Comments on: Warning: About to close the Winsome Games’ 2008 Essen Collection Order Line http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/2008/10/23/game-order/warning-about-to-close-the-winsome-games-2008-essen-collection-order-line/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:58:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: J C Lawrence http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/2008/10/23/game-order/warning-about-to-close-the-winsome-games-2008-essen-collection-order-line/comment-page-1/#comment-115 J C Lawrence Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:10:43 +0000 http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/?p=247#comment-115 <p>The games have (finally) arrived! Tomorrow I start packing them up and shipping them out.</p> The games have (finally) arrived! Tomorrow I start packing them up and shipping them out.

]]> By: J C Lawrence http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/2008/10/23/game-order/warning-about-to-close-the-winsome-games-2008-essen-collection-order-line/comment-page-1/#comment-112 J C Lawrence Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:44:33 +0000 http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/?p=247#comment-112 <p>John Bohrer at Winsome Games and I have been talking a fair bit lately, and not about fun stuff like how your games are winging their ways to you. In short there was a screw-up at his bank. For whatever reason his bank thought my cheque bounced, my bank said the cheque cleared, his bank said <em>"Oh no it didn't!"</em>, my bank quite predictably said, <em>"Oh yes it did!"</em> and the general intelligence level of the conversation from there only increased -- just like in all the best <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch_and_Judy" rel="nofollow">Punch & Judy</a> shows. While it isn't very funny, not really, I've had half a dozen phone conversations with various officials at my bank, most of which can be fully summarised in the two sentences, <em>"Huh?"</em> and <em>"They did what?"</em> John tells me that the conversations his bank have been similarly philosophically impressive. Meanwhile during this period of confusion the boxes of games were sent, recalled, recovered, and have now been re-sent. I'm sure they're dizzy.</p> <p>I'm sorry. We had no idea.</p> <p>The games should be here in 3 days, or so says the US Postal Service, and I have nice pretty URLs to track the three boxes as they wend their ways across the countryside.</p> <p>My social calendar is seasonally crowded. This coming weekend is Thanksgiving weekend and next weekend has my son's birthday party. I'll do what I can to get them shipped out quickly but the timing is no longer as good as it was. Again, I'm sorry. I'll update this and the other related threads if/as there are updates.</p> John Bohrer at Winsome Games and I have been talking a fair bit lately, and not about fun stuff like how your games are winging their ways to you. In short there was a screw-up at his bank. For whatever reason his bank thought my cheque bounced, my bank said the cheque cleared, his bank said “Oh no it didn’t!”, my bank quite predictably said, “Oh yes it did!” and the general intelligence level of the conversation from there only increased — just like in all the best Punch & Judy shows. While it isn’t very funny, not really, I’ve had half a dozen phone conversations with various officials at my bank, most of which can be fully summarised in the two sentences, “Huh?” and “They did what?” John tells me that the conversations his bank have been similarly philosophically impressive. Meanwhile during this period of confusion the boxes of games were sent, recalled, recovered, and have now been re-sent. I’m sure they’re dizzy.

I’m sorry. We had no idea.

The games should be here in 3 days, or so says the US Postal Service, and I have nice pretty URLs to track the three boxes as they wend their ways across the countryside.

My social calendar is seasonally crowded. This coming weekend is Thanksgiving weekend and next weekend has my son’s birthday party. I’ll do what I can to get them shipped out quickly but the timing is no longer as good as it was. Again, I’m sorry. I’ll update this and the other related threads if/as there are updates.

]]> By: J C Lawrence http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/2008/10/23/game-order/warning-about-to-close-the-winsome-games-2008-essen-collection-order-line/comment-page-1/#comment-106 J C Lawrence Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:27:59 +0000 http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/?p=247#comment-106 <p>Winsome Games has kindly offered to send out the Essen Collection to USA buyers directly rather than having to send them here and me send them out in turn. I’ve gratefully accepted John’s offer. The games for USA customers shipped today! The games for foreign orders should be here Real Soon Now (an official technical term of the US Postal Service) and I’ll get them sent out overseas PDQ (Pretty Damn Quick, an official term of the J C Lawrence house).</p> Winsome Games has kindly offered to send out the Essen Collection to USA buyers directly rather than having to send them here and me send them out in turn. I’ve gratefully accepted John’s offer. The games for USA customers shipped today! The games for foreign orders should be here Real Soon Now (an official technical term of the US Postal Service) and I’ll get them sent out overseas PDQ (Pretty Damn Quick, an official term of the J C Lawrence house).

]]> By: J C Lawrence http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/2008/10/23/game-order/warning-about-to-close-the-winsome-games-2008-essen-collection-order-line/comment-page-1/#comment-96 J C Lawrence Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:24:46 +0000 http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/?p=247#comment-96 <p>John tells me that the games should arrive here next week. If all goes perfectly I’ll ship them out on the weekend of the 15th. If the world is yet again imperfect the weekend of the 22nd may be more likely. I’ll try hard for the 15th.</p> John tells me that the games should arrive here next week. If all goes perfectly I’ll ship them out on the weekend of the 15th. If the world is yet again imperfect the weekend of the 22nd may be more likely. I’ll try hard for the 15th.

]]> By: J C Lawrence http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/2008/10/23/game-order/warning-about-to-close-the-winsome-games-2008-essen-collection-order-line/comment-page-1/#comment-90 J C Lawrence Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:05:44 +0000 http://kanga.nu/~claw/blog/?p=247#comment-90 <p>I have sent the order to Winsome Games. The games should be here and then sent out to the waiting buyers soon.</p> I have sent the order to Winsome Games. The games should be here and then sent out to the waiting buyers soon.

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