V Day 20% off Auto Atlanta order, left hanging in the wind Options

[johnnie5]

So I decided to order a dash cover (fabric) from AA on Valentines Day @ 20% off. I placed the order and received a conformation email and all. So 10 days have gone by, and no cover. So I call over there and am told the item is backordered, and being that it is, the order was cancelled. I received no follow up email or any other info or attempt to be contacted other than the order conformation. Hmmmmmm....

I was even asked if I wanted to re-order the item at full price when I called them to see where my order was. Hmmmmmmm....

My reply was "no thanks", and I hung up - annoyed. I went directly to Evil Bay, and placed an order for half the price of the discounted rate, even after shipping.

[ConeDodger]

I am pissed at George too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I had no idea what parts I would need for the current 914 project I am doing until last night so I didn't get the 20% off either!

Seriously, George said no discount on backordered stuff. I read it in his thread and the only suprise to me is that HE DIDN"T HAVE IT! That boy could probably build a 914 from parts on his shelves!

I do agree with John though, if George put as much effort into the website as he just put into the catalog, there wouldn't be anyone who could touch him... I know web development is expensive though... At least up until now, I know some of those guys charged $1500/hour.

Thanks for doing the sale George! When are you going to Banner up here at 914World? You need to REPRESENT!

[LarryR]

I am pissed at George too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) I had no idea what parts I would need for the current 914 project I am doing until last night so I didn't get the 20% off either!

Seriously, George said no discount on backordered stuff. I read it in his thread and the only suprise to me is that HE DIDN"T HAVE IT! That boy could probably build a 914 from parts on his shelves!

I do agree with John though, if George put as much effort into the website as he just put into the catalog, there wouldn't be anyone who could touch him... I know web development is expensive though... At least up until now, I know some of those guys charged $1500/hour.

Thanks for doing the sale George! When are you going to Banner up here at 914World? You need to REPRESENT!

Man I am SERIOUSLY underpaid if people are charging 1500/hr for that. Maybe I could work out a will work for parts deal with auto atlanta (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) ... I am a Sr. software engineer with 12 years experience.

[SirAndy]

I do agree with John though, if George put as much effort into the website as he just put into the catalog, there wouldn't be anyone who could touch him... I know web development is expensive though... At least up until now, I know some of those guys charged $1500/hour.

Man I am SERIOUSLY underpaid if people are charging 1500/hr for that. Maybe I could work out a will work for parts deal with auto atlanta (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) ... I am a Sr. software engineer with 12 years experience.

Same here (30+ years experience).
Back in the day of the DotCom boom, $150/hour was common, but these days, you're lucky if you get $100/hour.
Currently, $85 per hour seems to be the going rate for good web development work.


I think the Dodger of Cones is off by one zero and some change.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Andy

[ConeDodger]

I do agree with John though, if George put as much effort into the website as he just put into the catalog, there wouldn't be anyone who could touch him... I know web development is expensive though... At least up until now, I know some of those guys charged $1500/hour.

Man I am SERIOUSLY underpaid if people are charging 1500/hr for that. Maybe I could work out a will work for parts deal with auto atlanta (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) ... I am a Sr. software engineer with 12 years experience.

Same here (30+ years experience).
Back in the day of the DotCom boom, $150/hour was common, but these days, you're lucky if you get $100/hour.
Currently, $85 per hour seems to be the going rate for good web development work.


I think the Dodger of Cones is off by one zero and some change.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Andy

Our company is paying a Mr. Joshua English who's resume includes websites for Presidential campaigns $1500/hour... Don't look at me, I didn't make the deal. I just write classes. But I did see his contract...

[SirAndy]

Our company is paying a Mr. Joshua English who's resume includes websites for Presidential campaigns $1500/hour... Don't look at me, I didn't make the deal. I just write classes. But I did see his contract...

Well, in all seriousness, your company has been taken for a ride ... Big time ...

