Doesn’t Ship to Hawaii?
I’m guessing since I cannot proceed with the checkout this means IKEA doesn’t ship to Hawaii? Needing that Knorva hat!
Life
The Sheepish Flex
Following the passive aggressive flex comes the sheepish flex. So today at work while closing out an issue with a coworker, the Angry Asian Girl walked by trying not to be noticed. Why? Because she was rocking these today!
These being the Nike Air Force 1 07 Limited Edition that’s decorated with Japanese cherry blossoms on the tongue, heel tab, and the insole. If you’re keeping score, that’s two days, two shoes, two flexes.
The Passive Aggressive Flex
How’s this for a passive aggressive flex? At work yesterday, I was talking to a coworker when the Angry Asian Girl rounds the corner. After a few short pleasantries, she non-chalantly complains that her shoes are not comfortable. So of course, I look down to her shoes and BLAM! I was blinded by the Diamonds.
The Angry Asian Girl was blinged out with the re-released Nike Diamond Dunks and even had mismatched laces for full effect. And I’ll take her word that the shoes are not that comfortable because that passive aggressie flex was smooth.
Et Tu, Foot Locker?
Although not yet the Ides of March, I have been betrayed disappointed by yet another Footsite. Historically, any purchase of in-demand sneakers from Footaction online led to cancelled orders. Last month, it was the same with Champs Sports, failing to deliver a Yeezy 350 Yeshaya colorway.
But this week, the mighty Foot Locker didn’t come through with an order of the Air Jordan 1 UNC to Chicago. I managed to get my size (US10 Men or 11.5 Women) and got a confirmation email. Cool.
Then a few days later the downfall began with this email. From my past experience, this delay is how Footaction cancellations started. Not a good sign.
Not hearing anything for the next few days was somewhat promising (I think) so I checked my online order and saw that the shoe had a status of “SHIP FROM STORE.” That was definitely a red flag since all cancelled Footaction orders had the same status. You see, the Footsites ordering system is flawed for Hawaii (and Alaska I take it). Their system will allow consumers to buy products including in-demand sneakers. However, as inventory in their shared main warehouse is depleted, the orders are farmed out to a secondary warehouse or retail stores to fulfill using their stock. Now here’s the flaw. These other locations cannot ship to Hawaii (for whatever reason). So while the shoe may be availalbe, they simply cannot ship it to the Aloha State. And if they try to reroute order fulfillment back to the main warehouse, odds are the hyped shoe will be out of stock.
This morning Brutus (aka Foot Locker Customer Care) delievered the lethal strike:
Thank you for your recent order. We regret to inform you we were unable to fulfill some or all items from your recent order number ####### due to lack of product availability.
So Footaction, Champs Sports, and now Foot Locker betrayed me with confirmed then cancelled orders, seemingly because I’m in Hawaii and their ordering system cannot accommodate this location.
Going with the Tesmanian Rear Trunk Mat
Yeah, so the Tesla Model 3 has a design flaw where getting water in the rear trunk is easier than it should be. This normally happens when you open the rain-covered trunk, and the water runs down the elevated trunk hatch to the rear window picking up speed. This fast moving water then overshoots the water collection “channel” and flows straight to the trunk interior. Hopefully, there were no items to get wet, but now you have a wet trunk interior.
That’s where this Tesmanian trunk mat comes in. With its raised edges and fitted form, any water should be safely contained. Pricing is reasonable (although shipping isn’t but that’s another thing).
Also, this is a test to see if I correctly migrated to the new Amazon Associates API.
Costco Online Isn’t
Bro, what’s up with Costco.com? Big box retailer’s online presence is anything but online. You can view products but try adding anything to your cart. Nothing happens, except for error messages.
After each error, you need to reload the page, possibly losing that next step in the checkout process. I guess Black Friday shopping has really moved online.
Update 10:17am. After one hour of trying, I finally got a successful charge and checkout. I’m done.
Holiday Gift Guide 2019 Star Wars x Levi’s
I know the Force is strong and seemingly every Christmas, Star Wars-themed products flood the holiday market, and 2019 is no different. What Star Wars fan wouldn’t want a denim Levi’s jacket emblazoned with Luke, Leia, and some Star Destroyers?
November 1 is the day to shop for your Star Wars fan, and no lie, these Levi’s logo shirts are very cool.
IBSFH Footaction Online
Imagine being a shoe fiend in Hawaii (IBSFH), successfully ordering a hyped shoe on Footaction.com, only to have it cancelled. The shoe, the Air Jordan 1 Shattered Backboard 3.0 in this case, is secured right? Well, from my personal experience, NO!
All my past orders with FA have ALL been cancelled. Yes, all of them. Granted, I only go for the sought after shoes on Footaction, so experiences may differ with general release sneakers. My most recent Footaction cancellation was the AJ1 Women’s Satin. But I think I have another cancellation coming up with the SBB3.
After an email confirming my order, I got the first warning signal a few hours later with a follow up email that said this:
It’s taking a bit longer to complete your order. We’re trying to track down your item.
Hang tight and we’ll let you know when we have some news. Don’t worry, we haven’t charged your method of payment yet.
Yeah… my SBB3 order is a goner, and I think I’ll get official word tomorrow. It’ll go something like this:
Thank you for your recent order. I am sorry, but one or more of your items are shipping from an alternate location and cannot be shipped outside of the 48 contiguous United States. Therefore, we are unable to complete the order.
Yes, technically Footaction does ship to all states within the US, but Hawaii and Alaska has to pay a little more as seen on this cost chart.
The main takeaway is that Footaction says they ship to Hawaii. But this has never happened to any of my orders to date.
So imagine being a shoe fiend in Hawaii and only getting cancelled orders from Footaction online.
Holiday Gift Guide 2019 Wizenard Corollary
“A book? A book?!” If that’s the response you got after gifting my first recommendation of the Wizenard Series: Training Camp then here’s the corollary. Tell the gift recipient that after the book is done, then these will magically appear.
With Kobe Bryant as the creator of the Wizenard Series, you had to believe that a Kobe shoe would follow, in this case the Nike Kobe 4 Protro. Initially appearing as a player exclusive for DeMar DeRozan, this wizardry can also be yours for the giving come December 1.
Just watch that lump-of-coal gift of a book amazingly be read the next day.
The Final Rage Cop
Seemingly like most other sneaker fans out there, I whiffed on getting a personal pair of the Travis Scott Air Jordan 6 collaboration. So what happens when you take an “L?” You rage cop. Out of rage, I copped a Starbucks Nitro and a Disney+ streaming subscription. And I though I was done with the rage abated.
I was wrong. Rage still swelled within and released after getting a pair of these Air Jordan 1 mids. Yes, an AJ mid and in women’s sizing. But the Travis Scott-like tones drew me in, and my final rage cop was complete.
For the record, this shoe is BQ6472-030 in Black/Trooper-Sequoia and was purchased from Oneness.
Still Hopeful
Of course, this won’t amount to anything, but one can still be hopeful. Yes, I still have a TS6 in my online cart, ready to checkout.
Will Travis Scott’s online store restock with Air Jordan 6s? Size 10.5 is a little too big, but I’d make it work. Did you manage to snag a pair?