Daniel Amos Message Board » DA Related Discussion » General Discussion » The Swirling Eddies Return! » Hello Guest [Login|Register] Last Post | First Unread Post Print Page | Add Thread to Favorites Pages (9): « first ... « previous 4 5 [6] 7 8 next » ... last » The Swirling Eddies Return! Author Post « Previous Thread | Next Thread » dorfsmith Grand Encephalon Registration Date: 03-24-2002 Posts: 28,142 Location: Everybody needs a persicom The USPS sucks!!! __________________ http://www.google.com 03-29-2004 13:20 Lost Canine Disjasked Lerna Registration Date: 03-13-2002 Posts: 4,011 Location: On a rock in the ocean...literally quote: Originally posted by dorfsmith The USPS sucks!!! They'll be showing up on your doorstep. And they won't be delivering mail! __________________ 03-29-2004 22:18 DarnFloorBigBite Unsullied Affiche Registration Date: 03-14-2004 Posts: 36 Location: Missouri USA Yeah the last thing you need is an angry Postman at your door with an AK47 saying: "WE suck? Suck THIS Order-boy!" Don't laff.....it's closer than U think....... __________________ Shop smart! Shop S-MART! 03-30-2004 01:01 dorfsmith Grand Encephalon Registration Date: 03-24-2002 Posts: 28,142 Location: Everybody needs a persicom I know, I worked for the post office for 8 long hellish months. Bullets were ricocheting off the walls. __________________ http://www.google.com 03-30-2004 10:01 Joey T. Tallowy Tamale Registration Date: 03-13-2002 Posts: 7,777 Location: you can't fire me, 'cuz i quit! - Kurt Cobain.... quote: Originally posted by audiori Joey, We can't prevent lost packages... you should be considering not dealing with the USPS again - not the webstore. *We* didn't create your wait, they did. It went out again pretty quick after you emailed us the info on your order. Had the USPS delivered it the first time we shipped it, you would have had it in less than a week most likely. they should be liable for it then... anyways, yes... every other time i've ordered, you guys have been great... so i'm gonna go order the new eddies right now! ) __________________ 03-30-2004 13:04 dorfsmith Grand Encephalon Registration Date: 03-24-2002 Posts: 28,142 Location: Everybody needs a persicom Woo hoo. Another one jumps on board __________________ http://www.google.com 03-30-2004 13:05 audiori Administrator Registration Date: 03-12-2002 Posts: 11,145 Location: Missouri Thread Starter It amazes me how much they seem to lose. We grew up ordering tons of stuff through mailorder - toys when we were little kids, CDs, books, musical instruments, etc, etc... we've had a few things get lost over the years, so I was always aware that it was possible for packages to "vanish," but ever since we've been doing these stores, it has really surprised us just how often it happens. I'm guessing that since these packages (obviously) contain CDs - the lucky folks that accidentally receive them are less likely to return them to the post office... (??) We have always had major problems with international packages getting lost too... especially Australia it seems like. We've been trying to figure out what to do.. there are better ways to ship - but it would drive the cost way up. The cost of shipping (and customs fees, etc) is already a problem for our international customers, so we'd hate to add to it by shipping everything Fed Ex or something. __________________ "Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything" -St. Francis of Assisi "A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality." - GK Chesterton 03-30-2004 15:03 Joey T. Tallowy Tamale Registration Date: 03-13-2002 Posts: 7,777 Location: you can't fire me, 'cuz i quit! - Kurt Cobain.... quote: Originally posted by audiori It amazes me how much they seem to lose. We grew up ordering tons of stuff through mailorder - toys when we were little kids, CDs, books, musical instruments, etc, etc... we've had a few things get lost over the years, so I was always aware that it was possible for packages to "vanish," but ever since we've been doing these stores, it has really surprised us just how often it happens. I'm guessing that since these packages (obviously) contain CDs - the lucky folks that accidentally receive them are less likely to return them to the post office... (??) i wonder how much of it is kids stealing mail out of people's boxes??? maybe some kid will steal a Da disc and get saved... Stealing People's Mail by the Dead Kennedys We ain't going to the party We ain't going to the game We ain't going to the disco Ain't gonna cruise down main We're stealing people's mail stealing people's mail stealing people's mail On a friday night Drivin' in the mountains Winding 'round and 'round Rummage thru your mailboxes Take your mail back to town And we got license plates, wedding gifts, tax returns Checks to politicians from real estate firms Money, bills and cancelled checks Pretty funny pictures of your kids We're gonna steal your mail On a Friday night We're gonna steal your mail By the pale moonlight We got grocery sackful after grocery sackful After grocery sackful after grocery sackful After grocery sackful after grocery sackful Of the private lives of you Ha Ha People say that we're crazy We're sick and all alone But when we read your letters We're rolling on the floor We got more license plates, wedding gifts, tax returns Checks to politicians from real estate firms Money, bills and cancelled checks We cut relationships with your friends We're gonna steal your mail On a Friday night We're gonna steal your mail By the pale moonlight We better not get caught We'll be dumped in institutions Where we'll be drugged and shocked 'Til we come out born-again Christians __________________ 03-30-2004 15:20 Jad Dark Steamy Cabbage Registration Date: 06-21-2002 Posts: 14 Deliveries to Australia        quote: Originally posted by audiori We have always had major problems with international packages getting lost too... especially Australia it seems like. We've been trying to figure