- Joined
- Oct 27, 2005
- Messages
- 3,666
- Reaction score
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- Points
- 337
- Location
- South Yorks, UK
- Printer Model
- Epson, Canon, HP... A "few"
It's been "interesting" to say the least this month with so much kicking off, going wrong or just plain leaving me wondering why I didn't join a monastic order and stay the heck away from technology, etc...
... well whatever the reason we've had everything..
- Ink shipments used as footballs resulting in a box that resembles a wet yellow/green mess at one end...
- Same ink shipment disappearing for a couple of weeks while DHL try to figure out where the football team hid it
- Wrong ink supplied for something I use (sort of thankfully) in my own schools resulting in three clogged printheads and a lot of swearing
- Customers asking for inks that nobody else bothers to stock because they never sell (and then getting 5 orders for those very inks!)
- Computer crashes (Office 2010 - Nooooo!!!)
- Shopping Cart Code "hiccups"
- Fax machine suddenly answering all my phone calls (wondered why it'd gone so quiet!)
... and a partridge shot out of the pear tree by a disgruntled printer owner out of season..
And of course while this is happening I'm getting more and more interest in the very inks that aren't available so I'm fielding queries and promising "You'll know when I know", but wondering if I'll ever know which way is up, ever again!!
But the best bit... Once all the inks were sorted out, the damaged shipment located and delivered and various other problems were all worked out I set aside Sunday to start bottling all the inks (about 40-50 litres worth).. and hit a small snag...
Are you sitting comfortably?
... Yep, you guessed it... I'd only gone and run out of ruddy bottles... 
On the up side the new bottle stock arrived in record time today and I have tomorrow (well today now) to bottle like mad, KMP is selling well and seems to be quite popular (which is a relief after all the problems getting it ordered) and the new bottle supplier has a slightly better bottle design which is a plus.
Anyway, had to share... before I lost the plot completely
... well whatever the reason we've had everything..
- Ink shipments used as footballs resulting in a box that resembles a wet yellow/green mess at one end...
- Same ink shipment disappearing for a couple of weeks while DHL try to figure out where the football team hid it
- Wrong ink supplied for something I use (sort of thankfully) in my own schools resulting in three clogged printheads and a lot of swearing
- Customers asking for inks that nobody else bothers to stock because they never sell (and then getting 5 orders for those very inks!)
- Computer crashes (Office 2010 - Nooooo!!!)
- Shopping Cart Code "hiccups"
- Fax machine suddenly answering all my phone calls (wondered why it'd gone so quiet!)
... and a partridge shot out of the pear tree by a disgruntled printer owner out of season..
And of course while this is happening I'm getting more and more interest in the very inks that aren't available so I'm fielding queries and promising "You'll know when I know", but wondering if I'll ever know which way is up, ever again!!
But the best bit... Once all the inks were sorted out, the damaged shipment located and delivered and various other problems were all worked out I set aside Sunday to start bottling all the inks (about 40-50 litres worth).. and hit a small snag...
Are you sitting comfortably?
... Yep, you guessed it... I'd only gone and run out of ruddy bottles...
On the up side the new bottle stock arrived in record time today and I have tomorrow (well today now) to bottle like mad, KMP is selling well and seems to be quite popular (which is a relief after all the problems getting it ordered) and the new bottle supplier has a slightly better bottle design which is a plus.
Anyway, had to share... before I lost the plot completely
