Shipping is a mixed bag of results this week.
Tool Time widda ToolDwagon:
The pliers are GearWrench; like most of their products (evidently, an Apex Tools brand up here), quality is decent and if you can get them on sale you can get a great deal on a tool you'll use for years or even decades. The jaws are ground evenly with a well-centered point, and they meet close enough to pull a single hair off my arm without cutting it.
Earlier this week I received an email from PrincessAuto that they had cancelled the pliers from my order.
Purolator shows up the day before yesterday with a large box containing all the other items I added to the order in order to meet the threshold for free shipping.
However, I found a lonely pair of pliers hidden underneath all the packing materials
Purolator returned once again this morning with a rather large and lightweight box. After removing lots of packing material, I was about to conclude there was nothing in the box.
It turns out hidden in the corner, Princess Auto sent that last set of pliers remaining in stock from the main warehouse.
Final result is that my toolboxes are very happy:
Purolator also showed up this afternoon, but the driver said that he remembers delivering my box (the pliers) to me this morning.
I am absolutely certain that he has a box in his truck containing a set of leads with 4-wire kelvin clips.
He left again without giving me my package.
In this case, I believe the tracking information that the leads are on that truck.
Purolator also stopped by yesterday with some RC vehicle parts:
It looks like I received these plastic differential housings. Totally not what I ordered or need.
What I need is this complete front differential assembly advertised as containing metal gears:
I have contacted the seller, who has asked me to check the box again.
It looks like I may have to get my first experience raising up the issue with PayPal.
The remainder of this particular order is fortunately correct.
The silver lining is that recent events (bashing the other truck) means that I can repair the second truck with these parts:
This is all significant since the Purolator depot is about 60 km from where I live.
I have a feeling Purolator will be coming back tomorrow (if I am lucky).
That likely comes out to close to 600km, when it could have all been done in a single trip with a slight delay and good planning.
A slight delay of a day or two is negligible after waiting up to a month...