I didn’t want to hit the crowded shops and malls this year, so I did my little Christmas shopping online.
However, I bumped into too many walls because I wanted to use paypal funds– most sites I encountered only ship within the U.S. — therefore I stopped looking and shopping for stuff I wanted for myself and decided to just buy stuff for the two kids in my family (Raine and my nephew Glenn).
Good thing I discovered Barnes & Noble. BUT, it wasn’t easy as well. I almost canceled all the items I ordered (a little over 100$) because shipment was delayed for more than a couple of days. Then customer service contacted me that by the time they received the cancellation, the items already left their warehouse.
It’s already Friday tomorrow and Monday night is already Christmas Eve, no package arrived yet. Gosh, I may have to call Santa’s emergency line to expedite the shipment more. OR I may have to just buy goodies as substitute sock-filler until the ordered items arrive.
I didn’t want to stress myself with Christmas shopping, but got stressed anyway. I guess there’s just no escaping the stress with all the buzz and rush of the holiday season.
But then I guess ordering online is much much better than kid’s toys and stuff here that have probably been recalled because of lead content but were sold anyway. Well, what can we expect, this is the Philippines, and we have a back door to Chinese and other smugglers.
BESIDES, I don’t want to complain anymore of increased selling prices of local items and the lower (and still getting lower and lower) peso exchange to the US dollar.
Hey, any Christmas shopping nightmare this year? I hope not.