Newsletter chitchat - April 8, 2025

[Cassel]

When I called the second time, it was on Thursday afternoon. The agent said she would send me an email confirmation for this offer the next day, but still asked me to "pay over the phone" now. I thought that $45 for a new printer was "too good to be true", but I had called the number on their site twice and both times, they said the same thing about the counter that could not be reset, so I suspected I was talking to a legit agent.

I decided to go ahead and gave my credit card number over the phone. I rarely do that.

Unlike what she told me about the email notification, it didn't take that long since I got it within about an hour. Luckily for me, I didn't have anything urgent to print (like the Letters from the North Pole) so I was going to be out of a printer for a few more days (I was already out since the previous week). On Friday morning, someone knocks at the door (not the doorbell) at 8h30. I was still in bed so I rushed out of bed to put on a housecoat, and run to the door. A delivery person was there, in the process of filling out a paper: it was my printer being delivered. The guy had apparently tried to ring the doorbell (which I never heard), then knocked, and since it was taking a while, he thought there was nobody home.

So it turned out that I got that new printer in less than 24 hours!! And yes, it cost me only $45 (+tax)

Have you ever had some unexpected deal?

[Cristina]

4 hours ago, Cassel said:

When I called the second time, it was on Thursday afternoon. The agent said she would send me an email confirmation for this offer the next day, but still asked me to "pay over the phone" now. I thought that $45 for a new printer was "too good to be true", but I had called the number on their site twice and both times, they said the same thing about the counter that could not be reset, so I suspected I was talking to a legit agent.

I decided to go ahead and gave my credit card number over the phone. I rarely do that.

Unlike what she told me about the email notification, it didn't take that long since I got it within about an hour. Luckily for me, I didn't have anything urgent to print (like the Letters from the North Pole) so I was going to be out of a printer for a few more days (I was already out since the previous week). On Friday morning, someone knocks at the door (not the doorbell) at 8h30. I was still in bed so I rushed out of bed to put on a housecoat, and run to the door. A delivery person was there, in the process of filling out a paper: it was my printer being delivered. The guy had apparently tried to ring the doorbell (which I never heard), then knocked, and since it was taking a while, he thought there was nobody home.

So it turned out that I got that new printer in less than 24 hours!! And yes, it cost me only $45 (+tax)

Have you ever had some unexpected deal?

Wow, that was a fantastic deal, Carole!
I have to say, I would have second thoughts about giving my credit card number over the phone, but luckily it was legitimate, and you were the one who made the call anyway.
Happy prints! 😊 
 

[Jacques]

10 hours ago, Cassel said:

When I called the second time, it was on Thursday afternoon. The agent said she would send me an email confirmation for this offer the next day, but still asked me to "pay over the phone" now. I thought that $45 for a new printer was "too good to be true", but I had called the number on their site twice and both times, they said the same thing about the counter that could not be reset, so I suspected I was talking to a legit agent.

I decided to go ahead and gave my credit card number over the phone. I rarely do that.

Unlike what she told me about the email notification, it didn't take that long since I got it within about an hour. Luckily for me, I didn't have anything urgent to print (like the Letters from the North Pole) so I was going to be out of a printer for a few more days (I was already out since the previous week). On Friday morning, someone knocks at the door (not the doorbell) at 8h30. I was still in bed so I rushed out of bed to put on a housecoat, and run to the door. A delivery person was there, in the process of filling out a paper: it was my printer being delivered. The guy had apparently tried to ring the doorbell (which I never heard), then knocked, and since it was taking a while, he thought there was nobody home.

So it turned out that I got that new printer in less than 24 hours!! And yes, it cost me only $45 (+tax)

Have you ever had some unexpected deal?

A few years ago, my Epson WF-4540 All-in-One printer started to emit a lot of "yellow" color.

I contacted the service center and even though my warranty was over, Epson replaced the printer free of charge with a newer model.

The only problem was that the cartridges weren't the same :).

But I consider it a very good deal.

[Cassel]

12 minutes ago, Jacques said:

The only problem was that the cartridges weren't the same :).

Same thing for me. The bottles of ink were different (and I had JUST bought a new bottle of black).

The "new" printer came with four new bottles. I still had some of the older ones, so I posted on a Facebook group for free stuff and found someone who could use those leftovers (there was about 1/4 left in each bottle).

[Corrie Kinkel]

Wow that was a good deal and your risk with giving you cardnumber went well. Just last week I had a good experience at the opticien where we always go if we need new glasses. After my yearly eye check at the hospital I again needed new glasses and I got a new frame took, but it turned out that I was allergic for that frame and the opticien exchanged it with one of titanium and of course the glasses didn't fit and because all of this was within 2 months after buying they ordered new glasses al well. Great service! I never have my sunglasses with prescripton glass in them because after my eye surgery I need new glasses almost every year and if I would have those as sunglasses as well it becomes way to expensive! Therefore I use sun clips that you put over the glasses. Naturally those didn't fit over my new glasses, but I let it go for a while. Now with the sunlight getting stronger I need new ones and went to see my opticien and they only could offer as a solution, after trying everything they has in store, were custom fit clips that are made for the frame I have. Therefore they need my frame for a week, but luckily the opticien still had the same frame and could send it. So far so good but the next problem is, that it was not possible to guarantee that the clips were back in time because I travel coming Monday. The opticien then arranged that one of his staff goes to the manufacturer to fetch them and I can collect them Saturday. Service!!!!!!!!!  

[Michele]

17 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said:

Wow that was a good deal and your risk with giving you cardnumber went well. Just last week I had a good experience at the opticien where we always go if we need new glasses. After my yearly eye check at the hospital I again needed new glasses and I got a new frame took, but it turned out that I was allergic for that frame and the opticien exchanged it with one of titanium and of course the glasses didn't fit and because all of this was within 2 months after buying they ordered new glasses al well. Great service! I never have my sunglasses with prescripton glass in them because after my eye surgery I need new glasses almost every year and if I would have those as sunglasses as well it becomes way to expensive! Therefore I use sun clips that you put over the glasses. Naturally those didn't fit over my new glasses, but I let it go for a while. Now with the sunlight getting stronger I need new ones and went to see my opticien and they only could offer as a solution, after trying everything they has in store, were custom fit clips that are made for the frame I have. Therefore they need my frame for a week, but luckily the opticien still had the same frame and could send it. So far so good but the next problem is, that it was not possible to guarantee that the clips were back in time because I travel coming Monday. The opticien then arranged that one of his staff goes to the manufacturer to fetch them and I can collect them Saturday. Service!!!!!!!!!  

They deserve a big basket from Edible Arrangements! 😀

[Corrie Kinkel]

8 hours ago, Michele said:

They deserve a big basket from Edible Arrangements! 😀

I'm planning to take a package of chocolate Easter eggs and I already have made a thank you card to go with it.