The beginnings of annoyance
Aug. 30th, 2006 08:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
maderrSo. Finally broke down and ordered two books in print - one which I happen to like and read often enough in eformat I thought I'd buy it in print. The other I haven't read but trust the author.
Bought on the evening of the 24th, priority shipping. Should have been here by today, but not a big deal. Except that they said shipping was free, so I guess it's the handling that's costing me that $6.50 they tacked on which. Total crap, b/c I work in a mailroom and I have a pretty good idea of what it costs to ship all kinds of things from Point A to B-Z.
If it'd occured to me sooner, as it should have, I would have looked the books up on amazon and bought'em there -- 'cause then I would have gotten free shipping and I would've had the books Mon/Tues.
Not that it's urgent, but when I'm paying $34.40 for two books, it'd be nice to get them when they should be here. I'll give it 'til Saturday before I start really getting upset. Right now it's just a minor annoyance. Def will stick to amazon in the future, however, I think.
Bought on the evening of the 24th, priority shipping. Should have been here by today, but not a big deal. Except that they said shipping was free, so I guess it's the handling that's costing me that $6.50 they tacked on which. Total crap, b/c I work in a mailroom and I have a pretty good idea of what it costs to ship all kinds of things from Point A to B-Z.
If it'd occured to me sooner, as it should have, I would have looked the books up on amazon and bought'em there -- 'cause then I would have gotten free shipping and I would've had the books Mon/Tues.
Not that it's urgent, but when I'm paying $34.40 for two books, it'd be nice to get them when they should be here. I'll give it 'til Saturday before I start really getting upset. Right now it's just a minor annoyance. Def will stick to amazon in the future, however, I think.
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Date: 2006-08-31 01:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-31 09:05 am (UTC)Be careful with amazon. I bought one book from the second-hand section. This company said they shipped in 7-14 days(with a possibility of 24 days). Guess what? Two weeks roll by and I haven't seen my books. I emailed the company and said they had to day to get their shit together. Someone emailed me back and said shipping to CA and Hawaii takes 24 days. I was like, "THEN SAY SO MOTHER-F*ER!!!" I don't want any of that small print, possibility crap when they knew for sure that it would take that long. Argh!
Anywho, enjoy your books.
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Date: 2006-08-31 09:06 am (UTC)I FELL ASLEEP *SCREAMS IN RAGE*