[creekdipper]

Originally Posted by Promethean

Anyone know CPR?

Paging Dr. Jester!!!!!!!!!!!!

When it comes to codes, Jester is either a certified heart specialist or a faith healer. You know that in hospitals they call certain 'codes' when a patient takes a sudden turn for the worse. The J-Man is at the head of the first-response team.

I'm just hoping that the evil geek squad at Columbia is still messing with us & will dangle one of the codes in front of us for a few hours this week just for kicks so they can sit back & enjoy the feeding frenzy (and the anxiety from us while we wonder how long the code will last, how to maximize the deals, etc.). Think of the mastermind in Saw who got his sadistic kicks from watching the painful choices to be made...that's probably the reactions of some of the CH guys. After all, they have to do something to relieve the monotony. C'mon, CH guys...throw us another code, just like the meanies in Rio Bravo throwing change into the spitoon just to watch drunken deputy Dean Martin have to fish it out in order to get a drink. When it comes to codes, I have no pride...will crawl on my belly like a garter snake just for taste of the code!

Actually, for once I thought I had gotten everything I wanted...then got an email today from Amazon saying a the order for a couple of sets I had ordered from an Amazon merchant had been cancelled. I ordered them last Friday after the first code died & it seemed unlikely that we'd get a fourth shot at the sale. Had the jerks (a store) informed me and the other 30-40 customers who evidently received the same treatment, according to the negative feedback over the past 3 days (the seller's feedback dropped from 98% to 91% over the weekend), I could have ordered the sets Monday morning. Another valuable lesson learned.

New code or not, this has been a great sale. Hope we get a repeat sometime. Thanks again, Jester. Columbia sure got a lot of my $ that would have gone to Best Buy, DD, Amazon, etc. I hope they realize that the occasional opportunity like this encourages customers to stay with the club, purchase more during other times, etc. I got a couple of floaters that were very slightly scuffed but didn't even consider returning them...feel like CH has done me a big favor, so why complain? Maybe we are somewhat like the "deadbeats" who pay off their credit cards (thus not earning any money for the CC company), but I have to think that CH sees an increase in customer loyalty & increased buying habits as a result of these codes.