So a couple weeks ago, I ordered some Gill Aquatech sailing shoes. You know, properly designed to get soaked and dry out quickly…and all that jazz. I ordered from a well known online website and received a confirmation, followed by a shipping notification. But the shoes never arrived.
Turns out that “shipped” doesn’t always mean “shipped” (but billed always does seem to mean the same thing…so does calling AMEX to tell them to hold payment) and that the shoes hadn’t actually been dispatched, actually weren’t even in stock, and they won’t be available in the US for a few more weeks as Gill are fresh out. This is, of course, highly annoying as I wanted to go sailing and had been putting it off for the last week or two while I waited for these shoes – because using regular trainers (US: athletic/running/whatever) or similar footwear is a bad idea. We had a little chat just now about it.
So they’re paying for me to have the higher end gripper shoes, and also paying the $60 expedited shipping fees to have them here tomorrow. If they actually turn up, then all will be forgiven. I am hopeful that I will now be able to go out on the Charles again. Failing that (and perhaps anyway), I’m thinking of getting a rental and driving down to the Cape for an afternoon of writing by the ocean.
Jon.