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Default Ordering things online - 08-18-2007, 10:15 AM

Fuck, it's so annoying. I ordered a new HP TX1220 tablet PC from COMPUSA last sunday night. I chose ground shipping which is the normal shipping method (I chose that because I saw they had 3 different locations that were within 60 miles from me and figured it'd be here pretty quick anyway). The website said that ground shipping orders are processed 1-2 business days.

OK cool. I figured they'd process it on that Monday or Tuesday. I checked my online receipt and it said that the order was still "Open". So by Thursday I fucking called and wanted to know wtf was up. I got held on the phone for 26mins and finally the guy told me that my order would definitely be processed within the next 24hours.

OK great. That means it'd be getting out of their hands by Friday and then get to my house by monday or tuesday at the latest. I'm supposed to leave on tuesday for college and I wanted my freakin PC by then...Is that too much to ask?

Just checked my online status of the order and it's still fucking OPEN! FUCKKKKKKK!!!!!!! :whammy.jpeg

I am calling up Monday to complain to their faces again. I'm going to demand that they give me overnight shipping for free for the huge delay on my order. fucking pricks.


  
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Default 08-18-2007, 10:22 AM

Similar things happen here when ive to deal with a delivery company called citylink, usually the place online are good at geting the order out, just the people that deliver it can be as useful as tits on a bull. I check the status and occasionally it will say some shit like "delivery attempted, point closed and carded".

Which means they attempted delivery and left a card because no-one was in which is absolute bollocks as our dog goes fucking apeshit when a piece of paper blows by let alone someone knocking on the door. Ive yet to receive on of these cards as well. Pisses me the fuck off when i pay for next day delivery and get it 2-3 days later because some delivery guy was too busy rubbing himself elsewhere. cuss:




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Default 08-18-2007, 02:18 PM

I ordered a movie from target about 2 weeks ago and got the 3-5 day shipping. still waiting.


  
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Default 08-18-2007, 02:35 PM

I got fucked once when i ordered a big 1/32 scale slot car race set. Shit never came when promised and when i called to complain, they were going to re-send it until i said (a total lie) "Hey man, it was for my kids birthday tomorrow" They shipped it over night on their dime.


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Default 08-18-2007, 03:56 PM

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I got fucked once when i ordered a big 1/32 scale slot car race set. Shit never came when promised and when i called to complain, they were going to re-send it until i said (a total lie) "Hey man, it was for my kids birthday tomorrow" They shipped it over night on their dime.
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Default 08-18-2007, 07:01 PM

amazon.com is pretty quick with their shipping, i buy from them all the time and they never leave me hanging - just make sure you purchase from them and not a reseller.

coleman that 1-2 business days thing means that they will process your order within that time frame. Since you picked ground that means its going to take another 4-5 days for the actual shipping. Keep in mind that if this falls during a weekend you get screwed because they generally dont count weekends as part of their processing or shipping timetables. If you want something quick, order it on Mon or Tues - Wednesdays cutting it, anything after you may as well wait for the next week.
  
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I got fucked once when i ordered a big 1/32 scale slot car race set. Shit never came when promised and when i called to complain, they were going to re-send it until i said (a total lie) "Hey man, it was for my kids birthday tomorrow" They shipped it over night on their dime.
I have GOT to remember that line, nice one happy:[/quote:08891]Are you sure you can't ship that plasma tv by tuesday, its my little one's first birthday! "....."



  
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I got fucked once when i ordered a big 1/32 scale slot car race set. Shit never came when promised and when i called to complain, they were going to re-send it until i said (a total lie) "Hey man, it was for my kids birthday tomorrow" They shipped it over night on their dime.
I have GOT to remember that line, nice one happy:[/quote:734c7]Are you sure you can't ship that plasma tv by tuesday, its my little one's first birthday! "....."[/quote:734c7]

'Whadda ya mean you can't ship Bioshock til Monday?! My new puppy's life depends on it!!'

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Default 08-18-2007, 08:38 PM

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coleman that 1-2 business days thing means that they will process your order within that time frame. Since you picked ground that means its going to take another 4-5 days for the actual shipping. Keep in mind that if this falls during a weekend you get screwed because they generally dont count weekends as part of their processing or shipping timetables. If you want something quick, order it on Mon or Tues - Wednesdays cutting it, anything after you may as well wait for the next week.
Yeah, it's been a week and it hasn't even been processed for their shipping. So, it is technically 5 days over for their processing, yet alone shipping time.


  
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Default 08-19-2007, 08:10 AM

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coleman that 1-2 business days thing means that they will process your order within that time frame. Since you picked ground that means its going to take another 4-5 days for the actual shipping. Keep in mind that if this falls during a weekend you get screwed because they generally dont count weekends as part of their processing or shipping timetables. If you want something quick, order it on Mon or Tues - Wednesdays cutting it, anything after you may as well wait for the next week.
Yeah, it's been a week and it hasn't even been processed for their shipping. So, it is technically 5 days over for their processing, yet alone shipping time.
LET alone shipping time. biggrin:

call and bitch em out

I ordered 2 new dell laptops for our techs at the office, this was a month ago and they still havent shipped. They have a delay with the glass for the screens so we are just sitting here with our dicks out waiting for them.

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Default 08-19-2007, 09:28 AM

fuck, if i knew which PA store it was being shipped from, I'd just fucking drive there myself and pick it up so I don't have to wait at home for another few days.


  
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Default 08-19-2007, 12:36 PM

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Similar things happen here when ive to deal with a delivery company called citylink
One of those City Link faggots put a delivery in the brown recycling bin out the back. I was in at the time and the turd didn't even knock the door. oOo:
  
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Similar things happen here when ive to deal with a delivery company called citylink
One of those City Link faggots put a delivery in the brown recycling bin out the back. I was in at the time and the turd didn't even knock the door. oOo:[/quote:b0412]

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I remember hearing a story where a guy was waioting for a delivery and it never came, he called them up and was told the driver knocked on the door and knocked on the window before leaving. Ended up the guy lived on the fourth storey of an apartment block, so they pretty much fucked themselves over by saying that. biggrin:




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Default 08-19-2007, 02:04 PM

This is why if i can get it from a store without much hasstle, i'll just get it from the damned store. Also, whenever it takes more than a buisness week to process my order, i call and cancel it, then purchase it elsewhere.
  
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