You read online about this rare fruit that everyone been talking about, and you decide you really like to get some of this exotic/rare fruit. After some searching you find out there is only one supplier of this exotic fruit. But the supplier will only accept pre-orders at this time, since they have to fly into the island, and pick the fruit by hand. The supplier then says it will take 1 week to get you your fruit, since you read up on the fruit, you know the fruit has a long shelf life after it’s been picked ~8 weeks, you then feel safe about the order.
You pay your large amount via credit card, and patiently await the 1 week out. The supplier then contacts you saying it’s taking longer than expect to charter the flight. Also there was a credit card processing problem, and asked to be re-paid again either via cash, or by direct deposit to his business account. You decide that this is ok, since you noticed earlier that the business has a sign saying ‘established since 2005’ so it’s been around a while, and that’s it’s not about to get up and walk away.
After 4 long weeks of following up, the supplier then lets you know that volcano Prudentia has delayed the flight until next week. They also inform you that the full flight of exotic fruit pickers do have adequate picking tools, but explains that if the pickers had the longer fruit picking poles, that they would be able to get the better quality fruit. Then they also mention a Fruit-Picker-fund to update their poles, and asked if you be interested, you decide and say "sure why not, why pass up for better quality fruit."
On the 5 week the supplier has let you know the fruit has been picked! The only problem is that the flight was already at its maximum weight, they still had available space for the fruit, but there was some miscommunication with the airline on weight requirements. So they couldn’t actually fly the fruit back home with the pickers, the supplier said they got a boat already on its way to the island to pick up the fruit, and that it will go to the nearest island and fly/ship it out to the supplier warehouse. They also said it shouldn’t take more than 1 week to see your fruit from that point on!
1 week later, the supplier let you know that the boat arrived there late, and they found out a few monkeys on the island were able to slightly crack the shells on some of the picked fruit, causing it to ooze out some of its contents. They said most customers that were notified were ok with it, since it has 12 inside compartments, and likely only 1 of them was breached. You then ask how long before you will get your fruit, they say it will be 1 week.
1 week passes, you contact the supplier, they said the boat arrived to the island, but due to the country/island import laws; any fruit that can ‘transmit a certain strain of bacteria’ is blocked. Since this fruit is classified as one of these items, it can’t enter the island to be flown out. They said they have their boat already on route go to the next country to be flown out, and that their current ETA is 1 week.
1 week later, the supplier contacted you and they said that the boat did arrive at the next country, but each piece of fruit has to be personally expected to make sure it wasn’t carrying that certain strain of bacteria, before leaving the boat. They mentioned that any customer who is willing to visit and help sort the fruit will get their fruit now, but if you can’t make it, you will still get your fruit in 1 week.
In the middle of that week you get a flyer in the mail from the supplier saying that they are taking pre-orders for the same fruit you ordered from them. You notice in the fine print on the bottom with an '*' next to it saying it can be up to "one week or longer to receive the exotic fruit", you chuckle at that little fact, before throwing it away.
1 week later, you find out online that a few new people have posted their tasting reviews; some reviews were good some were bad; some noticed that it tasted similar to its closest fruit relative that was easily available to get at the local market. You contact the supplier asking for their status, and they inform you that some of their orders have shipped, but since your order was late in the very large queue of orders they took, that you will get yours as soon as they get to process it. They then reassure you that they are working as fast as they can.
In the middle of the week, you read online that the supplier is interested in selling shares for direct investment with the company. You wonder about your large payment, then about all the other people who had pre-ordered, and wonder why they would need investors at this point?
1 week later, and you still waiting...
You pay your large amount via credit card, and patiently await the 1 week out. The supplier then contacts you saying it’s taking longer than expect to charter the flight. Also there was a credit card processing problem, and asked to be re-paid again either via cash, or by direct deposit to his business account. You decide that this is ok, since you noticed earlier that the business has a sign saying ‘established since 2005’ so it’s been around a while, and that’s it’s not about to get up and walk away.
After 4 long weeks of following up, the supplier then lets you know that volcano Prudentia has delayed the flight until next week. They also inform you that the full flight of exotic fruit pickers do have adequate picking tools, but explains that if the pickers had the longer fruit picking poles, that they would be able to get the better quality fruit. Then they also mention a Fruit-Picker-fund to update their poles, and asked if you be interested, you decide and say "sure why not, why pass up for better quality fruit."
On the 5 week the supplier has let you know the fruit has been picked! The only problem is that the flight was already at its maximum weight, they still had available space for the fruit, but there was some miscommunication with the airline on weight requirements. So they couldn’t actually fly the fruit back home with the pickers, the supplier said they got a boat already on its way to the island to pick up the fruit, and that it will go to the nearest island and fly/ship it out to the supplier warehouse. They also said it shouldn’t take more than 1 week to see your fruit from that point on!
1 week later, the supplier let you know that the boat arrived there late, and they found out a few monkeys on the island were able to slightly crack the shells on some of the picked fruit, causing it to ooze out some of its contents. They said most customers that were notified were ok with it, since it has 12 inside compartments, and likely only 1 of them was breached. You then ask how long before you will get your fruit, they say it will be 1 week.
1 week passes, you contact the supplier, they said the boat arrived to the island, but due to the country/island import laws; any fruit that can ‘transmit a certain strain of bacteria’ is blocked. Since this fruit is classified as one of these items, it can’t enter the island to be flown out. They said they have their boat already on route go to the next country to be flown out, and that their current ETA is 1 week.
1 week later, the supplier contacted you and they said that the boat did arrive at the next country, but each piece of fruit has to be personally expected to make sure it wasn’t carrying that certain strain of bacteria, before leaving the boat. They mentioned that any customer who is willing to visit and help sort the fruit will get their fruit now, but if you can’t make it, you will still get your fruit in 1 week.
In the middle of that week you get a flyer in the mail from the supplier saying that they are taking pre-orders for the same fruit you ordered from them. You notice in the fine print on the bottom with an '*' next to it saying it can be up to "one week or longer to receive the exotic fruit", you chuckle at that little fact, before throwing it away.
1 week later, you find out online that a few new people have posted their tasting reviews; some reviews were good some were bad; some noticed that it tasted similar to its closest fruit relative that was easily available to get at the local market. You contact the supplier asking for their status, and they inform you that some of their orders have shipped, but since your order was late in the very large queue of orders they took, that you will get yours as soon as they get to process it. They then reassure you that they are working as fast as they can.
In the middle of the week, you read online that the supplier is interested in selling shares for direct investment with the company. You wonder about your large payment, then about all the other people who had pre-ordered, and wonder why they would need investors at this point?
1 week later, and you still waiting...
