bluedog23

Yesterday while outside gardening, the UPS truck stops a way from my house, I'm jumping up and down saying "pick me, pick me"..........UPS ude fires up truck and leaves.......I think he was "losted".....looks like no GPS for work this weekend.....

Way too cute ! The ferret pic on the left also "caught" my eye, I have three carpet sharks as of right now. That also makes me a criminal, as of now, ferrets in Calif. are still not legal...........come on Gov. (AKA Terminator) , sign the ferret bill !!!

Awww... c'mon Bluedog, I didn't mean to "chew" like that... I apologize. I just wanted to interject my perception of the situation, that's all. I didn't mean to be dramatic (that's why I used Smilies ) and I didn't mean to offend anyone. I just think that if we play it cool, we will see more messages posted like the one from ffergie. Smiles, yes dear, I know you are a sweety !!! (Wasn't referring to you either ) I'm taping my foot impatiently, gonna drive my BF nuts with his GPS. We went to look at a car I had been thinking of buying, on the way back, I pull out his GPS, hit "find nearest"...........the rest is history !

I'm glad to hear that. I ordered mine on Sept. 4 So I hope mine is Shipped soon. I'm afraid to say anything........!!! Don't want to get chewed out for being impatient !! "ffergie" be carefull, your toes are gonna go to sleep on ya

OK......Friday afternoon, I just got a call from Amy at Office Max. Amy said that Office Max will be getting the shipment of Vistas in the beginning of Oct. and it would be 7 to 10 (business) days until they were shipped. I asked her if they were going to cancel any orders and she said no. I asked her if the Vistas had been listed for 169 by mistake, but she didn't know....but the important part is that whomever ordered one will be getting one.......eventually. Amy did say that she had a massive amount of Vista orders to process.....smiles, Imagine that ??? I received the same email as the other poster, from BDI...... I'd love to stay in touch with this group of folks getting Vistas. I've only used my bf Rhino a couple of times and I know I am for a lot of "learning".

Friday, Sept. 10th. Thanks for the link !!! Office Max guy must have given me a abbreviation ! Bluedog. I ordered mine on the 4th and can't get any information beyond my previously posted OfficeMax response. Please let me know if you get anywhere with BDI. I emailed BDI with my tracking number, we'll have to wait and see if I get a response. I didn't get enough time to go over the BDI site to see if there is a 800 number to call, but I will look for it later on. I plan on calling Office Max on a daily basis. My "Ploy", I need to know when this is being shipped so I can be on the lookout for a package, or if I am not home, have a neighbor be on "lookout" for a delivery. As I told Office Max, it's a pain to have to file paperwork for a "lost" shipment. In reality, I'm just gonna bug them lots.....squeaky wheel gets the oil type of thing.

Friday, Sept. 10th. Thanks for the link !!! Office Max guy must have given me a abbreviation !

I've been a Girl Scout most of my life, the "Old School" GS saying was, "Always leave a place cleaner then you found it". Thanks for the great idea on the film cannisters, I've just downloaded some ideas for labels, will be printing and applying and leaving them in all cachest that I can.

Just called Office Max, my order is now suppose to be "off backorder". It is being shipped from "Third Party BDI Lugna". Of course Office Max does not have a phone number for "BDI Lugna" and I didn't find a number for them on the net either. Office Max Customer Service did say that BDI Lugna uses Office Max's tracking number for their shipping/tracking number....now, why tell me that if I can't call BDI and track it their ? When I do get the GPS from Office Max and if and when I win with Best Buy, I'll post here with a second unit and hopefully a Geocacher who missed out will be made happy !!!

I wonder if they will contact me by phone....I used the 800 number to order mine, as I used one of the discount codes (30.00) instead of the net coupon for 20.00.

