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I generally avoid Wal-Mart like The Plague. I know that I can always expect to see disgruntled employees who generally give two craps less about me than I do about them. I also know that I will find 50 registers and only 6 of them open at any given time. I also know that the other patrons of the store are going to be more embarrassing to me as a member of this species than to themselves.
Knowing all of this in advance, I decided that I could avoid the interactions and have a simple in-and-out experience by purchasing my item online and simply picking it up at the store. I made sure to purchase it at noon today so that when I finished working, I could just swing by, pick up my stuff and leave. Six hours is plenty of time to fill a single item order.
I received a confirmation e-mail saying my item was ready for pickup at four o'clock. I finished up work around five thirty and headed over there. I got to the store and went to customer service at about five forty-five. I stood in line waiting for someone, anyone, to show up to man the CS counter. After waiting for ten more minutes and having two other associates page for help, I began to think that this was not going to be the simple journey I had imagined.
A CS rep finally showed up and "helped" the two people in front of me. She then picked up the phone that had been ringing since before I was in the line and proceeded to have a long conversation with someone who didn't seem to want to make a trip to the store to process a refund. I imagine she wanted Wal-Mart to mail her the cash, but that's just me.
Finally she turned her attention my way and told me that I was in the wrong department. I had to go to the back of the store to pick up my order. Fine. Whatever. I just want my stuff, so I can leave.
I went all the way to the back of the store to the pick up counter, which, of course, was not manned. I wandered around and found someone who kindly paged someone to help me. I sat and waited for ten minutes before getting up and finding someone else. This happened twice more before a manager finally showed up and told me that the pick up counter was closed. I showed him my e-mail confirmation which expressly said I had until ten o'clock that evening to pick up my crap. I also informed him that I had already been waiting 45 minutes for someone to help me.
As it turns out, the girl who was supposed to be at the counter was simply on her break. She finally got around to helping me, and said that the order had not yet been picked. I asked her why they sent me an e-mail saying it was ready. She wasn't sure, but vowed to find out. I sighed at that and asked if I could just go grab it off of the shelf myself. Electronics was thirty feet from where I was standing. She said that if I pulled it off of the shelf myself, I would have to purchase it separately. What the F*** ever.
She consulted with some other girl who showed up to join the discussion. I paced to show my frustration. It was now approaching seven o'clock. They disappeared into the warehouse to find my item as though it were some magical artifact on some RPG quest.
At seven twenty-five in the evening - one hour and forty minutes after I showed up at the store - the girls reemerged and produced the item I ordered. I waited for them to finish logging it out of the system, grabbed it, and left without any further words to them.
Total time from parking to leaving - 1 hour, fifty minutes.
Abridged version
I bought something on Walmart.com to pick up at the store. They sent me an e-mail saying it was ready. I went to pick it up, but it wasn't ready. I waited while several incompetent employees tried to sort out the mess. It took almost two hours to park, get my stuff, and leave.
Please share your thoughts.
For those unfamiliar:
Walmart is a national chain supermarket. They are famous for having everything you need from birth to death, but no employees competent enough to help you make a purchase.
Once I went to walmart and then I walked back out...the end!
Also Walmart is notorious for having unmanned departments...I hardly ever shop there.
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I've been to Walmart once, in Mississauga, That's in Ontario...Canada...I live in New York. Yep, no wall marts here in the city. And I only went into that walmart to buy a redbull.
I work across the street from one and had my usual split shift, being bored as $hit I took it upon myself to sit infront of the store and record the amount of overweight customers visiting the store. I sat there for an hour and a half drinking malt whisky out of a travel mug counting the scum of the neighbourhood. There were hundreds of ticks on my notepad in that time and I believe the end result was the majority of the patrons were between the ages of 40 and 55 and of them 80% were what I would call overweight. I even made a graph to hang up in my locker to remind myself what I would become if I fell for everyday low prices on high fat foods. Of all the age groups I counted 78% were overweight and out of the hundreds of people I saw there was only one 10/10 and she was walking out of the store with a large amount of toilet paper. :|
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...hundreds of people I saw there was only one 10/10 and she was walking out of the store with a large amount of toilet paper. :|
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At least you know she's clean.
itsbeertimenow said:
I sat there for an hour and a half drinking malt whisky out of a travel mug counting the scum of the neighbourhood.
