I ordered a magazine subscription from a neighbor's child as part of a fundraiser for his school. It has been 15 weeks since they processed my payment and I still have not received my first issue and I'm still within the normal waiting period for the order to be filled! (They say to allow 8 - 12 weeks to fill the order, but when I reached the 12 weeks, they gave me a new window of time.) So they take absolutely forever to fill the order.

I could have gone to the magazine's website, paid less money, and have had at least 2 issues by this time.