I'm so stupid plus my apologies...

Hello everybody, the past week was crazy, anyways, I was wondering why I was fatigued and had no energy the last week. Thursday afternoon I went to the doctor's and he told me I had a fever of 39 degrees. I hate cold weather!!!!! If I ever emigrate again, I'm definitely going to a warm weather country!!!! Because of this I fell a week behind in my studies...I just want to apologize to my study mates and to all of you that are following this blog. It's Saturday, I feel fully recovered except for my throat, it's still a little scratchy with the occasional cough, I hope everybody else is keeping up with their studies :)

My Rough Weekend, and a special thank you

Hello everybody, this is an apology letter to following my blog. Last Friday the products we ordered were supposed to come in but it never came in, and then my forwarder finally emailed me saying that the products will be a day late...So we drank that night, like college students, Saturday the products came in, but the forwarder on our side made a mistake in the entry of the BL #, so we drank like college students again. Sunday, my girlfriend and I went out, we drank like college students and then yesterday (Monday) the products finally cleared customs so my buyers and I drank til 4:00am, so I fell behind in my studies :( ... 3 days behind schedule. I want to thank Laura, Nor, Sonoko, Wendy, Bal, Chiara, Lorna, Anna, Moho and countless others, sorry if I didn't mention you for the motivation, if I didn't have y'all I probably would have gotten discouraged and probably would have procrastinated even more thinking, hey I'm behind anyways...Thanks to the study mates, I have to push harder to catch up with everybody, so once again thank you for all your kind words and no matter what crap I go through we all should know we have people that are there for us every step of the way and that we're all in this together...Hope everybody had a great weekend and to those of you in the US, have a great thanksgiving.

Humour Break, part 2

This is hilarious, it is so funny: Hope this is a good comedy break from your studies :)

Email Access From an Email Client (Outlook, Thunderbird, Zimbra, etc)

I emailed the IT dept asking how we can access our email from a client and this is their reply: So for those of you that are tech savvy, here's the bad news

Dear Joon Kang

Due to technical problems we had to disconnect the functionality for
forwarding emails, this should be working in the New Year. 

Regards

EISAStudent Support


-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxxxxx@gmail.com [mailto:xxxxxx@gmail.com]
Sent: 07 November 2008 15:46
To: EISAStudent Support
Subject: Portal Pilot: Feedback

This message was generated from an HTML form submitted to
the generic form handler at: www.londonexternal.ac.uk
The data came from the form at:
http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/contact_us/portal_feedback.shtml
The browser making the request came from 58.238.17.15.
The current date is Fri Nov  7 15:45:31 2008.


name         :  Joon Kang
email        :  xxxxxxxx@gmail.com
subject      :  Email via Email client
suggestions  :  How can I access my email via Mozilla Thunderbird (pop3)
or Zimbra Desktop?
send         :  Send Feedback

Mad Props to Book Depository

After my drama with Powell Books, the Ethnicity book I ordered from Book Depository arrived in my mailbox today. I have to say I'm very happy with them and the cool thing is that they have Free Worldwide delivery, to see if your country's on the list, click HERE, sorry Lorna, I don't see Jamaica here, good News Laura, Trinidad & Tobago is on the list. Anyways instead of ordering through Amazon, order directly from their site, click HERE for the free worldwide shipping :) Once again I recommend them highly, quick and prompt service.

Once again, a summary of my recommended book vendors:

Better World Books:
Website
FaceBook FanSite

Buckeye Bookshop (or find them on Amazon)
Their Direct Site

The Book Depository (Free Worldwide Shipping)
Website
Free International Shipping Country List

My resolutions w/ Powell Books, Amazon vendor

Here's the email exchange, I got a refund on my order:

They really acted in bad faith, lied and exercise bad business practices, see how they claim they never got the email with the claim I filed with Amazon, they're full of crap, Amazon forwards a copy to the vendor and the claimant...

Hello Joon Kang,

We have processed a full refund to your Amazon Accounts group for the apparently lost-in-transit package for Powell's
Order #6840412.

We apologize for any misunderstanding, but I do not see an email query from you dated November 1, 2008.

We understand how frustrating this shipping issue with the lost package must be.

Best wishes,

Barbara

As you can see, the date of the last correspondence was October 24th, I sent an email to your company on the 1st of November and received no reply, then I filed a claim with Amazon at the same time, and received no response from your company, this is really bad business practice, it does not take this long for me to receive post from the US here in South Korea, be honest and tell me when the package was postmarked. You're claiming it was the 3rd of October, if it's not the 3rd of October then you acted in bad faith and I demand a refund.

Any further questions please call me at my US number (310) 651-8206

Powells.com wrote:
Hello Joon Kang,

Do I understand that you do not have your Book for your Powell's Order #6840412 (Amazon Order Marketplace Transaction ID: 736-8880365-4002530)?

If you have not received it by November 14th, we will process a full refund through your Amazon Accounts group for you.

Please do respond to this current email if you have not received this order. (I have copied our previous response email from my co-worker to you below).

Regards,

Barbara
Powells.com

We are sorry that you did not see our email with which we did respond to you on October 24, 2008...

I copy it here:
..........................................................................................
From: Powells.com
Reply-To: Powells.com
To: JYH
Subject: Re: FM: Order enquiry from Amazon customer lseexternal@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:46:05 -0700
Message-ID:
In-Reply-To: <26853752.16455991224873766518.JavaMail.em-
build@lux-mm-relay.amazon.com>
X-About: marketplace.uk.onelove69@gmail.com

Hello,

Your order was shipped on 3 October. We ship directly to you from the United States. Shipments to the United Kingdom average 14-24 business days for delivery. Shipments elsewhere average 14-24 business days for delivery.

Packages are air freighted to the destination country where they are then deposited into your local postal system. Occasionally customs can cause delays that extend beyond the 24 business day timeframe, however most packages arrive within about 6 weeks of the ship date.

Best regards,

Emily
Powells.com


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WHAT IS THE DISPATCH DATE OF THIS BOOK AND HOW DID YOU SEND THIS? BOOKS I ORDERED FROM OTHER VENDORS THAT DISPATCHED ON THE 6TH & 7TH OCTOBER I HAVE RECEIVED BY THE 14TH OF OCTOBER AND THAT INCLUDES ORDERS WITH VENDORS FROM THE USA AND CANADA.

I WILL FORWARD MY COMPLAINT TO AMAZON AND WILL POST ON MY BLOG THAT'S READ BY MANY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON EXTERNAL STUDENTS NOT TO BUY PRODUCTS FROM YOU.

Some Example Bad Reviews About Powells.com

As you can see I'm not the only one. It will be my duty in life that no UoL External students will suffer as I did with incompetent sellers, remember you can't believe all the good reviews, because sometimes these are planted by the seller, it's the bad reviews that tell a lot about the seller.

Bad Review #1
1 out of 5: "Back broken, book out off its back."
1 out of 5:"** WARNING! FRAUDULENT SELLER! *** Seller does not deliver orders and refuses to respond to enquiries once payment is made! DO NOT BE FOOLED BY POSITIVE FEEDBACK POSTED BY THE SELLER FROM DUMMY ACOUNTS!"

Bad Review #2
2 out of 5: "Hasn't arrived yet... i'm still waiting!"

Bad Review #3
2 out of 5: "hasn't arrived yet!"
2 out of 5: "hasn't arrived yet!"

Bad Review #4
1 out of 5: "If there was a zero star, I would have checked that, I received orders from other vendors at the same time, the first 2 emails were a cut and paste reply and the 3rd and subsequent emails were not replied to..."
2 out of 5: "this was advertised as 1952 edition but was actually 1974"

Bad Review #5
1 out of 5: "Still not received this item,service disgusting item was a birthday present for my wife on 12th Nov and was ordered in plenty of time"

Stay the hell away from this vendor from www.amazon.com

http://www.powells.com
powellbookstore

These people are total as*h*les. Here are the first 2 emails I sent them and here's the lame ass reply they sent, then the next 2 emails I sent they don't reply, and then after I file a claim and a complaint with Amazon, and then magically 7 days later the book shows up at my door. Because of their B*llS**t, I ordered the same book again, so I'm demanding that they pay return shipping and to credit my card right away, according to them and looking at the post mark it was not shipped on October 3rd. Because all the books I ordered from Canada, UK & the US Amazon on October 6th, I received a week and a half later. So anybody ordering from Amazon, stay the hell away from powellbookstore

Dear Joon,

Thank you for your message.
As my coworker Pam mentioned, your order was shipped on October 3rd. We ship directly to you from the United States.

Shipments to South Korea average 14-24 business days for delivery.

Packages are air freighted to the destination country where they are then deposited into your local postal system. Occasionally customs can cause delays that extend beyond the 24 business day timeframe, however most packages arrive within about 6 weeks of the ship date.

Best regards,

Emily
Powells.com


Previous correspondence follows:

Dear Pam,

My order number is 6840412, I still have no signs on this book. I have
received 3 books today that I order on or before I placed the order with
your company. I would like to know the status of my order. Thank you
in advance.

Thank You,
Joon Kang
http://uolexternal.blogspot.com

Powells.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Your order was shipped on October 3rd. We ship directly to you from the United States.
>
> Shipments to South Korea average 14-24 business days for delivery.
>
> Packages are air freighted to the destination country where they are then deposited into your local postal system. Occasionally customs can cause delays that extend beyond the 24 business day timeframe, however most packages arrive within about 6 weeks of the ship date.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Pam
> Powells.com
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Previous correspondence follows:
>
> Greetings from Amazon.co.uk.
>
> A potential buyer has sent you the following message about an item you have for sale on Amazon.co.uk, or about your store at Amazon.co.uk. Please respond to the individual directly by replying to this e-mail. For your reference, the buyer's e-mail address is lseexternal@gmail.com.
>
> Order ID: 736-8880365-4002530
> * 1 of Ethnicity (Key Concepts) [Paperback] by Fenton, Steve
>
> Important Notice: Only dispatch to the address shown in your seller account. Do not honour buyer requests to dispatch orders to any address other than the one provided by Amazon.co.uk. Do not accept any payment method other than Amazon Payments. Payment for the sale may be withheld if these guidelines are not followed.
>
> -------------- Begin message ---------------------
>
> The Dispatch estimate:3 Oct 2008, yet I have not received any email stating it was dispatched, please let me know when it will be dispatched.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> -------------- End message ------------------------
>
> Note: Amazon.co.uk may retain copies of all forwarded e-mails, and takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for the content of any messages forwarded to you.
>
> Amazon.co.uk will never e-mail you and ask you to disclose or verify your Amazon.co.uk password, credit card or bank account details. If you receive a suspicious e-mail with a link to update your account information, do not click on the link--instead report the e-mail to Amazon.co.uk for investigation. Go to amazon.co.uk/phish to find out more.
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