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Most of the customers I saw in the store tonight were drunk as well.
gota love wal-mart man we have one in every town in louisiana and let me tell you bob is so right 50 checkouts and only 3-6 workers. each line will have 10 or more ppl in them with some stupid person taking 30 secs to scan each item
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gota love wal-mart man we have one in every town in louisiana and let me tell you bob is so right 50 checkouts and only 3-6 workers. each line will have 10 or more ppl in them with some stupid person taking 30 secs to scan each item
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I've learned to pay for everything at the cs desk.
I like Walmart got everything i need in one spot, plus there prices are fair. Poor customer service at times but i figure stuff out on my own anyways. I got my phone new and two weeks early before release date for 99 dollars with upgrade. Tmobile store wanted 299. sooooo until Tmobile site match those prices Walmart well be my go too source.
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I must be super lucky. The WalMart in my town always has manned stations, accepts returns within a month no matter the condition, but employees have no idea about anything in the store except where it is, yet they're nice people HEB is even awesomer, so many free samples. You don't even have to buy anything, and you could've consumed a meal, and I know so many people that work there ^_^ Sadly, besides my small part of town, Walmart, HEB, the movies, the square, the lake beach and some other places are considered the centers of the town and people say it's boring :/ I'm content with all of that o: I think that's alot!
PS, I only order online with Amazon.
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U should read the rants on craigslist lol
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WalMart in big cities suck. They are okay in small towns where everybody knows your name....because they're always glad you came....
Most walmarts are super ghetto. They should call it that super walmart, na fool its super ghetto now. Ppl be in pajamas and such acting a fool with their 14+ kids.
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Had three small items at checkout, and wanted separate bags, because one was a food product, one was a cleaning product, and one was a toiletry product that leaks sometimes.
"Oh, I'm not allowed to give you 3 separate bags"
If I hadn't paid with a credit card (she could have looked up who I was after I left) I would have called over a manager and made a big stink about her being rude.
Wally World really has gone ghetto big time.
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I've learned to pay for everything at the cs desk.
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I just learned to never go there again.
bonebeatz1234 said:
I like Walmart got everything i need in one spot, plus there prices are fair. Poor customer service at times but i figure stuff out on my own anyways. I got my phone new and two weeks early before release date for 99 dollars with upgrade. Tmobile store wanted 299. sooooo until Tmobile site match those prices Walmart well be my go too source.
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You could get your phones new on Amazon for $50 with a contract upgrade. Most of them are $0.01 for new plans.
TravisBean said:
Had three small items at checkout, and wanted separate bags, because one was a food product, one was a cleaning product, and one was a toiletry product that leaks sometimes.
"Oh, I'm not allowed to give you 3 separate bags"
If I hadn't paid with a credit card (she could have looked up who I was after I left) I would have called over a manager and made a big stink about her being rude.
Wally World really has gone ghetto big time.
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Wow. That's not only rude, but also unhealthy. You can't combine those items in a bag. My first job was at a Winn-Dixie when I was 15. That was back when you could still get a job at 15, so I guess I'm showing my age a bit here...
We weren't allowed to put different items in the same bag like that. It didn't matter if it took one bag per item. You just can't put ammonia with bread.... idiots....
never experienced any problems.... maybe because ive never been to wal-mart
Not to offend anyone, but I worked at Walmart off and on, usually during the holidays for extra cash. Walmart is all about political correctness and empowering women in management positions, and well, you all see the end result of that business model. A lot of their policies and way of doing things is very counter productive in a business. Ask any employee to best explain how Walmart operates, to sum it up in one word.....clusterfuck.
