Paladin Roaming

DHL -- speedy?

Karma. After rubbing it in that I had riding weather my helmet was stolen off the bike as I ducked into a store for five minutes. So I go home and order a helmet from Bike Bandit. That was Thursday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon they do not show it as having shipped yet, go into live chat and am assured it will ship in the morning. Wednesday afternoon still not shipped. Live chat says it is due in that evening and will ship in the morning. Thursday afternoon and it has still not shipped. Again I get into live chat and ask if they even HAVE the helmet. No, they are still waiting it to come from their supplier. Cancel the order. All that I have with net businesses is trust that they are honest -- I cannot do business with a company that lies to me.

So I go on E-Bay, find a cheap DOT helmet located on the west coast and do the buy-it-now option. He had the helmet in stock and DID ship the next day. And since he's just 1300 miles north it should have arrived yesterday or at worst today.

No.

It shipped via DHL and is in the middle of a 4400 mile cross-country tour.

*SIGH*

Correction. It arrived about 9 am on the 16th, after a second dogleg to Fresno for a total of just under 4,900 miles.

Posted by at March 15, 2005 05:46 PM