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It's other shippers too. I just went through quite the rigmarole waiting for a UPS shipment of a very expensive gift for my wife. I usually don't notice shipping snafus because I don't care that much about many of the things I order online. When it's a thing I care a lot about, and there is any hitch, I care a LOT! Your turntable is coming, and who knows, maybe somehow you'll wind up with two of them!
I have this issue with every package from USPS or UPS. I watch the tracking bounce back and forth between 3 local city's for 2 or 3 days. In their defense I do live in the middle of a swamp with not much else around. But FedEx finds us the first time every-time
Funny about getting two turntables, that's exactly what my friend said. I live in a large residential area about three miles as the crow flies from the main branch of the Post Office. It would be one thing if I lived in the hinterlands but, I don't. I even know our long time carrier by name. The weekend, at least Sunday, Amazon orders are "delivered" by different a carrier apparently. So, if I do wind up with two tables, I wonder if they will want one of them back? I guess the upside is I could keep the better one of the two or even swap better parts from one to the other. Got to look on the bright side of these things ya know.
I checked the tracking on the second table and it said, Your shipment is delayed due to a carrier error. I called Amazon and was eventually was in a three way conversation with them, me and a USPS representative. According to the very nice USPS lady, they really don't know where the second table is. She thinks it arrived in the Los Angeles distribution center yesterday but not sure where it is now. She said itt is possible that both packages were assigned the same tracking number. So, when the first table was flagged for return to Amazon, it is possible the second table was flagged as well. This was speculation on her part but sounds logical to me, I guess? Bottom line, Amazon's policy is they will not do a third transaction so I received a full refund. Now, if one or both tables arrive at my door, I guess I will go to plan B, whatever that is? I am going to let the dust settle awhile before I try to buy another table. After all, what could go wrong???
That is likely what I will do. The only reason I went through Amazon was we had a lot of points built up which covered the tax and "Free next day shipping!"
I just want to make sure the refund goes through, might take 3 to 5 days? I also want to make sure one does not show up at my door. That appears unlikely but........................
I just want to make sure the refund goes through, might take 3 to 5 days? I also want to make sure one does not show up at my door. That appears unlikely but........................
Guilty as the day is long!
Still no table?
I just picked up an Orbit Basic at my local record store. Missing the dust cover & the power cord was cut, but for the price I couldn't resist. Patched the PS, put on a Stanton cart I had & let her rip. Definitely not high end but not bad, minimalist wise.
Thanks gary7, I’m not really looking for high end just a good sounding and reliable table. Who knows, this might be the last table I buy? My last table was a direct drive JVC L-F41 bought in 1980 that was still working great. Had I not accidentally knocked it off the top of my rack moving some speakers, I would still be using it.
Quoting from Paul Harvey, “and now, the rest of the story.”
I returned home from the grocery store late morning Friday and guess what was on my front porch?
I will try to make a short story long?
Anyway, I called Amazon billing and asked to speak to a supervisor. About 20 minutes on hold! After telling her the sorted story about the lost first table, the apparently lost second table etc., her first question was, “what second table?” Bottom line, when I was told a second table was shipped Monday, that didn’t happen and she was not sure why. The table on my porch was the first one that, for one reason or another, was sent from Redding to Los Angeles, about 500 miles. Then, Thursday, it was sent back 500 more miles to Redding and delivered to my house Friday. The label clearly had my correct address on it. The box took some hits, nothing major externally but enough to cause me concern. It did travel an extra 1k miles. Of course they would gladly reverse the refund. At this point I’m so done with them and the USPS so I requested a return label. That and when I shook the box, there was definitely movement of the contents. That would be the next thing, it would end up being damaged. Not going to open it, just sending it back. Oh, the return label is for UPS, not the Post Office.
Well, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. I will be contacting U-Turn and make them aware of this. LAST time I will order anything of significance from Amazon!
I returned home from the grocery store late morning Friday and guess what was on my front porch?
I will try to make a short story long?
Anyway, I called Amazon billing and asked to speak to a supervisor. About 20 minutes on hold! After telling her the sorted story about the lost first table, the apparently lost second table etc., her first question was, “what second table?” Bottom line, when I was told a second table was shipped Monday, that didn’t happen and she was not sure why. The table on my porch was the first one that, for one reason or another, was sent from Redding to Los Angeles, about 500 miles. Then, Thursday, it was sent back 500 more miles to Redding and delivered to my house Friday. The label clearly had my correct address on it. The box took some hits, nothing major externally but enough to cause me concern. It did travel an extra 1k miles. Of course they would gladly reverse the refund. At this point I’m so done with them and the USPS so I requested a return label. That and when I shook the box, there was definitely movement of the contents. That would be the next thing, it would end up being damaged. Not going to open it, just sending it back. Oh, the return label is for UPS, not the Post Office.Well, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. I will be contacting U-Turn and make them aware of this. LAST time I will order anything of significance from Amazon!
Well, we all tend to go by our experiences. Mine has been excellent with Amazon and the post office, so I used them wherever possible. The only way I'll deal with FedEx or UPS is if I arrange to pick items up from their local holding station--just had too many issues when letting them try to deliver right to my home.
Sounds what happened to me with Amazon, ordered some speaker grille clips, first order the tracking info never changed, after the date it was supposed to arrive I called and told them, they gave me a credit and I ordered the same part from Amazon again but from a different vendor, item arrived when it was supposed to, no idea what happened to the first order, never received it and the tracking number info never changed.
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I've had the upper tier orbit Walnut, but just sold it. I bought a 1200M3D this past week. That said, it was a very fine table and I have ZERO complaints. It is, however a basic table. It has no anti-skate feature. You cannot remove the cartridge with the twist of a locking collar, like 95% of all other tables. The clear plastic lid feels very cheap. It does serve it's purpose and sounds decent. I bought mine B stock slightly demo used, and at a significant price reduction. I'm not sure I'd pay nearly $500 for one. There are too many classic used and choice tables at that price that are so much better, like the 1200 I just bought.
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I am getting FedUp with both of these companies. I ordered a last minute Christmas present for my daughter last year. Tracking said it would arrive on time. The last day of residential delivery, it was on their truck for delivery. I waited all day and no package. Tracking later said "customer not home", which was total BS! No note on my door either. Why not just leave it at the door?! UPS customer service said many drivers will not leave packages if they feel it is unsafe to do so. Then tracking said next delivery attempt would be after Christmas. What this really was, was a driver who didn't want to do the delivery and had a way out of it by claiming the neighborhood was bad. This was the first time EVER to have this happen. Then, FedEx up-charges me on about every package I ship, often claiming my weight was off. One time it was by 10 pounds! Crazy crap like this makes me hate both of these companies!
Check the website. This is listed in the features. "Features internal anti-skate and adjustable counterweight." So it does have anti-skate.