Ordered my #Kobo e-reader three days ago.
Their website still says "Authorizing," even though my credit card cleared the transaction immediately.

Now my main kobo account is mysteriously locked out and the support guy has left me on Read for an hour.

Not a great first impression.

#KoboAdventure day four.
I got an email earlier today that my account was unlocked. I was able to log in.
(The e-reader ordering system is separate from the #Kobo store, and you authenticate by using your email address and order number (which you got in an email). Great, great, great.)

My order went from Authorizing to Processing in the last hour.

96 hours to process a credit card transaction.

HOW?

I reiterated that I wanted my expedited shipping ($9.99) refunded. Waiting to hear back.

#KoboAdventure Day Five:

They refunded my shipping fee and it's now being prepped for shipping.

It took a while to get there, but I'm happy with the customer service outcome!

#Kobo

#KoboAdventure Day 6:

Got a shipping notification and tracking number. ETA Saturday.

4 business/6 calendar days to go from ordered to shipped is kinda nuts, but maybe Amazon has given us unreasonable expectations?? I dunno.

Looking forward to getting my device.

Cheers all.

#Kobo

@rl_dane did they have to buy the thing in china first?

@kabel42

lol, they said something about it taking extra time to clear my financial institution (citi/visa) because I was buying something from them for the first time, but that seems kinda iffy.

@rl_dane Yay Kobo! I'm a big fan of mine!
@rl_dane if it makes you feel any better, my Land of Eem deluxe box set I paid for 25 days ago still has no shipping information available

@joel

Aw crap, did we get into a trade war with the literal Land of Eem, too?? XD

#USPOL #Snark

@rl_dane The last time I ordered something from amazon I got the tracking number but never the thing I paid for, so I had to complain to them, and get a new shipment, total shipping time 45 ish days or so.
@rl_dane Being happy with support is the second best option :)
@rl_dane I'm so hypedddd

@joel

💗

It arrives today, but I'm out of town. I'll have to enjoy setting it up on Sunday. ;)

@rl_dane

What a pain... I hate when that happens, but still better than cancelling and then raising the price!

@rl_dane hoping things go quickk
@rl_dane best thing you can do is slap KO Reader on there. You don't need to jailbreak or anything.