Well, I got to see and handle the set on Saturday at a friend's house. He told me then he usually opts for "Will Call" and just goes to pick his discs up when he orders from Varese. I've done similarly with LaLaLand Records when I order from them, as they're right down the street from me. Might have to start doing it with Varese as well.
Well that's a completely different matter then, and not worth complaining about, if I may be so bold. That would be like complaining to Best Buy that you had to wait for an order to be delivered instead of getting it the same day, as you would if you had physically gone to the store.
Yes, it's true your friend got his sooner than you did, but he also had to go pick it up himself, whereas it's being delivery directly to you. It's a lot faster for the company to hand someone a CD when they walk it the door, compared to getting the CD from inventory, putting it in a box, labeling it for shipment, waiting for the shipping company to pick it up, then waiting for the package to travel through the system and be delivered to your door. IMO, it's really not a valid complaint to make.
