Guildedagain
Enlightened Member
Hard times are showing...
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Can't resist:Would be interesting to compare percentages-like packages stolen to total population to a smaller market city like Nashville, TN? Bet percentages would not vary a lot and, also,]wonder how accurate statistics are gathered?
Yet another of my pet internet sale peeves.I ordered a Weber grill from Bero Mart a couple weeks ago. $65.00 for the standard 22" one-touch kettle grill, prtetty good price. Problem is, when it arrived, it was a Charbroil grill. I don't want a Charbroil grill, I want my Weber grill. Bero Mart? Nowhere to be found. Let's see what Paypal can do for me; stay tuned...
I put insurance and signature requirements on everything I sent if I can’t afford to eat the cost. No mysterious disappearances on those. My former USPS postmaster told me if it goes to or through NYC it’s a total crapshot if it will reach its destination. If it isn’t insured and signed-for, then fahgeddiboutit.
I tried to buy Michelin Defender tires from my Subaru wagon, TWICE, on the net. 1st set showed up were Firestones in the wrong tire size (Simpletire.com), second set (also from Simpletire.com but through a different vendor) were Michelin in the right size but not Defenders, they were made for Cosco/Walmart.
Each set I had to afix labels on and haul their stinky carcasses in the hot summer sun a 60 mile round trip just to get rid of them, and then deal with the refund later, between two sets it amounted to a lot on my CC.
Bait and switch anyone?
I finally lucked into a set of tires local. Never again on super deals on tires online.
To be fair I can understand a "warehouse picking error" if Simple Tire owns and controls their own warehouse.I tried to buy Michelin Defender tires from my Subaru wagon, TWICE, on the net. 1st set showed up were Firestones in the wrong tire size (Simpletire.com), second set (also from Simpletire.com but through a different vendor) were Michelin in the right size but not Defenders, they were made for Cosco/Walmart.
Each set I had to afix labels on and haul their stinky carcasses in the hot summer sun a 60 mile round trip just to get rid of them, and then deal with the refund later, between two sets it amounted to a lot on my CC.
Yeah, depending on the actual cause for multiple failures and the company's service in fixing 'em, it's awfully tempting to suspect there's a lot of that going on with some sellers taking the chance the average consumer's just gonna lie down and take it, or not notice, or decide the hassle of demanding correction isn't worth it.Bait and switch anyone?
And if you think that's bad you should try to get an alignment online.I finally lucked into a set of tires local. Never again on super deals on tires online.
Yeah, that is one of things that'll help keep vendors honest, if they're writing off stuff because the cost of bringing it back in exceeds the cost of writing it off especially when compounded by the cost of replacing said item.Actually of all the stuff I've bought online over the last few years, this is the first problem I've had like this. I had one item that didn't work properly and my $ were refunded immediately, so I don't consider that an issue, they didn't even ask for the item back, it was only about $15.00.
I ordered a Weber grill from Bero Mart a couple weeks ago. $65.00 for the standard 22" one-touch kettle grill, prtetty good price. Problem is, when it arrived, it was a Charbroil grill. I don't want a Charbroil grill, I want my Weber grill. Bero Mart? Nowhere to be found. Let's see what Paypal can do for me; stay tuned...
OMG...someone stole the retailer?????
Projected hours this week suggest that I will put in 84 hours.
This week.
Eighty four.
See ya in January, kids.
Maybe it's just this time of year and the volume of shipments but I've had problems on a couple of deliveries recently. I never had an issue before in several years of ordering things online.
A couple days ago, I got a notification on my phone that a platform bed I ordered for my daughter had arrived in 3 boxes. So I went to the door expected to see it sitting outside - nothing there. I live in a condo so I looked around at the other door fronts in my building - nothing there either. So I'm starting to get panicked - this was a pretty expensive purchase - and I'm about to send an e-mail to the manufacturer when I found it at someone else's doorstep 2 buildings away. The address on the label was correct, they just delivered it to the wrong building. So I have to carry 3 heavy boxes myself (3 trips) about 100 yards and then up a flight of stairs, explaining to people along the way that I wasn't stealing someone's delivery but these were actually mine. What a relief, I was so thankful I had found it. From now on, I'm requiring a signature for all my incoming deliveries.
I cannot imagine how upset I would have been if it had been a guitar.
I ordered a Weber grill from Bero Mart a couple weeks ago. $65.00 for the standard 22" one-touch kettle grill, prtetty good price. Problem is, when it arrived, it was a Charbroil grill. I don't want a Charbroil grill, I want my Weber grill. Bero Mart? Nowhere to be found. Let's see what Paypal can do for me; stay tuned...