I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm certainly experiencing something along those lines.
I won a $100 from Subway early in January, and while others who won this contest seem to have received their gift card, mine has not yet arrived. I put in a query a few weeks ago, and they sent me a form that needed to be filled out and sent back. I did that, and they promised to mail the card out on January 20th. If I had not sent in the query, I likely never would have received the form.
It's now two weeks later, and my prize is still not here. I know Canadian mail is slow, but it doesn't take two weeks for an envelope to go from anywhere in this country, to someplace else in the same country. I told them that and they are now looking into it, though that was several days ago, and I haven't heard anything since.
I even told them how much I'd love to tell my blog readers about experimenting with different combinations of Subway sandwiches that I haven't tried yet. Let's hope I get that chance.
Meanwhile the Linen Chest was having a 75% off sale and I found something on their website that I've been wanting for months. Hunting for, in fact. I even put it on my Christmas list, but I didn't get it. I don't often buy stuff on line, and after my experience before Christmas, one would think I'd know better. But I wanted new pasta bowls and this set was perfect, so I put in the order.
The original e-mail advertising the 75% off sale also came with an offer of 10% off if I signed up for their newsletter, so I did that. I expected an e-mail giving me that additional code to plug into my order, but it didn't come, so I put the order through. Several days later I got another e-mail saying there was still something in my shopping cart, and if I completed the order, they would give me 5% off. I went to look at my account, and it appeared that my order was "processing", but it did indeed show the pasta bowls sitting in the shopping cart. To me, "processing" meant the order had gone though just fine. I wanted the bowls but didn't want to duplicate the order, so I decided to e-mail them and ask. I also asked why I would be satisfied with a 5% discount when they originally promised me a 10% one that never came through.
I got a response that said, "normally one receives this notice if they did not complete their purchase or completed the transaction from a different computer or browser." That wasn't the case here though. They then offered to take the extra 5 % off this order if I transferred the offer I received back to them by e-mail. I eventually figured out they meant I should forward that message to them, so I did, and got that extra 5% after all. I also got a another e-mail from them giving me that original 10% discount off my next order.
Checking my account once again, I see the order is still "processing" but at least now there is nothing in my shopping cart. I have no idea when the package will arrive, but at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if something was broken. That wouldn't be the fault of the Linen Chest, or the Post Office, of course. It would just be my luck.....or perhaps I could blame it on the stars.
Did I mention I've been getting lovely e-mails in my g-mail account, complete with photos of a lovely little girl, that were all meant for someone else? I alerted the person who was sending them, and he seems to have it all straightened out now. The e-mails were meant for someone with my last name and my first initial, so I can see how this could happen. It's just the timing that seems to fit into the predictions at the moment.
But on March 21st, I get to celebrate my 40th Wedding Anniversary, and it should be good as I will be in the clear by then. Hopefully......
This post just makes me smile. Perhaps we can blame all this snow for the slow post. :o)
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