“Hey, that video channel I like is making a calendar for next year,” I thought, back in August of last year. “I should throw some money at that.” The estimated shipping date was November, that’d be plenty of time (even accounting for the holiday shipping rush) to make it here in time for 2026, right?

Hmm. So, about that.

November came and went, no shipping news. December came and a week or so in, backers received a “shipping soon” message. Another week or so after that we received a “shipping is happening” notification. On the 30th, the project told everyone that “shipping is complete.”

Huh. Well, that’s funny, because a bunch of us never got our promised packages. Or even tracking info. Grumpy comments accumulated on the Kickstarter project notifications.

Come January 2nd, they posted a “whoopsy-daisy” message: A “small percentage (between 5-7%)” of backers’ shipments just… didn’t. Communication issue of some sort, apparently. We were told we’d have tracking info by Monday the 5th. My calendar arrived, intact (thank goodness), on the 6th. Never did get a tracking number but I guess that’s irrelevant now.

That’s the “fun” of crowdfunded goodies: You place your bets and you take your chances. It’s a great-looking calendar, at least.

[edit, 1pm the day of posting – The ticket I opened on Dec 31 asking “where’s my tracking info” received a response… a few minutes ago, saying “looks like it was delivered.” Yes, thanks so very much, that’s great.]