From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 12/13/2012 08:10 PM, Adam wrote:   
   > Moe Trin wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 12 Dec 2012, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   >> article   
   >> , Adam wrote:   
      
   >  >> That should get to my door around the end of next week.   
   >  >   
   >  > Why so long?   
   >   
   > You haven't noticed that every vendor overestimates the shipping time?   
   > If they say "6 to 8 weeks" and it arrives in 4 weeks, the customer is   
   > pleased.  If they said "2 to 3 weeks" and it arrived in 4 weeks, the   
   > customer would be angry.   
   >   
   And if they say it will take 4 weeks and it *does* take four weeks, the   
   customer is still unhappy. Customers have been trained to expect things   
   quicker than they're told to expect them.   
      
   TJ   
      
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