Office Max, I've called Office Max 3 times now, each time different song and dance about my order. I was told that the GPS's would be shipped from their supplier "EPI" whoever that is. Now, on to Best Buy. Monday I went to Best Buy to exchange my disc-man. I went over to the GPS's to see what they have and so forth. No one was working in the GPS area, but a clerk came over from the speakers to help me. He knew even less then I did about GPS's. Asked him about price match, he told me to bring back printouts from the net site and then the manager would authorize the price match. Wed. I went back to Best Buy after printing out Office Max stuff. Clerk "T" was "helping" me, showed him Office Max printouts, relayed Mon. conversation to him. T went to case to find "Vista" evidently he couldn't belive his eyes as he just kept looking, I pointed out the Vista to him. He's still staring at it when another clerk comes over and takes "T"s lunch order....they are having Mexican for lunch !!! I request the price match I had been told about on Monday. After some more staring, T calls the manager. Manager "M" comes over, I'm showing him my docs. and relaying Monday's conversation to him. While I am talking M walks away, unlocks the door to the car audio area, let's in a clerk and M walks away !!!!!! Never says s*** to me !!! T then tells me that they can't (or won't) do the match. I persisit with T, telling I made a trip back just as I was suppose to with the docs and all. Oh, by the way, by now I've whipped out my trusty pen and start taking notes.....I request the manager's name...first I was told by T that the manager's name is "Mike"......later on the manager's name become "Mark".....there "policy" is not to disclose last names.....must be something they picked up a Alcoholic's Anonymous or something. OK, so now I ask for the Corp. Best Buy mailing address. Off to the service desk T and I go. T disappears for 10 minutes, when he comes back he tells me someone has removed the address list and he can't find it. HELLO ???? I then request to speak with "M" (Mike or Mark ???) 15 minutes "M" comes and tells me they have no physical mailing address for Corp. Best Buy. "M" then gives me a 800 number to call. I set down at the bench and call the 800 number....I get a gal who is soooooooo sorry. Sorry HELL, I want the GPS !!! Smiles, by the way, the whole time I was on the phone, "M" is 30 or so feet away from me, leaning back on a display with his arms crossed......glaring at me. know, I'm a very nice . Best Buy employees need to spit out the gum that they are chewing while talking to customers, go back to Mc D's for some more training. I've got a letter ready to blast off to Best Buy....if anyone chooses to write also, here is the mailing addy I was given. Best Buy, Box 9312, 7601 Penn Ave. South, Richfield MN 55423. I'm not too sure why they have a Box number along with a street number, but that's what I was given. The National Customer (dis)service number is 1-888-237-8289

Wow........I just talked to Office Max AGAIN. On Monday they had said I would get a call back within 24 hours, 48 hours later I didn't have one, so I called them back. I got the major run around from Customer "dis" service" so.........upward and onward !I'm going to print out the GPS from the office max site and hit up some of the Best Buys in San Diego.......I have to go see my brother about 60 miles from here so hopefully one of the Best Buys on the way there will have one in stock and give me the price match !!!

Does anyone have the Best Buy "price match" policy in print ? I'd sure like to see it !!!

Let's see, here's a update with my order. I ordered mine on Friday, Sept. 10th. I was told delivery would be Wed. Sept. 15th. I didn't place my order on the net, but I called the 800 number to talk to a live person. My tracking number wont' work on the net, so I called on Monday to confirm the delivery date. The gal I spoke with said I had been given wrong info on the delivery date and that a person would be calling me with the correct info within the next 24 hours with the correct info. 22 hours so far and no call with a delivery date. In a few more hours I call Office Max back and see what's up. I was close to a Best Buy yesterday, so I hopped into the store and talked with a "sales associate". He said the price match was totally up to the manager and I could or could not get it. I'm not crazy about about Best Buy either, but I do like getting the best price possible. When I was looking at the GPS's in the store, it was quite evident that the "sales associate" was even more clueless then I was when it came to knowledge of features and just basic GPS knowledge. I've only been Geocaching with the boy-friend a couple of times and he did all the loading of waypoints and stuff........smiles, I got to walk in circles (much to bf's amusement) looking for caches, but I have done a few hours of reading and research on units........maybe I should apply for a job at Best Buy !! Just kidding.......I'll keep everyone posted and once again, thanks for sharing of info here ! By the way, talking of "addictive". We were at one Geocache, bf was done looking and calling it a DNF, I was still poking and peering around for a bit longer and I had to put a "10 more minute" time limit on myself or else I'd be there for days looking........addictive it is !!!

I am one happy gal ! My son was going to buy me the eTrex Legend for my Birthday. When I ran across the posts here for the Vista I called Office Max and ordered it......with the coupon code someone had posted the "out the door" price came to 150.83 !!!! Happy Birthday To Me !! I'd like to thank all of you for sharing the info, phone numbers and coupon codes. I've been using my bf's Rino but it will be nice to have one of my very own ! THANKS, and yes, I meant to shout that !