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Sweet Baby James 09-01-08 09:30 PM


Originally Posted by cinemaphile (Post 8910399)
are they seeing any system or order to how these are shipping? i mean are the people who ordered earliest the ones seeing their stuff shipped?

i havent gotten any notices yet, and am hoping that those of us who ordered later arent going to get screwed since thats when the site started freaking out.

:fingers crossed:

I ordered 5 Blu-Rays, 3 in stock and 2 preorders. I ordered around 8:30 PM and selected free shipping. I received a shipping email for 2 of the in stock items and they are being shipped by USPS. BTW, I never received a confirmation email for the order. Good luck to all that ordered(and try not to rub salt into the wounds of those who didn't).:)

alfonsosoriano 09-01-08 09:33 PM

I ordered at around 6:30 PM EST and have not yet received a shipping notice.

So apparently there is no rhyme or reason to how things are being shipped.

Bishop54 09-01-08 09:34 PM


Originally Posted by John Galt (Post 8910401)
Damn, I'm going to be pretty damn surprised if these actually ship. I got one order through for Planet Earth Blu Ray when I was just testing the deal. I went and added $2000 worth of Blu Rays and was in the checkout process when the site went down. Would have been nice to have completed that checkout, but I'm not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth.

Dude it's orders like yours that will be cancelled. Talk about throwing up a red flag. I just ordered 4 things as I tried to get my order under the radar. We'll see if it works.

mzupeman2 09-01-08 09:37 PM

My status still shows as 'in process' on the site. It seems that people with free shipping are getting their confirmations. However I paid for 2-3 day and haven't recieved anything. Well, going to bed so here's hoping for good news in the morning!

Big Dave 09-01-08 09:43 PM

Even if the shipping warehouses were not informed of the mistake for some reason, you would think they might question why they have thousands and thousands of more orders then normal.

John Galt 09-01-08 09:47 PM


Originally Posted by Bishop54 (Post 8910418)
Dude it's orders like yours that will be cancelled[sic]. Talk about throwing up a red flag. I just ordered 4 things as I tried to get my order under the radar. We'll see if it works.

My order for one $20 item is going to get canceled? :hscratch:

Bishop54 09-01-08 09:49 PM


Originally Posted by John Galt (Post 8910451)
My order for one $20 item is going to get canceled? :hscratch:

No but had your huge order went through it probably would have. I bet you get your one Blu-Ray. Good luck.

iamiam 09-01-08 09:53 PM


Originally Posted by Bishop54 (Post 8910418)
Dude it's orders like yours that will be cancelled. Talk about throwing up a red flag. I just ordered 4 things as I tried to get my order under the radar. We'll see if it works.

One word for you, automation.

John Galt 09-01-08 09:56 PM

Well I didn't really think any would make it through, it was more of a shot in the dark. I would have normally broken it down into several smaller orders but I wasn't having any problems with the site for about 5 minutes there and was able to add about 20 titles without any error messages.

shumway 09-01-08 09:57 PM

Got shipping notification on mine as well though I didn't receive order confirmation. I managed to get my order through somewhere around 9:30 Central.

Sweet Baby James 09-01-08 09:58 PM

Even though I have received a shipping email, my order is probably packed up at a fulfillment warehouse, waiting to go out on the first truck tomorrow. Borders could still recall the shipment and cancel the order. BMG did this on a CD box set glitch a few months back. I'm still going to worry until I have my Blu-Rays in my hot, greedy hands!

AmonTwin 09-01-08 10:03 PM

Well, I just received a shipment confirmation email for 3 of the 4 things I ordered [the 4th is the only pre-order]. I am amazed that this appears to have been accepted. I should have known better than to not include more since it was really going to be all or nothing really. Oh well, got a few double dips I was on the fence about. Actually, the funny thing is that I can't remember if I ordered 4 or 5 items and I never received an order confirmation email and now the site only yields an error message when I try to check the order details...

