A 'Timely' Experience!

[Cleoriff]

Christmas is coming ....so they tell me....

As I hate any type of Christmas shopping that involves going into shops, I have a mantra.."If it can't be bought online...it doesn't get bought'...(It works for me....usually)

Last night at 22.15, in an effort to kick off my present buying I went into the Carphone Warehouse online site

I purchased, without problem a Samsung Gear watch......(or so I thought)....

I received the email order acknowledgement and went to bed happy (thinking as you do...that was another present bought)

This morning, I received a text from my bank asking if I had attempted a purchase for £249..If Yes I was to press Y and they 'would unblock my card'....I pressed Y..and had another text back saying 'we have now unblocked your card.Please re-order the item'....

No problem I thought, this bank is putting into place good security measures.....

So I went in and filled in all the purchase details again...time consuming...but hey?.. However, before I pressed buy now..I rang CPW (I wanted to make sure I didn't buy 2 watches)

Lovely guy on the phone...Assured me he would cancel the first order and stay on the phone till the second order was cleared...

He waited....and waited...and waited (as did I).....

The second transaction did not go through....

I rang my bank ...enraged...

Apparently my text did NOT unblock my card immediately as promised. Bank CS had to go through to their Fraud Dept and get them manually to unblock it...

Here is the 'joke' of all this easy online ordering malarky

For the THIRD time I needed to re-order this watch...which I did...and then ring CPW again to check that the 3rd transaction had gone through...

Eureka ...it has been processed apparently...and I am assured by CPW...I should get this watch tomorrow.....

Will I get one watch or three...?? We will see...

Moral to this tale.... Online shopping aint all it is cracked up to be...

[Cleoriff]

Its reading 'Final Boarding' now...and why are you on this thread about my watch...when you have your own ...

Off topic topic going off off topic

[Cleoriff]

Just to round this thread off...1 Samsung gear watch arrived at 11.50 am...well within the time slot given. Well done CPW...well done DPD...and eventually well done Nationwide for unblocking my card....:smileywink:

All i need now is someone to tell me what the watch does...so I look intelligent when I give it out at Christmas....

[viridis]

They tell the time

[Beenherebefore]

Well my watch tells me the time and date also the battery lasts for at least 2 years before it needs re-charging and I can go diving to around 18m with no adverse effects.

I'll bet yours doesn't do that 

[Cleoriff]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

Well my watch tells me the time and date also the battery lasts for at least 2 years before it needs re-charging and I can go diving to around 18m with no adverse effects.

I'll bet yours doesn't do that 

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Probably not...but as its not for me...and the grandson doesnt go diving to 18M I am sure that wont bother him in the slightest...

[Beenherebefore]

I appreciate product improvement but these "watches" are not watches, they're phone/tablet accessories/gimmicks.

If Samsung, Apple, Sony etc took the "best" conventional watch then produced something better that would be an improvement.

[Cleoriff]

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@Beenherebefore wrote:

I appreciate product improvement but these "watches" are not watches, they're phone/tablet accessories/gimmicks.

If Samsung, Apple, Sony etc took the "best" conventional watch then produced something better that would be an improvement.

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I agree totally...but this lad has got everything...(that sounds as if he is spoilt... I can assure you he isn't). 

I was really stuck for something to get him this Christmas...and came up with this. he will love it...me...??

....not so much....

I will stick to my Gucci cuff bangle watch...

Very easy to remove in any type of emergency....:smileywink:

[jonsie]

Don't let them put the mockers on it Den, the lad will be chuffed to bits