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MerricB
Underboss
2353 Posts
    
Australia
 | | 08/09/2006 3:16 AM |
| Yay!
At last - my repainted Sorcerer on Black Dragon has arrived. [:)]
Very happy. Now all I need is a regular SoBD to compare it to...
Cheers! | |
Merric Blackman
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 08/09/2006 9:59 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by MerricB
Yay!
At last - my repainted Sorcerer on Black Dragon has arrived. [:)]
Very happy. Now all I need is a regular SoBD to compare it to...
Cheers!
Okay, now this is jsut getting ridiculous. Merric is on the other side of the planet, he is as far away as it is possible to get before you start coming back again, and he got his before me? I ordered the damned thing 70 days ago! That's 10 damned weeks! Almost 1/5 of a year! Is it being shipped by Pony Express or something? Did they chuck it out the door and assume continental drift would eventually get it to me?
What the fracking hell is wrong with Paizo's shipping! [:(!] | |
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glumag
Warlord
5968 Posts
| | 08/09/2006 10:11 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by MerricB
Yay!
At last - my repainted Sorcerer on Black Dragon has arrived. [:)]
Very happy. Now all I need is a regular SoBD to compare it to...
Cheers!
The Promo is better, not by much (dragon changes mostly) but better.
Yeah, they are/were quite slow in their deliveries, but it is being handled in a first come first served basis (they claim) [eyes] | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4637 Posts
New York
| | 08/09/2006 10:15 AM |
| The promo has a MUCH better dragon.
But the one in WotDQ has a better rider.
So I dunno wich I like better. | |
Champion of the Skulk
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 08/09/2006 10:22 AM |
| Its nice to see the gamers in Australia finally getting theirs. It sucks having to wait that long for you all, but not much you can do about it.
I much prefer the one that is the promo. I think the dragon looks so much nicer with the extra paint, but I can definetely foresee me trading my promo off around Blood War season, even if it has a better paint job. | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 08/09/2006 10:24 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by glumag
Yeah, they are/were quite slow in their deliveries, but it is being handled in a first come first served basis (they claim) [eyes]
That is total BS. I ordered mine at 1:32pm on June 1st. There are people who made their orders many weeks after me who recieved theres many weeks ago.
Lots of orders to process I can understand, but they should be processed in first-in/first-out order. I don't know how many orders were placed before mine but there should have been precisely that many orders filled before mine. I waited 8 damned weeks for them to ship it, and now it has taken two weeks (and counting) for it to arrive. This is unacceptably slow IMO.
I was going to order a D&D boardgame from them but now there is no way in hell I'll bother doing that. I'd rather wait until someone I know is going to the UK and get them to bring me one back. | |
Champion of the Gelatinous Cube. Nemesis of Gnomes and Dinosaurs.
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. ~ Terry Pratchett | |
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Count Dooku
Commander
4637 Posts
New York
| | 08/09/2006 10:29 AM |
| quote:
Its nice to see the gamers in Australia finally getting theirs. It sucks having to wait that long for you all, but not much you can do about it.
Ditto...Ive had mine a long time now.
As for Sulaco...I feel for ya.
Gods help Paizo if you finally get yours and its broken or missing the rider or something :) | |
Champion of the Skulk
Vindicated Champion of the Twig Blight | |
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RobWreck
Warrior
295 Posts
| | 08/09/2006 11:12 AM |
| I wonder if they'll let people order a second one now...everybody's had their chance to order their first and they still have some left over.
Heck, I wonder if I order another one now if I could get a second before Sulaco gets his first... [)]
Rob | |
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True_Blue
Underboss
2386 Posts
| | 08/09/2006 11:29 AM |
| | heh I still think we should be able to get a second SoBD promo if we have a subscription to Dragon *and* Dungeon. It only makes sense. It'd be nice if they opened it up to us to be able to do that =) | |
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Faragdar the Wise
Commander
3547 Posts
Albuquerque, NM, USA
| | 08/09/2006 11:40 AM |
| | I'm actually tempted to subscribe to Dragon and order one of the remaining promos while I'm at it. I just got my hands on a copy of the old issue with the Drow Outpost map, and I was pleasantly surprised by the contents of the magazine. I got it just for the map, but there's a lot in there that could be useful for my RPG. But I'm still not sure it's worth the price of the subscription (and the clutter of having a bunch of magazines on my book shelf). | |
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Wakalimasu
Sergeant
738 Posts
Calgary
| | 08/09/2006 3:47 PM |
| i got mine a week and a half ago
and I live in Calgary :o
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MerricB
Underboss
2353 Posts
Australia
| | 08/09/2006 7:31 PM |
| Sulaco, I ordered mine on the 1st of June as well. Have you even got a "It's shipped" notification yet? (Mine shipped 26th July, which means it took a fortnight to get to me).
Cheers! | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 08/09/2006 8:02 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by MerricB
Sulaco, I ordered mine on the 1st of June as well. Have you even got a "It's shipped" notification yet? (Mine shipped 26th July, which means it took a fortnight to get to me).
Yep. Mine shipped on July 25th. I know that Canada Post sucks but there is no way in the nine hells it should take longer to send a package to the largest city in a nation that actually shares a 3,145 mile border with the USA than it takes to send one three times that far to a country on the other side of the planet. | |
Champion of the Gelatinous Cube. Nemesis of Gnomes and Dinosaurs.
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. ~ Terry Pratchett | |
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Bert the Troll
Commander
3964 Posts
Adelaide
| | 08/09/2006 8:55 PM |
| The eight weeks until it was shipped is shocking.
