I ordered something on Mercado Libre. It was shipped from Lascano in Rocha Department, ~230 km away.
Here’s how it played out:
Three days to get 230 km. Ridiculous, right? Well, at least it was on its way to Atlántida, so I could expect delivery on the 28th, no? Wrong. Late afternoon on the 28th I went to the local office, where they retrieved my package and I paid the postage. Why wasn’t it delivered to my home, as directed? We were going to do that tomorrow. This reminds me of getting documents expressed shipped from Europe several years ago. They got to Montevideo in two days. I received them seven days after that. I literally could have walked to Montevideo and back in less time.
On the other hand, today I received a wireless keyboard and mouse I ordered two days ago.
As with so many things in Uruguay, the only consistent aspect is their inconsistency.
