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Well, at least you learn that before paying for the book, not after, and it does not cost you a few hundred €. Airlines know exactly what they're doing, and th

• jacquesm 6y ago
  > Well, at least you learn that before paying for the book, not after Not always, and not just with books either. I've had this happen more times than I care for. "X items in stock". Then you order. "The delivery will be in 3 weeks". This has happened to me at book sellers (Amazon!), Bol.com, Hornbach and even at Centralpoint. Drop shippers suffer more from this than companies that really do carry their own stock.
  • TeMPOraL 6y ago
    They at least tell you when the delivery will be. Last year we wanted to buy a new sofa from a local dealer of Black Red White. We chose a model we liked, found it in stock, placed an order, paid for it, and awaited delivery. Two weeks later - past the expected delivery - no sofa, no indication when it'll arrive. It took my wife one week of e-mailing and phonecalling back and forth between BRW and their local seller until we finally learned that the sofa was not actually in stock, the model is out of production, so it will be custom-manufactured for us and should arrive in few months. Fortunately, we were able to cancel the order and get our money back. We went to a bed store 10 minutes walk from our home and bought a sofa that we could physically see and touch.
    • jacquesm 6y ago
      Hornbach actually could not. For stuff like 2x4', which is about as common as it gets.