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Post by beaglemom on Jan 29, 2019 21:46:26 GMT
So I am normally 110% for Amazon, but a 3rd party seller has me upset right now. I have 4 kids and we are 30+ minutes from target and such, so I do 80% of my shopping online. Tomorrow is my son's 100th day of school party for Kindergarten. And one of the activities they have the kids do is fruit cereal O necklaces. There is someone that needs to be gluten-free so they requested freedom foods gluten-free TropicO's. The only place I could find them was Amazon. The box arrived and I had purchased a case to make sure there was more than enough. They send me the wrong cereal. I now have a case of ancient grain flakes and no TropicO's. Amazon will refund, but I am not sure what I am going to do for tomorrow. I sent the teachers an email asking if Fruity Cheerios will work, but I am worried that the O's holes will be too small for the kids to string them. I have ordered them via instacart and hopefully they will be here before I leave to pick up the kids from school so I can bring a box to check with the teachers after school.
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Post by lurkyloo on Jan 29, 2019 21:56:27 GMT
I feel you on the 3rd party seller issue, but I just have to say: your whole post is a microcosm of so many things that I can’t stand about school. Look at how much trouble and money it’s causing you for the kids to string some cereal, not to mention the rabbit hole of all the natural resources being used to ship you a case of cereal you don’t even need. Multiply that times a million across the country. Gah. Why do we have to make everything so complicated and elaborate?
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Post by workingclassdog on Jan 29, 2019 21:58:35 GMT
Uggg I feel your pain... I am still waiting on an online order (not from Amazon) from Christmas... I am beyond livid and I can't even get one "I'm sorry" or try to make it right. Now I am to trying to get a refund. I'm pissed because it was a Nike shirt for my DD's boyfriend and I got a great price on it. Apparently I guess it might have oversold BUT the kicker is that I got an email that it shipped. NOPE.
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Post by beaglemom on Jan 29, 2019 22:11:37 GMT
I feel you on the 3rd party seller issue, but I just have to say: your whole post is a microcosm of so many things that I can’t stand about school. Look at how much trouble and money it’s causing you for the kids to string some cereal, not to mention the rabbit hole of all the natural resources being used to ship you a case of cereal you don’t even need. Multiply that times a million across the country. Gah. Why do we have to make everything so complicated and elaborate? Thankfully, in theory, I can be reimbursed for the money spent. I won't turn in the receipts because we can cover it and I would rather they use their budget on other things. But I do think it is annoying. In our extended family we have celiacs (gluten free), tree nut allergy, and dairy allergies, so I get that it can be difficult at times. But I find it annoying that instead of asking those parents to help bring a stash of stuff for their kids instead of all 45+ kids in Kindergarten have to have gluten free, dairy free (nut free I get, that can be life-threatening to be in the vicinity). Because it is hard to find at times and expensive! |
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Post by lurkyloo on Jan 29, 2019 22:47:42 GMT
I feel you on the 3rd party seller issue, but I just have to say: your whole post is a microcosm of so many things that I can’t stand about school. Look at how much trouble and money it’s causing you for the kids to string some cereal, not to mention the rabbit hole of all the natural resources being used to ship you a case of cereal you don’t even need. Multiply that times a million across the country. Gah. Why do we have to make everything so complicated and elaborate? Thankfully, in theory, I can be reimbursed for the money spent. I won't turn in the receipts because we can cover it and I would rather they use their budget on other things. But I do think it is annoying. In our extended family we have celiacs (gluten free), tree nut allergy, and dairy allergies, so I get that it can be difficult at times. But I find it annoying that instead of asking those parents to help bring a stash of stuff for their kids instead of all 45+ kids in Kindergarten have to have gluten free, dairy free (nut free I get, that can be life-threatening to be in the vicinity). Because it is hard to find at times and expensive! Or how about the teacher has a set of little wooden beads for the kids to string, and he or she reuses them year after year? Incessant snacking is another of my school pet peeves! 😂 |
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Post by myshelly on Jan 29, 2019 23:17:14 GMT
I feel you on the 3rd party seller issue, but I just have to say: your whole post is a microcosm of so many things that I can’t stand about school. Look at how much trouble and money it’s causing you for the kids to string some cereal, not to mention the rabbit hole of all the natural resources being used to ship you a case of cereal you don’t even need. Multiply that times a million across the country. Gah. Why do we have to make everything so complicated and elaborate? Thankfully, in theory, I can be reimbursed for the money spent. I won't turn in the receipts because we can cover it and I would rather they use their budget on other things. But I do think it is annoying. In our extended family we have celiacs (gluten free), tree nut allergy, and dairy allergies, so I get that it can be difficult at times. But I find it annoying that instead of asking those parents to help bring a stash of stuff for their kids instead of all 45+ kids in Kindergarten have to have gluten free, dairy free (nut free I get, that can be life-threatening to be in the vicinity). Because it is hard to find at times and expensive! This completely misses the issue. There are a million things the teacher could do besides food. Don’t blame it on or solate or put a burden on the allergy kids because the teacher chooses a stupid, unnecessary assignment that involves food when it doesn’t need to involve food. |
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Post by pilcas on Jan 29, 2019 23:51:39 GMT
I feel you on the 3rd party seller issue, but I just have to say: your whole post is a microcosm of so many things that I can’t stand about school. Look at how much trouble and money it’s causing you for the kids to string some cereal, not to mention the rabbit hole of all the natural resources being used to ship you a case of cereal you don’t even need. Multiply that times a million across the country. Gah. Why do we have to make everything so complicated and elaborate? This! |
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