Comments on: How to lose friends and alienate people http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people How to communicate Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:15:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people#comment-15 Matthew Stibbe Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:45:56 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=60#comment-15 Further to this thread - I just got an email to say my Xbox 360 has in fact shipped. A month AHEAD of schedule. Come back Amazon, all is forgiven. Further to this thread - I just got an email to say my Xbox 360 has in fact shipped. A month AHEAD of schedule. Come back Amazon, all is forgiven.

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people#comment-14 Matthew Stibbe Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:56:32 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=60#comment-14 Further to this, check out this video on Google Video from www.smashmyxbox.com: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2631795034636589131 Classic quotes as the Xbox is smashed: "Can I have you controller?" and "Nice sledgehammer." Further to this, check out this video on Google Video from http://www.smashmyxbox.com: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2631795034636589131

Classic quotes as the Xbox is smashed: “Can I have you controller?” and “Nice sledgehammer.”

]]> By: Matthew Stibbe http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people#comment-13 Matthew Stibbe Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:47:39 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=60#comment-13 Apparently Amazon issued these cancellation notices "in error," according to John's source on El Reg. The bit I liked most was the Amazon spokesperson's comment that "we have always kept customers in the loop on ship dates." However, the system is still showing on my Amazon 'open orders' but without any due date so perhaps it hasn't been cancelled after all. Apparently Amazon issued these cancellation notices “in error,” according to John’s source on El Reg.

The bit I liked most was the Amazon spokesperson’s comment that “we have always kept customers in the loop on ship dates.”

However, the system is still showing on my Amazon ‘open orders’ but without any due date so perhaps it hasn’t been cancelled after all.

]]> By: JohnMcGa http://www.badlanguage.net/how-to-lose-friends-and-alienate-people#comment-12 JohnMcGa Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:39:53 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/?p=60#comment-12 Well if it's any consolation, it doesn't look like you're the only one: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/22/amazon_uk_xbox360_mistake/ Well if it’s any consolation, it doesn’t look like you’re the only one: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/02/22/amazon_uk_xbox360_mistake/

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