so i pre-ordered the bulga, i'm pretty sure the day it was posted, or close to it. the estimated shipping date WAS 6/22/05. well i just checked online to see if it was still available, and the estimated ship date is now 7/22/05. i thought, "hey, maybe they have a second batch/shipping date since they had a lot of orders". well, thank goodness for online live help. i asked the guy, asked him if there is now a second shipping date. he checked my order number, which i gave him, and he said it is now 7/22/05. i said that is unacceptable service not to notify a customer. i told a little fib and said it was a birthday gift (it COULD be). well, he offered to give me free shipping. i told him the shipping was already free. he said "how about 15% off". and i told him that i will expect 15% off, and that he should relay my message about the unacceptable service. but i did tell him that i was very appreciative of HIS service (the guy probably gets $20/hr. to sit there and answer questions via e-mail though ).
15% is $71 off which is nice though. so they kinda fixed my problem, but they still should contact customers. for some reason i love to hate NM. (outrageous PROCESSING FEES ).
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