Okay, so at the start of this week I order a copy of Ustalav:Rule of Fear through Barnes & Noble Online. Order goes through okay, I get an e-mail that it'll be arriving in a few days, everything seems fine.
Then the order comes from B&N, and it's... two wooden magnetic dress-up dolls. I am not kidding.
Now, how the heck do you confuse a book with a wooden magnetic dress-up doll? I mean, seriously?
*sighs* With all the problems I've had of late trying to order Paizo books online I'm just about ready to pack it all in and quit.
Here's hoping your orders go better than mine did!
And somewhere, a guy with a wooden-magno doll fetish opens his box and goes, "WTF?"
And yet, I was quite happy with my new book...still miss not getting the dolls though. Oh well, I have the other room full. Just missing out on my last of the Abby and Emma dolls. *sigh*
Greg
I can 100% guarantee that if you buy a copy of Rule of Fear from paizo.com, that you will NOT get a wooden magnetic dress-up doll. :)
-Lisa
Yeah, but... I was hoping I could keep supporting the online bookstores at Borders and B&N, but of late they've just gotten so sloppy. I wonder if it's just a run of bad luck or if they've just gotten that plain careless about handling orders properly?
Were the two wooden magnetic dress-up dolls anything like these dolls? Because if they were, I think your shipment came direct from Ustalav.
I can 100% guarantee that if you buy a copy of Rule of Fear from paizo.com, that you will NOT get a wooden magnetic dress-up doll. :)
-Lisa
Yes, but you can't guarantee the right book will be sent! Ha! :)
Heh I ordered Inner Sea Primer and got Halflings of Golarion instead, so I then got a free copy of Inner Sea Primer added to my sidecart, and got to keep Halflings of Golarion as an apology. I make this post both to laugh at it, and to point out your great policy, as in my experience with other companies, a lot of times they'll send me a prepaid label (if they even do that!) and expect to receive the wrong book back.
As for the OP's B&N shipment... craaazy freaky.
Were the two wooden magnetic dress-up dolls anything like these dolls? Because if they were, I think your shipment came direct from Ustalav.
*Stabs at his brain with a dull rusty spoon*
Heh I ordered Inner Sea Primer and got Halflings of Golarion instead, so I then got a free copy of Inner Sea Primer added to my sidecart, and got to keep Halflings of Golarion as an apology. I make this post both to laugh at it, and to point out your great policy, as in my experience with other companies, a lot of times they'll send me a prepaid label (if they even do that!) and expect to receive the wrong book back.
As for the OP's B&N shipment... craaazy freaky.
Seconding this. One of my shipments was missing a couple of figures. I notified Customer service and received them quickly free of charge. I have placed many orders on this site with just this one issue, and that was remedied very quickly.
Now, how the heck do you confuse a book with a wooden magnetic dress-up doll? I mean, seriously?
It's pretty easy, actually. Package two things in a row. Print two labels. Put them on the wrong boxes. Alernatively, package up 20 things, have one address error, and slap
19 labels on 19/20 boxes (shifted off by one), then go hunt down the error. I deal with catching that kind of problem all the time at work.
You welded magnets to wood? :)...wooden magnetic dress-up dolls. I am not kidding.They make magnetic wood now? You kids today have it so easy. In my day, magnets stuck to one thing: refrigerators. If you wanted to stick a magnet to anything else, you'd have to weld it there yourself.
Oooo BURN!
Greg
You welded magnets to wood? :)...wooden magnetic dress-up dolls. I am not kidding.They make magnetic wood now? You kids today have it so easy. In my day, magnets stuck to one thing: refrigerators. If you wanted to stick a magnet to anything else, you'd have to weld it there yourself.Oooo BURN!
Greg
Well yea if you are trying to weld anything to wood. ;)
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You welded magnets to wood? :)...wooden magnetic dress-up dolls. I am not kidding.They make magnetic wood now? You kids today have it so easy. In my day, magnets stuck to one thing: refrigerators. If you wanted to stick a magnet to anything else, you'd have to weld it there yourself.
No, he made a wooden refrigerator, obviously.
No, he made a wooden refrigerator, obviously.You welded magnets to wood? :)...wooden magnetic dress-up dolls. I am not kidding.They make magnetic wood now? You kids today have it so easy. In my day, magnets stuck to one thing: refrigerators. If you wanted to stick a magnet to anything else, you'd have to weld it there yourself.
The Green Revolution has gone to far this time.
Were the two wooden magnetic dress-up dolls anything like these dolls? Because if they were, I think your shipment came direct from Ustalav.
I think dolls from Ustalav would be nesting dolls. Constructs made from coffins, no doubt, but still nesting dolls.