Dec 2

AVAILABILITY

FL04 AVAILABLE
FL05 Unavailable - Repairs
FL06 AVAILABLE
FL07 Assigned FEMA base Camp Galveston, Texas

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Christmas 2008 is coming in just
22 days

22 days. Are you ready yet? I'm not. Not even close. I tried shopping online this week-end. I was doing great. I found all sorts of stuff. I had a shopping cart full of goodies. Then all of a sudden, my internet provider decided to shut down for a minute or two. AAHHHHHH!!!!!! When it came back on, my cart was empty. Someone had stolen all my goodies. The store I was in, welcomed me back inside. I was invited to "shop here"...."no traffic jams"..."no crowds"..."no sales tax"..."free shipping".....blah blah blah. I didn't care about free shipping, my cart was now empty....that's easy to ship. And at least in a crowd....I can see who empties my cart. Reluctantly, I tried again. This time I was able to purchase a few items. It took me a total of two and a half hours to find what I wanted, remember what I had to begin with, load my cart, sign up for the drawings, register, convince the computer that my address is actually a ligitimate address, enter my credit card information (it was denied twice), and complete the sale. Somehow the credit card worked on the third try. A few hours later I received a phone call. "Did you purchase products from our online store?" I asked them back..."Didn't I register with your store? Didn't my credit card get approved?" The answer to both of my questions was "YES". Well then...." I guess I did order stuff from your store". The girl on the other end of the phone was nice enough, she was just doing her job. The stores computer system "red flagged" my order because I registered as a "male"....I ordered female products. Apparently this is a security issue. Identity thieves steal your credit card information, then go buy womens clothing. Now I am beginning to see what the problem is. Ahhhhh. The problem is.....We have become so addicted to the internet, we have lost the personal touch of society. Had I walked into that same store and asked for help from a clerk. They would have known I was buying a gift for someone, because it would have been part of our conversation. I could have made a better choice of which product I wanted, as I could actually see the product...the colors would have been real. My credit card most likely would have gone through the first time. I would not have received three emails this morning confirming my order. I would have not received one email telling me that one of my items is back-ordered and will be shipped "approximately" December 13th. More importantly, I would not have received the email offering me 25% off of my next online purchase. I replied back....I asked for 25% off of yesterdays purchase instead. So far, the time it has taken me to purchase those items....I could driven my car to Reno, walked into the mall, walked to the other end of the mall and entered the store, purchased my items and returned home.....all in less time. No items would have back-ordered.

Oh yeah.....I just found out....I ordered the wrong sizes.

Have a great day.
dj

ps. Toaka says..."You don't have to go online to find me a snack"