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Subject: Re: Live in North America ?3 Weeks Still NO Ruffian 2.0

Author: Peter Pilarinos

Date: 23:49:18 01/15/04

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On January 15, 2004 at 16:59:55, George Tsavdaris wrote:

>On January 15, 2004 at 16:14:21, robert flesher wrote:
>
>>Well im a chess software addict...But its the wait for new software that drives
>>me crazy :) I ordered Ruffian 2.0 just after Christmas and it still has not
>>arrived. In fact customs states it has not even hit this side of the pond yet.
>>First the insane shipping costs....now the wait....next i'll be told it's lost
>>in the mail. Next year i'll stick to ordering from Chessbase,Icdchess, or
>>Lokasoft... when i can always expect my package in 7 days or less. Sorry for the
>>rant... but 30.00 dollars for shipping and it must be coming by
>>sailboat....pathetic!
>
>Are the shipping costs 30 dollars in america? Damn!
>
>Yes in fact even for me that i live in Greece (a country 1400 km from Germany
>at SouthEast Europe) Ruffian 2.0 made 24 days to come from the moment i
>ordered it!  But i didn't worry. All the programs i ordered from this
>company(Niggemann) finally came to me.  So be patient, the Sun will keep rising
>all the time and you will have time to play with Ruffian.


24 days huh? This is probably a huge improvement for the Greek Post Office
system :-)



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