Going back to supporting my local B&M.....

[greenjas]

This must be shipping from H-E-double hockey sticks week. Not only did one vendor delay my order, but now, I just got confirmation from the USPS that my order from another vendor was delivered to a parking garage some place downtown, address unknown. Had I just paid the extra $40 my B&M wanted to sell me the same item, I would have had my new Sig 150w TC by now. Now, it looks like I won't be getting my toys until sometime Thursday for the Sig 150w TC, battery charger and batteries. The rba deck and nickel ni200 wire, I can assume that is lost because once the parking garage realizes that it was delivered to the wrong address, they have to send it back to the post office and then the post office will attempt another delivery, perhaps to the right address this time around. This could take a week or more that's even if the parking garage they delivered it too send it back to the postal office. I just want my toys....I want them now, not next week, but today.

 

[Eitje]

...
Feel for you... I nearly had to torture my mail man to figure out they delivered to the same house number on the other side of the city.
Street, zip all different but local post customer service kindly stated it was delivered ..Dot!
Not to me! You ....

 

[dDubs]

I hate waiting for things in the mail. If the price to buy it online is substantially cheaper, I may order it online, but otherwise I'll buy it locally. I do try to support local businesses, but for example one of my local vape shops was selling istick 50w for $90... absolutely ridiculous. Not all of their prices are so inflated, but needless to say I don't go there anymore.

 

[RandyF]

I'm like dDubs, if I can find it locally for roughly the same price, then I will buy it at the B&M. That is rare though, most shops are grossly over-priced. I do have Kidney Puncher about 8 miles away, but they can swing either way, sometimes they are just a couple dollars higher, other times they are substantially higher. I always check their site before I order something though.

 

[bluecat]

Next day fed ex is what? around 25 bucks. Still 15 ahead.

No getting into the car. Then flipping off the 15 people that should not have a license in the first place that are texting while driving or doing other things. Having your wife yell at you because your kids are the car. Then having a little man in a big truck cut you off on the street. He jumps out you floor him. He ends up in the hospital and you downtown explaining how this little man in a big truck ended up in the hospital because you felt threatened by a little man.

I would wait the extra days.

 

[Darkstarncw]

My B&M is right smack in between my house and work, so I tend to just walk the 2 miles to work and stop by the store on the way back home. Exercise, saving the environment, supporting local business, and a healthy dose of nature; it's just too good to pass up.

 

[Alien Traveler]

Exercise, saving the environment

Increased breathing rate due to exercise pollutes environment with carbon dioxide. Excess of carbon dioxide and increased body heat (again thanks to exercise) promote global warming. Do you need it?

 

[jlb]

I understand that BandM have to charge alittle more for things to cover overhead costs, employees,etc. But where I am, they go completely overboard. Prices WAY too high, employees that seem very inexperienced, as for that I dont think Ive seen the same employee in there twice. They dont care what they sell to who. Like suggesting an expensive mech mod and dripper to someone who is just starting out. So I order online 99% of the time.

 

[Darkstarncw]

Increased breathing rate due to exercise pollutes environment with carbon dioxide. Excess of carbon dioxide and increased body heat (again thanks to exercise) promote global warming. Do you need it?

It's alright, I wear my Darth Vader helmet while walking, which I'm almost positive filters out everything.