anybody have experience with gateway?

zimu

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So i ordered a digital camera through gateway, and i see from their status page since tuesday that tehy're waiting for my parts to fulfil my order- i.e. its backordered.

now, the thing is i've called gateway 3 times and they insist that it will be delivered on monday, which was the ORIGINAL date which tehy claimed they'd get it to me on, and that was if they had it in stock on tuesday.

what are the chances of me getting the camera on monday as they claim, if they're still waiting for it from the back-order, and if you bear in mind shipping times etc?!

 

TallBill

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.... uh.. just wait till monday and see.. if they dont ship it.. then will you do anything different in your life anyways?
 

zimu

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Originally posted by: TallBill
.... uh.. just wait till monday and see.. if they dont ship it.. then will you do anything different in your life anyways?

maybe! you never know!!
 

TallBill

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if it was that important to have it by a certain day, you probably woulda taken further steps to ensure delivery.
 

zimu

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Originally posted by: TallBill
if it was that important to have it by a certain day, you probably woulda taken further steps to ensure delivery.

well. when they say 5-7 day delivery, in stock, ships next business day, you take that for granted. most GOOD companies will stick to that, and you'll have your products 7 days later AT LATEST.

unless you live in the bushes someplace in the depths of some forgotten african rainforest and they have issues delivering it to you. Welcome to the US, our wonderful capitalist nation, where one business day makes all the difference int eh world.
 

zimu

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Originally posted by: BlamoHammer
Which camera did you order?

needed somethign quick n' dirty, they had a special deal going for the kodak DX6340 for 120 bucks.
 

BlamoHammer

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Originally posted by: zimu
Originally posted by: BlamoHammer
Which camera did you order?

needed somethign quick n' dirty, they had a special deal going for the kodak DX6340 for 120 bucks.

Whew! I thought you ordered one of their piece of crap cameras. As for a third party order it is hard to day. All Gateway really does is order it from someone else. When I worked there I had reasonable success getting stuff on time but one never knows when you bring a third party into it.
 

zimu

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Originally posted by: BlamoHammer
Originally posted by: zimu
Originally posted by: BlamoHammer
Which camera did you order?

needed somethign quick n' dirty, they had a special deal going for the kodak DX6340 for 120 bucks.

Whew! I thought you ordered one of their piece of crap cameras. As for a third party order it is hard to day. All Gateway really does is order it from someone else. When I worked there I had reasonable success getting stuff on time but one never knows when you bring a third party into it.

thanks for the response! :)
 

BlamoHammer

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Originally posted by: zimu
Originally posted by: BlamoHammer
Originally posted by: zimu
Originally posted by: BlamoHammer
Which camera did you order?

needed somethign quick n' dirty, they had a special deal going for the kodak DX6340 for 120 bucks.

Whew! I thought you ordered one of their piece of crap cameras. As for a third party order it is hard to day. All Gateway really does is order it from someone else. When I worked there I had reasonable success getting stuff on time but one never knows when you bring a third party into it.

thanks for the response! :)

No problem. Wish I could have offered l an actual helpful response but thats all I got. Anythign else just ask!
 

TallBill

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lol, just giving you a hard time.. :p if you need a host for "quick n' dirty" pictures, lmk ;)