Mercadolibre takes your money and run

ML is a money grabbing financial institution now and the'll hang on to your money as long as possible.

That's why they're listed on the NYSE.

I hope it's a shiny thing.

I ordered an expensive monitor through Mercadolibre on Monday and it was advertised as free same-day delivery, but of course they don't tell you what time you'll receive the goods.

Anyway, we arranged our day so that someone would be in, with instructions to ring the doorbell - many people simply can't see it even when you tell them exactly where it is.

I was in and out all day and finally by 9.30 pm I received a message from the delivery man saying he had problems with his vehicle, sending a further message at 1030 pm saying it would be delivered today without fail.

Today messages to him went unanswered and at around 4.30 pm I finally received a message from another delivery bloke saying that he would be delivering by around 8 pm tonight even though he was no further than ten miles away in Benavidez.

Most of the time I try to collect from the seller, but often that isn't possible, so on this occasion it's another example of crap service yet again.

I'll update this later, if it ever arrives.

The monitor finally turned up at 8pm last night, but Flex is generally pretty shoddy.