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I've had a few of these where either the postmark, packing slip, or something was dated a few days or more after receiving an "order shipped" notice and not all of these were from Alibris.. I agree that its a pain but I don't think it is neccessarily the sites fault. In a few of these cases where it was blatent (such as in your case), I've notified the site. I think it's the only way it can be stopped. If the site doesn't know about it, they can't do anything about it.

Your post does raise an interesting question (to me anyway); should you also post the merchants name as a warning to other people? Of course, you should try to "straighten things out" with the dealer first [don't know how that would apply here though] and make sure you just post the facts and don't get off on a tear [which M5453 didn't]

BTW: I also think the books should be "in hand" and checked for "as described" and made ready for mailing before being marked shipped. Although we are moderately small [slightly less than 10K books on line], our average time from "received order" [checked initially in the morning and then throughout the day] to dropped at the post office is probably about 12 hours. Of course, I should also say that that does not include Sundays nor Holidays but does include Saturdays.

De

DeWayne White
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