Key Takeaways
Clear subject
The story follows two specific Spanish-language children’s books bought on Amazon Mexico: one titled The Iliad Told for Boys and Girls and another titled The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza 2: The Cursed Broth.
Why they matter
Both books were ordered in late September and early October 2025, and each one sits at the centre of a simple but strong system for safer online shopping.
How the shopper stays safe
The buyer writes down order numbers, prices, card endings, delivery windows, and return options, and is ready to contact the seller or Amazon if a parcel is late or never arrives.
Support from public advice
Official guidance on online shopping from consumer and cybersecurity agencies matches this calm, organised way of buying books on big platforms.
Story & Details
Two books, named without doubt
The first book is a children’s version of Homer’s classic poem about the war around Troy. Its full title in English is The Iliad Told for Boys and Girls. It is written in Spanish for young readers, but the heart of the story is the same: heroes, gods, battles, and a long siege, all told in a softer voice for children.
The second book is also in Spanish and has a longer, playful title: The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza 2: The Cursed Broth. It is a comic-style adventure. A space-travelling cat, a love of pizza, and a strange soup that seems cursed give the story a loud, silly energy. It is clearly marked as the second volume in its series.
There is no other pair of books in this story. Every detail that follows refers only to these two titles: The Iliad Told for Boys and Girls and The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza 2: The Cursed Broth.
What happened with the first order
The order for The Iliad Told for Boys and Girls was placed on 8 October 2025 through Amazon Mexico. The marketplace seller was a bookshop called California-Libros. The price was 425.67 Mexican pesos, shipping was free, and the payment went through a Mastercard ending in 3798.
Amazon promised that the book would arrive between 29 October and 7 November 2025. The parcel was later marked as delivered on 31 October 2025. A final date near the end of November 2025 was set as the last day to return the book if it arrived damaged, wrong, or simply unwanted.
The buyer kept the full order number, 701-2060546-4887456, together with the delivery window and the return deadline. Only the exact home address and personal name were kept private.
A calm backup plan for that book
A simple plan was linked to this order in case something went wrong. If the parcel did not appear, the first step would be to press the “contact seller” button on the order page and send a short, polite message that quoted the order number and asked for a proper tracking link from the courier GOFORGPS.
If no answer came and the book still did not arrive by the end of the stated window, the next step would be to open a claim under the Amazon A-to-Z Guarantee. The buyer would explain that The Iliad Told for Boys and Girls, linked to order 701-2060546-4887456, had not been delivered within the promised dates and that no usable tracking information had been shared.
Because December 2025 is now under way, that delivery window is fully in the past. If the book had not arrived, the buyer would already be in a strong position to ask for a refund.
What happened with the second order
The second book, The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza 2: The Cursed Broth, has its own, different order. The Amazon number is 701-8837287-8873824. It was placed in late September 2025 on the same Amazon Mexico account and again used the Mastercard ending in 3798.
At the time the personal record was written, the status for this order was “processing”, with one item in the basket. The estimated delivery date was 30 September 2025. The price was 424.64 Mexican pesos. The buyer also noted that a CFDI electronic tax invoice would be available for thirty-one days after the book was shipped.
Here too, personal names and street details were kept out of any public description. The important public facts are the exact book title, the order number, the price, the payment method, and the delivery promise.
How public guidance supports this approach
The habits shown in these two book orders closely match the advice given by consumer authorities. The Federal Trade Commission in the United States recommends checking sellers, keeping copies of order confirmations, and knowing the delivery and return rules before buying.[1][2][3] It also encourages shoppers to pay by credit card, because card protections often help when items never arrive or turn out to be very different from what was promised.[1]
Cybersecurity bodies such as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and nonprofit groups like the National Cybersecurity Alliance advise people to use strong passwords, enable multifactor authentication, avoid public Wi-Fi for payments, and stick to trusted shopping sites with secure connections.[4][5] These tips fit well with the careful way the buyer handles these two children’s books.
A tiny language tool for future shopping
There is also a small language element that helps with future plans. The buyer is interested in possible work and life in the Netherlands and wants to feel safer when shopping on Dutch-language sites. One simple but powerful word is “bestelling”, the basic Dutch word for “order” in a shopping sense. Knowing a word like “bestelling” makes it easier to move through menus, find order history, and track parcels on Dutch pages, even with only beginner-level Dutch.
Conclusions
Two titles, one quiet method
The story is clear and narrow. It is about two exact Spanish-language children’s books on Amazon Mexico: The Iliad Told for Boys and Girls and The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza 2: The Cursed Broth. Around these titles, a careful buyer builds a small safety net.
By writing down order numbers, prices, card endings, delivery windows, and return limits, this person turns each book from a risky click into a well-documented promise. If a parcel goes missing, there is already a plan: contact the seller, check the courier, and if needed ask Amazon to step in.
A wider lesson from small purchases
As the end of 2025 approaches and many people buy gifts online, this simple method is useful. It does not require special tools. It only needs attention to details, respect for personal privacy, and a little help from public advice on safe online shopping. Two children’s books become a quiet reminder that clear titles and clear records are some of the best protections a shopper can have.
Selected References
[1] Federal Trade Commission. “Online Shopping.” Consumer Advice. https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/online-shopping
[2] Federal Trade Commission. “How to Avoid an Online Shopping Scam This Holiday Season.” Consumer Alerts. https://consumer.ftc.gov/consumer-alerts/2025/11/how-avoid-online-shopping-scam-holiday-season
[3] Federal Trade Commission. “Online Shopping – Security Tips.” FTCvideos, YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3w4t1dYCayM
[4] Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. “#SecureTheSeason: Holiday Online Shopping Safety.” https://www.cisa.gov/securetheseason-holiday-online-shopping-safety
[5] National Cybersecurity Alliance. “Safe Online Holiday Shopping.” https://www.staysafeonline.org/articles/safe-online-holiday-shopping
Appendix
Amazon A-to-Z Guarantee
A buyer protection program run by Amazon that lets customers ask for a refund when items bought from marketplace sellers do not arrive, arrive very late, or are very different from what the seller described, after attempts to solve the problem directly with the seller.
Book order record
A short private summary of an online purchase that lists the exact product title, order number, price, payment method, delivery window, and return deadline so the buyer can see all important facts without reopening the shopping site.
CFDI invoice
The standard electronic tax invoice used in Mexico for recording sales and taxes, often available for a limited number of days after an online purchase has been shipped.
Dutch word “bestelling”
A basic Dutch noun used on shopping sites to mean “order”, helpful for recognising where to click to see purchase history, current orders, or tracking information when browsing in Dutch.
Online marketplace
A large website or app where many different sellers list products and where the platform processes payments and offers some customer support, while each individual seller is responsible for shipping and product quality.
Tracking number
A unique code assigned to a shipped parcel that lets the buyer and the courier follow the package through an online tracking page from dispatch to delivery.
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