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Parcel tracking is good…

2008-01-14

…but it could be implemented a little better sometimes.

Mi. 21:23: E-mail with dispatch confirmation of a shop (emphasis mine):

Immediately after the order is placed, you have the possibility to track the shipment’s status online.

http://tracking.[…]

Important notice!

It may be that your package number is known to the system only up to two days after dispatch handover and thus only then its course can be tracked.

Strictly speaking, you might even say that this is not really contradictory. It certainly isn’t practical, though.

The rest is rather banal:

I checked on Thu at about 19:00: no status. Could the package arrive today, then? Or can’t it? No. And also Thu ca. 18:00: no status. Only Thu ca. 22:00: status from Mi. 20:35: “Shipment handled in dispatch center” (everything in my translation, by the way).

Fri ca. 10:00: status from Fri 4:45: “The shipment has gone on tour.” (Only this last status was shown.)

Fri ca. 13:00: status from Fri 10:15: “The shipment has gone on tour.” By the way, where can you buy tickets for the tour? Who’s the supporting act? :P

Fri ca. 14:30: package arrived.

Others are a little more extensive… but alright, as long as the products arrive safe and reasonably fast, it’s fine with me. And when I find topics to write about that are more interesting than this, it’s even finer with me.
:bigsmile:

Now what?

2007-12-12

There must be a better way to write payment notes (with existing direct debiting authorization!) on invoices that this:

Überweisung/Abbuchung

Translation:
“Please always use the prepared transfer form for payment (see top left)!
Total amount will be directly debited from your account.”

Who may fill his shopping cart?

2007-12-05

Lotto 5.12.07 Bild, the big German tabloid, claims that they – or rather the winner of a system playing ticket they had given away – have hit the 43 million lotto jackpot. Well, the whole frenzy has to end some time. :)

With some fantasy, you can see a stylized shopping cart in the alignment of the drawn numbers (9, 10, 24, 28, 39, 42, without additional number 33 – and without guarantee) (see image) – well, that one won’t be enough for the lucky winner for sure…

Variable loyalty points

2007-11-15

The German food discounter Rewe is currently running “the sharpest loyalty point campaign” with the knife manufacturer Zwilling – for each 5€ you pay at Rewe, you get one discount ticket, and once you got 30, you get a discount on certain Zwilling products. So a rather simple discount ticket system (limited to one manufacturer), but the variability of the tickets’ values seems strange to me:

Product Price with discount Regular price Value of one ticket
knife-block 9,99 € 49,50 € 131,7 ct
meat knife 14,99 € 32,50 € 58,37 ct
lard knife 9,99 € 19,50 € 31,7 ct
bread knife 17,99 € 39,50 € 71,7 ct
cooking knife 21,99 € 48,50 € 88,37 ct
universal knife 11,99 € 24,50 € 41,7 ct
peeling & vegetable knife 9,99 € 29,50 € 65,03 ct
santoku knife 19,99 € 45,50 € 85,03 ct
steak knife set 29,99 € 74,50 € 148,37 ct
knife scharpener 9,99 € 15,95 € 19,87 ct
multipurpose scissors 9,99 € 19,95 € 33,2 ct
scissors set 13,99 € 30,50 € 55,03 ct

That’s an average of 69,17 cents per discount point – but with a range of 19,87 to 148,37 cents!

I don’t want to be so vicious and call the recommended prices without discount phantasy values, there must be some sensible basis to them – but the discounts do seem pretty arbitrary…

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