A while back I tried to get a copy of an album that hasn’t been available for a long time in music stores or second-hand CD and record shops. So I had to do a search online and eventually could only find the album on Amazon. The album was “Pick up a Bone” by Rupert Hine and was only available in a Japanese edition. I placed the order and received the product about a month later.
That’s the thing about ordering physical product online: it takes long to deliver unless you are prepared to pay what is sometimes three times the value of the physical product to get it sooner. If it’s a non–essential product, something that is more nostalgic or of entertainment value, then it might be worth the extra long wait. But if the products is essential for your business or a component that you need urgently, and the product or component is not available locally, then you need to decide whether you have to pay the steep courier costs.
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