Sinfest

[Canopus]

You have my condolences Dogen. I've seen that behavior on Youtube, but haven't experienced it on Amazon. Amazon's a great place. I haven't seen any other shopping site that has so much of my trust.

My experience there has been nothing but positive, in fact, the of the few times I thought I was being ripped off, one seller gave an email back politely apologizing and refunding in full. I didn't even have to ship it back.

Another seller took a long time to respond, and after I had used Amazon's customer service, they sent an email explaining there was a family crisis and remorse in not keeping business ethics. I felt silly, and from then on I've personally decided to use it as a last resort, even at the risk of being hounded by potentially unhinged sellers.

[mouse]

i don't think you should feel silly. you have no way of knowing what is going on in the seller's life; what both of you know is that the two of you have a contract (you give the seller money and the seller gives you product; transaction to take place over a reasonable period of time). if you don't get a response from a seller in a reasonable time, you have no way of knowing if there is a problem, or if the seller is ripping you off, or things got lost in the mail, or what. using customer service, it strikes me, is a polite way of determining what, exactly, is going on.
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aka: neverscared!

[Dogen]

[eureka00]

[Samsally]

There's a way to go in and tell it to not use certain stuff for recommendations. I've got it set up so when I surf through them it's just a pile of things I want desperately... so... your mileage may vary, it might be better to have it way off the mark.
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Samsally the GrayAce

[Snorri]

[sporko]

over the weekend, my other half bought me a little stuffed bison that i keep clipped onto my backpack.

today, i noticed it was missing, and i've searched school, car, and home.


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[Canopus]

The targeted suggestions on amazon have given me just about one useful suggestion.

[Dogen]

Ahahaha... the seller sent me another email that said I, "act like a child" and to not ever buy from him again. If that's not "I'm taking my ball and going home," I don't know what is. Unfortunately, since there is absolutely nowhere else on the internet to buy cheap textbooks, I guess he'll have the last laugh.
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"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. I’ll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

[Sojobo]

More of an inconvenience than a horror, but my bike's been stolen.

Well, when I say my bike, I really mean my boss's bike. It was a sort of permanent loan - I'd offered to buy it, but he wouldn't take any money, and now that's it's been taken he's being rather passive-aggressive about the whole thing, so I guess it is a very slight horror, because I can't very well tell him to feck off.
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"To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others."
- Anne-Sophie Swetchine

[Samsally]

Speaking of shipping problems I guess I'm not getting that new computer today. Or possibly ever, since it is now sold out.

*sigh*
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Samsally the GrayAce

[fritterdonut]

[Samsally]

It's here. I recognize the black version is still in stock, which would be fine, but I can't buy it until we figure out where the hell the other one went.
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Samsally the GrayAce

[CTrees]

So what's going on? Showing delivered but not actually there? Or something else?
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“Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation”
yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.

[Mr_Moustache]

Alternatively, get you money back and buy a better one?
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When life gives you lemons, some people make lemonade. I just eat them and make a sour face.