December 10th 2008 12:58 am
GAMERKING.COM: DID YOU AUTHORIZE THIS ORDER? Plus Hat Is On The Menu (3/4)
So someone from GamerKing.com called me sometime before lunch today. Before lunch! Not at 2:00 AM. Not at 4:00 AM. Not at any unholy hour! I’m impressed. Someone knows his time conversion. Here’s a gold star to paste to your notebook, kid!
Ring ring.
Extreme Gold Fan : Yeah?
Nathan of GamerKing.com: Hi, this is Nathan and I’m calling in behalf of GamerKing.com. I’m looking for a Mr. XXXXX XXXXX who placed an order at our site.
EGF: Yeah this is he.
Nathan: Hi XXXXX, this is regarding your order of XXXX gold. Before we can process it, I need to verify a few pieces of information, if that’s okay.
EGF: Sure.
"A few pieces of information" . Yeah right. The verification was tantamount to a mini-interrogation. Nathan kept firing away his questions (what payment method did you use? what server are you on? bla bla bla) from the time I traversed the few blocks to Bread & Olive right up to the moment the guy at the counter handed me my take-out bag of falafel and shawarma. By the time I stepped out into the cold, I was exhausted.
All that to make sure I’m not some kid who stole his mama’s credit card to order WoW gold? That guy should work for the CIA.
Back in the office, I checked my personal email in the hopes that GamerKing has started processing my order and to have an idea what time I could expect the gold.
Nothing. Not a flicker from them.
Hmmm….
Went to a couple of classes. Then ran back home. Checked my email. Anything from GamerKing.com?
Nothing.
I’m ticked off.
Time to go to Live Help.
So is that the Sermon on the Mount or what?
The hubris of the embarrassed. What can I say? But a part of me is…..HAPPY…and anxious.
Stupid 1-hour delay. Why does Blizz have to stretch the agonizing wait? And people say I’m a sadist? Puh-leeeeez!
Goodbye, Dominick. Countdown starts now.
Countdown to a hissy-fit OR a big thank you and apology and a hat-eating session (um, can I retract the last remark?)
The clock ticked slowly in Twilight Zone fashion.
I couldn’t cook.
I pulled out a Stouffer’s box from the freezer.
I thought of the little monkey that has been occupying the empty bronze medal spot for the longest time.
I finished my nuked lasagna.
I cleaned the kitchen.
3 minutes to go.
I switched on the PC.
Activated WoW. Chose my beloved Troll Hunter (ha! now you kiddies know one of the toons I play! Horde rules!).
Entered the world where I am most happy (aaaaaaawwwww).
Strutted over to the mail.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Um….
Oh sheeeeeeeeeeeesh…..
Um…..
I wonder what hat tastes like?
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6 Comments »
Lestat de Lioncourt on 10 Dec 2008 at 1:25 am #
They did that to you, too? Questioning you like you’re under this swinging bulb tied up to a chair and all they do is walk around you and ask a lot of questions ’til you vomit to death. Well, it’s nice to have those verifications, too, you know. That’s what I liked in IGE and Mysupersales. They care for the security of their customers as well. At least I know I’m not ripped off of my money. I’ve been using their service for the longest time and my Paypal is still intact. I have heard stories of credit cards being hacked by these kinds of site. For all I know, these guys can be trusted. And I am very thankful that they keep those sensitive information to themselves.
One more thing I noticed is that they don’t sound like Chinese or Indian like from some other sites that I’ve heard. My friends had a hard time “decoding” what the guy on the phone was saying and they all end up refunding the money because of misunderstanding (and of course the long wait.)
Hope you’ll get your order soon. I’m so excited to see who will be the much-awaited bronze medalist.
sweetanya on 10 Dec 2008 at 1:42 am #
so did you get it?!
*excited*
sweetanya on 10 Dec 2008 at 1:44 am #
wait, who is that? is that your wife EGF?
Extreme Gold Fan on 10 Dec 2008 at 9:15 pm #
sweetanya,
I am single and available.
And, um, yeah I got it.
Now excuse me while I eat my hat.
EGF
Jason on 28 Jan 2009 at 12:24 am #
Sigh, typical dumbass customer. You were so focused on trying to be funny and berating the customer service agent (who has absolutely nothing to do with your order other than telling you the status), that you didn’t even notice him telling you 4 different times your gold had been sent. And secondly, doing the transaction through the in game mail system? Double sigh.
Extreme Gold Fan on 28 Jan 2009 at 2:06 am #
Jason: “Sigh, typical dumbass customer”…..AND PROUD OF IT! HUGS AND KISSES ALL OVER YOU!