On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:32 AM, Zaphod wrote: > > This morning I got 4 emails from buy.com giving me tracking numbers of > 4 different shipments of the same item :) > > I got 2 emails later on telling me that the orders couldn't be > cancelled because they were already in the shipping phase. > > Hopefully I'll be able to intercept the UPS guy so I can refuse > delivery on 3 of the 4. > > All this to save $15 bucks over buying it at Fry's. >
There is something to be said for buying small items locally. Still, buy.comfailed you. Even if the front-end experience fails and you end up with four orders, they should have monitoring routines in place that detect duplicate entries like this. Poor architecture for a company that depends entirely on online commerce for its business. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301323 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