Making fun of ppl in walmart is fun.
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Cant beat the prices though lol
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Hello!
I left my night shift job last month and still don't have a job. I'm actively looking for a job, but even then I won't make it to my first pay at this pace.
Is there any way I could make a few bucks at least for gas in the meantime, just so I don't reach the negative balance?
hey sorry about that better times will come.. in the meantime I'll give you my advice and this one comes from personal experience(yes I've had a few rough times, who hasn't?)
Last time I was short on the "thing you use to buy potatoes"(sounds better in portuguese) aka money, I sold something(s) that I had and was not making use of, like my PSP for example. Broke my heart to let it go but you gotta do what you gotta do.
The point is, we always keep things we don't use anymore because we think "well I might be needing this some day" and probably will need that thing again but until then there are more important things one might need.
hope this helps
I have been out of work for 6 months...
are you handy around the house? why not post your talents online (painting, wallpapering, cleaning) on free classified postings...
I lost my job in february due to a work injury, and I was physically unable to do most work with out the use of my left arm. I have healed since then but stopped receiving disability pay in october. It has been 10 weeks and unemployment still has yet to come through and help me out.
I also have sold off things that were luxury items like my ATV and an engine I had built sitting around in my garage. A friend of mine supplements his unemployment doing odd jobs he finds off craigslist and I have helped people move and cut firewood for cash. Hoping the economy picks up locally so i can get back to work soon.
Good luck and look everywhere. Craigslist is a good place to start.
what response have you received from the unemployment office?
Have you gone to them?
If you have, did you show the letter stating when disability payments would start and/or end?
They may be waiting from a response from your previous employer...
I don't get unemployment cheques, but I'm getting a job internview this morning. Thankfully, I don't have many financial responsabilities (college student here), but I could use a few bucks just to close the gap 'till I get a job.
As for putting gas in my car... I got rear-ended yesterday, total loss, and 5 minutes later Staples calls for a job offer!
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I don't get unemployment cheques, but I'm getting a job internview this morning. Thankfully, I don't have many financial responsabilities (college student here), but I could use a few bucks just to close the gap 'till I get a job.
As for putting gas in my car... I got rear-ended yesterday, total loss, and 5 minutes later Staples calls for a job offer!
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CA-CHING!!!!!!!
I can already feel your neck stiffening up and a slight loss in feeling both of your pinky toes!!!
Not really, the car took it all so I'm feeling fine, but still. Now I have to get another car with what the insurance company judges my car is worth (360 000 km, but in better condition than anything that mileage).
Trouble likes company
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Not really, the car took it all so I'm feeling fine, but still. Now I have to get another car with what the insurance company judges my car is worth (360 000 km, but in better condition than anything that mileage).
Trouble likes company
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There are lots of sites that pay you to fill in serveys, you only get a couple of dollars each but do 10 a day thats 20-30 dollars suppose lol
Just make sure that the company you represent isn't from Nigeria...
Dang it I hate this laggy keyboatd!!!
Helloo,
I think USPS is the worst courier company( sub by government) ever. It's so worst Canada post seems 200% better than it. I know it's sub by the government but come on you got to have some type of standard even if your are dirty cheap than the rest of companies.
who agrees to what i'm saying?
Lol!
And you don´t have to deal with Servicio Postal Mexicano (MexPost) compared with them USPS is the best service in the world!!!
In my area that title goes to FedEx. They always leave my stuff on the porch and they don't even ring the door bell. I've passed on a few things because it was being delivered by them.
