NGD anticipation: like it or not?

[TreeFitty]

When buying a guitar through an online vendor, ebay, or otherwise requiring shipping, is the anticipation associated with the wait something you like or not?
I generally do not like the wait. The only thrill is when I see the delivery truck before it gets to the house... then when it drives past because today's not the day, I mutter some profanity and go back in to wait and sulk.

[eakinj]

It drives me nuts. When I ordered my Jackson Stars semi-custom it took a little over four months. I was so jonesing for that guitar i went out and bought a DK2 just to setting my gas. A little less then a month ago I put money down on an 8 String Agile, and ended up buying one of their AL-3100's because of the wait.. I still have to wait until October so i may end up with two or three other new guitars just while waiting for the one.

I think i have a problem.

[quiksilver]

I hate the wait.

[T@rgetDrone]

"The waaaaaaaiting is the hardest part" Damn I sing just as bad in text as I do for real. I am better about the wait than I use to be. It doesn't drive me nuts like it use to. Age maybe? But I still get that feeling every time the UPS or Fedex truck rolls by.

[horns666]

Waited well over a year in '95 for my Trans Green SD III , and "Floyd Rose Classic" Strat because I wanted a white perloid pickguard over Vin White. They had to custom order/make it. Then, poof two years later perloid pickgaurds came stock on cheaper imports. So, by the time I got it..it was nothing special..pfffft. It's still purdy tho.

[AlexL]

I hate the wait, but like T@rgetDrone said, it's not as bad as it used to be.

The part I really enjoy is the research for a new instrument or amp. Setting th ebudget, looking for the features that fit within that budget, and then overshooting the budget once I find what I really want.

The part I have grown to hate is the time from when I receive it to the time I decide it is a keeper. I have ended up with a fair amount of stuff that ended up having flaws, so the few days of "wringing out" a new piece of gear is a bit nerve wracking. BUt, I keep doing it, so it must not be too bad.

- E.

[TreeFitty]

This time around, the guitar was an in-stock item and the wait is simply delivery time of about a week... which is half over already. I've done the 6-8 month waits in the past and only got really anxious at the very end. The closer you get, the worse it seems. Kind of like when you're on your way home and really have to get to the bathroom
Searching for pickup options and considering inlay and/or paint possibilities have helped pass the time.

[shadowcat]

Nowadays I can live pretty well with the wait because I have enough nice guitars to tide me over. What is wrecking my nerves is when it's actually in shipping (like my JacksonStars from Japan and stuff) where I am frightened of it being damaged during shipping and don't know if it actually makes it through customs (had a problem there with my second JacksonStars).
With that one I had to get the box from the customs office and carry it home, opening the box was the worst, I was digging through the package material praying for it to be in one piece, first thing I did was looking at the headstock and strumming a chord, then a BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG sigh of relief when the chord rang out beautifully (nevermind it being out of tune). From then on I was all smiles.