The Vent and Rant Thread

[Renate]

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

Then I'll have to wait for a DHL delivery...

Arg!
The company InCase makes a keyboard that I've been wanting to buy.
But it's been out-of-production and "coming soon" for months.
I was on their waiting list, but I was never notified.
I noticed that it was available, but when I went to order it it was only available in the US.
So I ordered to my mailing service and had it forwarded to Europe.
The DHL to here cost more than the keyboard.
Then I get a message from DHL that I have to pay customs of half the cost of the keyboard.
Then I see that Amazon sells this stinking keyboard in Europe.

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

... (sorry, Boomer dots) Also, the DHL driver is pissed at me because I complained about him using our package box as a neighbourhood drop off point. So chances are I'll have to go pick up the package from the lockers at the gas station tomorrow.

Maybe you could leave him a cold Coke in the delivery box. I wouldn't go as far as fresh cookies, since it was his fault that you had to complain about him. But a soda is an easy offering.

Except that it sounds like he never stops at the box now, so you can't even give him a small gift! Grrrrr.

[badgoodDeb]

Originally Posted by Renate

Arg!
The company InCase makes a keyboard that I've been wanting to buy.
But it's been out-of-production and "coming soon" for months.
I was on their waiting list, but I was never notified.
I noticed that it was available, but when I went to order it it was only available in the US.
So I ordered to my mailing service and had it forwarded to Europe.
The DHL to here cost more than the keyboard.
Then I get a message from DHL that I have to pay customs of half the cost of the keyboard.
Then I see that Amazon sells this stinking keyboard in Europe.

Arg indeed. I don't suppose you can refuse the first purchase, given all the extra costs? Probably not, at this point. Grrrr.

[Renate]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Arg indeed. I don't suppose you can refuse the first purchase, given all the extra costs? Probably not, at this point. Grrrr.

I got the keyboard and I'm typing on it now.

For the last 6 months I've been typing on a 10 € "gaming" keyboard which was quite "klonky".
It was the only thing I could find without an "L" shaped Enter key.
Boy, do I hate that.
"Y" and "Z" being swapped doesn't annoy me too much (except when I'm working on matrix math).
The punctuation being shifted messes with your mind though.

I had the original of this keyboard. It was manufactured by Microsoft. But then they stopped.
The design was good, quiet keys, quiet design, minimal branding, no goofy differentiation of multimedia keys.
It's low profile, heavy (probably a steel plate inside) and the rubber feet don't slip.
The one big minus is that it comes paired with a 3 button mouse.
I've gotten quite used to a 5 button mouse so I use a mismatched Bluetooth mouse.
https://www.amazon.com/Incase-Wirele...dp/B0DWY181MG/

[Rumpelteazer]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Maybe you could leave him a cold Coke in the delivery box. I wouldn't go as far as fresh cookies, since it was his fault that you had to complain about him. But a soda is an easy offering.

Except that it sounds like he never stops at the box now, so you can't even give him a small gift! Grrrrr.

Nah, DHL is a nightmare. It isn't as bad here as it was in the city center, but it's still frustrating. A couple of weeks ago I had to go pick up a package delivered by PostNL and a pick up point because the DHL driver had filled our box with packages for other, which we weren't aware of and my package couldn't fit in the box and there were no nearby neighbours (vacation time) at home apparently.

And it isn't just me, when you're with a group of people and you say DHL there will be collected sigh of frustration.

I expect we'll get a new driver soon, they never last long/get rotated often. Since we moved here 14 months ago we've had the same PostNL driver, for DHL we've had at least half a dozen so far.

[ownedbycats]

I got a package delivered yesterday. The driver buzzed me to let them in, and then just left it at the bottom of the stairs. WTF?

[Rumpelteazer]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I got a package delivered yesterday. The driver buzzed me to let them in, and then just left it at the bottom of the stairs. WTF?

When I lived with my sister in her apartment it was always hit or miss whether they would come upstairs or not (no elevator). Most of the time they would drop it off downstairs, occasionally they insisted you would come down to pick it up and when you weren't at home they might drop it off at a neighbour but not tell you which one. There were always notes on the message board downstairs asking about packages.