Honestly I have no issues with USPS, packages are always on time here. Always 2-3 days via priority from the US. But, then again your in Canada and it takes longer to ship out of country even if we are all in the same continent. It took 3 weeks for a package I sent to germany to arrive. Make sure you sender of your leo (what im guessing your complaining about) filled out the custom INTL. form otherwise your package wont be accepted into the country
I received my Hd2, It's purplelicious. But, my girlfriend thinks its BIG
That goes in my sig
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Honestly I have no issues with USPS, packages are always on time here. Always 2-3 days via priority from the US. But, then again your in Canada and it takes longer to ship out of country even if we are all in the same continent. It took 3 weeks for a package I sent to germany to arrive. Make sure you sender of your leo (what im guessing your complaining about) filled out the custom INTL. form otherwise your package wont be accepted into the country
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i agreee with you...never had a problem locally or internationally..they come on time and very fast too
htc fan89 said:
I received my Hd2, It's purplelicious. But, my girlfriend thinks its BIG
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I feel your pain mate The wife says that it looks like a femine towel
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I feel your pain mate The wife says that it looks like a femine towel
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Lol.....
Diamond_dawg said:
i agreee with you...never had a problem locally or internationally..they come on time and very fast too
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Me too, I brought many products from usa via USPS and its PREFECT.
Will name few :
HTC FUZE ( Paid 50$ customs though ),
ATI 4850 Graphic card ( Paid 50$ customs though ),
Fuze LCD and flex cable,
Car pedal covers,
and etc etc.
For custom dutiable products, I get in 20 days and non custom dutiable products and small products in one week. Hongkong post takes 15+ days to reach me ( india ).
I guess it's good at least i didn't receive a cracked hd2 lol. But, I'm never shipping with usps again
But FedEx and UPS are soo expensive. Shipping a Touch pro 2 to Germany via UPS cost half the price I sold it for ($150 for shippin 3 months ago)! But I ended up just doign USPS and it only took about 3 weeks (give or take) to arrive.... a short time indeed
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Lol!
And you don´t have to deal with Servicio Postal Mexicano (MexPost) compared with them USPS is the best service in the world!!!
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That sadly is true Makes me wanna go back to mexico lol theres no place like home
Damn right!!
htc fan89 said:
I received my Hd2, It's purplelicious. But, my girlfriend thinks its BIG
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My girlfriend thinks it's big too. Sometimes she lays looking to the other side while we're in bed while I play with it. I let her play with it SOMETIMES! but she usually just uses it at night. Sometimes when I'm sleeping, she reaches over and takes it. she shakes it up because I made her think that there's a game that you can do that with. And then when she's done with it, she puts it back and falls asleep in the same position like nothing ever happened. . . all on my HTC HD2 of course.
You guys are right USPS is terrible. I will be waiting for a package all week and once it finally gets here the mail lady leaves a card in my mailbox saying sorry we missed you. You can pick your item up tomorrow and never even bothers to get out of her truck to see if im home.
It's signature confirmation and that is put on by the sender. It's purpose is to make sure you recieved your item. It is frustrating to have to pick up the package (you can't go until the next day at a certain time) the next day.... especially when it's important.
DPD for me.
Once left the package infront of my door when I wasn't there and It got stolen.
Also did not deliver on time after them assuring me they would.
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DPD for me.
Once left the package infront of my door when I wasn't there and It got stolen.
Also did not deliver on time after them assuring me they would.
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Hence, the benefit of signature confirmation!
USPS by itself is fine. Canada Post by itself is fine.
It's when you put the two together that you get a massive crapshoot - especially on services that have no guaranteed transit time.
Still, slow beats paying out the arse for UPS brokerage fees anyday...
Leave, as in have your own life.
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23 right after college. My advice, stay there and have as much fun as possible.
I'm still living under their roof, I'm going to be 20 in less than a month.
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I went to boarding school at twelve.
Then I came back at seventeen and left.......quickly
So. Technically it was seventeen
(boarding school is obviously supervised) but it feels like a longer time....
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Kicked out when I was 16. Went back @ 20 for a year.
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21 or 22. Got a girlfriend and ended up living with her. Not living with her anymore but I work too far from my parents house to live with them again. I would definitely try if I could though. I don't know if they would let seeing how I'm 29 now.
