{"id":383,"date":"2006-09-14T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-14T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2006\/09\/14\/don8217t-buy-from-toys-n8217-joys-online\/"},"modified":"2006-09-14T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-14T21:17:00","slug":"don8217t-buy-from-toys-n8217-joys-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2006\/09\/14\/don8217t-buy-from-toys-n8217-joys-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t buy from Toys N&#8217; Joys online!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve ordered stuff from play-asia (imported!) with no problem.  Hell, I&#8217;ve had no problem buying stuff on ebay.  But these guys??  Forget it.<\/p>\n<p>Timeline:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>June 30:  Pre-ordered Talking Sumomo figure from Toys N&#8217; Joys.  It was supposed to be available August 30th.<\/p>\n<p>July 21:  Charge for Toys N&#8217; Joys showed up on credit card statement.<\/p>\n<p>August 22:  Emailed Toys N&#8217; Joys to find out shipping date<\/p>\n<p>August 23:  Toys N&#8217; Joys says &#8220;I will check on this and email you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>August 30: No response from Toys N&#8217; Joys; sent a more emphatic email.<\/p>\n<p>August 31:  Toys N&#8217; Joys says &#8220;Sold out, sorry!&#8221;; sent email back to cancel order and demand refund.<\/p>\n<p>September 2:  Toys N&#8217; Joys says &#8220;Your order has been canceled per your instructions&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>September 5:  After weekend &#038; Labor Day, checked credit card &#8211; no refund.<\/p>\n<p>September 14:  Checked credit card again &#8211; <em>STILL<\/em> no refund.  Called credit card company to dispute charge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m annoyed.<\/p>\n<p>Hey look!  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/prodinfo.asp?number=TN1599\">Entertainment Earth has it.<\/a>  We&#8217;ve never had a problem with them, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve ordered stuff from play-asia (imported!) with no problem. Hell, I&#8217;ve had no problem buying stuff on ebay. But these guys?? Forget it. Timeline: June 30: Pre-ordered Talking Sumomo figure from Toys N&#8217; Joys. It was supposed to be available August 30th. July 21: Charge for Toys N&#8217; Joys showed up on credit card statement. August 22: Emailed Toys N&#8217; Joys to find out shipping date August 23: Toys N&#8217; Joys says &#8220;I will check on this and email you.&#8221; August 30: No response from Toys N&#8217; Joys; sent a more emphatic email. August 31: Toys N&#8217; Joys says &#8220;Sold out, sorry!&#8221;; sent email back to cancel order and demand refund. September 2: Toys N&#8217; Joys says &#8220;Your order has been canceled per your instructions&#8221; September 5: After weekend &#038; Labor Day, checked credit card &#8211; no refund. September 14: Checked credit card again &#8211; STILL no refund. Called credit card company to dispute charge. I&#8217;m annoyed. Hey look! Entertainment Earth has it. We&#8217;ve never had a problem with them, either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}