Today [2]

[Jonathan_King]

Great, I'm so glad to hear everything worked out okay for you Kari.

 

[CarlTR6]

Yeah, everything is OK already. I went to interview today, armed with lawyer, a copy of an email offer from the vendor which mentioned the make, model and price of the phones, the receipt I got when I paid them, and documents showing that I had both customs declared and insured the package for exactly the same amount I had paid for. Two and half hours later I was cleared from the charges and went directly to nearest pub

The vendor called me tonight telling he transfers my money back asap, and the customs officer told I'll get my Nokia back later this week if everything is OK i.e. they find out it, too, is not stolen (they confiscated it when I told I had bought it from the same vendor).

Interesting experience, but not something I would like to experience again.

Good news. I am so glad it is getting worked out.

 

[CarlTR6]

This all sounds paltry compared to Kari's caper (glad to hear that it is almost all worked out), but I am going to post it anyway since if I don't vent I am going to go postal (pun intended). I know some may say that FedEx sux every day, and other will swear by their awesome service, but today... I HATE FedEx!!!

Here's the background:

Today my new RAM comes in the mail... at least it had better. :devil2:

Same here... out for delivery!

Well, to be exact it is new replacement RAM since the system builder I ordered from put the wrong she-ite in when they put it together (they accidentally downgraded me when the order puller read my build sheet incorrectly).

I get home last night and find no package on the stoop, but I didn't have the chance to check the tracking page until ~10PM. When I do, I am greeted with a lovely message of "Package not due for delivery". WTF?!? So, because the builder chose the 3-day shipping option to ship a package 50 miles and it happened to get to the local distribution center "overnight" (since there was a weekend in between), somebody gets to decide that my package isn't worthy for delivery even though it was ALREADY ON THE TRUCK AND OUT FOR DELIVERY???

So, I gear up to call them this morning, all pressed and clean and with my nice face on, when I check the tracking site just to make sure I have the times right, just to find out that THEY DECIDED TO NOT EVEN ATTEMPT DELIVERY TODAY!!!

Needless to say, 5 minutes into the call I lost my cool with the CSR. First off, he lied to me and said that it wasn't even on the truck yesterday and that it was probably just scanned incorrectly... "You can tell because the times are so close together."

Ummm, OK... you guys tell me... are these times too close together to make you think it was just a scanning error?

Apr 12, 2010 5:52 AM  At dest sort facility
Apr 12, 2010 7:29 AM  At local FedEx facility
Apr 12, 2010 9:59 AM  On FedEx vehicle for delivery
Apr 12, 2010 6:24 PM  At local FedEx facility
Apr 12, 2010 6:24 PM  At local FedEx facility  Package not due for delivery
Apr 12, 2010 8:14 PM  At local FedEx facility  Package not due for delivery
Apr 12, 2010 8:40 PM  At local FedEx facility

So, I called him on his lie, and he told me that the FedEx drivers are allowed to make the determination if they are able to delivery all of their packages or not, giving priority to the ones that need to be delivered by that date. When I asked him why it never made its way on the truck today, he said the driver probably determined that he wouldn't get the chance to deliver it today. So, rather than even trying, he is just going to leave it at the depot since the SHIPPER DID NOT PAY FOR FASTER SHIPPING???

"Well, that's not the reason, see they have many packages that need to be delivered by today, and since this one doesn't technically have to be delivered til tomorrow, it is the driver's choice as to whether or not they take the package on the truck."

Me: Y'know this is really unacceptable. Just because the shipper didn't pay for faster service (you can see I was hammering away at this point... as I could tell it was getting to him), I don't see how your drivers get to decide who does and does not get their packages on time. If this were the Postal Service or UPS they would have just delivered the d@mn thing!

(After that last bit he really started to come unchained.) "When is the package promised to be delivered?!?" he growled at me. "What does it say?!? Tomorrow, right? So, the driver should attempt to deliver your package tomorrow if he has time."

