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        <title>I got my first filament order, how disappointed should I be?</title>
        <description> Aside from the UPS delivery mess-up (not the sellers fault), my invoice (copy in the box) clearly says 5 lb of white ABS. The box had 6.128 lbs of mostly black filament (one coil of white). So I&#039;ve gotten an extra 22.5%.

What do you all think? How much of a pain is it to have to swap rolls mid-print? What do you think about the substitution without even a courtesy email?</description>
        <link>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60656#msg-60656</link>
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            <guid>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60902#msg-60902</guid>
            <title>Re: I got my first filament order, how disappointed should I be?</title>
            <link>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60902#msg-60902</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ <i>&gt; &gt; Agreed. I think the rest of the community will<br />
&gt; &gt; want to know if one supplier is shipping an<br />
&gt; extra<br />
&gt; &gt; 22.5% in their orders. smiling bouncing smiley<br />
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Yeh, that's pretty much why I'm not up in arms.</i><br />
 <br />
Still, if you pursue this matter, let us know how they  resolve it.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>SebastienBailard</dc:creator>
            <category>General</category>
            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:30:29 -0400</pubDate>
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            <guid>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60854#msg-60854</guid>
            <title>Re: I got my first filament order, how disappointed should I be?</title>
            <link>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60854#msg-60854</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ &gt; &gt; Could you name and shame? <br />
<br />
Uh yea, I did a <a href="http://markbova.com/2010/09/24/three-suppliers-of-reprap-parts/" target="_blank"  rel="nofollow">blog post</a> on it. I might as well point you there for the whole story.  I figure it's okay for me to drop my opinion of the service without actually discussing my complaint with the company first, since they decided to ship a substitute to me without discussing it first.<br />
<br />
&gt; &gt; Agreed. I think the rest of the community will<br />
&gt; &gt; want to know if one supplier is shipping an<br />
&gt; extra<br />
&gt; &gt; 22.5% in their orders. (:D<br />
<br />
Yeh, that's pretty much why I'm not up in arms.<br />
 <br />
&gt; Personally as I have not yet started printing<br />
&gt; anything it would be fine for me, but I can see<br />
&gt; the point of the OP expecting at least a courtesy<br />
&gt; email.  I agree that it is wrong.  A quick email<br />
&gt; to ask if it's ok to substitute and saying they'll<br />
&gt; add 20% volume to the order to compensate would<br />
&gt; have been a good idea.<br />
<br />
Yea, that's pretty much exactly how I feel. I want to start printing soon too, and I'd like to make a few custom mounts for electronics in my car. I just thought white would work better if I park the car in the sun.<br />
<br />
In the company's defense, they did promptly reply when UPS mis-delivered the package. They do say on their site that you won't get one solid piece, the price+shipping was really outstanding, and they did throw in quite a bit extra ABS.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>pica</dc:creator>
            <category>General</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:40:33 -0400</pubDate>
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            <guid>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60840#msg-60840</guid>
            <title>Re: I got my first filament order, how disappointed should I be?</title>
            <link>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60840#msg-60840</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ SebastienBailard Wrote:<br />
-------------------------------------------------------<br />
&gt; Could you name and shame? <br />
&gt; <br />
&gt; Agreed. I think the rest of the community will<br />
&gt; want to know if one supplier is shipping an extra<br />
&gt; 22.5% in their orders. (:D<br />
<br />
I know you're having a laugh, but initially when I read the post, I couldn't see the problem.  Then I re-read it more carefully and realised that the issue was the substitution of black instead of white filament.<br />
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Personally as I have not yet started printing anything it would be fine for me, but I can see the point of the OP expecting at least a courtesy email.  I agree that it is wrong.  A quick email to ask if it's ok to substitute and saying they'll add 20% volume to the order to compensate would have been a good idea.<br />
<br />
Last week I bought a power cut off saw to help cut my rod, etc and the one that arrived was shop soiled.  It was advertised as new with multiple items available so I objected.  The saw works fine and I would normally be quite happy to accept a shop soiled item, but would like to know in advance (and would normally expect an appropriate price).<br />
<br />
Craig]]></description>
            <dc:creator>CraigRK</dc:creator>
            <category>General</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:00:13 -0400</pubDate>
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            <guid>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60830#msg-60830</guid>
            <title>Re: I got my first filament order, how disappointed should I be?</title>
            <link>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60830#msg-60830</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ <i>Could you name and shame?</i> <br />
<br />
Agreed. I think the rest of the community will want to know if one supplier is shipping an extra 22.5% in their orders. (:D]]></description>
            <dc:creator>SebastienBailard</dc:creator>
            <category>General</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:45:32 -0400</pubDate>
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            <guid>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60828#msg-60828</guid>
            <title>Re: I got my first filament order, how disappointed should I be?</title>
            <link>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60828#msg-60828</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Hey Pica<br />
<br />
Could you name and shame?]]></description>
            <dc:creator>AgeingHippy</dc:creator>
            <category>General</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 05:41:41 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: I got my first filament order, how disappointed should I be?</title>
            <link>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60657#msg-60657</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Does not matter, you did not get what you ordered?<br />
<br />
Complain, they should correct it.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>spacexula</dc:creator>
            <category>General</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:49:58 -0400</pubDate>
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            <title>I got my first filament order, how disappointed should I be?</title>
            <link>https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,60656,60656#msg-60656</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ Aside from the UPS delivery mess-up (not the sellers fault), my invoice (copy in the box) clearly says 5 lb of white ABS. The box had 6.128 lbs of mostly black filament (one coil of white). So I've gotten an extra 22.5%.<br />
<br />
What do you all think? How much of a pain is it to have to swap rolls mid-print? What do you think about the substitution without even a courtesy email?]]></description>
            <dc:creator>pica</dc:creator>
            <category>General</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:43:40 -0400</pubDate>
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