the 11 stages of gift buying
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0. figure out what to buy my wife for XMas. 1. order The Item on the 15th, so it will be here by the 25th - order page says it'll be here by the 21st. plenty of time! 2. start to worry, when it's not here by Friday the 22nd, and UPS doesn't deliver on weekends. 3. 23rd, AM. call the company to see where it is. they say it got lost somewhere between them and the shipper. they will try to track it down and let me know the status within 10 business days. 4. relucantly agree, since i don't have a backup plan. 5. wait a few hours. get pissed about the situation. 6. go to local stores to find an equivalent item. find one! buy it! 7. call the first place back, to cancel the order. 8. they now say it's been shipped and is on its way. can't cancel now. 9. clench my fists in fury! 10. listen to The Sword[^], really loud.
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0. Not today. 1. Not today. 2. Not today. 3. Not today. 4. Not today. 5. Not today. 6. Not today. 7. Not today. I hate shopping 8. Not today. Christmas sucks anyway. 9. Not today. The Christmas mob took over the town! 10. Crap! It's 24th already! [edit]we exchange gifts usually on the evening of 24th, so...[/edit]
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0. figure out what to buy my wife for XMas. 1. order The Item on the 15th, so it will be here by the 25th - order page says it'll be here by the 21st. plenty of time! 2. start to worry, when it's not here by Friday the 22nd, and UPS doesn't deliver on weekends. 3. 23rd, AM. call the company to see where it is. they say it got lost somewhere between them and the shipper. they will try to track it down and let me know the status within 10 business days. 4. relucantly agree, since i don't have a backup plan. 5. wait a few hours. get pissed about the situation. 6. go to local stores to find an equivalent item. find one! buy it! 7. call the first place back, to cancel the order. 8. they now say it's been shipped and is on its way. can't cancel now. 9. clench my fists in fury! 10. listen to The Sword[^], really loud.
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Chris Losinger wrote:
10. listen to The Sword[^], really loud.
Sword Of Doom ? :wtf: Hey, it's Christmas ! You better listen to "Silent night, Holy night" (real loud if you want to) ! :-) :-) Marius
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Chris Losinger wrote:
10. listen to The Sword[^], really loud.
Sword Of Doom ? :wtf: Hey, it's Christmas ! You better listen to "Silent night, Holy night" (real loud if you want to) ! :-) :-) Marius
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marius_romanus wrote:
Sword Of Doom ?
yup. it's total rock action.
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There's no possibility of you using the extra item? :~
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nope. it's the kind of thing a house only needs one (or zero) of.
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nope. it's the kind of thing a house only needs one (or zero) of.
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Had it not been a gift for your wife, I would've guessed "a woman". :rolleyes:
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marius_romanus wrote:
Sword Of Doom ?
yup. it's total rock action.
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Oh, ok. The name sounded somewhat like a Death Metal one. So I thought: On Christmas ? When I'm in that mood I most often listen to Rammstein and/or older Metallica songs. :-) Marius
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Oh, ok. The name sounded somewhat like a Death Metal one. So I thought: On Christmas ? When I'm in that mood I most often listen to Rammstein and/or older Metallica songs. :-) Marius
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marius_romanus wrote:
The name sounded somewhat like a Death Metal one.
they're retro-metal. quite good, too. and not silly, like Wolfmother can be.
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0. figure out what to buy my wife for XMas. 1. order The Item on the 15th, so it will be here by the 25th - order page says it'll be here by the 21st. plenty of time! 2. start to worry, when it's not here by Friday the 22nd, and UPS doesn't deliver on weekends. 3. 23rd, AM. call the company to see where it is. they say it got lost somewhere between them and the shipper. they will try to track it down and let me know the status within 10 business days. 4. relucantly agree, since i don't have a backup plan. 5. wait a few hours. get pissed about the situation. 6. go to local stores to find an equivalent item. find one! buy it! 7. call the first place back, to cancel the order. 8. they now say it's been shipped and is on its way. can't cancel now. 9. clench my fists in fury! 10. listen to The Sword[^], really loud.
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I ordered stuff from some places that showed up in 2 days. I'm still waiting for some other stuff. A DVD I bought and paid for on November 26, is still MIA. It'll be a New Years gift for sure. :rolleyes:
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0. figure out what to buy my wife for XMas. 1. order The Item on the 15th, so it will be here by the 25th - order page says it'll be here by the 21st. plenty of time! 2. start to worry, when it's not here by Friday the 22nd, and UPS doesn't deliver on weekends. 3. 23rd, AM. call the company to see where it is. they say it got lost somewhere between them and the shipper. they will try to track it down and let me know the status within 10 business days. 4. relucantly agree, since i don't have a backup plan. 5. wait a few hours. get pissed about the situation. 6. go to local stores to find an equivalent item. find one! buy it! 7. call the first place back, to cancel the order. 8. they now say it's been shipped and is on its way. can't cancel now. 9. clench my fists in fury! 10. listen to The Sword[^], really loud.
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0. figure out what to buy my wife for XMas. 1. order engraved iPod nano (PRODUCT)RED[^] + Logitec HiFi system on the Friday after Thanksgiving from Apple online. 2. received them several weeks ago 3. - 10. happily enjoying the holidays ;)
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Had it not been a gift for your wife, I would've guessed "a woman". :rolleyes:
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or... a baby African Elephant ! she's gonna be so surprised!
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nope. it's the kind of thing a house only needs one (or zero) of.
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Can't you just return it? Aside from the shipping costs aren't they required to give you a full refund?
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or... a baby African Elephant ! she's gonna be so surprised!
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0. figure out what to buy my wife for XMas. 1. order engraved iPod nano (PRODUCT)RED[^] + Logitec HiFi system on the Friday after Thanksgiving from Apple online. 2. received them several weeks ago 3. - 10. happily enjoying the holidays ;)
"I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image." - Stephen Hawking
You made Apple give some of its money to a good cause. Merry xmas Mike! :)
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You made Apple give some of its money to a good cause. Merry xmas Mike! :)
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Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:
You made Apple give some of its money to a good cause.
Yup!
Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:
Merry xmas Mike!
Right back at ya, Joergen!
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