Not yet... :neutral:

What? My mail isn't working for me but I was hoping to get an invoice...*sigh*

Sorry about this. I really am. :sad:

Not your fault, there was no way you could know.

Live and learn I guess, I'm going to head on over to AI to pick up some of the things on my order, if they are there I will cancel my order with Ivan, and if not I will wait on the order or look elsewhere.

Is delivery still on Tuesday? do we have a time to go pick up stuff and where are we picking up every thing?

Brad

This Tuesday?

Tuesday (as in two days from now) was my requested delivery time which Ivan said was no problem. However, since he hasn't ship out the invoices yet, I'm not sure if it will be on schedule..... :sad:

In case some people didn't notice, Ivan sent out another mass email to us asking that we confirm our order.

Are a large majority of us still going to hang onto this order?

-Rich

Maybe take a list of who is all in?
I'm in for 10 snails and a cleaner shrimp...unless i'm getting killed on the shipping cause I can buy these anywhere and take it home today.
hmmmmm.......

Im in.

Not about to leave anybody hanging

I am in. I am in no hurry to get it.

Brad

Ditto

Hi,

Yes Ivan sent out a group email late last night. Currently shippment is on hold until everyone confirms their order. Once that is done and invoices are sent out, we will proceed forward.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding.

Just got my bill... looks like he didn't have any Trochus snails :frown: . So I guess we'll be picking up our order Friday night at Harvey's place? (Do you still need an airpump or two?)

-Rich

Hi Rich,

We'll probaby do pickups at Ryan's (muck's) place since there actually IS parking at his place...

Everyone, please PM muck for his address as he feels uncomfortable posting it in a public forum.

Also note that the price does not include shipping. I told Ivan to bill me for shipping and you guys can pay me when you pick up the orders. I will be splitting shipping by percentage of items ordered, just to be more fair to everyone.

What will the approximate price for shipping be?

Oh, FYI. My order has been changed slightly. I cancelled the trochus snails and got 2 astreas in place of them. So my final order would consist of:
4 Astrea Snails
1 Cleaner Shrimp
2 Peppermint Shrimp
1 Emerald Crab

-Rich

I don't have exactly what people ordered, so it is difficult at this time to approximate your shipping total.

IGNORE THE PART IN ITALICS.
Shipping for this order was $95.23, so Rich, since you ordered very little, you will only pay a small % of this. Once I have the total tally and all the invoices in front of me, I can figure out how much you owe since I will know who ordered what.

Oh yes, sorry about the Friday shipment. I know there were a few uncomfortable with this. I just thought it would be better to have it shipped ASAP since a lot of you were getting a bit irritated with all of the delays. I hope everything turns out for the best though!

I am ticked of royally :evil: I ordered 50 margarita snails and my invoice says I'll be getting 25 astreas and 25 ceriths :evil: I emailed Ivan to say I will not be paying for my order unless it includes at least 25 margaritas and the remaining snails to be astreas.

I don't mean to undermine all that Harvey has done to put this order together, but I will cancel my order if I do not get the snails I requested and do an order with J&L instead. Their reef custodians are all 25% off. Anybody else not satisfied with their order with Ivan and want to get their snails from J&L?

The J&L sale is only for the month of January which is fast coming to a close, so the order must be placed ASAP. J&L reef custodian page:

http://www.jlaquatics.com/static/livestock/janitors.htm

Beverly... You had mentioned in your emails that you might be ineterested in splitting between other types of snails... this was the reason why I sent you an invoice with Astrea and Cerith snails as we are out of stock on the margarita's. Please don't feel like to 'have' to pay for something you didn't order. I understand if you would like to step out of the order as the single item on there was not in stock. Sorry for the troubles.

I will email harvey the AWB # along with the invoices that have been payed for tonight so he could calculate each portion of the shipping charges based on items ordered. We have booked a flight leaving Ottawa at 10am.... it will arrive in Edmonton at 4:20pm.

Ivan

Ivan,

My primary order was for 50 margaritas. Only in the last few days was I made aware that you were low on them. Yes, I would have accepted a portion of margaritas and a portion of astreas. Now, in the last day was I told you had no margaritas at all for me. Payment is to be by tonight, and shipping is tomorrow, and I still will not get any of the 50 margaritas I requested.

I guess there is always going to be a foul up or two along the line with such a large order, but I do not want to bear the brunt of this unfortunate situation and am bowing out of the order.

