Item Purchased: SONY STRDA9000ES Home Theater Receiver with Dolby Digital EX, i.LINK input
Before purchasing from BBP, I came here to read reviews about the company, and if you are reading this review, you must be doing the same. I have to admit that I was a little leery of purchasing from them after reading the reviews posted here. I had called other companies and they did have my item in stock to be able to receive for the Super Bowl, so I decided to go ahead and give them a try.
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006…
I placed the order on the phone only because the website did not provide availability of the item (minor glitch). I called and asked them if this item was indeed in stock, he put me on hold and came back and stated that it was. I confirmed with him to be absolutely sure, that I wanted it by the Super Bowl and did not want to receive an email 3 days later stating that it was on back order. He confirmed that it was in stock and that I should receive the item 5-7 days from the order date. I placed the order and only told them to use Regular Ground on the shipping which was $79.95 for a 63 lb package. He did try and sell me the extended warranty, when I asked them if they were an authorized Sony Distributor. He stated that they were, then I said then it has the Sony 5 year warranty, correct? He verified and said yes, that was a good warranty from Sony. So I did not get the extended warranty.
About 10 minutes later I received my confirmation email and later that afternoon I received an email stating
“We are pleased to inform you that your order has been approved for shipment. Listed below are the items from your order ######## that have been sent to our warehouse for packing and shipping…. Orders are shipped out from over 20 different Distribution Centers across the US depending on product availability.
THE SHIPPER'S TRACKING NUMBER AND INFORMATION FOR THIS SHIPMENT WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU WITHIN 5-7 BUSINESS DAYS.”
The last line I did not like too much, since I was told that I should receive the item by that time, not just receive a tracking number. It also gave instructions on how to go to the website and track it via your account. I too had the same problem as cappyvito, that it did not create an account for me to track it online.
Saturday, January 28th, 2006…
I was taking apart my entertainment system to accommodate this monster of a receiver that should arrive sometime this coming week and the doorbell rings and it is FedEx, suhweeet!!! I have a very heavy package for you. I was ecstatic!
So, almost to the hour, 36 hours later, I received my receiver, which is not only very fast, but in time to hook it up and use it for Super Bowl weekend.
I can honestly say that my experience with BBP was wonderful and I will use them again!
UPDATE
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Received an email from BestBuyPlasma...
It was the Confirmation email that they stated I would receive in 3-5 days from time of shipment. As you can see above, I received my stuff on January 28th...
This review was modified by its author, hardRESET, on
2/16/06 1:59 PM.