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Subject:	Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.shopping
Date:	Wed, 29 Nov 2000 15:01:52 GMT
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> In lugnet.market.shopping, Larry Pieniazek writes: > > My goodness. What is WRONG at eToys??? Funny, I went to the post office yesterday to pick-up the 20 boxes from e-Toys (to assist my carrier, and because I received a nice phone call Sunday morning from them asking for help). They, of course, wouldn't fit in my car, so I unpacked them all at their loading dock and left the cardboard with them to dispose. The "postman" was shocked at their shipping procedure when he saw how they were packed (plus he had to confirm each box). This morning, I checked my bank statement on-line and besides shipping each individually, they have charged me for each item individually as well!! Really seems like a broken process to me... But I'm glad I have them. Dave dwspeck@us.ibm.com "All opinions expressed are my own."

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		Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now)
(...) Well my postman did bring them but asked "Never do this to me again" he was only half kidding I think. I then told him what was in them and unpacked one and he was similarly shocked! The other funny thing was I had my wife place a second order (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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		Re: Lego Buckets on Sale for $2.00 at E-Toys (back in stock, for now)
(...) My guess is that somebody slipped a decimal someplace when entering dimensions. So, even though the weight makes it a Medium Thing, the code that figures out how to box Things thinks that its a Huge Fluffy Medium Thing, and sticks them in (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)

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