At 28....I moved when I got married. I'm 31 @ the momment. I lived like 15 minutes from them..lol.
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Got the boot at 16.
Evil Stepmother.
15, had a single mother at the time and she bailed, didn't wanna be a mom anymore. Lived with an older couple for a couple months then the school counselor helped me get emancipated to make it all legal. I was signing my own school paperwork and permission forms, bills, loans, and student aid papers before I could buy ciggs.
15 originally. My mother didn't like me spending nights with my GF of that time; so i moved in with her instead! Guess what i was doing at a time when i should have been doing my exams?
Anyway, that ended so i moved home until i was 17 when i moved out for good. Been supporting myself ever since.
Those of you that have a supportive family and good home life should stay there for as long as they'll put up with you. It's the easiest way to save money for your future.
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Those of you that have a supportive family and good home life should stay there for as long as they'll put up with you. It's the easiest way to save money for your future.
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Hell freakin yeah. Amen. It's cool to live out on your own, bring chicks back to YOUR place. But you'll be regretting that move out when you're paying for college, rent, electric, gas, insurance, booze and weed at college with the money you're making flippin burgers full time just being grateful they give you a free meal once a day. Chicks don't like dudes with no money, even if he is living at his own apt. Bring em home to the spider man sheets. Most don't care and Mom is alot more understanding than you'll ever give her credit for.
Good thing my mom is so supportive, problem is even her is having a hard time financially and I can't find a freaking job!
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People usually move out when they pass out of school..
I passed out of school.. got into college in the same city so didn't have to move out.
Passed out of college and got my first job close to my home so still living with them
Will move out if my work sends me else where or if I take a job elsewhere
moved out of home when I was 18 for stydies and work then came back at 25 cause of financial crysis at my country. No job no money
Finally got a decent job and trying to save some money so i can plan my next move but it's not an easy thing cause my family bussiness is preety much ruined by this situation so i got to support them too
I'm 25 now and living at my parents house. We've been moving 3 years ago, now the whole family has to help out on that farm stuff, which will take maybe 1 or sometimes 2 weeks in a year so nothing special.
I do not have to cook myself which is probably the best thing cause when u get home after work, pretty tired and u have to cook - that's probably one thing that goes for days but not months or years
I'll stay maybe one or maybe two years here, then I'll find myself a place - atleast that's the plan, cause it's not always good to be here, and some day everyone has to go it's own way.
Wow interesting answers... I was 17 when I left. Dropped out of hs and started working 3 jobs...Couldn't stand my mom stealing all my weed and she hated me taking all her box wine and store brand vodka..hehe. but if I had a "normal family" id still be living there! Is 33 too old to live w/ your parents?
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lazydazed said:
Is 33 too old to live w/ your parents?
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Indubitably
I'm thinking of moving out in a few years. I'm still in university and working, I'm 19 I turn 20 by the end of the year. My mom's always been a single mother since she came to Canada, so I want to be able to help her out as much as possible and even though I'm 19... I get spoiled, hahaha so I still live with her.
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Hell freakin yeah. Amen. It's cool to live out on your own, bring chicks back to YOUR place. But you'll be regretting that move out when you're paying for college, rent, electric, gas, insurance, booze and weed at college with the money you're making flippin burgers full time just being grateful they give you a free meal once a day. Chicks don't like dudes with no money, even if he is living at his own apt. Bring em home to the spider man sheets. Most don't care and Mom is alot more understanding than you'll ever give her credit for.
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Not necessarily. My mother is the most shallow, obnoxious person I know. Not to mention racist and close minded.
But if someones mom (and/or dad is good (speaking generally here) THEN STAY A LONG, LONG LONG TIME... like til your thirty... Seriously. Do it.
I left at seventeen and it was VERY DIFFICULT....
