1-hour SPECIAL TONIGHT ONLY!!! 12" CCFLs $5 + $3 for 2nd lamp!!! *deal over, come back next weekend!*

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beamrider

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They only shipped one of the kits I ordered, instead of 2. Interesting..........But I was only charged for one, so I guess it's all good!
 

svidanag

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Well i ordered 8 (2 of each color) and was shipped 2 instead (2 UV)

I wish they would at least tell me about it. When i click on the link in my email order confirmation, there is only 2 listed (but the email clearly shows i ordered 8. I wouldn't care so much if they would just honestly tell me about the cancellationw instead of just sending me 2.
 

BigJ

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same situation as everyone else, ordered 2 only shipped one. Its going to be here tomorrow so thats pretty fast for fedex ground. Wish they would have asked me about what color I wanted (ordered 1 red and 1 blue, got sent the red :()
 

svidanag

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I recieved my tracking info at 2:30 AM. I assume they are filling more orders today, so you'll get your tracking tonight.
 

JoeKew1

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I recieved my tracking info last night, and my CC's are traveling to the distribution center in Chicago, Il. - And then on to Southern Ca! (eventually)
 

beamrider

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Got mine today, works great, although the UV isn't as bright as I had hoped, but nice nonetheless!
 

alkemyst

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The idea is to bring new customers to the site, not bring rapists who want to exploit a decent deal and gaybay their anime pron fund. ;)

If some ppl would just invest a little $$$ into a tax id number and get a reseller's license/certificate they would have a much easier life if reselling is what they want to do.

I am contemplating modding my Additronics 7896, but am trying to find a color to go with beige so drive repainting can be skipped.

 

cpals

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Originally posted by: alkemyst
The idea is to bring new customers to the site, not bring rapists who want to exploit a decent deal and gaybay their anime pron fund. ;)

If some ppl would just invest a little $$$ into a tax id number and get a reseller's license/certificate they would have a much easier life if reselling is what they want to do.

I am contemplating modding my Additronics 7896, but am trying to find a color to go with beige so drive repainting can be skipped.

What was that all about? Nothing you said made sense to me...

 

alkemyst

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I will speak slower this time ;)

When a merchant offers a deal like the ones above it's sort of an advertising / promotional offer. The idea is to get someone to come to the site, check it out and get a good deal...possibly ordering a few more items or at least remembering them the next time they need something. Someone coming there and ordering up 10, 100, 1000 of them to resell is not what they had in mind with that offer. Now if one had 10 actual machines to use these in I don't see a problem, but when you go to resell now you are biting the hand that fed you since you took a possible customer away from that merchant ... sure they still got 'your' sale, but they didn't get the benefit of that person checking out their site and possibly ordering more items, and the word of mouth of them telling their friends about the cool deal they got.

Then all these items flood the auction sites and those selling off their hardware now have to take a loss as the market becomes flooded. I remember last year with the Dell / Altec Lansing ATA880's for $24.95. Ebay had like 10 pages of them for about $50-$150+. The same thing happens with soda and discounted food products in our local stores, even with the limits posted some business owners try coming in and taking the whole stock of 2 liter sodas for 50 cents each, then get all bent out of shape when they are told the limit is 10.

I love getting a good deal, but I hate the deal rapists.

This is my opinion, so agree or disagree it's not a problem. If people keep raping, especially with the anandtech effect, dealers will not offer such deals. Go after pricing errors not legitimate specials that are to be repeated.
 

YAZ

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Did anyone order the UV light? Does your light look more white rather than a Black UV?
 

cpals

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Originally posted by: YAZ
Did anyone order the UV light? Does your light look more white rather than a Black UV?

There's a long post on the xoxide forums about this. They claim that the UV lights are supposed to only be a "light" and not a black light like many of us assumed from the pictures on the site.