04-14-2009, 10:25 PM
This reminds me of this past Christmas. At deviantART.com I thought it would be fun to buy a piece for someone, so I browsed random deviants until I found one with a wish list. The system is set up so you can purchase items for other members w/o exchanging any personal information. I added the photograph from their wish list that I liked the most to my shopping cart and checked out; the total was about $80. I then went to their profile and left a "Merry Christmas" comment.
A few days after new years, I realized that I had not yet received an email saying my order had been delivered. I looked up the status of my order and found that they had rejected the delivery outright! I contacted dA and they said the procedure was that the item would be shipped to me instead. It was nothing I really cared for, but it never showed up anyways - I had no idea where it finally ended up. I thought it would be fun for someone to get an unexpected surprise from a stranger, but I was a little disappointed that it didn't work out.
A few days after new years, I realized that I had not yet received an email saying my order had been delivered. I looked up the status of my order and found that they had rejected the delivery outright! I contacted dA and they said the procedure was that the item would be shipped to me instead. It was nothing I really cared for, but it never showed up anyways - I had no idea where it finally ended up. I thought it would be fun for someone to get an unexpected surprise from a stranger, but I was a little disappointed that it didn't work out.