hazards of online shopping from the UK

i bought the blu-ray of the 25th anniversary concert of Les Miserables from amazon UK in early december.  they estimated it would be delivered by december 31st.  well, december 31st has come and gone with no delivery of my blu-ray of the 25th anniversary concert of Les Miserables.  contacted amazon UK who asked me to wait until january 8th to see if the mail was just slow.  not holding my breath that the blu-ray is going to arrive in the lobby of my building today or tomorrow.

these are the hazards of ordering items from foreign countries as well as the extra fees for currency exchange.  still pretty sure the blu-ray will be worth all of the hassle but would have really liked to watch the concert last night while taking down my christmas decorations. 

alas...

why did i order from amazon uk you ask?  because the concert wasn't offered in america and blu-rays aren't region specific...they run on all blu-ray players without needing converting software.