I have a white tie affair coming up, a banquet on Halloween evening. So I ordered a white tailcoat tux from Amazon on Oct 9, it was delivered on Oct 15; plenty of time to have the alterations done. At the same time I ordered white formal patent leather shoes, a cravat, and a cummerbund (pink in observance with Cancer Awareness Month), they were all delivered either on the 12th or the 13th. All was good. On the 14th I decided to wear a pink ruffled shirt instead of a pleated tuxedo shirt so I ordered one, it was delivered on the 19th; still good.
Since I already have a fine Irish blackthorn whacking stick, I rounded out the outfit, by ordering white braces, white gloves and a white top hat on the 22nd. The gloves and braces were delivered on the 26th but the top hat bounced around California with UPS for four days, then was transferred to the US Postal Service as PARCEL SELECT!!!
ARRGHHH, Parcel Select is the next thing to death for shipments to Hawaii, that means it's coming by slow boat in four to six weeks.
I would have happily paid for expedited shipping, but it wasn’t offered, only standard shipping. So I’ll get to attend my fancy white tie event COVERLESS!
And I’ll probably never have another occasion to wear a white top hat in my lifetime. I’ve always had excellent experiences with Amazon’s shipping policies, and even more so in recent months but they dropped the ball on this one. I’m not one to return items I’ve ordered from them, but this time I’m sorely tempted.