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I am wondering what the store policy is on returning an inappropriate, unwanted, wrong, or damaged item. It hasn't happened yet, but it is always good to know these things ahead of time. I usually look for the info on a store's FAQ page, but I did not see it there. Thanks for the info! Stephen Miller
As some of you may know, I am one of the folks who would love to get a Pathfinder Chronicles subscription without getting the item cards. Paizo, and some folks here, talk about committment, and wanting to make the subscription "deluxe" or all inclusive. The biggest thing seems to be this view that asking for something to not be included in the subscription is showing a lack of committment in the subscription program and in Paizo. Frankly, I do not see it that way at all. To show Paizo my level of committment in wishing to purchase a subscription without the item cards, I am making the following offer. I am willing to take $150 right now and put it either in a Paypal account, or some other account where it can be used to purchase that amount of Pathfinder Chronicles material. When that money runs out, I will put up another $150 within 2 weeks. That's my part of the deal. Paizo, for their part, will send me all the Pathfinder Chronicles material that is produced that is not a card. As a subscriber, that would also mean making pdfs available for download. So, basically, if it is for Pathfinder Chronicles, and it is not a card set, then I am buying it. Heck, you can even include a goblin t-shirt (XL) in the mix. There's my offer. There is my level of committment. Stephen Miller
I just went to check my current order, #837183, because I wanted to mark my calendar for possible arrival dates. Now, up until yesterday my order stated that it would ship within 9 to 14 business days. When I went to check what shipping method I picked (and thereby the length of time from shipping date till arrival date), I noticed that now my order says that it will ship with 8 to 17 business days. Why has this shipping window been extended even further? Why wasn't I notified of this change? I know you guys said you got a larger than expected number of orders from the Green Ronin sale, but this is starting to become farcical, but in a not funny way. I had planned on giving two of the books as Christmas/Solstice gifts, and the other as a Chanukah gift. When I first realized the timeframe involved, and sent my first message about my order, I changed what I was giving as gifts because I could not rely on you sending them in time. Now I am beginning to wonder if they will ever arrive at all. I haven't made a lot of purchases from you, and I must admit that this situation is making it tough to recommend you to friends or to use you in the future. Frankly, I am becoming quite frustrated with the whole thing. Stephen Miller
So, as I was visiting my pending order to see if it was anything other than pending, I got to thinking: when does the status of an order actually change? Is it done once a day at COB? Is it done on an order by order basis? Is it done some other way that I am not coming up with right now? Just thought I would ask. It would save me the frustration of checking more than once a day if I knew it has a set order update timeframe. Stephen
While I have to admit, I am quite happy with the packaging that is used to send the orders I have made with Paizo, sometimes the time between when I place my order and when it actually ships is amazingly long. Take my current order (837183) for example. I ordered the three Advanced series books from Green Ronin on November 20. I figured I might be pushing my luck with placing an order right before Thanksgiving, but I thought that at the very least the order would be filled by November 26, at the latest. Only in the last day or so have I discovered that I have to wait nine to fourteen business days before the order is filled, then another three to ten business days for the shipment to arrive, for a grand total of twelve to twenty-four business days. That means, if I read my calendar correctly, I can expect it anywhere from December 10 to possibly as late as December 31. That's just not right. Nine to fourteen days to fill the order? That's terrible customer service, even if you DO tell people ahead of time. My other online game store of choice, Warehouse 23, generally ships within a day or two if the items are in stock. The only time I have had an extensive wait from them is when an item was custom ordered. My main question is, I guess, why is there such a long delay in processing the order? What takes so long for these items, but others in the same sale group take three to six days to process? I find the delay, especially this time of year, to be quite disheartening. If my plans were to give this as a holiday gift, I would have thought ordering that early would have been a boon, not the bane it appears to be. Stephen
OK, so I am reading through Pathfinder #3, and came across Grazuul, a male scrag fighter 5. Now, I play and run a 3.0 game, not 3.5, so I occasionally have to adapt things or add things in from 3.5. I have no idea what a scrag is. Page 71 of PF#3 shows an encounter table with scrags listed, and says they are from the MM. They are not in the SRD, unless they are under another name. So, I am wondering, what the heck is a scrag? Will it become necessary for me to replace him with something else, and if so, with what? Thanks for the assist on this one, it's got me stumped.
I was just looking at the picture in yesterday's blog that showed Valeros at 7th level. My god, that sword he is weilding is HUGE! There is no way that thing is a 4 pound long sword. In order for it to fit that weight it would have to be too thin to be usable. It's just ridiculously large. I thought the guy holding the "bastard" sword (Otic?) was bad enough, then I saw this picture. Why can't they be shown with weapons that don't look like they came out of some video game? I know, I know, it is just petty whining over a couple of pictures. It's just they pictures like that continue uphold the delusion people seem to have about swords these days.
I hope that guy is using magic swords, or those suckers are going to be heavy! The blade looks to be four to six inches across close to the hilt, and not much less near the tip. A sword like that is going to be three, four, maybe even six times the weight of an average sword of that size. I don't know about you, but waving a 9 to 18 pound sword is a bit rediculous to me! Just had to get that off my chest. I feel better now. |
