[Arm-netbook] Purchasing delay, Mele A1000

[Alejandro Mery]

On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:53, Barry Kauler <bkauler at gmail.com> wrote:
> Regarding this:
>
>> FYI: the rest can get it now at
>> http://www.dealextreme.com/p/mele-1080p-android-2-3-internet-tv-set-top-box-w-wifi-optical-3-x-usb-hdmi-av-lan-sd-119913
>
> I posted recently to this mail list that I had placed an order for the
> Mele A1000. That was on March 7. It is now March 16 and it still
> hasn't shipped.
>
> The dealextreme web site has a real-time chat, but it is almost always
> "offline". Once I found it to be "online", but after posting my
> question there was a reply that they are busy with other customers and
> please wait. I waited about an hour, then it went "offline". So, I
> have not yet managed to communicate with anyone there.
>
> Today I did a quick search with Google, and found that dealextreme is
> famous for being both extremely slow and poor customer service. For
> example:
>
> http://budgetlightforum.com/node/4005
>
> I will let you know when mine actually does ship. I thought that I
> would post this warning to anyone else thinking of ordering from them
> -- be prepared to wait. In fact, one person said to forget that you
> ever ordered it.

there is a saying, "DX always ships, sometimes on time"

creating a ticket at
http://services.dealextreme.com/forms/ordertracking.aspx might help
you, but they are even more collapsed than usual :-/