Free TUAW iPhone app -- try it now!
AOL Tech

Engadget

FEATURES: Holiday Gift Guide Droid review Palm Pixi Review Bold 9700
  • Burns11
  • Member Since Oct 4th, 2006
Blog Activity
Blog# of Comments
Joystiq112 Comments
Engadget127 Comments
Engadget HD9 Comments
Joystiq Playstation1 Comment
Joystiq Xbox2 Comments
Engadget Mobile14 Comments

Recent Comments:

The Blackberry Pearl is about as thick as modern BB get at 15mm, with the Pearl Flip being the only exception.

The Tour, Storm and Droid are the same thickness.
Only gaming, we turn the Wii on to keep the kids out of the way.
Nothing, that's why I need the NVG
Tell that to the nearly 3 million people living in Rome.
Don't worry, it deserved to be posted twice.
@ Acrobat

Thanks for the insult. It's not my fault the USPS is to blame for some of this, and I get the feeling your incompetence isn't helping given your overly defensive nature.

Did you miss the part where I said I was on the phone for a week with USPS (my local office and others)? I know full and well it's not scanned here, but if it's not handled correctly here it's not going to get scanned. This isn't me saying this, it's the half dozen or so supervisors I had to talk to before getting things worked out. Once my carrier was told what to do, games were magically scanned, then when he left my route they magically weren't. When I called, the local supervisor had left and I didn't feel like jumping through hoops like a trained poodle to get something done correctly.
Yay, conspiracy theories.

Gamefly sends games first class (read the envelope) and they have no reason to hold games like that (use some common sense, if they were going to hold games, they would hold them rather than set a game as returned but with another unshipped).

At any rate, if this was all some conspiracy why even have the fastreturn stuff, which DOES work when the USPS bothers to properly handle the games? It took me a week of calls with the USPS to finally get my post office to properly handle the games so they would get scanned and it worked flawlessly until there was a personnel change at the post office and magically my games were no longer scanned (it's not worth the calls to try and get it straightened out again). You going to try and put that on gamefly as well?
@ Acrobat

If it's not the USPS' fault, whose is it? Did Gamefly lose games in a void for days? Is it Gamefly that can't get mail across 390 miles (Louisville to Pittsburgh) any faster than 2000 miles (Louisville to LA)? Is it Gamefly that gives priority to other mailings? is it Gamefly that won't work with Gamefly to improve shipping?

Gamefly's problems aren't all linked to the USPS, but to sit there and act like the USPS isn't complicit in many of their problems (if not by far their most glaring problem) is ludicrous.
Ironically enough, there is an ad under my 2 games out saying "For less than 25¢ a day you could have a fourth game out!"
It's nice to know they are working hard on stuff like this when I go day after day without a game being shipped.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I just switched to Sprint from Verizon about three months ago for the Pre. Then I went for the Hero about a week ago. Now, I miss my hardware keyboard and am thinking about switching to the Moment. I am still able to switch back to Verizon if I want and get the Droid when it arrives. Should I just trade up to the Moment when it comes out, see if I like it, and if not switch to the Droid? Or something else entirely? Help!"

Boss of the Year Entry Form

Now that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.