I ordered the Nexus 4 10 days or so ago for my wife for Christmas and i finally got the email that it was shipped yesterday.
To my surprise and stupidity at the same time, i didnt realize that i should have called UPS and have them hold the item for me. Instead it was delivered at my house without anyone being there!
Next thing you know i get home and the phone is gone and a yellow pages book was on my porch.
I checked the tracking and to my surprise it said Delivered: Front porch.
Now i ask, shouldn't there be a signature confirmation on an expensive item like this and why did the damn UPS delivery guy dropped it at my porch instead of leaving a door tag.
The good thing is that i called Google right away and they will issue a refund and they are disabling the phone.
What sucks the most though is that it was suppose to be a gift
Just thought i vent and give you guys a warning so you dont repeat my mistake.
Mine required a signature when they delivered it.
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There was no signature needed for mine either, just left on my porch, but I was home and heard the storm door open.
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Did you mean Nexus 4? Yeah..makes me a bit frazzled they leave $$$ stuff like this 'unprotected'. One of the reasons I love Amazon, they always make good on 'stolen' deliveries. :|
That sucks man ;(. Good thing Google is issuing a refund!
They asked for my signature when it got here. Hmmm
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Sorry to hear about yr lost...
My UPS guy did ask for my signature
That sucks. That sucks. In my case, someone is usually around to pick it up when they leave it on the porch. My concern is the UPS guy trying to get a signature and no one at home can hear the door bell, leaving me to wait the next day or have to go to the depot later in the evening.
An AmazonLocker type arrangement is the best for those us without a front desk to take packages. In some areas the USPS has a similar locker in testing called GoPost and they now accept UPS packages; but I wouldn't know what to do if the package actually required a signature or some other snafu were to happen, so I haven't try it.
I hope you can get some recourse or compensation for the loss!
Bummer. My condolences. I dont see how other buyers can learn from this though....not much we can do differently. Either way, for this reason, google agrees to cover the cost of a replacement phone, and they fight it out with courier. Was same with nexus 7 shipping.
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I was amazed when UPS left 2 different deliveries of N4's on my front porch plus a N7 all at different times without a door tag or sig. First time I've had an electronics delivery over 100.00 that was just left there like they did.. They really should require a sig or something.. Sorry to hear that happened to you.. I hope you go after the YP delivery people and get someone busted.
Its the drivers discretion to leave the package or leave a slip
I always stick a note on my door to call me before leaving the package at the door
Are you sure it was delivered to the right house? It's holiday time and there are a lot of temp drivers or drivers on new routes. I had this happen a few years ago and it turned out the new driver brought it to the wrong house. I actually stopped a UPS driver from bringing my S3 to a wrong house as well, luckily I went home on lunch and saw him walk with a box to my neighbors. I was like ***** that looks like mine! It was!!!!
Man, that sucks.
In the UK, we don't really have this culture of 'leaving it on the front porch'. Royal Mail, UPS etc either hold it and you collect it, organise a redelivery, or put it a safe, locked and secure place (if you organise one with the delivery man/company beforehand).
Hope you can get Google to send you another!
Same experience on Nexus 7
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I ordered the Nexus 4 10 days or so ago for my wife for Christmas and i finally got the email that it was shipped yesterday.
To my surprise and stupidity at the same time, i didnt realize that i should have called UPS and have them hold the item for me. Instead it was delivered at my house without anyone being there!
Next thing you know i get home and the phone is gone and a yellow pages book was on my porch.
I checked the tracking and to my surprise it said Delivered: Front porch.
Now i ask, shouldn't there be a signature confirmation on an expensive item like this and why did the damn UPS delivery guy dropped it at my porch instead of leaving a door tag.
The good thing is that i called Google right away and they will issue a refund and they are disabling the phone.
What sucks the most though is that it was suppose to be a gift
Just thought i vent and give you guys a warning so you dont repeat my mistake.
