I love amazon. It’s where I do a great deal of my shopping. However, I would like to take this opportunity to warn people against pre-ordering video games from them.

When F-Zero GX came out, I pre-ordered it from them; their shipping estimate was the release date, so it was all set to arrive in my mailbox a few days after it came out. Instead I had to wait a few weeks. The frustrating part was, having already ordered it, I didn’t want to cancel the order and go pick it up from a local game shop, since it could be shipped, they claimed, at any time.

I learned my lesson, or so I thought. Until Guardian Heroes Advance came onto my radar. Guardian Heroes, for the Sega Saturn, is one of the best games I have ever played. Treasure is one best game developers ever. So, from the comfort of my home, I foolishly pre-ordered Guardian Heroes Advance (the sequel to the Saturn Game, for the GBA) from Amazon.

The following screenshot was taken on September 17th. So unless Amazon or UPS invents time travel, I am officially frustrated.