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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.
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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. :|
itsbeertimenow said:
...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
fleurdelisxliv said:
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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So I just got done on the phone with Google and was extra pissed this morning. I explained how I preordered the N7 and it came after I went and got one (defective) from Sam's Club. The guy was pretty sympathetic and explained that the N7 wasn't supposed to be sold in retail stores until July 22nd! Apparently one guy made a mistake that let one store (Wouldn't tell me what store) start selling the N7. Other retailers said that if _____ is selling the N7, we should too.
Pretty crazy that this whole mess was because of ONE PERSON.
He also said I was the first person that he'd talked to that has had two defective devices. He went on by saying that out of all the N7s only 1% are defective. Sounds like TOTAL BS.
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im pretty sure he told you that just to get you off the phone...
But i know a few stores like Adorama and Ebuyer started selling the Nexus 7 around 5th or 11th.. then Google supposedly told them to go back to pre-order
Google messed up by not having enough of stock and hiring people off the street to ship these things
http://www.gottabemobile.com/2012/07/12/google-nexus-7-release-date-remains-unclear/
Launch is over, crap happens all the time, not sure why anyone would care at this point.
Maybe some people won't do preorders next time.. Don't see how that is going to hurt anyone including Google. Hot products will always have demand.
Time to move on to current topics... Not rehash the past.
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I fail to understand how this is a "messed up" launch when Google didn't give an official release date. Also, 8GB preorders through the Play store are being fulfilled just fine.
If anything, the retailers are the ones messing it up.
Stop whining and go do something useful.
Pretty sure the failure rate is well below the 1% (which is what this sorta consumer electronics rate is typically measured against). Google will have surely sold millions of these suckers by now, so there will naturally be plenty of threads of people that have problems, just like there are plenty of threads about any other consumer device.
Just be thankful it's nowhere close to the the 60% failure rate of the Xbox360. The worst consumer product in the history of man....
I'm sure most people blame Gamestop for selling them too soon. I know people who work there and the go-ahead came from Google. If that was the "mistake" then so be it. Holding them all back to the 22nd is just silly though. If the devices were in the store around the 6th then Google should have shipped them then so we could all have them on the 12th.
As far as the defective units, 1-3 percent is the norm and I think that's probably where the Nexus falls. I'd imagine it's closer to 3 because of the screen "washed out" issue that will go unreported by many.
So far I'm aware of
- ghosting which seems to hit only pre-release white units
- dead pixels, often forming a line
- raised screen
- other hardware faults such as speakers not being connected, headphone jack giving distorted sound etc..
Complainers are louder than the satisfied. My first unit from Staples is perfect and the second that I received yesterday from B&H is perfect too. The touch input settings are on both are a little overly sensitive but an OTA update will correct that.
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I fail to understand how this is a "messed up" launch when Google didn't give an official release date. Also, 8GB preorders through the Play store are being fulfilled just fine.
If anything, the retailers are the ones messing it up.
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The retailers were given a tentative release date and told they could start shipping on the 12th, the same day the Nexus 7 arrived in their inventory.
http://www.androidauthority.com/office-depot-nexus-7-launch-july-12-100540/
Google pushed it back at the last minute and someone didn't listen.
No one jumped the gun, unless the gunshot in this scenario meant "Wait, wait, don't go!"
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Pretty crazy that this whole mess was because of ONE PERSON.
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Typically phone support personnel are at the bottom of the corporate ladder and would have no inside knowledge other than their own unsubstantiated speculation.
He was just being a tool....
I work on phones as well, and I don't make up bull****. Reason being: Calls are recorded, so you have to be able to back up what you say, period.
Anyhow, The usual rule of thumb is that people with a happy experience hardly look to go out of their way on a forum to comment how nice it is.. on the other hand.. when something is working terribly, they flock to websites and forums to complain.
Seeing as only a small percentage of us are having issues, and even we're just a small amount of total buyers out there. I'd say everything has gone well enough so far.
Nobody cares. Move on.
