Almsgiving

Well Catholics are in the season of Lent, working towards Easter. Our archbishop included a letter in the church bulletin last week urging us that while prayer and fasting is good, they are encouraging more almsgiving. According to wikipedia this means 'giving to others as an act of virtue, either materially or in the sense of providing capabilities (e.g. education) free.'

I ordered a book from Amazon way back at the end of January but it never arrived.  I contacted the seller through Amazon and they replied immediately saying they will credit my account, track the package and redeliver for free.  It would be great if this all works out.  It was a used book for about $7.  Have you had any similar experience?