Re: Top 3 People attempting to ruin xmas

["Mal Lansell" <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Last year I ordered a book which didn't arrive.  The cost was finally
refunded, but then it turned up two months late, with Deutche Post and US
Postal Service labels on it!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ward, David" <DAvid.Ward@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:31 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Top 3 People attempting to ruin xmas


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> We were lucky with them last year,  but several friends had a
nightmare
with
> everything from Amazon not turning up till the new year!
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> This year the few things I had to get from them I ordered back in
October
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> Dave
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Marley [mailto:dave@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 15 December 2004 14:26
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Top 3 People attempting to ruin xmas
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> UKHA wrote:
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> > 2. Amazon, for waiting a WEEK to tell me that an xmas present was
out of
> stock
> > - particularly as it was IN stock when ordered.
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> I'd agree with that. My last 3 Amazon orders have all shipped (at
least)
> several
> days after the expected delivery date. They put orders into
"dispatching
> soon"
> immediately, which means you can't alter or cancel them, and then
their
> fulfilment centre ships them out as and when it feels like it.
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> If you query when your order will be sent, they will just tell you
that it
> will
> be "soon". The only upside is that if you ask them what
"soon" means to
> them,
> they are likely to refund your postage costs and possibly give you a
gift
> voucher if you keep on asking for specific information.
>
> I won't be using them for time-critical stuff again, even if I allow
what
I
> consider to be plenty of time!
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