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[trinityvixen]

You know, I was gonna be all huffy about Dell possibly not shipping my computer out until next Wednesday (I will probably still be sorta huffy), but I have to say they do their best to explain why this should be. I wish I'd known that it wasn't going through to my credit card ahead of time so I could have used it yesterday on the money I spent for my Dad's birthday gift, too.

But I forsee a new internet wasting-time-type diversion: constantly refreshing my order status to see if the computer checklist gets to "Boxing" any time soon. Dell breaks it up as "Order Processing," followed by "Pre-production," which is then subdivided into the "In Production" categories: Kitting, Build, Testing, and Boxing. I assume "Boxing" is actually packaging the machine to ship to me versus putting it in its casing, as it doesn't do much good to test a machine without all of its parts assembled and covered as they are to be used.

But then there is the "Shipping Prep" part of this, too...mmm, puzzling. Maybe I should refresh the page...

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[hslayer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, my server took a freaking MONTH and they couldn't even tell me why, but that seemed anomalous. My laptop took far less time than their estimate...any faster and I would've had to duck. :P Okay, that might be an overstatement, but it was quick. I, too, enjoyed constantly refreshing my order status, but don't be surprised if you miss it. Both mine have been built while I slept, as their factory runs 24 hours, 365 days.