Has Anyone Received Their S/S Sample Orders Yet?

[RaggedyAunt]

I ordered some s/s samples on the 25th, using my PC$. The last couple of days it was showing as "picking." I just checked this morning, and now it's back to "received." I saw on another thread about supplies that the PC$ had been an issue. I'm just wondering if anyone else has received sample orders, and if so, did you use PC$ or another form of payment. I don't want to inundate HO with calls if there is a problem. But, I also don't want it to just linger in la la land, either. Thanks!

Tammy

 

[wadesgirl]

I would call, when I looked this morning it said shipping through the 26th. It doesn't hurt to call, I had to about my CO box and am glad I did, it wasn't scanned in properly and never made it on the truck.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Mine is on the truck for delivery today. But it's weird - it is listed twice on the shipping page. One is "information transmitted" and the other is "on truck for delivery".....so I'm just hoping that it is. I ordered mine the 25th, and paid with PC $$.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Well, I just got mine....sorta.

I picked up the BIG box (all I ordered was the collapsible bowl and the green nylon knife), and thought "wow! That is a really lightweight bowl!".....opened up the box to find a whole box full of packing paper, with a green nylon knife at the bottom of this great big box!

I'll do a product adjustment....but I was really looking forward to getting the bowl!:cry:

 

[JAE]

I ordered mine on the 26th, so mine is still showing "received". Stuck at home today and would love to have my samples. I earned some free and received it, but I don't have the right ingredients in the house to make anything new. I guess I'll make something up. I want to try out the new metal pan.

 

[redsoxgirl]

I'm always amazed at how they use this giant box for one or 2 small things!

 

[laylaleigh]

I ordered some s/s samples on the 25th, using my PC$. The last couple of days it was showing as "picking." I just checked this morning, and now it's back to "received." I saw on another thread about supplies that the PC$ had been an issue. I'm just wondering if anyone else has received sample orders, and if so, did you use PC$ or another form of payment. I don't want to inundate HO with calls if there is a problem. But, I also don't want it to just linger in la la land, either. Thanks!

Tammy

Mine is saying the same thing!!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I ordered mine on the 26th, so mine is still showing "received". Stuck at home today and would love to have my samples. I earned some free and received it, but I don't have the right ingredients in the house to make anything new. I guess I'll make something up. I want to try out the new metal pan.

I used mine to catch the drips from a casserole in my large oval baker! Worked great for that.:thumbup:

 

[wadesgirl]

I submitted the 28th and it still shows received. I'm dying to get my hands on the new products. Level 1 I earned just wasn't enough to satisfy my need!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I'm always amazed at how they use this giant box for one or 2 small things!

That bugs my DH to no end! Everytime he sees it he says "what a waste of money".

 

[janetupnorth]

That bugs my DH to no end! Everytime he sees it he says "what a waste of money".

Technically no, I had this discussion with them last Thursday of how they choose the box sizes.

Long story short:
Basically, they take a profile of all orders and created 4-5 boxes sizes that cover all of them...and they have box machines to erect and tape the boxes.

Knowing the industry, it would cost more to create the die, buy the material and produce and print a small amount of other boxes than just use a slightly bigger one.

...and if you notice, a lot of replacement part orders are coming in envelopes...

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Technically no, I had this discussion with them last Thursday of how they choose the box sizes.

Long story short:
Basically, they take a profile of all orders and created 4-5 boxes sizes that cover all of them...and they have box machines to erect and tape the boxes.

Knowing the industry, it would cost more to create the die, buy the material and produce and print a small amount of other boxes than just use a slightly bigger one.

...and if you notice, a lot of replacement part orders are coming in envelopes...

Janet,

This was the largest box.....and it had a nylon knife in it......I KNOW they have smaller boxes than this! Way more than "slightly bigger!"

 

[janetupnorth]

Janet,

This was the largest box.....and it had a nylon knife in it......I KNOW they have smaller boxes than this! Way more than "slightly bigger!"

It was probably sized for the circumference of the bowl because the smaller box can't handle it only the bigger one.

When the bowl "fell out", they don't resize the box because they are put on the line at the beginning.

If it was "way too big" for the bowl, then they have some dimensioning issues in the system.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

It was probably sized for the circumference of the bowl because the smaller box can't handle it only the bigger one.

When the bowl "fell out", they don't resize the box because they are put on the line at the beginning.

If it was "way too big" for the bowl, then they have some dimensioning issues in the system.

Just one last thing - the only thing on the packing list in the box was the knife.

(but the bowl was on the product adjustment list online.)

 

[janetupnorth]

Just one last thing - the only thing on the packing list in the box was the knife.

(but the bowl was on the product adjustment list online.)

Ah, short picked somehow...meaning it was supposed to be originally (when the box was created) then somehow missed the pick (short stock or whatever).

It SHOULD have been caught at the scale and replaced before shipment and printed properly. The fact that it wasn't on the list means the system KNEW it wasn't in the box.

(At that point they don't make a smaller box because it has already traveled the whole line and has its labels - more labor to make a new box and destroy the old).

I hope you get your bowl soon - it looks pretty cool!

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Ah, short picked somehow...meaning it was supposed to be originally (when the box was created) then somehow missed the pick (short stock or whatever).