Me: First of all, it doesn't say promised to be delivered, it says estimated delivery, and in case you didn't know, estimates are frequently moved up. UPS does it all the time. But, now you are telling me that I might not even get the package tomorrow?!? Are you going to hold it up since I am now calling you about it???

"I, uh, I did not, uh, say that..." and then he went on to say the same thing over again about the driver choosing to deliver or not.

Then he decided that I was not going to let him skate on this and he needed to get rid of me, so he tried to tell me that he was going to call dispatch and see if they could deliver the package today. Yeah, right! All trucks are out for delivery, like you are really going to have someone make a special trip when your guys already had the package with them and they wouldn't even stop as they were passing by. Give me a break! So, what did my phone call net me?

Apr 13, 2010 10:02 AM  At local FedEx facility
Apr 13, 2010 10:02 AM  At local FedEx facility  Package not due for delivery

And the offer for me to take time off of work and drive to their distribution center to pick it up my d@mn self. Considering I am probably not going to have time tonight to swap the memory, that would be a wasted trip. No, I am going to make them earn the money that the shipper paid them. It just really frosts my cookies to get lied to on top of getting service this poor.

BTW, apparently since the date they keep sticking to is tomorrow, their system does not consider any of this to be an "Exception", even though it was already on the friggin' truck. So, I have not received any e-mail from them past the current status message that I received when I first entered my info on their site yesterday.

With my luck, this guy is going to get in contact with the driver to have him make the "determination" that my neighborhood is not safe enough to leave the package on the stoop even though it does not require signature, necessitating me to drive out there on Thursday to pick it up anyway.

Not my brightest moment. I usually handle myself a lot more professionally than this and usually get better results for it. Next time I'll just .

Yeah, like that'll happen. :sarc:

That is surely NOT customer service.

 

[Joan Archer]

Kari I'm pleased to hear that everything went OK for you, lets hope you don't have to wait too long to get your phone back.

 

[Dave76]

Kari, glad it worked out for you, somewhat.

Had a cake (with file) ready for you though, just in case

 

[Carl Lawrence]

I went to my voluntary workplace as I usually do on Wednesday. Only to find out that in the I.T. room that one of the ceiling panels has come down and it is closed for Health & Safety reasons. The good news is it came down without injuring anyone, so no-one can sue us a lot of money. Also the repair work will start tomorrow, so it should be repaired next week.

 

[sergiogarcia9]

Today i visited my friend in Germany who works for Adobe... and tried CS5! Really is amazing. Also he said he was gonna email me a key for CS5 later on, for when i can download the trial
Oh and i brought a lot of beer back with me

 

[LADYPINKtomato1]

Kari congrats on your outcome with those phones.. I really hate when junk like that happens.. to good people.
Is it now time to party ?....lol
Anyway enjoy your day !!!

 

[LADYPINKtomato1]

This all sounds paltry compared to Kari's caper (glad to hear that it is almost all worked out), but I am going to post it anyway since if I don't vent I am going to go postal (pun intended). I know some may say that FedEx sux every day, and other will swear by their awesome service, but today... I HATE FedEx!!!

Here's the background:

Same here... out for delivery!

Well, to be exact it is new replacement RAM since the system builder I ordered from put the wrong she-ite in when they put it together (they accidentally downgraded me when the order puller read my build sheet incorrectly).

I get home last night and find no package on the stoop, but I didn't have the chance to check the tracking page until ~10PM. When I do, I am greeted with a lovely message of "Package not due for delivery". WTF?!? So, because the builder chose the 3-day shipping option to ship a package 50 miles and it happened to get to the local distribution center "overnight" (since there was a weekend in between), somebody gets to decide that my package isn't worthy for delivery even though it was ALREADY ON THE TRUCK AND OUT FOR DELIVERY???

So, I gear up to call them this morning, all pressed and clean and with my nice face on, when I check the tracking site just to make sure I have the times right, just to find out that THEY DECIDED TO NOT EVEN ATTEMPT DELIVERY TODAY!!!

Needless to say, 5 minutes into the call I lost my cool with the CSR. First off, he lied to me and said that it wasn't even on the truck yesterday and that it was probably just scanned incorrectly... "You can tell because the times are so close together."