Just plain bad.
Hope it doesnt take it too much longer. | |
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Sulaco
Underboss
1605 Posts
| | 08/10/2006 10:59 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Bert the Troll
The eight weeks until it was shipped is shocking.
Just plain bad.
Hope it doesnt take it too much longer.
Yup. When they say it will take longer to reach Canada you assume it is a shipping issue, not that they just don't give a damn. Like I said before, this has certainly made me shy away from ordering anything else from Paizo. I might go in for any future minis promo offeres - I am an addict after all - but I'll not be ordering the D&D Board Game (or anything else) from the as I had planned.
On the upside, the SoB arrived yesterday (and I do mean SoB in every sense of the acronym). I had a feeling it would as I posted my displeasure about it in this thread yesterday. This is nearly always the case. If I make a trade and it doesn't come for weeks on end it will invariably arrive the day I finally send a message to my trade partner asking where it is. | |
Champion of the Gelatinous Cube. Nemesis of Gnomes and Dinosaurs.
Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. ~ Terry Pratchett | |
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berus316
Sergeant
663 Posts
Markham, Ontario Canada
| | 08/10/2006 11:56 AM |
| Got mine today.... extremely long wait....
wish I could say it was worth the wait, but hell, it's a mini.
Into storage it goes for the next time I need 2 sorcerors on black dragons for rpg... :-) | |
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kbales
Warrior
296 Posts
Edmonton, Alberta
| | 08/10/2006 2:09 PM |
| | I got mine yesterday (August 9), and I believe I placed my order on about June 27th. I really like the repaint...the dragon looks much better. | |
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Bert the Troll
Commander
3964 Posts
Adelaide
| | 08/10/2006 7:50 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sulaco
On the upside, the SoB arrived yesterday (and I do mean SoB in every sense of the acronym).
Hmm. I wonder what a SoB happy dance looks like. Mental image of Tourette's cheer squad....
Congrats on getting it :) | |
"Mutton yesterday, mutton today, and blimey, if it don't look like mutton again tomorrer." Bert the Troll - The Hobbit
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roonechr
Sergeant
604 Posts
Kansas City, MO
| | 08/11/2006 2:11 PM |
| | Does everyone elses standard SoBD have absolutely zero paint on the dragon other than the head? I was kind of hoping mine was a mistake of some kind, the claws aren't even painted. | |
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Idzy
Commander
3082 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 08/11/2006 5:49 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by RobWreck
I wonder if they'll let people order a second one now...everybody's had their chance to order their first and they still have some left over.
Heck, I wonder if I order another one now if I could get a second before Sulaco gets his first... [)]
Rob
I did a little test just like this. I ordered a 2nd one on July 20th, by creating a 2nd account with a different CC and email address and a sub to dungeon.
I got the 2nd ordered dragon first last week, and finally today recieved the one I ordered on June 1st, around 1:30.
that is rediculous. | |
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mordantos
Underboss
1210 Posts
| | 08/11/2006 6:35 PM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sulaco
there is no way in the nine hells it should take longer to send a package to the largest city in a nation that actually shares a 3,145 mile border with the USA than it takes to send one three times that far to a country on the other side of the planet.
You would think. But the fact that you are connected by land may work against you- they could of sent it ground, which can take a long time.
But heck, you never know with shipping.
Amazon notified me on 8/7 that they shipped my GBD via UPS Ground (Yes, UPS offers ground to Hawaii- They must roll up the windows or something) with an expected delivery date of 8/19. I found it outside my door (no knock or bell ring) the morning of 8/10 making me think they delivered it 8/9. | | | |
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realmaster
Underboss
2017 Posts
Home of the 2002 Winter Olympics
| | 08/12/2006 4:48 AM |
| | I received mine kind of fast. 15 days from orderd to received, not bad. | |
Thanks, realmaster. Let's split up!!!!!
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Zenako
Commander
3472 Posts
| | 08/12/2006 11:24 AM |
| quote:
Originally posted by Sulaco
quote:
Originally posted by Bert the Troll
The eight weeks until it was shipped is shocking.
Just plain bad.
Hope it doesnt take it too much longer.
Yup. When they say it will take longer to reach Canada you assume it is a shipping issue, not that they just don't give a damn. Like I said before, this has certainly made me shy away from ordering anything else from Paizo. I might go in for any future minis promo offeres - I am an addict after all - but I'll not be ordering the D&D Board Game (or anything else) from the as I had planned.
On the upside, the SoB arrived yesterday (and I do mean SoB in every sense of the acronym). I had a feeling it would as I posted my displeasure about it in this thread yesterday. This is nearly always the case. If I make a trade and it doesn't come for weeks on end it will invariably arrive the day I finally send a message to my trade partner asking where it is.
Kind of like waiting for the waiter to bring the check, just start to leave and he pops up in an instant...
As for the SLOW Canada shipping, I know I have had trades that took weeks to arrive there, while shipments to AUS or Europe arrived in less than a week. I guess the border guys/customs types probably let everything sit for a while to make sure it is not acting up or doing something verboten. If no one knows when a package will be delivered, makes it hard to scam the system....... | |
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Omand
Commander
3120 Posts
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
| | 08/12/2006 5:36 PM |
| Mine arrived on Thursday, after I ordered it around the 20th of June.
It had been shipped on the 26th of July according to postage, so not too bad for time with the slow shipment method.
Cheers [:)] | |
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