It SHOULD have been caught at the scale and replaced before shipment and printed properly. The fact that it wasn't on the list means the system KNEW it wasn't in the box.

(At that point they don't make a smaller box because it has already traveled the whole line and has its labels - more labor to make a new box and destroy the old).

I hope you get your bowl soon - it looks pretty cool!

Seems crazy - but I guess that is what gets it through the warehouse and out to us quicker.


I'm waiting (un) patiently for my bowl now!

 

[pamperedbecky]

It shows my sample products were shipped yesterday. Who knows, I may get them today since I'm close to the HO. It says it's scheduled to deliver today, but it doesn't say it's on the truck for delivery yet. That makes me wonder if it might be Thursday or Friday instead. I only ordered the Collapisble Bowl and the Dots dinnerware set (yay!) - but used those free PC$!! That was awesome!

 

[susanr613]

i also ordered samples and supplies (both s/s) on the 25th and they also reverted from picking to received. patience IS a virtue....but i'm not very virtuous

with regard to the boxes, has anyone noticed that they are not taped very well across the top? my bowl/knife combo box was so poorly taped i was afraid something fell out! my cousin in another state has noticed this as well. i'm trying to recruit him - this is kind of embarassing

i called the solution center and she reccommeded i also e-mail them. so, if your boxes are not taped well, please e-mail them too.

 

[wadesgirl]

i also ordered samples and supplies (both s/s) on the 25th and they also reverted from picking to received. patience IS a virtue....but i'm not very virtuous

with regard to the boxes, has anyone noticed that they are not taped very well across the top? my bowl/knife combo box was so poorly taped i was afraid something fell out! my cousin in another state has noticed this as well. i'm trying to recruit him - this is kind of embarassing

i called the solution center and she reccommeded i also e-mail them. so, if your boxes are not taped well, please e-mail them too.

Not a taping issue but my favorite is when they forget to put bags in the box. Luckily one of the my shows was shipped to my house and I had extra bags at home.

 

[Shawnna]

I just realized I didn't receive my collapsable bowl either. I better check it out.

I find it odd that we are keeping the lavendar and green dots towels and the microfiber towels when they don't match the new green microfiber towels. I didn't even think about it until I received my shipment today.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I just realized I didn't receive my collapsable bowl either. I better check it out.

I find it odd that we are keeping the lavendar and green dots towels and the microfiber towels when they don't match the new green microfiber towels. I didn't even think about it until I received my shipment today.

In the catalog it says "while supplies last".....hmmmm, can you say major overstock?

 

[Shawnna]

I didn't/don't care for those towels...UGLY in my opinion...but I am sure that there are lots of people who love lavender and green pokie dots...LOL

 

[wadesgirl]

In the catalog it says "while supplies last".....hmmmm, can you say major overstock?

I only sold two set of the purple and green towels last season. One to a lady who really only wanted the purple towel because it matched her bathroom and to the lady's DIL who bought her another set before they went out of the catalog.

 

[hperschnick]

I wish they would do the wash cloths and the towels separate. My SIL is dying for some more wash cloths - we both got them when they were the guest special before I signed - now you have to get the towels also.

 

[BethCooks4U]

I used mine to catch the drips from a casserole in my large oval baker! Worked great for that.:thumbup:

I've done that too (with my old metal pan on the shelf below the stone - for those newbies out there - never put a stone ON a metal pan) but I just got off the phone with HO and she was saying how much she loves that we have them now and when I said that the only thing I have used a metal pan for in the last 20+ years was to catch drippings she said that just having it in the oven with a stone would change how food cooks in the stone...

Well, I have used it under a set of prep bowls to make mini doll cakes too... I probably won't use them much but I know there are a lot of people out there that will love them and that's why we have them now - to reach those people!

 

[BethCooks4U]

I just realized I didn't receive my collapsable bowl either. I better check it out.

I find it odd that we are keeping the lavendar and green dots towels and the microfiber towels when they don't match the new green microfiber towels. I didn't even think about it until I received my shipment today.

My collapsable bowl wasn't in the box either! I wonder what's going on?

Towel set: My bet is they have a ton of dot towels and twixits left so they put them together with dishcloths so people would buy them.

 

[ChefBeckyD]

I've done that too (with my old metal pan on the shelf below the stone - for those newbies out there - never put a stone ON a metal pan) but I just got off the phone with HO and she was saying how much she loves that we have them now and when I said that the only thing I have used a metal pan for in the last 20+ years was to catch drippings she said that just having it in the oven with a stone would change how food cooks in the stone...

Well, I have used it under a set of prep bowls to make mini doll cakes too... I probably won't use them much but I know there are a lot of people out there that will love them and that's why we have them now - to reach those people!

What am I supposed to catch the drips with then?

 

[kspry]

Towel set: My bet is they have a ton of dot towels and twixits left so they put them together with dishcloths so people would buy them.

Yeah, instead of putting them on the outlet....maybe they are trying this.
They are the spring 2007 colors.

 

[JAE]

What am I supposed to catch the drips with then?

Why are you dripping?

 

[ChefBeckyD]

Why are you dripping?

Ummm, because I cut myself again?


BTW - it was a pretty deep cut - it was still bleeding when I got home, I had to change the bandaid before I went to bed!:yuck: