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Old 03-16-17, 08:29 PM
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I ordered 11 blu's during their recent sale. I received 5 & a whopping $15 refund. They charged the same shipping for 5 blu's as for 11. I also got an extremely rude cs rep, who finally told me to call their Pay Pal specialist tomorrow.

No email asking if I wanted to go through with the order, no apologies, no nothing. This more then doubled the shipping cost per disc, & to add insult to injury the ones I didn't get (especially Saboteur) were the ones I wanted the most. If I don't get a significant refund & a promise that today's rude cs rep will be talked to or fired; I'm done with Oldies.
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Originally Posted by MooMooMooMoo
I ordered 11 blu's during their recent sale. I received 5 & a whopping $15 refund. They charged the same shipping for 5 blu's as for 11. I also got an extremely rude cs rep, who finally told me to call their Pay Pal specialist tomorrow.

No email asking if I wanted to go through with the order, no apologies, no nothing. This more then doubled the shipping cost per disc, & to add insult to injury the ones I didn't get (especially Saboteur) were the ones I wanted the most. If I don't get a significant refund & a promise that today's rude cs rep will be talked to or fired; I'm done with Oldies.
If it's any consolation, Saboteur can be gotten new from an Amazon Marketplace seller for $7.00. That seems to be less than half of what Oldies is asking for it.
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I have almost ordered from this site tons of times but it has just never been quite worth it. Shipping usually kills the deal or I realize I am just about to buy trash because it is cheap....
Old 03-17-17, 02:51 PM
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The trick is to order enough for free shipping. Then when they cancel out items, (which they do all the time), it doesn't affect the shipping.
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Originally Posted by rbrown498
If it's any consolation, Saboteur can be gotten new from an Amazon Marketplace seller for $7.00. That seems to be less than half of what Oldies is asking for it.
I ordered it for $3.99 from Oldies..........

"Dennis" wasn't in today. I'm going to eat this order & I have unsubscribed from their emails. They lost a good customer.

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Old 03-17-17, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by g
The trick is to order enough for free shipping. Then when they cancel out items, (which they do all the time), it doesn't affect the shipping.
I spent 3 hours trying to find $50. I could only get it to just over $41. The cost would have been low enough per disc ($3.76 shipped) if they had filled all 11 to make it acceptable. It ended up being $5.19 per disc. I've never run into this before. And their website pretends to be updated in real time.

I am an internet retailer (though I am in process of closing down). I ALWAYS let a customer know if I am unable to completely fill an order before billing them, & I give them the opportunity to cancel. Oldies didn't say a word about this until the day the refund & package showed up.
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Ah, I thought there was a longer thread. (Just responded to the one in the DVD forum.) Moo, if they owe you money, I would fight them for it, or at the very least file a complaint with PayPal.
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Ah, I thought there was a longer thread. (Just responded to the one in the DVD forum.) Moo, if they owe you money, I would fight them for it, or at the very least file a complaint with PayPal.
I considered it. After close to 30 minutes on 2 phone calls, I decided to stop wasting my time & eat the relatively small amount of what I do consider being ripped off; they could very easily make a case that they don't legally owe me anything.

I just will not buy from them again.
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Oldies saw one of my posts & refunded the shipping.
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Originally Posted by MooMooMooMoo
Oldies saw one of my posts & refunded the shipping.
That's good news. Shame they couldn't have taken care of it in the first place.

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