{"id":3280,"date":"2017-03-22T09:03:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T13:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2017-03-22T09:03:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T13:03:27","slug":"wednesday-22-march-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2017\/03\/22\/wednesday-22-march-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday, 22 March 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

09:03 –<\/span> It was 42.4F (6C) when I took Colin out around 0730 this morning, but the temperature has already fallen. We’re expecting cooler weather to move in today, followed by another warm period. Barbara just left for the gym. This afternoon she’s headed down to Winston to run errands and stay with her sister overnight. She’ll be back mid-afternoon tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Sears made official what everyone has known for at least a couple of years. They’re going out of business. That’s bad news for them, of course, but it’s also bad news for every shopping mall that has a Sears.<\/p>\n

I’ll always remember Sears fondly. I got my first chemistry set from them, back in the early 60’s. I also bought my first firearm there, in the summer of 1967. It was a .22 rifle, and things were a lot simpler then. I’d picked out what I wanted from their catalog and accumulated enough money to buy it.<\/p>\n

I walked downtown and up to the sporting goods counter at Sears. I told the guy what I wanted to look at, and he passed it over the counter to me. I told him I’d take it. He asked if it was okay with my parents. I told him it was. He went to the back room and got another that was still boxed up. I handed him the money for the rifle and a brick of 500 rounds of .22 LR. He made change, and I walked out the door with my new rifle. I made a detour on the way home and walked along the railroad tracks, shooting cans and other targets of opportunity.<\/p>\n

So now Sears is gone, and Walmart is trying hard to avoid the same fate. At least they’re smart enough to realize that the retail environment has undergone a sea change and that on-line has become critical. They’re trying hard, but they’re going to have to do better.<\/p>\n

In the continuing saga of the order I placed with Walmart on March 15, I found out yesterday that my order had been delivered. The only problem is that it was delivered to someone in Greenfield, Indiana. Ordinarily, I’d just drive over and pick it up, but that would be a 1,600 mile round trip. So now I have to figure out how to let Walmart know about the problem. They don’t make that easy. There are several checkboxes on their problem report form, but none of them for “you shipped my order to someone else.” Herewith the whole sad story.<\/p>\n

Delivered
\nShipping Activity<\/p>\n

Mar 21
\n11:33 AM
\nDELIVERED GREENFIELD, IN
\nMar 21
\n4:38 AM
\nOUT FOR DELIVERY INDIANAPOLIS, IN
\nMar 20
\n9:06 PM
\nARRIVAL SCAN INDIANAPOLIS, IN
\nMar 20
\n8:44 PM
\nDEPARTURE SCAN INDIANAPOLIS, IN
\nMar 20
\n12:20 PM
\nARRIVAL SCAN INDIANAPOLIS, IN
\nMar 20
\n8:31 AM<\/p>\n

DAMAGE TO PACKAGE CONTENTS WAS REPORTED. WE WILL NOTIFY THE SENDER. \/ WE’RE INVESTIGATING THE DAMAGE CLAIM. WILKESBORO, NC
\nMar 20
\n1:50 AM
\nDEPARTURE SCAN GREENSBORO, NC
\nMar 17
\n10:14 PM
\nARRIVAL SCAN GREENSBORO, NC
\nMar 17
\n8:44 PM
\nDEPARTURE SCAN WILKESBORO, NC
\nMar 17
\n7:50 PM<\/p>\n

YOUR PACKAGE WAS DAMAGED IN TRANSIT. WE WILL NOTIFY THE SENDER WITH DETAILS. \/ DAMAGED MERCHANDISE DISCARDED, BALANCE BEING RETURNED. UPS WILL NOTIFY THE SENDER WITH THE DETAILS WILKESBORO, NC
\nMar 17
\n7:50 PM<\/p>\n

YOUR PACKAGE WAS DAMAGED IN TRANSIT. WE WILL NOTIFY THE SENDER WITH DETAILS. WILKESBORO, NC
\nMar 17
\n7:50 PM<\/p>\n

SERVICE DISRUPTION OCCURRED \/ THE PACKAGE WILL BE RETURNED TO THE SENDER. WILKESBORO, NC
\nMar 17
\n11:08 AM<\/p>\n

THE RECEIVER DOES NOT WANT THE PRODUCT AND REFUSED THE DELIVERY. WILKESBORO, NC
\nMar 17
\n6:23 AM
\nDESTINATION SCAN WILKESBORO, NC
\nMar 17
\n4:55 AM
\nARRIVAL SCAN WILKESBORO, NC
\nMar 17
\n3:31 AM
\nDEPARTURE SCAN WINSTON SALEM, NC
\nMar 16
\n7:02 PM
\nARRIVAL SCAN WINSTON SALEM, NC
\nMar 16
\n6:17 PM
\nDEPARTURE SCAN GREENSBORO, NC
\nMar 16
\n11:53 AM
\nARRIVAL SCAN GREENSBORO, NC
\nMar 15
\n11:31 PM
\nDEPARTURE SCAN INDIANAPOLIS, IN
\nMar 15
\n2:44 PM
\nORIGIN SCAN INDIANAPOLIS, IN
\nMar 15
\n11:25 AM
\nBILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
\nups
\nTracking Number
\n1ZY756Y60316819114<\/p>\n

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09:03 – It was 42.4F (6C) when I took Colin out around 0730 this morning, but the temperature has already fallen. We’re expecting cooler weather to move in today, followed by another warm period. Barbara just left for the gym. This afternoon she’s headed down to Winston to run errands and stay with her sister overnight. She’ll be back mid-afternoon tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Sears made official what everyone has known for at least a couple of years.<\/p>\n

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