We don't have a Bricklink Fruitcake thread, so I'll post it here.

In my shop, I have The Phantom in a bundle with The Ghost. I've got the Phantoms set at $40 (as part of the package). I don't offer The Phantom separately. I don't offer free shipping either.

I just got a note telling me someone wants to buy my two Phantoms for $70 shipped.

Ugh.

We don't have a Bricklink Fruitcake thread, so I'll post it here.

In my shop, I have The Phantom in a bundle with The Ghost. I've got the Phantoms set at $40 (as part of the package). I don't offer The Phantom separately. I don't offer free shipping either.

I just got a note telling me someone wants to buy my two Phantoms for $70 shipped.

Ugh.

So, that's a no then...?

So, that's a no then...?

Lol

I replied with a nice "item pricing and availability is viewed in my store."

A power out during dinner prep time. GRR. Expected resolution time: 9pm. Lucky the grill works....

On ‎7‎/‎9‎/‎2016 at 5:45 PM, dcdfan said:

Playing a video on You Tube with the banner below...

Carrying on from this, music videos parodying the original getting taken down and/or re-uploaded with an alternate (usually worse sounding) version of the soundtrack. A similar note with entire channels being removed with no specific reason given other than it's just gone. A couple of music channels for independent stuff are gone now for reasons unknown and there wasn't anything copyright infringing from what I could tell. It is way too easy for people to make copyright strikes without any supporting proof on YouTube presently.

Carrying on from this, music videos parodying the original getting taken down and/or re-uploaded with an alternate (usually worse sounding) version of the soundtrack. A similar note with entire channels being removed with no specific reason given other than it's just gone. A couple of music channels for independent stuff are gone now for reasons unknown and there wasn't anything copyright infringing from what I could tell. It is way too easy for people to make copyright strikes without any supporting proof on YouTube presently.

That sucks!

I'm curious how this Taylor Swift, NIN, Sony, UNI, etc thing is gonna go. We could potentially lose tons of tracks between what's available now and later...

Amazon's shipping time estimator stinks... I ordered two items (a basketball backboard/rim and a mounting bracket) and picked the free 5-8 day shipping time since the 2-5 day option was an extra $100 (ouch). After I placed the order, it sad the expected shipping date (so add 5-8 business days) was August 23-Sep 23rd?!

When I called, he explained that item 1 (the backboard/rim) was in process and should be shipped out this week (+ the delivery time). The other item (the not-so-fancy-but-versatile bracket) was on backorder and indeed was 1-3 months out which yes doesn't even line up with what online said. He recommended I try Amazon.com which showed some in stock so checking there it was only about $25 more, but estimated shipping was Aug 16th - Sep 23rd plus extra business days for over the border shipping.

I called the manufacturer and it turns out the item IS INDEED on backorder and the woman who was in a hurry to get off the phone essentially said too bad for me (she was polite, but I was clearly interrupting lunch or something).

I don't know how you all deal with Amazon. When I explained to the young man that a backboard without a mounting bracket was useless I didn't even get an acknowledgement. He just kept to his talking points. When I explained to him I had just added it to my amazon.com cart and it showed a big shipping delay he was lost and had no more talking points.

If their system is so fancy that it can ship separately or "wait until all items are in stock" why can't it show expected shipping on each item? Their internal system clearly shows it. Not every customer is a moron.

/rantover

Amazon prime day not falling on a prime day by 1 day . Blah 

18 hours ago, dcdfan said:

I'm curious how this Taylor Swift, NIN, Sony, UNI, etc thing is gonna go. We could potentially lose tons of tracks between what's available now and later...

The other day I had a video not show up but display instead "This video contains copyrighted material of the SME (Sony Music Entertainment) and has blocked it in your country." Ugh. There's a lot going on now between YouTubers slandering each other, fallout from the Counterstrike: Global Offensive gambling, and still the "Fair use" debate. It's crazy.

"23 ways" of distorting the facts in America. Thanks Alicia Keys. SMH

The world we live in nowadays 

10 hours ago, Bold-Arrow said:

The world we live in nowadays 

I bought a new android tablet on Amazon which turned out to be smaller, only about 2/3rd of the size shown on the listing.  The item was sold by the manufacturer via their own Amazon store front. How did the manufacturer not make sure they have the correct size on the listings ?  I checked bigger tablet in their store fronts,  that too was showing the wrong size

Good god. What on earth is happening? It seems like every day there's another tragedy. I was reading comments on another site and someone said, well, nobody likes the police. I LIKE THE POLICE! I guess if you're breaking laws, they would be an inconvenience. For the record, it is never ok to shoot police. [emoji35]

Good god. What on earth is happening? It seems like every day there's another tragedy. I was reading comments on another site and someone said, well, nobody likes the police. I LIKE THE POLICE! I guess if you're breaking laws, they would be an inconvenience. For the record, it is never ok to shoot police. [emoji35]

To add .. The right to bear arms != the right to shoot at anyone whose PoV you don't agree with (including the official PoV of your city/county/state/country i.e. the law)

To add .. The right to bear arms != the right to shoot at anyone whose PoV you don't agree with (including the official PoV of your city/county/state/country i.e. the law)

Oh Good Lord, PLEASE let us *NOT* devolve into a 2nd Amendment debate...

I'ld rather have ironbricks BS then politics here.  

Let's stop the political conversation here folks. Thank you.

I'ld rather have ironbricks BS then politics here.  

Yes, I miss him too but I think we chased him away

Opening my rolodex of complaints to bring this back to topic ...  .... ...

I hate how sluggish Target search has become.  I can no longer change how many items shown per page. Plus moving from page to page is taking longer the longer I am on their site.

 

Yes, I miss him too [emoji4] but I think we chased him away [emoji6]

INCORRECT. WRONG. We corrected him.

Are we to the point yet where people can freely punch someone in the face for mentioning the word bully?

Are we to the point yet where people can freely punch someone in the face for mentioning the word bully?

Almost

Sometimes, I hate buying stuff on eBay because hours after my purchase the cart still reflects that I've got something in there when in fact I don't.

Sometimes, I hate buying stuff on eBay because hours after my purchase the cart still reflects that I've got something in there when in fact I don't.

Same here, thought it was just me! That darned orange shopping cart icon!