TED Group Buy Round 2! ORDERED!

[esteban]

UPDATE: a package with 9 TED (v2) arrived today at my home. I sold them locally for $80-100. I have 2 left. Funny thing is, I never ordered these items.

[NightWolve]

Am I the only one that kinda wishes Joe just limited this to US orders like last time ? ... Attempting to have krik direct some orders to Europe to save on shipping costs instead of just giving him *one* address to send the total wholesale order to like he's used to led to this...  I know it's krik's f--k up and on a $1,XXX+ order it's not very excusable, but yeah, I would've said no to Euro orders... You think about it, most orders you do in business transactions, there's simply one buyer shipping address for the seller to deal with so no atypical, multiple shipping addresses/instructions to deal with, etc... It should've been a simple request, I get it, but yeah, you're throwing the seller off with 3 addresses on one order... Anyway, I'm just being grumpy. :/

[SephirothTNH]

Am I the only one that kinda wishes Joe just limited this to US orders like last time ?

No I'm with you.  Just didn't want to say anything.  I'm Ok with extra wait though; I just hope it doesn't end up costing extra.

[cjameslv]

Am I the only one that kinda wishes Joe just limited this to US orders like last time ? ... Attempting to have krik direct some orders to Europe to save on shipping costs instead of just giving him *one* address to send the total wholesale order to like he's used to led to this...  I know it's krik's f--k up and on a $1,XXX+ order it's not very excusable, but yeah, I would've said no to Euro orders... You think about it, most orders you do in business transactions, there's simply one buyer shipping address for the seller to deal with so no atypical, multiple shipping addresses/instructions to deal with, etc... It should've been a simple request, I get it, but yeah, you're throwing the seller off with 3 addresses on one order... Anyway, I'm just being grumpy. :/

Your right and i agree with your whiny ass. We should have had 2 separate orders. I think that was on alot of peoples minds but no one wanted to say anything, not like we can do anything about it anyway now. Going forward though...

[ultrageranium]

Hello NightWolve, SephirothTNH, cjameslv, and of course all of you stuck in this conundrum,

You are completely right. US and EU orders should not be mixed. This is precisely the reason why jtucci31 inquired about the possibility to split the orders. If this would not have been approved by the seller, Pokun and I agreed with jtucci31 that we were out of the deal.

Technically, and logistically speaking, these were in fact 3 orders that had to be honoured.

How we ended up in this mess, and how we will get out of it, is being actively discussed.

[jtucci31]

It won't cost any of you extra, I know that. I'm sorry for this mess-up. I feel very guilty, I thought this could be done smoothly. I sadly won't be getting much help from krikzz on any of this, so matters are in my own hands. I assumed responsibility for this sort of thing when I said that I'd do this group buy, so it's no issue to me. I just know that it sucks that you guys have to wait a little longer to get them.

Bear with me please. I'm doing my best and trying to get this sorted out as smoothly as possible. Ultrageranium has been very helpful and accommodating with all of this as well, thankfully. So there shouldn't be all too much to worry about aside from an extended wait time. Which I feel very bad about.

I'll admit, shouldn't have f*cked with the system that worked in the previous group buy. Now I know.

[Pokun]

Krikzz is the one at fault rushing with the order like that.

And I agree that group orders over several continents was a bad idea, it was a good lesson though. I'm not entering any more group buys anyway. Paypal also stole a big chunk of the discount so I'm happy if this ends the same as the normal price.

I will go home early and check my postbox then get back to you.

[esteban]

Jtucci31 = brave soul.

I know everyone will be patient and understanding.

[NightWolve]

Not just brave, generous too. He was already gifting some of the shipping cost to us. This mix up will add to it unfortunately since it sounds like krik doesn't wanna take responsibility... Well, I don't mind the wait, but learning that krik just randomly split the orders like that made me very nervous. Seems his English is good enough to get by most of the time I guess, just not this time.

[SkyeWelse]

It won't cost any of you extra, I know that. I'm sorry for this mess-up. I feel very guilty, I thought this could be done smoothly. I sadly won't be getting much help from krikzz on any of this, so matters are in my own hands. I assumed responsibility for this sort of thing when I said that I'd do this group buy, so it's no issue to me. I just know that it sucks that you guys have to wait a little longer to get them.

Accidents happen and while in hindsight it would have made more sense to have done this in two orders perhaps, I don't think you should feel guilty about it. You were trying to do us all a favor. We recently had an order where someone like you who was trying to do a favor for the MSX community was trying to work with a shop to create new keyboard membranes for Panasonic MSX machines. He worked so hard to try and get the orders processed and get everyone a fully working membrane, but there were issues and now pretty much the cost of all of the membranes will need to be refunded to those who paid for them (or partial amounts if the shop honors a lower price for a non-perfect one) and it's a huge hassle for him to now have to deal with. So I definitely want to tell you that I really appreciate what you are trying to do here very much.

While I would prefer if it didn't cost me more to get it, if it helps things out I don't mind paying a little more for my order if need be to offset the extra shipping expense that will have to be paid.  Consider it a handling fee. There may be others here who feel the same way. Please let me know if you think this offer would help the situation.

-Thomas

[jelloslug]

Now I don't feel so bad about shipping someone's printed parts to the wrong address in another country once....

[Gredler]

I'm sorry to hear this is happening, and it makes it feel more like a lose lose than a win win, which I hate. If there is anything I can do to help, please PM me. I am not rushed to receive it, it's all for fun and the fun can wait - no worries

[jtucci31]

Seems his English is good enough to get by most of the time I guess, just not this time.

I honestly think that is a part of the struggle. You can tell when communicating with the people in the shipping department that their English is a little spotty. That doesn't really help my cause.

Oh well, shit is getting sorted out.

[mickcris]

Seems his English is good enough to get by most of the time I guess, just not this time.

I honestly think that is a part of the struggle. You can tell when communicating with the people in the shipping department that their English is a little spotty. That doesn't really help my cause.

Oh well, shit is getting sorted out.

I think that I had read somewhere that he was no longer running the store or really involved in it much.  I know he used to personally reply if you had a question about your order, but i'm pretty sure he delegated that to someone else now.

[Pokun]

OK just to let everyone know, the rest of the Everdrives seems to have safely arrived in my postbox. We are currently discussing it via PM.