It's not only software houses that deliver the wrong products
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Oh, did I forget to mention that it's pink?[^] And there was I, hoping for a baby-blue one.
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The missus needed a new bike, so she searched the interwebs for bikes on sale, and found one, of all places, at the Lidl webshop. So she orders it, and they give a delivery date, so we get someone to house-sit on that day (today), and they call to say that the box has been delivered, so she's going home. The missus gets home all ready to assemble her bike and give it a trial run... ... And you've probably at least partially guessed what had happened. They'd delivered a fridge. Easy mistake to make. Same size and shape of box... NOT!
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SKU off-by-one error? :sigh: /ravi
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Off-by-a-mile, more like.
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The missus needed a new bike, so she searched the interwebs for bikes on sale, and found one, of all places, at the Lidl webshop. So she orders it, and they give a delivery date, so we get someone to house-sit on that day (today), and they call to say that the box has been delivered, so she's going home. The missus gets home all ready to assemble her bike and give it a trial run... ... And you've probably at least partially guessed what had happened. They'd delivered a fridge. Easy mistake to make. Same size and shape of box... NOT!
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
The missus gets home all ready to assemble her bike and give it a trial run... ... And you've probably at least partially guessed what had happened. They'd delivered a fridge.
I hope she realised this before she assembled it. (... or did she assemble it wrong??? them little pieces all look the same.)
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The missus needed a new bike, so she searched the interwebs for bikes on sale, and found one, of all places, at the Lidl webshop. So she orders it, and they give a delivery date, so we get someone to house-sit on that day (today), and they call to say that the box has been delivered, so she's going home. The missus gets home all ready to assemble her bike and give it a trial run... ... And you've probably at least partially guessed what had happened. They'd delivered a fridge. Easy mistake to make. Same size and shape of box... NOT!
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... she wanted a fridge and told you she was ordering a "bike" :)
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
The missus gets home all ready to assemble her bike and give it a trial run... ... And you've probably at least partially guessed what had happened. They'd delivered a fridge.
I hope she realised this before she assembled it. (... or did she assemble it wrong??? them little pieces all look the same.)
lopati: roaming wrote:
did she assemble it wrong??? them little pieces all look the same.
I was thinking the same thing. I once bought a coat closet from an eastern bloc IKEA clone. Took it home and once I finished assembling it, I realized that it had become a bike! Plus the box was missing half a dozen dowels, three screws and a MiG-21!
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The missus needed a new bike, so she searched the interwebs for bikes on sale, and found one, of all places, at the Lidl webshop. So she orders it, and they give a delivery date, so we get someone to house-sit on that day (today), and they call to say that the box has been delivered, so she's going home. The missus gets home all ready to assemble her bike and give it a trial run... ... And you've probably at least partially guessed what had happened. They'd delivered a fridge. Easy mistake to make. Same size and shape of box... NOT!
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So, all jokes aside did you check the confirmation email to ensure it was supposed to be a bike? And I'm assuming the vendor will be paying for the return shipping to correct their obvious error. Honestly that has to be one of the most bizarre shipping mix-ups I've encountered. Most of mine are of the "Ordered a pair of sunglasses was sent the wrong size, color, and style. I couldn't wear them but hey! At least you got the sunglasses part correct." variety.
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The company just corrected the order, women don't exercise, they might sweat. :laugh:
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So, all jokes aside did you check the confirmation email to ensure it was supposed to be a bike? And I'm assuming the vendor will be paying for the return shipping to correct their obvious error. Honestly that has to be one of the most bizarre shipping mix-ups I've encountered. Most of mine are of the "Ordered a pair of sunglasses was sent the wrong size, color, and style. I couldn't wear them but hey! At least you got the sunglasses part correct." variety.
I got an e-mail an hour ago, telling me that they're very sorry and they're now sending a bike. Or a doll's house. Or a jar of leg wax. Who knows? Now that I've seen the box, though, I've become highly suspicious. The packing list/invoice is missing, torn off, and the address label looks like it's been peeled off of another box and taped on. So some smartarse has got herself an expensive bike for the price of a cheap fridge, because Lidl won't bother to investigate -- they'll just blame the devs who made the catalogue/ordering system
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
The missus gets home all ready to assemble her bike and give it a trial run... ... And you've probably at least partially guessed what had happened. They'd delivered a fridge.
I hope she realised this before she assembled it. (... or did she assemble it wrong??? them little pieces all look the same.)
I was worried that that might be what happened, but then I realised that it was impossible, because she'd never buy a pink bike.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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So, all jokes aside did you check the confirmation email to ensure it was supposed to be a bike? And I'm assuming the vendor will be paying for the return shipping to correct their obvious error. Honestly that has to be one of the most bizarre shipping mix-ups I've encountered. Most of mine are of the "Ordered a pair of sunglasses was sent the wrong size, color, and style. I couldn't wear them but hey! At least you got the sunglasses part correct." variety.
I once ordered pants from J C Penney, which was reflected on the confirmation email and the email upon shipment. The box contained some pretty hefty DD bras. No pants. I am a guy. The CSR that issued the return info and I had a good laugh. My wife had an even bigger laugh. :)
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The missus needed a new bike, so she searched the interwebs for bikes on sale, and found one, of all places, at the Lidl webshop. So she orders it, and they give a delivery date, so we get someone to house-sit on that day (today), and they call to say that the box has been delivered, so she's going home. The missus gets home all ready to assemble her bike and give it a trial run... ... And you've probably at least partially guessed what had happened. They'd delivered a fridge. Easy mistake to make. Same size and shape of box... NOT!
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