"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On 1/28/2016 11:04 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> I guess there are just some things that shouldn't be mail ordered. One
>> being Cape Cod potato chips. I can get them in the store here. Only a
>> few stores sell them. But at Walmart.com, I can get much larger bags
>> for cheaper. I ordered some awhile back. The top two bags arrived
>> totally open at the top and chips all over.
>>
>> Contacted Walmart. They reshipped. Got two more bags. Same thing.
>> Split open. Chips all over. Never again.
>>
>> Now today it was Enrico's pizza sauce. Again, I can get it in the
>> stores here but they had it MUCH cheaper at Walmart.com. I had to order
>> a case. Fine.
>>
>> The box arrived today but... Uh oh. Why did it smell like pizza? And
>> sure enough, one bottle was totally crushed. They did seal the jars all
>> together in plastic so the glass and sauce was contained, but I had to
>> risk getting cut as I fished the other 5 jars out to rinse them off.
>> And now I need a shower because I still smell of pizza sauce.
>>
>> I don't think I'm even going to bother contacting Walmart about this.
>> It would be more trouble than it is worth, I think.
>>
>> I have ordered things in glass before with no problem. But this time,
>> they did not put any cushioning between the jars. So not a good idea.
>> But even with the broken jar, it was still considerably cheaper than if
>> I had purchased locally.
>
> You think that's bad, lots of folks on the mainland will not sell stuff to
> us through the mail. We might as well be in Uganda as far as the sellers
> on the mainland are concerned. I tried to get a couple of vacuum cleaner
> belts for $6 on eBay but the guy refused to send them to me because he was
> afraid they'd get lost or damaged. That's pretty chicken shit.
>
> This problem is getting worse, you'd think it was the next new hip trend.
> I should probably refuse to sell and mail stuff to the mainland but that
> would be like shooting myself in the foot!!!

I have heard that. Sad.