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I have same experience for Nexus 7 8GB in July. I am just lucky to trace the delivery and call my friend to ask her to test the tablet for me but she said she did not receive the tablet. She run downstair and find my Nexus 7 is on door porch too. UPS guy did not do any call my friend. This is very poor service of UPS.
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Bummer. My condolences. I dont see how other buyers can learn from this though....not much we can do differently.
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Make sure someone is at the delivery address on the day that the package is arriving. If no one can call them up and tell them to hold the package till another day or change the delivery address to where someone can receive it (if they let you do that).
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Hmm mines require a signature. If no one is home, then they leave a notice. Different policies based on where you live.
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Not true I live in U.k I have had stuff left in my recycling box out front.
If you sign up for UPS MyChoice you are able to leave special instructions for the driver. They have no clue what they are delivering, nor it's value and it's sad that they use their own discretion to leave it or not. I live in a large apartment complex and have seen packages just left at peoples doors, where anyone could just walk by and pick it up.
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I was required to sign, too. Actually, they didn't even ring the intercom, and just left the note. Called UPS and made them come back with my N4 xD
People must not order many things online, that is how UPS/Fedex works, it is up to the driver to deem your neighborhood safe enough to leave packages at the door.
Signature confirmation is an extra charge and Ive never ordered anything that had it, because its a bad idea, packages are delivered when most people are at work so things will get returned all the time as undeliverable. The only ones who do that are ebay sellers to protect themselves, not you.
I lucked out, my local Best Buy had a few Chromecasts in stock, and I was able to get one. I had to ask at the register though, as they had them stashed away in the back.
Also, my receipt did have the promo code for the three months of free Netflix streaming.
Watching a stream of the Super Series '76, Russian Red Army versus the Philadelphia Flyers on my television through the Chromecast right now. It's pretty nifty.
Now once I get the one I ordered from the Google Play Store, I'll have one for the television in the basement too!
My local best buy said they won't be getting them for 3 weeks! I'm wondering if I asked the wrong person..
hpatel said:
My local best buy said they won't be getting them for 3 weeks! I'm wondering if I asked the wrong person..
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probably that person didn't know.
I know the BB i went to had some (but sold out by the time I got there). First two guys I asked didn't know what it was, next guy said that they won't carry it till next week
I got mines today!. I called the bestbuy by my job and the girl told me that they had 8 in stock but to get there fast...she wasn't kidding I went in and there was a buy behind me buying one to. I called about a hour later and they sold out! I tried it out at work and it's great! When I got home I set it up again and netflix really does stream in HD very very clear. Now that the sdk is released I can't wait to see what kind of support we will see for it I'm in love with it this is really the future of TV.:good:
I talked to someone at the local store and they said they would be getting there's tomorrow. Hopefully they will have them when they open.
Mine got them tonight. Reserved it from the site and picking it up tomorrow.... got one from Amazon coming Tuesday as well
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Got mine at a local Best Buy also.. On the website pretty much all of them in the immediate area were sold out, luckily this other one just had a truck come in with the first of their shipment. The guy in the TV section and the girl at the register told me it was asked about ALOT lol
Code still worked for Netflix also
Also got mine from my local Best Buy... They only had 7,and they weren't on the sales floor. The guy didn't even know what I was talking about, but I asked him to check the system and he found them in the back. One other person was there for them, and he bought 3.
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Yup, popped over to my BB this evening around 9 pm, and when I got there (back in the laptop/iPad area) I noticed one of the Geek Squad guys was on stocking duty...and one thing he was stocking on the peg rack was about 10 of the Chromecasts (peg didn't even have a tag on it yet). Once I waited for him to finish, I went over a picked up 2 of them. Though I did notice that while I waited for him to stock the shelf about 2 different BB employees grabbed one each, presumably to pay for them at the end of the night.
