A Black Hole of Happiness - Page 103

notcasesensitive · 06-26-2007, 03:10 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I'm annoyed about my past purchases because I didn't see the language that Catrin posted -- I think you have to click through for details on shipping for that. In the past, I've gotten things so quickly on the free shipping that I saw no point to paying to expedite. Clearly, they figured out that people like me had figured that out, and decided to engage in some price discrimination -- part of what made this country great, right Burger? You can't get people to pay more for faster service if your standard service is fast, so they made it slower.

So for the next birthday, I'll just order earlier.

I got a couple of cd's remarkably fast on super saver shipping recently, but they seem to be holding all the books until the one that is preordered is ready, which is annoying.

Really, Ty, I must say that if you didn't "get" that super saver is slower, you I'm not sure how to help you. They've always had that disclaimer language. Super saver = crapshoot. Sometimes 3 days, sometimes 9. It's always been like that. I haven't noticed any change recently.

Tyrone Slothrop · 06-26-2007, 03:18 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Dude, they've been doing this for at least 2 years.

Get off the blog and get some fresh air, will ya'?

Maybe I was just lucky.

Flinty_McFlint · 06-26-2007, 03:20 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I got a couple of cd's remarkably fast on super saver shipping recently, but they seem to be holding all the books until the one that is preordered is ready, which is annoying.

Really, Ty, I must say that if you didn't "get" that super saver is slower, you I'm not sure how to help you. They've always had that disclaimer language. Super saver = crapshoot. Sometimes 3 days, sometimes 9. It's always been like that. I haven't noticed any change recently.

Ty's butler was away for the weekend, and his new personal assistant clearly wasn't up to the task. Frankly, I'm sure the toiletry assistance takes up most of the day anyway, so it's quite understandable.

SlaveNoMore · 06-26-2007, 03:24 PM

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Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
What makes you think she was off the drugs?

We all know the Sheriff coddles his celebs, but you really think he supplies them with a stash, too?

SlaveNoMore · 06-26-2007, 03:26 PM

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catrin_darcy
I don't think Amazon is being deceptive at all....

This discussion...ABOUT AMAZON....brings you out of retirement????

For Pete's sake. sheesh.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 06-26-2007, 03:27 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
We all know the Sheriff coddles his celebs, but you really think he supplies them with a stash, too?

It's a make-good for failing to spring her successfully.

Shape Shifter · 06-26-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
This discussion...ABOUT AMAZON....brings you out of retirement????

For Pete's sake. sheesh.

Too bad she missed the debate over Indian regional cuisine.

Replaced_Texan · 06-26-2007, 04:07 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I have always known that the free shipping may, or may not, take longer, and assumed that if you picked the non-free, they'd process those orders first and then use downtime to process the super-saver ones. Because like any retail business, while you can predict to some degree when will be busy and when won't, it's never going to be perfectly steady. If there is both pay shipping and free shipping, the free shipping is going to suck more.

I think they started losing money, or profits had fallen a lot -- read articles? No doubt they cut back on staffing to save money.

Same here. Sometimes it gets there two days later, sometimes it's over a week. If time is of essense, pay for shipping.

I usually never need anything in a hurry if I'm ordering it from Amazon. If it was that important, I would have gone to a bookstore instead.

ThurgreedMarshall · 06-26-2007, 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Hmm. So they are sitting on your order just to slow it down, but they're disclosing that.

Actually, it seems like, because they're giving you free shipping, the items that will be shipped for free aren't as great a priority as the ones that aren't.

TM

John Phoenix · 06-26-2007, 04:18 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
This discussion...ABOUT AMAZON....brings you out of retirement????

The Board's pull works in strange ways.

handsome boy model · 06-26-2007, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by John Phoenix
The Board's pull works in strange ways.

Concur, especially for us newbers or mostly lurker, infrequent poster types (like Catrin seems to be).

br,

hbm

greatwhitenorthchick · 06-26-2007, 05:18 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Concur 110%

Amazing what 2 weeks off the drugs will do to you.

Agree with all of you. And she actually looks her age too. I wonder how long this fresh-faced look will last.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy · 06-26-2007, 05:21 PM

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Originally posted by Shape Shifter
Too bad she missed the debate over Indian regional cuisine.

Find me a Mughali region, you lizard.

This is just another imperialist way of diminishing our grand history, by reducing the cultural inheritance of the glorious empire of the Mughals to "regional cooking", as if it is the food of a few local peasants.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 06-26-2007, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Agree with all of you. And she actually looks her age too. I wonder how long this fresh-faced look will last.

11pm tonight. We'll awaken tomorrow morning to pictures from her 3am return home, and return to old face.

06-26-2007, 05:28 PM

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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
This discussion...ABOUT AMAZON....brings you out of retirement????

For Pete's sake. sheesh.

I heart Amazon.

Since I'm here --

(a) Barely, congratulations!

(b) 3 (or 7?) on how good Paris looks. She's actually cute.