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Markertek...revisited
« on: September 10, 2004, 02:22:12 PM »
So Thom Joad and I put our chunks of coal together and placed an order.  It was my second with Markertek, and his first.  I was a little hesitant as they f'ed up my first order, but part of it was newbie error.  I DID NOT know that they would break your order apart and ship stuff out indiviudually (i.e. multiple shiping charges) unless told not to.  But I digress...

So we order a bunch of Neutrik connectors and 150' of black Canare Starquad.  The order comes and our 150' turned out to be 110', but wait it gets better.  We were CHARGED for 110', but only got 100'.   ::)  We also ordered four pairs of the Neutrik PRO RCA ends and even though they were all missing we were billed for two pairs. 

So Mr. Joad calls and squares up with Martkertek who said, "No worries, our apologies, we'll send out the 150' you ordered, you keep the 100' you have already and we'll only charge you for the original billed 110'.  (i.e. 250' for the price of 110'.)  Also, the four pairs Neutrik pros you ordered are on the house minus the two pairs you already paid for."  i.e. four pairs for the price of two. 

A couple of days pass and the order isn't here even though Markertek is right here in NY.  It turns out that the new order was not processed for some reason and it took a third call to get it rolling again. 

Two orders with Markertek, both had snafus.  At least the second one was compensated for. 

...Kk, who now has 50' of extra cable after making the 20' XLR>XLR and the 10' RCA>RCA.



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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2004, 08:04:53 AM »
yah ive always gotten the feeling that a monkey does fulfillment for them.

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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2004, 10:03:58 AM »
thanks! i almost forgot about the 6000 feet of RG59 coax cable they sent me when it was supposed to only 6 feet ::) ;D

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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2004, 10:30:16 AM »
did you get to keep that, or have to send it back?

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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2004, 11:48:24 AM »
thanks! i almost forgot about the 6000 feet of RG59 coax cable they sent me when it was supposed to only 6 feet ::) ;D


that is one of the greatest fuckups i have ever heard about... 

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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2004, 12:20:32 PM »
they sent me ups ground labels for all 6 boxes(6 1000' spindles) along with the correct amount and scheduled a pickup for the boxes.  they also completely refunded all of my money as well for the original order and shipping.

it's cool how they handled the screwup, very professional. although the customer service rep thought i was joking at first.

i'd rather just go to a retailer who won't screw it up the first time

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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2004, 02:38:03 PM »
fucked up my simple order of 40 ft of green and black star quad and 3-pins, sent 4-pins and didnt get the 40 ft of star quad for about 3 months :P
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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2004, 10:09:30 AM »
the only thing i've had them mess up was a set of color boots
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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #8 on: September 15, 2004, 02:28:59 PM »
the only thing i've had them mess up was a set of color boots

youre a lucky one then :)
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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #9 on: September 15, 2004, 05:08:58 PM »
the only thing i've had them mess up was a set of color boots

that's because they know how messed up you are already.   ;)
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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2004, 11:52:53 AM »
Just placed a phone order, all my stuff was in stock & should ship today. Hopefully it'll be correct! =)

mini star quads here I come :D
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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2004, 12:29:00 PM »
cross your fingers! ;)

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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2004, 08:34:01 PM »
Hmm... It seems that they have problems all the time! I think Ive gotten canare off of them like three times, never had a problem. But its interesting to hear stories, seems like they are hit or miss!

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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2004, 11:54:01 AM »
yeah, I'm not terribly worried. Got my order confirmation/ship email last night and everything looks to be how it was ordered. We'll see what actually ends up in the boxes tho.

Was kinda bummed about the semi-limited color choices in the mini starquad, so instead of the black & purple like I wanted I had to get black & blue.
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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2004, 11:39:54 AM »
got exactly what I ordered... two 20' lengths of mini canare, two straight F Black/gold Neutriks, two RA Male Black/Golds.
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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #15 on: September 29, 2004, 11:42:44 AM »
got exactly what I ordered... two 20' lengths of mini canare, two straight F Black/gold Neutriks, two RA Male Black/Golds.

at this point that should be a quote on their webpage

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Re: Markertek...revisited
« Reply #16 on: September 29, 2004, 12:12:34 PM »
can you tell them what you want via description, or must you have the item code?
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« Reply #17 on: September 29, 2004, 12:15:57 PM »
I think having the item number would help immensely, but if you get a bright enough person on the phone they should be able to figure out what it is you're looking for.
Governor Jim McGreevey was equally disturbed about the upcoming population increase. "New Jersey cannot support all of these wookies," he said. "For starters, we don't have nearly enough kindbud. At best, we can muster up a Q.P. of some beasties, but we've not a dime-bag more."

 

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