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The buyer has messaged me again despite I asked him/her to wait until Dec 23... very impatient buyer indeed. I'm guessing they probably really wanted it by x'mas or something. I'm not gonna block Germany just because of this one buyer cuz I have occasional good smooth sales there but this buyer is kinda getting on my nerve...
And then I googled and found this.
http://www.intlmailserv.com/blog.html
12/15/16 Expect delays in Germany Open or Close
The designated operator of Germany, Deutsche Post, asks us to inform the designated operators of other Union member countries of the following:
Owing to the recent Lufthansa pilots' strike and service limitations imposed by that airline, coupled with extremely heavy peak volumes, there is presently heavy congestion for airmail at Frankfurt Airport. Deutsche Post's office of exchange in Frankfurt is running smoothly, and there are no major delays for mail arriving or leaving by road. However, all the airport logistics and the Frankfurt airmail centre are severely impacted.
Deutsche Post is attempting to bypass the affected areas wherever possible, but heavy delays in the processing of inbound, outbound and transit airmail are inevitable. The situation is likely to remain critical for several days at least. Between now and 23 December, it is therefore advisable for designated operators to dispatch mail to Frankfurt by surface routes wherever possible, in order to ensure smooth processing.
Deutsche Post thanks all member countries for their understanding and cooperation.
I wish I could show my German buyer the exact post / content from DHL website in German but I couldn't even find it in English. rose-dee, if you are familiar with German, can you please see if DHL's German website has any post that mentioned something similar, so that I could send it to my buyer?
Much appreciated 
I agree. "Case closed" means your buyer most likely received his item -- and apparently in good time. All's well that ends well, I wouldn't stir the pot by contacting the buyer again.
Just breathe a deep sigh of relief and thank Deutsche Post for getting him his parcel in time.
Incidentally, I hesitate to say this, but having lived in Germany and had many years of contact with Germans, being sticklers for punctuality and timeliness is part of the national consciousness or character, something like the way "niceness" is seen as part of the Canadian national character.
I know this could be considered a gross generalization, but there is some truth in it. I remember once standing in a German station, waiting for my train to arrive, when it was announced that the train would be 3 minutes late. The lady next to me freaked out, shouting "Was!!" (What!!?) and stomped up and down the platform complaining loudly to anybody who would listen. Several other people grumbled and shuffled around, shaking their heads in disbelief. The train arrived, as indicated, about 3 minutes later. I'm sure the conductor got a piece of many minds.
By contrast, I once took a train from Saskatoon to Toronto. It was announced while I waited in the station that the train was going to be 22 hours late (due to weather delays in the Rockies). Everybody just quietly left, no freak-outs, no scenes, doubtless heading (like me) to a hotel for the night. Are we too nice? 
@rose-dee wrote:
When I was a translator my expertise was in German and French, but I can also usually help out a bit with Russian, although I'm not very fluent anymore. Even though I can't actually speak Dutch, I can read it because it's close enough to German. The same applies to Italian, Spanish and Roumanian (related to French and Latin), and to some extent Portuguese (although it's rather different from the other Romance languages).
There is no end to your talents, rose
Off topic, but I just checked my seller dashboard after updating my BBL, and my final late-shipment defect has dropped off the radar. Yay 
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