Interesting this is, before I headed over there, I saw online that that store (plus maybe one other that was several miles away) had them in stock for store pickup...but after I got home around 10pm, I looked online again and they only listed "Ship to Store - 3-5 days"...now unless the rest were snatched up by employees during the last 45 minutes of business hours, I can't imagine that customers bought them up, but who knows. Anyways I'm considering myself lucky to have gotten hooked up!!
By the way, is there a dedicated XDA forum branch for the Chromecast development or other discussion, other than this area? I'm assuming that there at least will be since the SDK is being released and many cool things should be on the horizon.
as a Best Buy employee, I'm proud to say, as soon as it came off our truck last night, I begged my manager to let me buy it before we closed. but in all fairness, just call your local store in the morning and see if they have any in yet. most stores only received 10 initially, but i know my store is getting another 35 in the next day or two.
just call and ask, if they have it, go buy it asap
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as a Best Buy employee, I'm proud to say, as soon as it came off our truck last night, I begged my manager to let me buy it before we closed. but in all fairness, just call your local store in the morning and see if they have any in yet. most stores only received 10 initially, but i know my store is getting another 35 in the next day or two.
just call and ask, if they have it, go buy it asap
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Hey thanks for chiming in here. I guess your experience goes to further support my observation at my local BB at around 8:45 pm local time this evening. Again as I said, it appeared that they were only then unpacking/unboxing these items and setting them up on store shelves. In the case of my store, they put it on an unlabeled peg tucked away on the same tiny wall as other miscellaneous USB dongles, almost like they didn't have a proper home for it (and in that case, good luck to anyone who is hoping to locate it in the store without first asking a BB employee to look it up!). At any rate, it appears that at least anyone with any tech savvy (i.e. BB employees and XDA members, lol) are all over these things, so I second reloaded's suggestion - unless you've already placed an online order somewhere, forget the online vendors and try hitting up your local Best Buys tomorrow AM, and then in the coming days. That is undoubtedly going to be your absolute best bet.
Was able to snag 2 at my local best buy. 1 for me, and another to see if I can flip for more money on eBay if they are as hard to come by as the nexus 4 launch. Here's to hoping !
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Wow....I just checked also. At 7:45 I called the only BB online close to me that still had them available. The girl checking told me the truck arrived not to long ago with 16 in the shipment. When I got mine (as stated earlier) at 8pm, they still had most left..Checking on the website again, they are ship to store now..
Jesus these things are like hotcakes lol...They are selling on Ebay for a pretty penny too!!
First Best Buy I went to this morning swore up and down there was no way to get them until next week. After asking another employee to check the SKU(9071056) and told me they did not have any in stock but the store about 10 min away still had all 10.
Ran over to the other store.. just as others have already said.. it was in the laptop section. They were still in a box on the counter. Netflix code was printed on the receipt.
Mine only had 3 when I got there (they were in a box by the online pick up guys) I got one and while I was chatting with the sales guy about it (he had a ton of questions) some geek squad came by and swooped up the other 2 to put on reserve for an online order. I was close to not getting mine too...
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I went to the 24 hour union square bestbuy the moment I saw you all saying bestbuy had it. I have mine backordered on Amazon so my patience was thin. The guys never hear or saw it before and had to hunt it down for a friend and I. I picked up 3 (my room, living room, girlfriend) and my cruel friend picked up the remaining 7 (wonder why). The workers got hyped by what we told them and said they guess they would pick one up at the next shipment and then a customer walked up and saw then said wow you cleaned house.
Going to try to find one of these today. Going to call ahead first when they open at 10am, hopefully they'll know what I'm talking about. lol.
Bought mine from Best Buy yesterday. Wasn't even on the shelf yet and heard I was the second person to buy one. Got the netflix offer too. I'm loving it.
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Going to try to find one of these today. Going to call ahead first when they open at 10am, hopefully they'll know what I'm talking about. lol.
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Just called, and they had none in stock, but said they might be getting 10 in tonight.
Got mine from Best Buy yesterday, just got the code for NetFlix in an email today.