A Day in the life....  

Entries in online shopping (4)

Thursday
Oct012009

More, more, more!

Can there ever be too much of a good thing?

I guess you could have too much fun at the pub...

or too many Chihuahuas (hello!!!)

or even o.d. on the smell of your grandson's head...

Okay, strike that last one! You absolutely cannot get enough of the smell of a baby's head. Although two weekends ago it smelled like ketchup during the football game. K1 and I could not figure it out...

But here's the thing? can you ever have too many of these?

Black Keens....

Yes... I have a few pairs...

But this new pair.... they hit all my criteria!

  1. On sale!
  2. Online! 
  3. Black
  4. Keens
  5. Free Shipping!

If you want a pair... they're at Sierra Trading Post. Order a half size larger. And they're narrow too. Even with a half size larger, socks might not work out!

Thursday
Jul022009

Work Ethic

It's not a full on pet peeve, but this is the kind of stuff that makes me wonder how some companies remain successful. Or at lease clarifies why they aren't more successful.

Here's the online update on the package I'm expecting today.

Please note the "estimated delivery date" of July 2nd. Estimated.

Then please note that the package was at the local facility closest to my home on July 1st at 6:58 am. Plenty of time for delivery. Was it delivered. No, it was not. Why not?

Because at 8:30am someone tagged it as "Package not due for delivery"

I guess you wouldn't want to exceed anyone's expectations by delivering the package before the "estimated delivery date".

Please don't do anymore than you have to in order to get by.

In fact if it got here by Monday, that would probably be okay too.

What the heck... they could probably ship it to Portland and back while they kill time waiting for the "estimated delivery date".

 Just for fun.

Signed,

Not Impressed

 

Thursday
Jun252009

Camera Shopping

Just a brief endorsement for the company I bought my camera from.

If you've ever shopped for a camera online, you've probably found all the cut rate price shops that sound too good to be true. They generally are. Their low, low prices lure you in and then they practice the bait and switch. So I did a lot of research over the course of serveral days trying to find a decent price AND actually recieve my order.

One of the best sites I found is called Reseller Ratings. Through them you can either look up a specific store, or you can search for the item you want, they will show you stores that have it and you can see actual ratings of the stores.

It was through them that I saw the ratings behind some of these "too good to be true" prices and the horror stories of people that had fallen for them.... or had barely escaped. Grey market products, over charged for cut rate lenses, sold warranties that already came with the camera... Ugly.

Through them I found Cameta Camera (who had a great rating) and placed my order (through amazon). I did not anticipate getting a faulty camera, and when I did, I thought it would be a major hassle. Cameta made sure it wasn't. There were no recordings or evasions... just a real person on the customer service line who had a "let's get it taken care of" attitude. When they missed their anticipated ship date for my replacement camera, they overnighted it at no cost.

Yes, I'm happy with the camera.

But I'm equally happy with Cameta!

AG out!

 

Saturday
May022009

Fetish

Yes, I have a problem. It's taking over my feet.

Keens...

I wore them all winter. Remember these?

Yes... I wore them all winter. And I wore my Keen sandals all summer and fall.

So when I wore my hiking boots a couple weeks ago my feet rebelled. My pinky toes looked like little raspberries for the next two days. My hiking boots are not Keens and my feet could tell.

Actually, I should say that my hiking boots were not Keens. Cuz baby... They are now!!! Say hello to my new bedroom slippers hiking boots... Girls!

Aren't they sexy? And they're mine! All mine!

Even better... I ordered them on line on Monday at lunch last week. They were delivered to my office 23 hours later! Seriously.

Oh, and better than that? 15% off!

Let's sum up...

  • Addicted to Keens
  • Sexy new boots
  • Bought online
  • Insanely fast delivery
  • More comfortable than bedroom slippers
  • Less than full price

I rest my case!