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Its was justt chaos. Im sorry for the PS orderers. Gamestop allowed me to pick mine up on the 13th
Some of the Uk members who ordered from eBuyer might have got it earlier than I did
Hey guys just passing along my horror story from the Google Play Store. So I pre-ordered my Nex7 on June 29th cool, got it on July 17th. Opened it up and started charging it. It doesn't accept a charge from the included charger, or so I tried 3 other chargers no go, tried from my computer to the tablet and it lets me access the internal storage like it should but alas, no charging. Factory reset no go, long story short I'm not a Android noob my any means and tried everything because honestly who wants to mail back their new toy? Called support waited on hold for a little over an hour which was expected because I'm sure a ton of people were calling asking where theirs as at so it is what it is. So it gets sent to the "Internal" team for RMA and exchange and they will Email me my UPS stuff. So 4 days later I get the email (July 21st) and I ship it back on the following Monday (July 23rd) and order the new one the same day which the pre-authorized my card for the 249.99 in case I never send back my original makes sense ok. Normally the new one is mailed out in 3 days or so. So Thursday (July 26th) rolls around and Google gets my old tablet and mine still hasn't shipped. So finally on Monday (July 29th) I call to ask if something is wrong or whatever because I still haven't seen anything on my replacement tablet and I get the explanation of it's "Stuck" and the "Internal" team is looking into it. So at that point I'm curious what stuck actually is? I've sent in my old one and it was received and I've ordered my new one with was pre-authorized. She didn't know but assured me I'd get an email VERY soon on it. So fast forward to today (August 13th) I've called once a week to inquire about it and I'm still being polite about it because I've had to work customer service when I was younger and I know these poor people get freaked out on by tons of callers even though they didn't do anything wrong. Today I was told that apparently the ENTIRE internal team was in a meeting until noon today (Right?) and the CSR I talked to today would personally talk to a few of them because it's been 3 weeks since I put in my order for a replacement and it SHOULD take roughly 3 day (I'm not holding my breath).
So basically I'm failing to see the problem here. They received my old one, they've charged me for a new one, but it hasn't been sent. I'm not understanding why it takes 3 weeks to solve this problem on my it's "Stuck" when it should take about 30 seconds to look at my account and see everything is as it should be and send the new one.
On a side note I never activated it on my account so it's not like there's a $20 credit they're trying to sort out or anything it's all about as strait forward of an exchange as you can get. I've already purchased a Nexus 7 from Sams Club (Before mine ever came in the mail) and this one was suppose to be for my girl friend and now she's mad because she loves mine and wants her own. I doubt even if this gets resolved today I'll ever buy from them again and if it doesn't get resolved I guess I'll return it and drive 10 minutes to Walmart and buy one.
Sorry if it seems like a rant but I figured I'd just share my current experience with the Play Store.
why not just ask google for a refund and buy it locally?
neotekz said:
why not just ask google for a refund and buy it locally?
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he'll wait a long, long time for his money back if he does that. Day 15(in terms of business/working days) since i refused delivery of my tablet and still no refund in sight.
Check this out I have been submitting a return request every monday or tuesday for 3 straight weeks. Absolutely nothing. I hate waiting on the phone but I guess I will have to. Why do they have the form there when they never answer the requests? I'm not picky about customer service but this is terrible.
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Check this out I have been submitting a return request every monday or tuesday for 3 straight weeks. Absolutely nothing. I hate waiting on the phone but I guess I will have to. Why do they have the form there when they never answer the requests? I'm not picky about customer service but this is terrible.
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Rofl I love your messages
neotekz said:
why not just ask google for a refund and buy it locally?
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Ten_fold is correct, it will take 2 weeks to get my money back even though they've had my original device in their hands for a "Pending" exchange for almost a month now. I'm not really picky or anything but this whole thing is pretty nuts. Honestly at my job if I did stuff like this I'm pretty sure I'd be fired pretty quick especially since this isn't even anything special just mail the Fing thing out.
Clienterror said:
Ten_fold is correct, it will take 2 weeks to get my money back even though they've had my original device in their hands for a "Pending" exchange for almost a month now. I'm not really picky or anything but this whole thing is pretty nuts. Honestly at my job if I did stuff like this I'm pretty sure I'd be fired pretty quick especially since this isn't even anything special just mail the Fing thing out.
