Fourth mailing Anticipation

"Inconsistency, thy name is MPC."

Got confirmation from the MPC this morning that the Artifact should be shipped tomorrow, with an expected arrival time (at least on the West Coast of the US) of mid-week next week.

Ditto: I also received an email from the curator with tracking information that yields NO shipping info. Argh!

Let me clarify: The eMail did not contain tracking information, and indeed, in my order summary the fourth mailing is now marked as "Send via standard post".

As I wrote above though, apart from the uncertainty, this might actually be preferrable. I do hope they do not ship The Reveal too soon; with The Demon Jar, The Artifact did not arrive until four weeks after it had been posted.

I believe that at the time they were trying out different carriers to get around the customs issue - this seems to have worked well for them: Either they gota round having to pay taxes and duties all around, or they paid for it themselves. Either way, I can spare two extra weeks, if I can get around paying an extra 19% on top as the bare minimum for taxes.

Speaking of Germany as a foreign land: I saw pictures from Texas Rennaisance Faire the other day, and was highly amused that it is apparently great fun for some people to dress up in traditional Bavarian Trachten, probably in the same way I would throw on a kilt and a large floppy hat.

In many ways, it seems to be your Bavaria.