Delivery being pushed back too far

I have placed an order on 15 December 2017, estimated delivery date was 21 December 2017. This was good, I then decided to have the order delivered to my place of work in Stellenbosch (I reside in Belhar, Cape Town roughly 30 km from Work). Today I check the order and it says that the estimated delivery date is now 27 December 2017. This was due to the fact that the item was shipped later than scheduled. By this date, the recipient will not have a Christmas gift and our office will be closing on 22 December until 8 January 2018. I contacted the call center, the person told me that they can arrange to transport it from Stellenbosch to Cape Town and then get the courier service they use to deliver it to the alternate address. This will cause a further delay of 5-7 working days, this over the festive season with already so few working days, who knows when the parcel will finally arrive! First time using Takealot.com and a very warm and welcoming experience!