Ummm, OK... you guys tell me... are these times too close together to make you think it was just a scanning error?

Apr 12, 2010 5:52 AM  At dest sort facility
Apr 12, 2010 7:29 AM  At local FedEx facility
Apr 12, 2010 9:59 AM  On FedEx vehicle for delivery
Apr 12, 2010 6:24 PM  At local FedEx facility
Apr 12, 2010 6:24 PM  At local FedEx facility  Package not due for delivery
Apr 12, 2010 8:14 PM  At local FedEx facility  Package not due for delivery
Apr 12, 2010 8:40 PM  At local FedEx facility

So, I called him on his lie, and he told me that the FedEx drivers are allowed to make the determination if they are able to delivery all of their packages or not, giving priority to the ones that need to be delivered by that date. When I asked him why it never made its way on the truck today, he said the driver probably determined that he wouldn't get the chance to deliver it today. So, rather than even trying, he is just going to leave it at the depot since the SHIPPER DID NOT PAY FOR FASTER SHIPPING???

"Well, that's not the reason, see they have many packages that need to be delivered by today, and since this one doesn't technically have to be delivered til tomorrow, it is the driver's choice as to whether or not they take the package on the truck."

Me: Y'know this is really unacceptable. Just because the shipper didn't pay for faster service (you can see I was hammering away at this point... as I could tell it was getting to him), I don't see how your drivers get to decide who does and does not get their packages on time. If this were the Postal Service or UPS they would have just delivered the d@mn thing!

(After that last bit he really started to come unchained.) "When is the package promised to be delivered?!?" he growled at me. "What does it say?!? Tomorrow, right? So, the driver should attempt to deliver your package tomorrow if he has time."

Me: First of all, it doesn't say promised to be delivered, it says estimated delivery, and in case you didn't know, estimates are frequently moved up. UPS does it all the time. But, now you are telling me that I might not even get the package tomorrow?!? Are you going to hold it up since I am now calling you about it???

"I, uh, I did not, uh, say that..." and then he went on to say the same thing over again about the driver choosing to deliver or not.

Then he decided that I was not going to let him skate on this and he needed to get rid of me, so he tried to tell me that he was going to call dispatch and see if they could deliver the package today. Yeah, right! All trucks are out for delivery, like you are really going to have someone make a special trip when your guys already had the package with them and they wouldn't even stop as they were passing by. Give me a break! So, what did my phone call net me?

Apr 13, 2010 10:02 AM  At local FedEx facility
Apr 13, 2010 10:02 AM  At local FedEx facility  Package not due for delivery

And the offer for me to take time off of work and drive to their distribution center to pick it up my d@mn self. Considering I am probably not going to have time tonight to swap the memory, that would be a wasted trip. No, I am going to make them earn the money that the shipper paid them. It just really frosts my cookies to get lied to on top of getting service this poor.

BTW, apparently since the date they keep sticking to is tomorrow, their system does not consider any of this to be an "Exception", even though it was already on the friggin' truck. So, I have not received any e-mail from them past the current status message that I received when I first entered my info on their site yesterday.

With my luck, this guy is going to get in contact with the driver to have him make the "determination" that my neighborhood is not safe enough to leave the package on the stoop even though it does not require signature, necessitating me to drive out there on Thursday to pick it up anyway.

Not my brightest moment. I usually handle myself a lot more professionally than this and usually get better results for it. Next time I'll just .

Yeah, like that'll happen. :sarc:

That is surely NOT customer service.

Vulcan..No it isn't good service from FedEx.
however I've had some great ones.. with FedEx.. when I appied for my passport to go to Canada and NewEngland.. in the fall of 2008..22 day trip.. I needed it...rushed up.. paid the extra fees.. one early morning a few days later.. my door bell rang.. there stood the FedEx guy with my passport.. ( only 10 days from when I applied for it..)
I've hoping you get your pkg.. today if possible... Good luck !!

