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Preschoolians: the internet's most ridiculous company
We ordered a bunch of shoes online for my daughter, from various American companies. One of them was Preschoolians (I'm not going to link to their site. There is an entire blog devoted to how much Preschoolians sucks but the last post was from 2006 so I decided to give them a try anyways.
Ticketmaster fees
Just bought some tickets on Ticketmaster and couldn't believe all the little fees that they add on. Why can't they just bundle these charges in to the ticket price? The "order processing fee", although it is added on to the "order" not the ticket, could also be bundled in to their overall costs. Make it a fixed cost per ticket rather than a cost per order. The "order processing fee" was especially annoying because when I was asked to select how I wanted my tickets (standard mail, express mail, pick-up, etc...) I chose standard mail because it said "Free." What is the "convenience charge" anyways? Just put everything together in to one fee and tell what it is up front. Break-it down later if you want.
Avoid UPS Like the Plague
I found out the hard way why UPS sucks (as least for shipping from the US to Canada). I bought an audio cable online and here is the breakdown:
- Subtotal: $29.95
- Shipping: $10.74
- Tax: $0.00
- Total: $40.69
Canada Post Rates Rant
So I have this book that I was going to ship to Toronto. Here are the specifications:
Weight: 300 grams
Length: 210 mm
Width: 135 mm
Height: 25 mm
Shipping from Vancouver to Toronto via Canada Post Regular Parcel is $10.34 with a delivery standard of 5-10 business days. I thought that was grossly expensive for a very light, average-sized paperback novel. So I checked some other quotes:
site5 is Annoying me Today
I never have access to wget or ssh for any of my site5 accounts by default. I always have to file a ticket asking them to give me access. Half the time it takes 2 or 3 tries for them to get their 'fix' right as well. This time it is really bothering me because I filled out the ticket 24 hours ago and they still haven't responded.
Update: I switched to slicehost a long time ago. Much, much better.
