[HPFGU-OTChatter] Tapes

[Simon]

Missed who said it, but can I have the Cranberry recipe? Please?

Neil: "Don't worry too much about the book, Sheryll - I guess it's lost.
Theoretically, Amazon are still looking for the copy of Emerald House
Rising I ordered from them, umpteen months ago... so, perhaps that one will
show up!

Which reminds me... I decided to order *your* tapes with a load of other
stuff from WHSmiths Online, and for some reason they sent PoA on tape and
CoS as a hardback book (the tape's details were correct and the price was
obviously higher).  They are sending the tape now and I should have it on
Monday.  I should have just walked into a shop and bought them, but I
wanted to check out WHSmiths' internet service (silly me).  Anyway, that's
why I haven't sent them yet."

The joys of ordering online. I have ordered stuff through various companies
and have only had a couple of problems, all concerning getting books from
overseas. I am still waiting for BOL to get part of an order to me, only
over 1 month after I ordered it. I think they may be getting e-mail from me
soon, asking what is going on!

When WHSmiths were taking ages getting Wild Swans to me they started
e-mailing every other day to apologise that they were having trouble
finding out what the hold up was in them getting the book (their supplier
was not talking to them!). Amusingly the book arrived before these e-mails
stopped. Goes to show how good communication is in these firms. Also they
have answered my queries quickly, when I have had problems in the past
(always within one working day). Most importantly though they got GoF to me
on the release day (even if I had had problems with the pricing - which is
when I tested their customer support to the full).

Amazon always seems to be the quickest to get stuff to me. I have ordered
at after 8 pm one evening and had the stuff the next day. Which is
amazingly good service, and I was only using the normal posting service.
They are, however, rarely the cheapest. Also their postage rates are higher
than both BOL and WHSmiths.


I have had to exercise my full self-control not to buy the audio books
while they are at half price. I cannot justify such extravagance when I am
a student. Guess I will wait until I am earning some of that money stuff
when I grow up a bit.



Simon
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"Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it
keeps its brain."
Arthur Weasley - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
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