Anyone ever buy anything from outpost.com?

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 2:42 pm

I'm trying to find Grand Prix Legends at a retail location... but only one in the US that I've found was Fry's and they link to outpost.com. Have any of you bought from them? Can I trust them? (I still don't like buying things online.)

XMEN Iceman · Post by **XMEN Iceman** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 4:38 pm

Yep...they are Fry's web store. You will be fine.

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 6:58 pm

Thanks Ice... I've been trying to get this game for the last 3-4 years. I just today learned that Fry's has it in stock. (I still will not do ebay.)

Too bad this isn't like my copy of NASCAR Racing 2003... I got that one for $10 and its currently selling for $70-80 on ebay.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:45 pm

Tried Craiglist.org? They've got subsections for the major metro areas.

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:32 am

OK, I'm not shipping with DHL again. I just found out that Outpost.com ships out of Wilmington, OH. Ground shipping from Wilmington, OH to Cincinnati, OH (40 min drive on a bad day) through DHL cost me $6.14! For a game in a DVD case!!! I can drive to their shipping location for less than $3.00 in gasoline. And my car only does 28 mpg.

Don't mind me... I'm just grumpy because I paid for 2 day air (only $0.98 more than 5 day ground) for something that would never leave the ground.

Maybe DHL will make up for it by getting it here today instead of monday. I might be able to forgive them if they manage that.

oh, and looking at shipping times on the DHL site... they predict that ground will get there cheaper than 2nd day........

MegaDeath70 · Post by **MegaDeath70** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:09 pm

With gas prices at 2.65 a gallon, you must only be "14" miles from there. Thus costing ya about 3 bucks as noted to make the round trip !

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 2:18 pm

Br, with as techno savvy as you are, you sure are paranoid about the internet....

XMEN Iceman · Post by **XMEN Iceman** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 3:48 pm

I have been buying things online for years....I am sure I have spent over $50k in client money. Plus my own. I am not afraid...maybe I should be?

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:42 pm

I'm with you Ice. With most every credit card with online fraud protection now, I don't worry too much, but I am still sure I'm doing business with a reputable company. I have no problems using newegg, or hp, or dell, or Amazon, etc. Hell, I even do a search on the BBB site to see if they're members, and do searches for the company if I've never used them before. I try to be as safe as I can be online, but I don't shy away from online commerce, I think it's a great thing. Even on Ebay.

Post by **XMEN Gambit** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:42 pm

Be afraid, Ice. Be very afraid.

(You know I HAD to say that!)

XMEN Iceman · Post by **XMEN Iceman** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:24 pm

Dang...I thought you were going to tell me Porsche was coming up behind me!!!

XMEN Ashaman DTM · Post by **XMEN Ashaman DTM** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 1:09 am

No. But CYA.

BlackRider · Post by **BlackRider** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 2:33 pm

What? Paranoid is bad??? Actually, something tends to go wrong everytime I buy online. (ex, I paid $0.98 more for shipping than I had to... and according to DHL, the cheaper std ground would have gotten here last Friday evening instead of next Monday for 2nd day!!! ... really, I paid more to have it delivered slower... DHL confuses me.)

Spinning Hat · Post by **Spinning Hat** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 3:15 pm

DHL blows. They're inefficient and expensive. I prefer FedEx if I have to send anything that I can't easily send via USPS.

XMEN Ashaman DTM · Post by **XMEN Ashaman DTM** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 6:03 pm

There is a reason that FedEx and USPS are the only folks certified to send secure information.