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I'm not super stressed about it, but having £168 of my money taken away from me for almost a month, for an item i technically never even received is beyond a joke really.
I refused my order from the Play Store as instructed by Google when they wouldn't let me cancel. A month on and I'm still waiting for my refund.
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haloimplant said:
Check this out I have been submitting a return request every monday or tuesday for 3 straight weeks. Absolutely nothing. I hate waiting on the phone but I guess I will have to. Why do they have the form there when they never answer the requests? I'm not picky about customer service but this is terrible.
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Where did you get a summary of your inquires like that? I would love to see mine.
I have been waiting since July 24 for my refund I phone them and they don't seem bothered what a bunch of jokers google you are the worse company of 2012 in my books.
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Where did you get a summary of your inquires like that? I would love to see mine.
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It's the Google Wallet transaction page.
I had a very similar experience with Logitech, and after I sent a formal written complaint they sent me a free G700 gaming mouse ($100 value).
I'd recommend actually reaching out to Google in a formal and professional manner. See if you can find the email address for a customer service member, or someone a little higher up the food chain.
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
Sofitos said:
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 purchased the Galaxy Note 3 on the 3rd. Called every day for a week to the AT&T store that is roughly 1 hour from my house (90 minutes from my jobsite). I confirmed with them via the phone, that I could purchase the phone flat out, cash in hand with no problems. Just walk in, cash, phone, I walk out. Just to be 110% sure I talked to the AT&T website live chat, and told them that this ATT store told me i could buy it flat out with cash. Again, they said it would be no problem.
I called at 1330 (ups truck shows up between 1200 and 1500hrs) and they had it in, I asked the lady if they still had the White version, she laughed and said yes. I beat cheeks to my truck, and headed over to the ATT store. I walked in, told them I was the one calling. The gentleman knew what i was referencing to, and went and grabbed the phone. Asked me if I wanted a case and screen protector (i did) and proceeded to install the screen protector and case. Then asked for my Cell Number. I gave it to them, but heres the thing, I am with Straight Talk (walmart) and I only wanted the phone. Here they start telling me that I have to sign up for a new subscription that was going to cost me at least 70 smackaroos 50 for plan 20 data. I tried to remain calm, and told her that is not what was agreed upon on the phone. Then she took a few employees to the back, talked a bit, then came back out and told me in hushed tone, that they arent supposed to sell that phone outright, only with new plans, and new agreements, but would sell it to me since i called all week and was told the wrong information and drove all that way to get the phone on a work day (missing work). They said from now on, with new releases, I can only outright buy a phone from best buy, or walmart style retailers, not official ATT vendors. I nodded my head, in compliance.
So when the guy asked how to activate it, i grabbed it from him, threw my ST card in, and my SD card, and booted her up, she activated like a champ. Changed the MVNO and the MMSC settings so I could enable DATA and MMC SMSes after they did their verification call, and I was gone like the wind.
So far I LOVE LOVE LOVE the new phone. Been playing with it since the 3rd. The battery life is great, played with the HTC One blinkfeed and kinda liked the idea of flipping news when im bored, so the SGN3's magazine is a welcome (and unobtrusive) way to do exactly what I wanted. The new pen is nifty, and solves my "now which way does it go back in again?" dillema i would have in the dark. The dimensions are so similar that i could actually put the phone in my older SGN2 case and it fit (albeit a little akwardly on edges). Decided to go with the Incipio Folio case in white, and the "washable" screen protector that released along side the SGN3. I love the screen protector, does not distract from image quality like some of my other ones, and also has been far more scratch resistant. Also the pen touch feel is good, not dragging or slowing it down in any way. Almost fell the tactile slip of the grid as well, not sure how thats happening.
So how are you loving your new SGN3? Have you had any vendors tell you they couldn't sell a device outright?
I am overwhelmed by its functionality. I would really like to be able to utilize more of its functions, especially pen based ones. Still learning I think by the time I kinda sorta master it the Note 4 will be out LOL
I'm enjoying, while I didn't buy it outright. I'm still having fun learning this device.
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