to our house many times before.

So... we'll see.

On a side note: Joan also ordered a bag/carrying case for the amp (yes, it is small).  It arrived; didn't go into Pending-Pending Land.  Well made and looks nice.  I may soon have something to put in it.  ;-)