Alright, I got the invoices from Ivan. So far so good. Lets hope the flight is on time. I assume everyone has PM'd Muck for his address?

Also, I just realized that shipping is a flat rate, so weight is not a factor. Therefore calculating shipping costs via percentage of the order doesn't make sense. As a result, to calculate your shipping, just take the cost of shipping ($95.23) and divide by the number of participants (10 I guess unless some people pay late and get squeezed onto the flight).

Good news! The package is now in flight! Also, your total shipping cost just went down as 1 more person squeezed into the order before the deadline.

So, everyone owes $8.66 for shipping! Please bring the shipping fee when you pick up your order.

If you are a part of this order and have not made pickup arrangements yet please do so ASAP. Pickup must be made tonight..!! Unless you have made other arrangements with myself or Harvey. (newguy)

If you need the address or directions on how to get to my place please pm me ASAP!!

What time will the package arrive in Edmonton? Is that 4:20 Ivan's time, or our time?

-Rich

4:20 Edmonton time.
I expect they won't be available for pickup until at least 5:30 at my place though. That may be pushing it even.. :rolleyes:

Party at Ryan's house tonight! :mrgreen:

-Rich

WooHoo!! :bday: :drinking:

Order will be here in 15 minutes!!
Feel free to COME AND GET IT!!!

p.s. Bring Beer for the Host... !!!

I dont have your phone number,call me.
457-1247

THANK YOU !!!!

Thanks for all your hard work guys =) It is much appreciated !

Beth

Thank you Harvey, Ryan and Ivan for putting all of this together!

-Rich

Kudos to Harvey, Ryan and Ivan for making all of this happen! You guys are the best!



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hey all,

Thank for all the har work. I was just wondering how everyones blue legs made out. About 20 of mine where out of there shells when I got home most of them where still moving so I put them in my sump I will do a count tomorow in the morning to see how many make it. every thing elses seem fine. Thanks again for all the hard work.

Brad

Just like to echo the sentiment thanking Harvey, Ryan and Ivan for all their work. Much appreciated indeed!!!

Well, the last order has been picked up. I'd like to thank all the participants as well as Ivan for this order. There were a lot of bumps and hickups along the way and there are still some issues that will need to be sorted out, but that is to be expected in an order this large.

I would like to appologize to Ted for not being able to keep his shrimps alive and to Brian for not being able to find enough live hermits to fulfill the order.

A couple of things I think I would have done differently are:

-limit the number of people entering the order...the size of the order and number of changes made it very difficult to keep track of who ordered what

-shorted the deadline...I think I let the order drag out too long and as a result, many potential buyers backed out, forgot, etc

All in all it was a learning experience. I hope everyone is somewhat satisfied with their orders (though they might not be satisfied with the vendor).

Cheers all and happy reefing!

AHHHHH I missed out everything happened while I was gone :cry:

Although this event seemed to have been relatively successful for most of the people (meaning at least 50% of the people who ordered had at least 50% of their order fullfilled), I have to admit that I did not enjoy this experience. As of this moment, I'm pretty sure that I've lost a large portion of the livestock that I ordered to an unknown factor or factors. My cleaner shrimp kicked the bucket before it even hit my tank, and the two peppermints that actually made it to the tank are MIA. Thankfully my emerald crab and 4 astrea snails are still alive. Although I hate to sound negative, only time will tell if they will survive as well.
Although the order didn't go well for me, I still have faith in Ivan to set things right. He has always had a good reputation, and I hope that he lives up to it. Once again, I'd like to thank Harvey and Ryan for organizing this entire thing. Even though it didn't turn out as planned, it was still a great thing that they did for us.

-Rich

:sad: looks like only 6 out of 20 hermits are still alive.

Hi,

If you have had problems with your livestock, please contact Ivan as I have already emailed him regarding some of the issues that I have been made aware of. I know there have been a few problems with both the shrimps and crabs and I have informed Ivan of the situation as well.

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Well, I missed out on this order because I sent my Paypal payment to the wrong address!! :rolleyes: I am kinda glad now though. I had a chance today to go by Big Al's and cheer myself up with some browsing and low and behold there was a tank full of Yellohead Jawfish! Yipee! I proceded to snatch one up ASAP! :mrgreen: :exclaim: If I had ordered with Ivan I would have not been in there, I would be in front of my tank sobbing.
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Hemp

I was lucky my cleaner shrimp,emerald crab and snails all made it but I think I lost 5 out of ten blue legs :cry: better luck next time