Barbara C.

On 11 June, I ordered a t-shirt saying, 'Trust me - I'm almost a lawyer' for my friend's daughter's graduation lunch on 22 June. I thought that with the standard 5-12 day delivery period, I stood a decent chance of receiving the item in time.

The 22nd has come and gone, as has the 12th business day, and still no t-shirt. The response of the 'Zazzle team'? - 'Unfortunately, we don't have any more information regarding your shipment at this time'. And, 'If for some reason your order has still not arrived after 17 business days from the shipping date, we can pursue the matter as a shipment officially "lost in transit" and begin an investigation with our shipping partner.'

So now I have to wait until 5 July before Zazzle will even begin to try to find out where my parcel is. The moment has definitely passed for the t-shirt to be the fun gift I'd hoped for: At this rate, the recipient will have retired from the legal profession by the time the jokey t-shirt arrives.

In the past month, I have ordered about twenty items, for birthdays and other celebrations (including three from the USA), and the order from Zazzle is the only one that's failed to arrive. Zazzle even has the cheek to add, ' Please let us know if your shipment has not arrived or you are still unable to locate it by the end of the business day on 5/7/2012', as if I might have mislaid the parcel somewhere in the back garden.

Less zazzle; more damp squib!