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- From: edc@evolution.bchs.uh.edu (edward s. chen)
- Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
- Subject: Re: Beatlefest blows it!
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 20:39:31 GMT
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- In article <1h7qctINNj65@transfer.stratus.com> bad@pismo.sw.stratus.com (Bruce Dumes) writes:
- >
- >I wanted to pass on an experience that a friend of mine had with the
- >Beatlefest people.
-
- [story deleted]
-
- >Well, here it is, Dec 22, and NO books. He called Beatlefest this
- >morning, and they said "One book is out of stock and the other book was
- >never sent. There wasn't any note about it being a rush. Sorry."
- >
- >I'm embarrased because I recommended them in the first place.
-
- [Bruce's call deleted]
-
- That is certainly very odd. Usually when placing an order they can check
- what is and is not in stock immediately. (I know, when placing a credit
- card order, I've been told "X item is not in stock, would you like to be
- placed on the waiting list?") However, they hire a *lot* of temporaries,
- and is the case with temporaries, they are very likely to screw up. (And
- unfortunately, had you gotten through to the Lapidos's, all they could've
- told you is that they were *very* sorry, and possibly offered your friend
- some free credit -- or the head of the operator, if you/he were the mean and
- vindictive type)
-
- >Anyway, if you do any Christmas shopping from Beatlefest, I recommend you
- >be careful, because they really don't run their business in a very
- >business-like way.
-
- The problem does not lie with the Beatlefest folks, instead it lies with
- trying to order *anything* through the mail at Christmastime -- a frustrating
- quest with the best of companies...
-
- <ESC>
- --
- Something in the way she moves, attracts me like a pomegranate.
- -- George Harrison
-