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01-18-2011, 09:52 PM
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Sometimes The Squeaky Wheel Does Get Greased
I just went through an interesting experience. Back on 12/21 I ordered a custom configured computer from a major computer manufacturer who used to build their computers in the USA but now contracts for a third party to build them in Mexico.
In the past I have never waited more than four days to receive a computer from them so I was surprised when I ordered it and the estimated deliver date was 1/13/11, three weeks from when I ordered. I didn't like it but could live with it.
A few days before 1/13 my order showed updated with a new delivery date of 1/19, essentially one month from the order date. I was very unhappy but again could live with it. A few days before that delivery date the order updated to show a new delivery date of 1/25/11, essentially five weeks from my order date. That I could not handle.
I contacted customer service and got a vague email that just said the order was in production and delayed. I then googled for the email of the CEO of the company. I actually knew one email address for him but found an odd one that the source claimed was one that went to him personally.
Friday morning I emailed that address explaining my situation and asking for help. About 2 pm that afternoon I received a call from someone on the "Executive Team" of this Computer manufacturer. We discussed my situation and she gave me her name and cell phone number.
It was a weird problem I won't get into here but she had to do a lot of work but managed to find a way to get me my computer and it is being sent priority overnight and will be here tomorrow!
So while initially disappointed in the company I do have to say once I reached the executive office they sure executed well to insure customer satisfaction!
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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01-18-2011, 09:53 PM
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Re: Sometimes The Squeaky Wheel Does Get Greased
So....what company? 
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--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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01-18-2011, 09:54 PM
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Re: Sometimes The Squeaky Wheel Does Get Greased
I would rather not say but it rhymes with Hell. LOL
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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01-18-2011, 09:56 PM
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Re: Sometimes The Squeaky Wheel Does Get Greased
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I would rather not say but it rhymes with Hell. LOL
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HAHA!!! All of our computers come from...hell. 
They are usually very punctual with deliveries (they have been for us, anyway), so that does seem odd. I'm glad they were able to resolve your delivery issue.
Squeak, squeak!
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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01-18-2011, 09:59 PM
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Re: Sometimes The Squeaky Wheel Does Get Greased
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
HAHA!!! All of our computers come from...hell.
They are usually very punctual with deliveries (they have been for us, anyway), so that does seem odd. I'm glad they were able to resolve your delivery issue.
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Had that problem recently with a pair of glasses. Thought I was going to have to use that term that rhymes with Dell! Oops!
Bt
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"Prediction is very hard, especially about the future." - Yogi Berra
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01-18-2011, 10:00 PM
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Re: Sometimes The Squeaky Wheel Does Get Greased
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HAHA!!! All of our computers come from...hell.
They are usually very punctual with deliveries (they have been for us, anyway), so that does seem odd. I'm glad they were able to resolve your delivery issue.
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When the desktops were made in the USA I had a contact in the company who could go in and put my order at the top of the list. I could order a computer one day and most times it delivered the next day. The longest I waited when I had him do this was 2 1/2 days.
Now that they are manufactured in Juarez Mexico by a third party it appears it is a completely different story. They do have preconfigured ones that ship within 24 hours but custom configured ones don't.
I just hope the quality of the computer has not gone down. I am about to find out! Can't wait to get my six core, 12 gig RAM, sys with the 2tb hard drive! We do high definition video editin on Sony Veas Pro and those six cores are going to make our life a lot easier.
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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01-18-2011, 10:03 PM
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Re: Sometimes The Squeaky Wheel Does Get Greased
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Originally Posted by CC1
...I just hope the quality of the computer has not gone down. I am about to find out! Can't wait to get my six core, 12 gig RAM, sys with the 2tb hard drive! We do high definition video editin on Sony Veas Pro and those six cores are going to make our life a lot easier.
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Wow! 
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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01-18-2011, 10:03 PM
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Re: Sometimes The Squeaky Wheel Does Get Greased
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Originally Posted by BeenThinkin
Had that problem recently with a pair of glasses. Thought I was going to have to use that term that rhymes with Dell! Oops!
Bt
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For the last couple of years my family has been taking our glasses prescriptions and getting our PD measurement then ordering our glasses online from Hong Kong.
I paid $50 for bifocals, $30 for regular glasses. My wife and daughter are paying $7.00-$20.00 for various color classy glasses to go with various color clothes.
So far they have been great. We all do have a slight twitch in our left eyes but it is hardly noticable. LOL
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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01-18-2011, 10:05 PM
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Re: Sometimes The Squeaky Wheel Does Get Greased
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Wow! |
Oh, and 1 gig graphics card! It can handle two full streams of 1080p high definition video simultaneously.
I am like a kid in a candy store. Or a CC1 in a candy store that has chocolate.
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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01-18-2011, 10:06 PM
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Re: Sometimes The Squeaky Wheel Does Get Greased
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Originally Posted by CC1
For the last couple of years my family has been taking our glasses prescriptions and getting our PD measurement then ordering our glasses online from Hong Kong.
I paid $50 for bifocals, $30 for regular glasses. My wife and daughter are paying $7.00-$20.00 for various color classy glasses to go with various color clothes.
So far they have been great. We all do have a slight twitch in our left eyes but it is hardly noticable. LOL
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It hasn't caused your eyes to be closer together has it? Now if there's someone from the far east on here I've had it! lol
BT
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"From the time you're born, 'til you ride in the hearse, there ain't nothing bad that couldn't be worse!"
LIFE: Some days you're the dog and some days you're the hydrant!
I have ... Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia! The fear of long words.
"Prediction is very hard, especially about the future." - Yogi Berra
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave in reflection." - Thomas Paine
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