Lost Hawaiian
Newly Enlightened
So I received this email the other day that I thought was rather amusing, which made me think of another situation which was actually funny (at least to my wife and I).
I wanted to share them with you good folks here, but I didn't think they were thread-worthy on their own, so I combined them. Thus, for the low, low price of a single mouse-click you get two tales and three queries.
It's rather late here, and I will probably ramble on, so if you don't feel like reading, I won't be offended if you hit the back button.
Sub-thread #1)
I got an email on Monday (10/4) titled "Order #XXXXXX from YYYYYY has shipped".
Now, YYYYYY is a well respected CPF dealer with whom I have done and will continue to do a fair amount of ordering from, but for the life of me, I couldn't think of anything I had purchased from them recently. :shrug:
<<Flashback>>
Sub-thread #2)
If you have ever watched any of the big home shopping channels, you know that they have hourly segments where they feature a specific type or brand of product.
Well, my wife and I both enjoy cooking, and a few years ago we were slowly building a nice collection of Roy Yamaguchi cookware (which we still use daily). They were going to have an hour long show, but it was scheduled in the wee hours of the morning. We had watched a portion of it on an earlier showing, but missed most of the products (darn job, always taking up so much time).
I fell asleep with the TV watching me, and the next morning told my wife I had dreamed about watching the show (I know, I need to get a life! :sigh
.
We finally caught the whole program later that week and ended up ordering a pressure cooker.
The following Tuesday, it's on my doorstep when I arrive home (don't you love having presents, I mean packages waiting on you? :twothumbs). We use it that night and it's great.
Well, 3 days later, another package on my doorstep?!? Same contents. I have no idea how they messed up my order, but if they sent me 2, who knows how many they carged me for? I call them up to straighten things out and discover the culprit...ME.
Evidently I had not been dreaming, but had actually called in and placed an order at 3:30am. :sleepy: I had no recollection of it other than a quickly vanished thought in the morning.
<<Flashforward>>
#1 cont.)
Had I done it again? Had my subconcious been tapping my paycheck?
I opened and read my email. It turns out that they were shipping an item I had ordered previously, but was out of stock. I remember that I had called them then to find out how long the wait would be, They told me they didn't have a specific date, but most likely 3-4 weeks...
The date of the original order...
6/11/2009
17 months to fulfill the order. I called the company to ask them about it. Not to complain, but just out of sheer curiosity. The friendly fellow I spoke with and I both got a good chuckle out of the situation. He told me that he had no clue how the order had gotten "stuck" in limbo for so long, then suddenly spit out to be shipped.
BTW, the item was a $10 strap for a bag which I still use for EDC.
Disclaimer: This is not to be taken as a rant in any way. I just thought it was funny how things finally come around sometimes.
Which leads me to my queries:
1) Do you ever order things and forget about them until they show up?
2) Do you ever feel addicted to online shopping? Sometimes I wonder how folks' spending habits have changed with the streamlining of internet commerce.
3) Got any strange/funny stories you'd like to share?
Note: This is NOT the complaint department. I like this to be an amusing thread strictly for light reading.
Rich
I wanted to share them with you good folks here, but I didn't think they were thread-worthy on their own, so I combined them. Thus, for the low, low price of a single mouse-click you get two tales and three queries.
It's rather late here, and I will probably ramble on, so if you don't feel like reading, I won't be offended if you hit the back button.
Sub-thread #1)
I got an email on Monday (10/4) titled "Order #XXXXXX from YYYYYY has shipped".
Now, YYYYYY is a well respected CPF dealer with whom I have done and will continue to do a fair amount of ordering from, but for the life of me, I couldn't think of anything I had purchased from them recently. :shrug:<<Flashback>>
Sub-thread #2)
If you have ever watched any of the big home shopping channels, you know that they have hourly segments where they feature a specific type or brand of product.
Well, my wife and I both enjoy cooking, and a few years ago we were slowly building a nice collection of Roy Yamaguchi cookware (which we still use daily). They were going to have an hour long show, but it was scheduled in the wee hours of the morning. We had watched a portion of it on an earlier showing, but missed most of the products (darn job, always taking up so much time).
I fell asleep with the TV watching me, and the next morning told my wife I had dreamed about watching the show (I know, I need to get a life! :sigh
.We finally caught the whole program later that week and ended up ordering a pressure cooker.
The following Tuesday, it's on my doorstep when I arrive home (don't you love having presents, I mean packages waiting on you? :twothumbs). We use it that night and it's great.
Well, 3 days later, another package on my doorstep?!? Same contents. I have no idea how they messed up my order, but if they sent me 2, who knows how many they carged me for? I call them up to straighten things out and discover the culprit...ME.
Evidently I had not been dreaming, but had actually called in and placed an order at 3:30am. :sleepy: I had no recollection of it other than a quickly vanished thought in the morning.
<<Flashforward>>
#1 cont.)
Had I done it again? Had my subconcious been tapping my paycheck?
I opened and read my email. It turns out that they were shipping an item I had ordered previously, but was out of stock. I remember that I had called them then to find out how long the wait would be, They told me they didn't have a specific date, but most likely 3-4 weeks...
The date of the original order...
6/11/2009
17 months to fulfill the order. I called the company to ask them about it. Not to complain, but just out of sheer curiosity. The friendly fellow I spoke with and I both got a good chuckle out of the situation. He told me that he had no clue how the order had gotten "stuck" in limbo for so long, then suddenly spit out to be shipped.
BTW, the item was a $10 strap for a bag which I still use for EDC.
Disclaimer: This is not to be taken as a rant in any way. I just thought it was funny how things finally come around sometimes.
Which leads me to my queries:
1) Do you ever order things and forget about them until they show up?
2) Do you ever feel addicted to online shopping? Sometimes I wonder how folks' spending habits have changed with the streamlining of internet commerce.
3) Got any strange/funny stories you'd like to share?
Note: This is NOT the complaint department. I like this to be an amusing thread strictly for light reading.
Rich
