Goggles

To meta my steampunk goggle situation, I ordered several sets of welding goggles from Boss Tools. I chose them because they had the best price of $4.97 each with an extra 5% discount if I ordered more than three. Ordered four of them, figuring one for me, another for me if I mess up modding that one, one for Matt, who expressed an interest and an extra to carry around at a con as a sort of Steampunk Starter Kit.

The order was placed February 24th.

The next day, Boss Tools sent me an email that my order would be delayed due to a "short term backorder."

Two weeks later, they sent me another email saying that my order would be further delayed but, to compensate me for the trouble, they gave me a store credit equal to the total order. Since the only thing I was interested in from them was the goggles, I figured if things went well I would dump that back into another four goggles.

A month later, I asked where my order was and was told it was still on backorder.

I waited another month and again asked, only to find out they were still backordered. Three full months had passed and I wasn't going to have the goggles in time for Marcon so I canceled the order and requested a full refund. That, at least, was processed quickly.

I ordered two pair on Amazon for $5.95 each. They arrived today exactly 7 days after my placing the order.