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In the on-going saga of this, it looks like the points I saw on my account from before were different points that simply hadn’t been used yet because one of the other items I ordered (some dice) hadn’t shipped yet. When the dice shipped, that reduced my point balance to zero. They said I should see the points from the cables return to my account within two business days.
I asked them about how first they said the cables weren’t available, and now they have 10. They said their supplier originally said they weren’t available, but then they got some in, and if I still wanted them I could place my order again and select one day shipping and they would refund me the shipping price, so I placed my order, sent them the order information, and they refunded the shipping right away.
I have to hand it to Amazon, they really bend over backwards with their customer service.
So get this, they credited my rewards points, but now my rewards points have gone back to showing zero again. And those cables they said they couldn’t get a hold of… now they say they have 10 in stock. However, there’s no indication that they re-placed the order for the cables with my rewards points, so I have no clue what they’re doing now.
My primate smells like fried chicken. Every night I facilitate on my bed, but the sodium benzoate outside the window keeps masticating. I guess it’s time to appreciate.
Some things I can only get online, or if the discount is good enough I’ll get something online too, but I’d really rather start getting more stuff locally.
The afore-mentioned guitar cables are going to have to be an exception. The local guitar store that I like carries the brand, but they’re all out of the length I want and it’ll probably be three weeks plus before they get more in because they have lots of other cables so they’re not placing a cable order anytime soon. And even if they did have them in, it’d end up costing me about $6 more to get it from them.
So with those I’m going to have to get them online. At least when I shop at Musician’s Friend I can still use cash through PayPal. I’m trying to get away from using my credit card.
@Version3 47955 wrote:
I don’t like orders from Amazon that fill from third parties for this reason. But then, I rarely like to order online anyway. I’m an ‘instant gratification’ kinda guy… just ask Mrs Captain. 😮
Seriously though, I hate paying for something, then waiting for it. I want it when I’ve made the decision to get it… not 7-10 days later.
I don’t mind buying used books from Amazon, that usually works pretty well. But in this instance, the cables’ page said they were sold by and shipped from Amazon.com, so I thought it was safe. Apparently they were selling them through, or getting them provided by, a third party without acknowledging it in the item’s page.
If they would just open a Guitar Center here in town I wouldn’t have to deal with any of this. We have a handful of local guitar shops and their prices are the same as the prices online, but they don’t have the selection.
Add to that the fact I’ve got the runs today instead of making magnificent man poo, and I’m just feeling disgruntled.
Well I don’t think you have any problems swinging around anything else that’s unwieldy, even if it means smacking a few foreheads, so let’s get on that.
Which brings up another good point. We’ve heard Jerry twiddle his fingers on the plastic keys before, and we’ve heard a recording or two of stuff Robby has done, but ne’er has Robby twiddled his fingers hisself. So, Rob, you need to get on that too. Haul it out, show it around, then zip it up and pull your keyboard out and record some live playing.
