Look, you aren't fooling anyone with that small notice for $55 S/H. I'm not retarded enough to even think that's the real cost of S/H a friggin product. I realize you're just padding your profits a bit more.

But please, if I pay $55 for S/H, don't delay sending out the package. Most of us have expectations that the package should get to our house say ... 3 days after I pay for it. Not unreasonable. In fact, in my other 72 eBay auctions, that was the standard. Even my camera from Hong Kong got to me in three days. And if you're in Texas, you really have no excuse.

You see, I bought something from Dallas Laptops. I paid for it Saturday morning, expecting it to be shipped Monday. I receive notice that they've input the billing Monday night. No problem... I guess the package is going out Monday night.

Wrong. It turns out they just got the billing in on Monday night, and on Tueday night, they decided to actually ship the package. And of course, given the $55 S/H cost, do they ship it air? Nahhhh. They ship it standard mail (which I calculated on UPS's site as costing a whopping $24.50). 3 day ground. Of course, that means the package should be in my hands right now. But UPS has decided my package should go sight-seeing to as many possible locations as possible!!! Given the fact that it "departed Atlanta at 10:51am" and still hasn't gotten to Greensboro (which I believe is the local sorting center), I'm not too optimistic I'm going to get the package today.

So please eBay sellers, if you're going to overcharge for S/H, please at least ship the package out on the same day. If I want to pay an extra $25 for people to dillydally for two days, I can pay myself to do that.

Posted by roy on September 17, 2004 at 02:13 PM in Ramblings | 13 Comments

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Comment posted on September 18th, 2004 at 01:36 AM
hey Roy :) just a 'gentle' reminder about the pm I sent you on the np forums about changing my domain name, I just realized that I also need to send you my username and password and will do so right away. I'd appreciate your helping me out in this matter as soon as you can because I need to put my site up. Thanks! :)
Comment posted on September 19th, 2004 at 02:00 PM
Done!
Comment posted on September 17th, 2004 at 11:29 PM
What did you get and how much did you pay, I want to see how badly you got ripped off, besides the obvious 25.00 shipping rip off.

I guess it's obvious but I hope you've gotten a new laptop, because that other one looks like you got it out of the trash.
Comment posted on September 19th, 2004 at 12:48 PM
I didn't get ripped off on the tablet ... the cheapest I could find it was $2700 online, and I got it for $2400. It isn't a great deal, but by no means did I get ripped off.

Glad to see you actually registered. :P
Comment posted on September 19th, 2004 at 01:10 PM
By tablet do you mean notebook or laptop or did you actually buy a tablet? Which one did you get exactly?

I guess you must have made some pretty decent money in Asia and from LB7 to be buying a 2400.00 laptop...

I've been registered for quite some time but I can no longer post anon so I have to login.

I liked it better the other way...

Also you can leave negative or netural feedback if you feel you got ripped off on the shipping and if your order took to long to ship, I don't know what their eBay policy is but on their site they say they ship within twenty-four hours....
Comment posted on September 19th, 2004 at 01:48 PM
I bought a Tablet PC (<a href="http://www.motioncomputing.com/products/tablet_pc_m1400.asp">Motion M1400</a>). I haven't upgraded my compter in 4 years, so it was about time I got a new computer... and I like the craptops now (Korea made me realize the importance of staying mobile).

Given that tablet pcs are pretty on-par with most craptops nowadays in terms of specs, I figured dropping a few more hundred for the tablet PC option wasn't a bad investment for the next 2-3 years.
Comment posted on September 19th, 2004 at 02:50 PM
Nice waste of money, but it's your money so what can I say.

I see an M1400 for 1800.00 on eBay, about 600.00 less than you paid.

I would have gotten an Inspiron 700M for half the price.
Comment posted on September 19th, 2004 at 03:00 PM
<em>Bzzt.</em>

512MB RAM, 40GB hard drive, and "View Anywhere" option cannot be found on eBay for a cheaper price than what I paid. :P
Comment posted on September 19th, 2004 at 02:53 PM
EDIT: I at least hope you got the more expensive version with the 40GB hard drive and the 512MB ram.

Either way I would have gotten something else tablet boy.....
Comment posted on September 19th, 2004 at 03:00 PM
Like what? I don't need much else.
Comment posted on September 19th, 2004 at 03:20 PM
You paid a premium to have a tablet PC, and I just don't think it was worth it.

But I guess you did, and anything is better than what you had.
Comment posted on September 19th, 2004 at 03:40 PM
... but... but..... the FINGERPRINT READER!!!!!!!!! COME ON!!!!!!!!!! THAT ALONE IS WORTH THOUSSAAANNNDDSSSSSSSS!
Comment posted on September 20th, 2004 at 08:54 AM
Tablets are fun. They could be making the big change. I just see it being sidestepped soon with all the organic LED development going on. So... just like i did with the mini-disk... I think i'm going to skip the tablets.