Call me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/call me.gif)
I'll do it (and them some) for 1/10th of the price. Quality work, been doing this stuff since the day the internet went public.
Been programming since '78.

Got a resume longer than a roll of toilet paper.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) Andy

[ConeDodger]

Our company is paying a Mr. Joshua English who's resume includes websites for Presidential campaigns $1500/hour... Don't look at me, I didn't make the deal. I just write classes. But I did see his contract...

Well, in all seriousness, your company has been taken for a ride ... Big time ...

Call me. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/call me.gif)
I'll do it (and them some) for 1/10th of the price. Quality work, been doing this stuff since the day the internet went public.
Been programming since '78.

Got a resume longer than a roll of toilet paper.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/bye1.gif) Andy

Andy,
You know I would call you to do this in a heartbeat but we are multinational and though I only have two people above me in my division, those decisions are made way over my head. So far so, that I have never met the people who make those decisions. I was just told to coordinate classes I write with him so they could be web presented. I talked to him and he didn't seem to care what form I used. It is an internal site that runs way more than just my education effort though... Since he didn't care, I am using Powerpoint and he integrates it into the education portion of the site. I no longer have to compile lists of who needs what class since the internal site informs everyone of what they need and the deadline for completion. It even sends a notice to HR and supervisors when they don't complete requirements in a timely manner. It even sends notice to me when classes are failed after third attempt.
Not sure why he is so expensive either. That is why I said it might be less now... The site integrates our communications center so that by going to this internal website supervisors and dispatchers can see the GPS location of any ambulance as well as speed and direction of travel. The charting and billing which used to be all on paper, is now done on laptops inside the ambulances which the crew takes inside the hospital to docking stations so our billing is going out almost before the patient gets out of the ER. This has apparently been in response to insurance companies and Medicare/Medicaid holding onto everything for 90 days before paying.
It is Huxley's 1984 come to fruition. We even have cameras in the ambulance barns so operations managers can log on and "bust" people scewing around during work hours. The Paramedic/EMT union managed to keep this from happening 5 years ago but the company used it in bargaining and now it is in development or gone live across the system.

Sorry for the hijack... You guys can get back to excoriating George for doing you a favor and giving you 20% off now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)

[DBCooper]

Sorry for the hijack... You guys can get back to excoriating George for doing you a favor and giving you 20% off now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)

Ah, but the point was exactly that the discount was promised (order confirmation) then NOT given. I can't imagine anyone complaining about GETTING a 20 percent discount. And that wasn't the case here.

No big deal, it wasn't much money and it wasn't my money. It wasn't my money because this happened to me years ago with AA, so it will never happen again. But it isn't a question of money anyway, that's simplistic. It's whether you can accept someone's word about something. If their word is no good then you don't want to be sending them money and hoping for the best. Well I guess YOU can do that if you want to, but I won't.

[johnnie5]

Sorry for the hijack... You guys can get back to excoriating George for doing you a favor and giving you 20% off now (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chair.gif)

Ah, but the point was exactly that the discount was promised (order confirmation) then NOT given. I can't imagine anyone complaining about GETTING a 20 percent discount. And that wasn't the case here.

No big deal, it wasn't much money and it wasn't my money. It wasn't my money because this happened to me years ago with AA, so it will never happen again. But it isn't a question of money anyway, that's simplistic. It's whether you can accept someone's word about something. If their word is no good then you don't want to be sending them money and hoping for the best. Well I guess YOU can do that if you want to, but I won't.

Amen... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I work hard for my money, and it does matter to me who gets it. King George has taken himself off of my list. Buying Trying to buy the Juan Valdez fuzzy dash cover from him was an attempt on my part to give his company another chance to regain my business. God forbid I ordered something I actually REALLY NEEDED. Once again, he proved to me (not any of you) that he does not deserve to get one red cent of my hard earned money ever again. Not because of the RULES OF THE SALE, but rather how he handles himself professionally, in his and the company's dealings with ME. It wasn't an isolated incident for me, just the last.