No delivery information/date change notification

I placed and order on 30/1/2015 on in-stock items with an estimated delivery date of 2/12/2015. Yesterday, 3/12/2015, I phoned Mr. D to find out the status of the delivery. I was then told that the parcel will be delivered via Skynet, and was told that an email will be sent to Skynet for further information and I would be notified of the response. After numerous phone calls, neither Takealot, Mr .D or Skynet could tell me where the parcel is.<br> <br> I have just received email notification at 11:15 that the parcel is with the courier, meaning that it was only picked up from the Cape Town warehouse this morning, two days after the expected delivery, and I live in Gauteng. Upon phoning Takealot, I was then informed that my delivery date would be 7/12/2015, by which time I will be on leave with no one to receive the package. I would like someone to explain to me why I had to waste R120 in airtime just to try and locate my package over a one and a half day period, or why I wasn't notified that the delivery date would change. This is unacceptable.