(DEAD) DDD 25% Sale - IT'S *NOT* ALIVE!!
06-14-09, 01:44 AM
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So, why don't they not have a sale...and just offer their current prices. Would be a lot easier.
06-15-09, 11:32 AM
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Hi,
Longtime lurker, first time posting...
I just called customer service and talked to a very nice lady who explained everything to me so I wanted to pass on this information. From what she told me the orders have been cancelled, they actually got an alert in their system telling them that an invaild code was used and the orders would not be filled
If I understood correctly once you place an order it goes to the warehouse and then it is placed into the system to be processed. Once these "invalid orders" were at the warehouse they were cancelled right away and never even entered into the system.
That is why the order numbers are not showing up on their end but we have them. Hope that makes sense.....
I told her my worry was that I would be charged twice if I placed this order again and she told me that would not happen since it was basically stopped from the get go.
Customer service was very nice to me and answered everything I needed to know. It would have been great if it went through but I understand that it didn't so no hard feelings.
Hope this information is helpful to someone else....
Jason
Longtime lurker, first time posting...
I just called customer service and talked to a very nice lady who explained everything to me so I wanted to pass on this information. From what she told me the orders have been cancelled, they actually got an alert in their system telling them that an invaild code was used and the orders would not be filled
If I understood correctly once you place an order it goes to the warehouse and then it is placed into the system to be processed. Once these "invalid orders" were at the warehouse they were cancelled right away and never even entered into the system.
That is why the order numbers are not showing up on their end but we have them. Hope that makes sense.....
I told her my worry was that I would be charged twice if I placed this order again and she told me that would not happen since it was basically stopped from the get go.
Customer service was very nice to me and answered everything I needed to know. It would have been great if it went through but I understand that it didn't so no hard feelings.
Hope this information is helpful to someone else....
Jason
06-15-09, 11:35 AM
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No need for an apology, but it's a downer that I may not be able to get as great a deal on the 2 things I ordered from the non-sale.
06-15-09, 12:22 PM
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Dear Customer,
We are extremely sorry that you were unable to use a sale code that expired 6 months ago to place an order and receive a discount that we were not offering at this time. It is unfortunate that from your end it appeared as though your order had been accepted by our system. However, our system was not programmed to deal with people trying to take unfair advantage of it in that particular way. Of course, your credit card was not charged, and the order was removed from the system as soon as it was noticed to be invalid, but apparently some people still feel they need an apology.
In the future, if you would like to try random coupons and sale codes to try to get unadvertised discounts that you are not actually eligible for, we invite you to try any of our numerous competitors' websites. You may have better luck.
Sincerely,
DeepDiscount
06-15-09, 01:21 PM
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Dear Customer,
We are extremely sorry that you were unable to use a sale code that expired 6 months ago to place an order and receive a discount that we were not offering at this time. It is unfortunate that from your end it appeared as though your order had been accepted by our system. However, our system was not programmed to deal with people trying to take unfair advantage of it in that particular way. Of course, your credit card was not charged, and the order was removed from the system as soon as it was noticed to be invalid, but apparently some people still feel they need an apology.
In the future, if you would like to try random coupons and sale codes to try to get unadvertised discounts that you are not actually eligible for, we invite you to try any of our numerous competitors' websites. You may have better luck.
Sincerely,
DeepDiscount
That has to be the funniest thing I've read on this forum!
06-16-09, 07:46 AM
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Dear Customer,
We are extremely sorry that you were unable to use a sale code that expired 6 months ago to place an order and receive a discount that we were not offering at this time. It is unfortunate that from your end it appeared as though your order had been accepted by our system. However, our system was not programmed to deal with people trying to take unfair advantage of it in that particular way. Of course, your credit card was not charged, and the order was removed from the system as soon as it was noticed to be invalid, but apparently some people still feel they need an apology.
In the future, if you would like to try random coupons and sale codes to try to get unadvertised discounts that you are not actually eligible for, we invite you to try any of our numerous competitors' websites. You may have better luck.
Sincerely,
DeepDiscount
06-16-09, 08:37 AM
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I decided it was time to exhale - not holding my breath for this sale. That said , I CAN'T WAIT !@ I'm rolling the dice for 25% and plan to spend at least a week's wages. 
06-16-09, 02:57 PM
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The interesting thing to me is that the order is still visible in my history so I can TELL how much they're jacking their prices when the sale starts just by looking there.
06-17-09, 01:41 AM
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The Douglas Fairbanks boxset A Modern Musketeer now has a DDD price of $72.90, up from its longstanding price of $62.89. DVDPricesearch still shows this set at the old lower price. DDD probably raised this DVD's selling price in preparation for its 25% semi-annual sale. Which could indicate the sale will probably take place shortly, in June, not July. My guess is that DDD Day is next Thursday, June 25.
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06-17-09, 01:46 AM
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The Douglas Fairbanks boxset A Modern Musketeer now has a DDD price of $72.90, up from its longstanding price of $62.89. DVDPricesearch still shows this set at the old lower price. DDD probably raised this DVD's selling price in preparation for its 25% semi-annual sale. Which could indicate the sale will probably take place shortly, in June, not July. My guess is that DDD Day is next Thursday, June 25.
Got to remember that one.We'll know in a week if your hunch is right.
06-17-09, 06:56 AM
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The Douglas Fairbanks boxset A Modern Musketeer now has a DDD price of $72.90, up from its longstanding price of $62.89. DVDPricesearch still shows this set at the old lower price. DDD probably raised this DVD's selling price in preparation for its 25% semi-annual sale. Which could indicate the sale will probably take place shortly, in June, not July. My guess is that DDD Day is next Thursday, June 25.
06-17-09, 07:46 AM
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The Douglas Fairbanks boxset A Modern Musketeer now has a DDD price of $72.90, up from its longstanding price of $62.89. DVDPricesearch still shows this set at the old lower price. DDD probably raised this DVD's selling price in preparation for its 25% semi-annual sale.
Prices fluctuate all the time, as others have said. Every year people pile on with specific upward changes, but tend to ignore all the price drops. After participating in every one of their semi-annual sales, probably 98% of my wish-list items have been the same or sometimes even lower when the starting bell rings.
06-17-09, 08:00 AM
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The issue of DDD raising prices before their big sales has been hashed over for years. There have been a number of threads that systematically tracked price increases and decreases, and have shown no consistent pattern of increases before the sale other than the normal price fluctuations that happen all the time. Some prices went up, other prices went down.
This is a classic urban legend. You can present all the facts you want; people will still believe what they want to believe.
This is a classic urban legend. You can present all the facts you want; people will still believe what they want to believe.
06-17-09, 10:12 AM
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The issue of DDD raising prices before their big sales has been hashed over for years. There have been a number of threads that systematically tracked price increases and decreases, and have shown no consistent pattern of increases before the sale other than the normal price fluctuations that happen all the time. Some prices went up, other prices went down.
This is a classic urban legend. You can present all the facts you want; people will still believe what they want to believe.
This is a classic urban legend. You can present all the facts you want; people will still believe what they want to believe.
Amazon does it all the time but people don't seem to complain as much when they do it.
06-17-09, 11:15 AM
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That's only partially true. That is why some prices go up, but over the past few years I've seen items in my cart not in any sale at all to up when the 20/25% sale begins.
06-17-09, 01:43 PM
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And I've seen many items go down in price just before the 20%/25% sale begins. Of course, the increases are going to get more attention than the decreases, reinforcing the urban legend.
06-17-09, 07:34 PM
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