Case of the missing Kobo

So anyone who was on Twitter last night most likely heard me complaining about Canada Post. Here’s what happened.

Monday, a friend at work told me about the Kobo. How it hadn’t ended up on my radar sooner, I’m not sure. I got all excited and pre-ordered one. There was no release date listed, but a little bird told me it was going to be very early May.

Surprise, surprise, I got an email from Chapters on Thursday night telling me my Kobo had shipped! I’d paid for the extra shipping so I could get a tracking number and was able to map it’s progress. The warehouse it shipped from is about an hour and a half from my house, so I knew it wouldn’t take long to get to me.

Friday morning, Canada Post shows up at my house to deliver the package. Unfortunately, it’s in the hour and a half my husband isn’t home. No problem! They leave a little pick up card telling me where it is. On the computer they note this, and I can see it is at the post office for pickup.I call before I go down, JUST TO MAKE SURE they have the package. “Yes, it’s here!”

So I go down. And…they can’t find it.

The girl “thinks” it might have been put back on the truck to go back to the sorting depot. This was Friday night, so there is nothing I can do until Monday.

*sigh*

This is the price I pay for getting excited about technology.

The good news out of all of this comes from Kobo itself. I was complaining about Canada Post on Twitter and the kind people over at Kobo saw this. They reassured me that I’d get my reader if it was in fact lost.I was impressed by their customer service!  I just hope I get it before my flight on Thursday.

I’ll keep you all posted on the drama.

UPDATE: The post office called me this morning. They found the box!! I’m now sitting here with my wonderful new Kobo charging. I’ll be doing a review either later on today or tomorrow.

*giggles*