Unbelievable really....Thank you OP!

I should also note that although a USPS tracking number is provided, there is no record of it yet at USPS being Labor Day and all so until I actually hold these in my hands....

Mickactual 09-01-08 10:07 PM

Welll...
The site is finally working again. I was able to access my shopping cart now, but everything I had in it last night and this afternoon (when I couldn't access the shopping cart to finalize the order) is now gone.
I tried adding stuff again. Works fine BUT none of the coupon codes are working now. Guess they found the glitch. Wish I'd have been abe to get my order in.
:grunt:
P.S. I stopped in a local Borders store earlier this evening and "casually" inquired at the info desk if they know about anything being wrong with their website. They seemed genuinely unaware of anything.
Oh well... Hope You guys who did get Your orders in get them at the 80% off!

thursdaynighter 09-01-08 10:07 PM

Harry Potter complete collection on blu-ray and Troy Blu-Ray shipped for $42. Wow. Don't even have a blu-ray player yet though ;)

Arthur Dent 09-01-08 10:35 PM

I ordered Heroes S1 on blu and paid $2.98 for 2-3 day shipping... no order confirmation yet. If this goes through, I will <3 Borders.

My Other Self 09-01-08 11:17 PM

Sooo wait... I just got an e-mail for ONE of my orders to ship................ wow. I don't give a shit if any of them do, but I got confirmation for one. That's nuts.

Ok if we get this WTF. I think I'm gonna cry. haha.

vietduckboi 09-01-08 11:27 PM

wow, i thought the $10 off orders of $10 of more at blockbuster.com was like the greatest thing ever.

i dont log onto dvdtalk for 1 day and i miss something like this.

lesson learned :)

lectersvictim 09-01-08 11:43 PM

wow i can't believe they are shipping the orders... I ordered the complete friends collection for $61 after tax and 2-3 day shipping, but it is on back order and expects to ship in 2 weeks. Does anyone think this will ship because it is on backorder? I really hope it does!!!

My Other Self 09-01-08 11:49 PM

Anyone else have a feeling if we get these we may get another "some people get to keep theirs/some don't" like in the Amazon fiasco?

cinemaphile 09-01-08 11:54 PM


Originally Posted by mcfly (Post 8910646)
Anyone else have a feeling if we get these we may get another "some people get to keep theirs/some don't" like in the Amazon fiasco?

I can accept if these orders all get cancelled. I expected it. But if some people get theirs and I don't, they WILL be hearing from me.

Sweet Baby James 09-01-08 11:58 PM


Originally Posted by mcfly (Post 8910646)
Anyone else have a feeling if we get these we may get another "some people get to keep theirs/some don't" like in the Amazon fiasco?

I paid by GC and don't have a credit card on file, so I'm in the clear if things go south.

My Other Self 09-02-08 12:06 AM


Originally Posted by Sweet Baby James (Post 8910654)
I paid by GC and don't have a credit card on file, so I'm in the clear if things go south.

I'd rather not lose any sleep over it if there's an issue. I hope if they decide to cancel them or charge more they do so BEFORE it leaves the warehouse tomorrow.

tonka65 09-02-08 12:35 AM

nice thing about post office once they actually ship it..You know your going to get it,,no way to recall those.

cinemaphile 09-02-08 12:51 AM

This just showed up on slick deals:


I got an email earlier this evening saying that part of my order has shipped.

I have now also received a cancellation email for the same order. Will have to wait and see if the part of the order that said shipped sneaks through.

The cancellation email starts with..

Subject: Follow-Up On Your Borders.com Order # XXXXXXX

Dear YYYYYYY,

We are unable to complete your order at this time. Please contact Customer Care at 800.770.7811 so we can fully process your order. We apologize for the delay.
uh oh.... it begins!!! (i had a feeling nothing was actually going to ship out!)

My Other Self 09-02-08 12:56 AM

Damn. Just cancel it. I don't feel like calling up CS.


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