Rant Update: Amazon have contacted me again .. and sending out the parcel again! It seems its also going quick delivery, but will it arrive? I also got a non robot reply.
I've also found Bol.com again (I used them in expensive postage Amazon days), and ordered a couple of books. We'll see what their service is like (and annoyingly they had the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency books I bought in ottackers (due to little price diff from Amazon) the other day at a lot less than Amazon. Hmph!).