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It just goes from bad to worse. I need those monitors in the next 5 to 6 hours, but they're not even in a box! I ordered these monitors Tuesday morning before 9 AM. That means that I placed that order before 6 AM Amazon time. Not kidding. And they couldn't get them in a box on Tuesday. They couldn't get them in a box on Wednesday. They couldn't get them in a box last night. They can't get them in someone's car to zip them over here today. They just can't seem to get these monitors to me, but they're more than willing to sell someone else these monitors today and send them to that person TOMORROW. You have got to be kidding me. I have a meeting at 4PM. I have to get these monitors hooked up and working this morning. Where the fuck are my monitors? Oh and look. When I go fucking back to grand the screenshot, they're now saying next Tuesday. Are you kidding me? You'll have to take my word for it. Ten minutes before I started writing this, you could get those monitors tomorrow, but not me.
This happens every single goddamned time I order any hard good from Amazon. They just can't get it to me, and nothing does any good to get it to me ON TIME! I remember, and so do you, when everything on Amazon was 2 day shipping. Now, it's just as slow as it was 20 years ago. I mean, you might as well mail me a fucking catalog and let me fill out the page in the back then mail it back to the company with a check so that they can mail me the products. It'd probably be faster! By the way, that is actually before my time. That's my mother's time.
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I guess I might as well update this mega-fight to get two monitors and a splitter because I had a monitor die on me last week. In true Amazon fashion, they have shipped the splitter without the monitors, and it will be here today. The monitors, however, have not even been put in a box. Right. This is incredibly frustrating and happens every time I order from Amazon. The splitter is 100% useless without the monitors. I'd contact customer service, but that's a nightmare and rarely results in anything positive. Sometimes, they even lie so that you'll go away. I had that problem with a weedeater I bought. They would NOT put that thing in a box or slap a label on it. Three days after I ordered it, I contacted them. I really couldn't wait any longer. I ordered the weedeater on a Monday and it was Wednesday, and I needed the equipment FRIDAY! I had also ordered some extra string. The string got to me on Friday after I talked to them. I was also supposed to get a $20 credit, if I contacted them again after the weedeater arrived because the shipping was that slow. Needless to say, I got busy and contacted them again about 2 or 3 weeks later. There was no credit. I, instead, got a $10 credit because the first agent lied.
You would think they would learn that shipping speeds are part of the customer experience, and slow shipping can mean a negative experience regardless of the quality of the thing. Slow shipping makes Amazon look bad, and it makes the company look bad. 99 percent of my reviews should really be - Product is great, but good luck getting it on time. Unfortunately, Amazon doesn't like you talking about the shipping speeds in the reviews, so you just don't know if everyone got their stuff on time. That would probably influence 75 percent of all purchases if people were like - Yeah, I ordered this on the 1st and got it on the 7th. they didn't slap it in a box until the 6th. that's not okay. And when 11 AM rolls around today, those monitors are going to be late. When they're not here by tomorrow at 11 AM, they're going to REALLY be late because that's the time I really really really need them. I need time to set them up and test them and organize them before I attend an online meeting. But Amazon just can't seem to get anything in a box on time.
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As some of you may know, one of my monitors blew up last Tuesday night (July 23, 2024). Since then, I’ve done about everything I can do to get a second monitor on this machine. It’s all failed. Let’s take a look at what I tried, why it failed, what I ended up doing, and why that almost failed.
What Happened to the Monitor?
I run two monitors, and I’ve run two monitors for 10 years. In 2020, I upgraded the whole system. I got a new workstation, versus a standard computer. It was refurbished, so perfectly affordable. And I bought 2 22” refurbished monitors. Prior to this, I was using 2 19” monitors. Now, one of these monitors has been jinky since the beginning. However, I have to keep working. I didn’t have time to send it back. Three and a half years later, that monitor was awfully red when I first started it in the morning. This went on for a couple weeks, so, I know it’s dying. But I’m going to get every bit of life out of that monitor.
Read more: I Almost Made a Terrible Mistake When Ordering My New Monitors and HDMI Monitor Splitter
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I am sick and fucking tired of signing up for accounts to do certain things, and those website are anywhere from 50 percent to 75 percent BROKEN. Take your fucking upgrades and features and shove them up your tail end without lube. I’m tired of it. It ends up wasting a whole lot of my time that I can’t bill for. That’s right. You wasted my time, and YOU want ME to PAY you for it. I don’t think so. If anything, I should be sending you a bill.
Mail Chimp
This was bought by a financial institution at some point, and you can tell. It’s more broken than ever. A couple years ago, 98 percent of what you saw in your account worked. There were a couple hiccups that were annoying, but not overly so. Mostly, there were just templates you couldn’t use, and you were limited to X number of subscribers. That’s perfectly reasonable. Today, 75 percent of that website is broken.
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With the temperatures heating up, you may be ready to spend some time in your personal outdoor above ground or in-ground pool, and if you have one, you’re doing better than me. Writers can’t afford pools in their backyards, at least, we can’t afford houses with ready-to-go pools in our backyards. We might be able to afford a fixer-upper that needs a complete pool overhaul…. But anyway, I think we can all agree that lounging by the pool is a great way to relax and unwind and enjoy a book, like The Tiny Vampire From Outer Space That’s Bitey XIV: Vampire Vacation.
But Before You get in the Pool, Make Sure It’s Ready
If you live in a colder climate, like Indiana, you’re probably just now unwrapping your pool from the winter or at least, thinking about it. It’s still cold up here. It’s June 2, 2024, and the outside temperature is 68 degree. It’s cloudy and raining. Not a good day to go swimming up here, but it is a good day to start thinking about unwrapping your pool for the summer, cleaning it and getting it properly sanitized.
Read more: Are You Ready to Grab a Good Book, Lounge by Your Pool or Take a Swim to Cool Off?