Christmas present disasters

Valley Ant

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.

Stig

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

Reminds me of that Steve Merchant film Click and Collect.

jacob_CAFC

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

ForeverAddickted

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. 

Virtual Reality Porn is apparently a thing now... Or so I've erm... Heard

rananegra

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

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

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

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

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

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.

clb74

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

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 ! 

T_C_E

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 ! 

No sympathy.
You made a rod for your own back!  

Scoham

Some of our recent takeovers were completed around Christmas time.

PrincessFiona

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

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. 

CAFCBourne

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.

soapy_jones

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

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

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 

guinnessaddick

Remember getting crossfire game for Christmas with my brother, only to open it and find only one gun.

Stuart_the_Red

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,

eaststandmike

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

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

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

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

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

I bought a butt plug for my Nan once. 

She wasn’t impressed……ungrateful cow. 

LargeAddick

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

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”?