 

[sergiogarcia9]

Now, 247 rep points from 6500 reps aka A medal, i am going to sleep
Hopefully i will receive my new pc case tomorrow and can create the tutorial "How to install a motherboard into a case" and have it done by the end of the day

G'night all

 

[VulcanSoulPatch]

Thanks LPt, I hope it arrives today, too. I know ppl have gotten great service from them otherwise they would not be as successful as they are, but I have not had much experience and this makes me a little anxious about getting anything else delivered by them. At least when the UPS driver made a mistake during the last week of December (he thought our building was closed so he didn't stop by), even though the package was also two days early the CS at UPS bent over backwards to move it to a facility near me so that I could pick it up on my way home. That was awesome.

UPDATE: I checked the FedEx site ~8:30am and there was no info regarding delivery (UPS usually updates ~6:30am or so as being "Out for Delivery"). I was a little peeved, but decided to wait until after 10am since that was when it was updated on Monday. Well, I got busy here at work and did not have the opp until just now. Low and behold at NOON there was an "On FedEx vehicle for delivery" status update. I guess that means I should be getting it by 6:30pm or so, right? :sarc: Let's hope it is all in one piece. Good thing I have to leave early today to get my son from daycare, so I will be home if they need a sig even if they come before 5pm.

VSP

 

[VulcanSoulPatch]

Time to find a helpful post from SG9 so that he will only have 246 rep to go.

VSP

 

[mpcrsc562]

Today...?

Pretty good day for being a school day. Before taking the 4 y.o. to school, we engaged in a versus game of Peggle. Makes her day to turn on the computer and start the game.

Right now... fired up the pit and got some chicken thighs and cajun seasoned salmon soaking up the hickory smoke...

 

[VulcanSoulPatch]

Today... I am driving down to the LBZ!

My memory arrived, intact, and less than three hours after being loaded on the truck. :sarc: Makes you wonder why they couldn't have sent somebody out yesterday since they only loaded it at noon today. Oh, well... it is here.

VSP

 

[mpcrsc562]

Today... I am driving down to the LBZ!

SoCal? Forgive my ignorance, but what or where is LBZ?

 

[FoxIX]

Congrats to you VulcanSoulPatch and you Kari for having your problems sorted. As mentioned in a previous post, shame these things happen to nice people.

Sergiogarcia9: looking forward to that tutorial as I'm planning to build my own pc and will find it very helpful. Will you be talking about compatibility issues, etc? Cos I always get confused over what works with what and doesn't work with that and this and such and such. lol

Well, today my friend and I decided to have a study session together to get back into a working routine before we start back on our courses after easter (at uni ). Needless to say, lovely day, sitting outside and we just ended up talking the whole time and didn't actually get any work done

Apart from that, just been checking what I need to study ready for my exams in may. Er, basically EVERYTHING!!!

p.s. Love the quote:

frosts my cookies

Can't remember who said that now, but it's great!

 

[VulcanSoulPatch]

Oh, uh, erm... my mistake. Your questioning it made me question it, so I Googled it and found out that I have been under a false impression all these years. I've seen the LBZ sticker around and heard it in a Sublime song, so I thought it referred to Long Beach... heh... now I see it is motocross apparel.

Looks like I am not the only one to make that mistake (from 50's Road Worn Tele Club - Page 10 - Telecaster Guitar Forum:

for a artist I work for & jam with for fun
Eric Wilson (Sublime's Bassist) (LBZ,CA.)

VSP

 

[VulcanSoulPatch]

p.s. Love the quote:

frosts my cookies

Can't remember who said that now, but it's great!

I don't remember who the originator is now, or if I even ever knew, but it is one of my favorites. Safe to use in all settings.

VSP

 

[CarlTR6]

Today... I am driving down to the LBZ!

My memory arrived, intact, and less than three hours after being loaded on the truck. :sarc: Makes you wonder why they couldn't have sent somebody out yesterday since they only loaded it at noon today. Oh, well... it is here.

VSP

Glad to hear it finally arrived.

 

[Uber Philf]

Today, been onto the phone with my ISP... again, as my internet has been playing up for the last 3 weeks...