James Tobin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: [deleted] >My luck has been mixed on orders through both Gemm and Amazon. What I >have found is that some dealers claim to have items they do not in fact >still (?) have in stock. This can slow things down. In fact I am still >waiting to see an item from an Amazon affiliate that first claimed to >have shipped it six weeks ago but which in response to my inquiry admitted >it was "backordered." Not cricket. But I have mostly received in good >condition--and promptly--most items I have ordered this way. Gemm rates >dealers with a star system right at the point of listing each item. >Amazon asks for a rating afterwards. Now I wonder, was the affiliate from whom you got the back order message Caiman? That was my experience with them. When I asked a second time a few weeks later and got verbatim the same message I voiced my suspicions and they then said that they couldn't obtain the disc. I tried German Music Express, another affiliate, and the disc (a deleted Sony Classical recording) reached me in England within 2 weeks. (I have no financial connexion with either of these companies). Virginia Knight Personal homepage: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/~ggvhk/virginia.html Blog (mostly about singing): http://edward.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/~cmvhk/blog/