out what to do.. there are better ways to ship - but it would drive the cost way up. The cost of shipping (and customs fees, etc) is already a problem for our international customers, so we'd hate to add to it by shipping everything Fed Ex or something. I order a lot of stuff from the U.S. and from memory, I've only ever had the one not arrive. I've had stuff show up 9 months late, looking like it's been through a blender, but most of the time it's pretty good. The only hassle is that quite often there are delays for no apparent reason. Some stuff gets here in a week, some stuff takes 2 months, and that's with air mail. 03-30-2004 19:37 wes berlin Official Impasto Registration Date: 03-18-2002 Posts: 3,397 Location: "but today i feel that too much of the church is merely a thermometer, which measures rather than molds popular opinion" mlk 1965 hey jad. good to see you about. __________________ "Exorcising Ghosts" 03-30-2004 19:54 dorfsmith Grand Encephalon Registration Date: 03-24-2002 Posts: 28,142 Location: Everybody needs a persicom Selling on ebay has shown me how bad the USPS is. I never want to mail anything to Chicago again...it takes months. When I worked at the post office the police were there at least once a week doing a report on stolen mail. I live in a small town in the mountains without much crime so I cannot imagine what the city must be like. Great lyric joey. Now I know it's the punk kids stealing mail __________________ http://www.google.com 03-30-2004 22:40 Captain Pedantic Official Impasto Registration Date: 12-18-2002 Posts: 2,686 Location: "This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence." - Vyvian - The Young Ones RE: Deliveries to Australia        quote: Originally posted by Jad [ I order a lot of stuff from the U.S. and from memory, I've only ever had the one not arrive. I've had stuff show up 9 months late, looking like it's been through a blender, but most of the time it's pretty good. The only hassle is that quite often there are delays for no apparent reason. Some stuff gets here in a week, some stuff takes 2 months, and that's with air mail. Ditto. The worst i ever had was an order from Paste - it took 6 months and then a week after the replacement arrives the first delivery turns up. Mind you I've been waitng a month for Stargate series 1 which was sent a month ago. __________________ Seek Justice 03-30-2004 23:55 dorfsmith Grand Encephalon Registration Date: 03-24-2002 Posts: 28,142 Location: Everybody needs a persicom Strangely, I've never had a problem mailing things out of the country. __________________ http://www.google.com 03-31-2004 00:03 Jad Dark Steamy Cabbage Registration Date: 06-21-2002 Posts: 14 Hey Wes        quote: Originally posted by wes berlin hey jad. good to see you about. Yeah, I don't usually post (prefer to add my mindless drivel to the Choir Board), but I'm a constant lurker. 03-31-2004 03:31 audiori Administrator Registration Date: 03-12-2002 Posts: 11,145 Location: Missouri Thread Starter RE: Deliveries to Australia        quote: Originally posted by Jad I've had stuff show up 9 months late, looking like it's been through a blender, but most of the time it's pretty good. The only hassle is that quite often there are delays for no apparent reason. Some stuff gets here in a week, some stuff takes 2 months, and that's with air mail. Yeah, we've experienced that stuff too. Sometimes I think its just customs... we've had a couple of customers that received an international package really late send us notes about the "customs" markings all over the package. In at least one case, customs had opened it up and resealed it with special "customs" tape. In all of these cases, it seems like they held on to it for a really long time... a lot longer than it should take to look inside and see that its just harmless CDs. I suppose all of that is unavoidable. It gets to be very annoying and expensive for us because when this happens, we sometimes reship the package... then both of them arrive. Then its a hassle for the customer to send one of them back. I don't know what it is the rest of the time... the packages must be circling the globe a few times before they finally arrive where they're supposed to be. __________________ "Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for he shall enjoy everything" -St. Francis of Assisi "A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality." - GK Chesterton 03-31-2004 12:28 Joey T. Tallowy Tamale Registration Date: 03-13-2002 Posts: 7,777 Location: you can't fire me, 'cuz i quit! - Kurt Cobain.... quote: Originally posted by dorfsmith Great lyric joey. Now I know it's the punk kids stealing mail __________________ 03-31-2004 13:59 dorfsmith Grand Encephalon Registration Date: 03-24-2002 Posts: 28,142 Location: Everybody needs a persicom The other day one of Cindy's co-workers came in with one of our netflox DVD's and says hey, I got your mail in my box today __________________ http://www.google.com 03-31-2004 22:00 Crinklepot Dignified Lazar Registration Date: 04-17-2002 Posts: 76 Who is Swirling Eddies? Who is Berger? 04-02-2004 13:03 baxter Ubique Epoque Registration Date: 09-19-2002 Posts: 15,686 Location: "Come, let us to our holy task again." The eddies are not important. Berger is an inept and disgraced member of Clinton's foreign ministry. 04-02-2004 13:08 Berger Roy Al Swirling Eddies Registration Date: 02-14-2003 Posts: 1,286 Location: I AM NOT insane! WHAT?! I am NOT married to Big Gay Al! __________________ For the last time, I am NOT insane! gggxk 04-02-2004 13:32 Pages (9): « first ... « previous 4 5 [6] 7 8 next » ... last » Tree Structure | Board Structure Jump to: Please select: -------------------- DA Related Discussion-- General Discussion-- Upcoming Releases-- CD & DVD Reviews-- Larry - Lucy I'm In LoveFAQs and Notices Daniel Amos Message Board » DA Related Discussion » General Discussion » The Swirling Eddies Return! Forum Software: Burning Board 2.3.6, Developed by WoltLab GmbH