On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 19:45:56 -0000, "Keith G"
wrote:

I bought a Mac Mini online on Tuesday evening from an outfit called Laptops
Direct - which pretty quickly got morphed into 'BuyItDirect'! (??) Anyway,
it was just too late for next day 'guaranteed' delivery on Wednesday and so,
in all innocence, I expected it yesterday and *bingo* it didn't arrive -
despite them having nearly twice as long as most 'overnight orders' in which
to get it delivered!

Laptops Direct (and their aliases) have been pretty reliable for me.
Maybe Christmas week, plus the snow, might cut them a little slack?