UPDATE:
Okay they tried to ship the watch and low and behold it has arrived in pristine order. Folks this is great. I am very excited and happy to see this watch it is even better in person than it is in pictures.
I love watches. Positively love them. There are some good values in watches to be had out there. Fossil is one. I have bought i think 4-5 fossil watches over the years. My best friend has been into Invicta watches for a while and has tried to get me to buy. Well i did. bought one off of a website i found sharkstores.com and another from amazon. now both of those places shipped straight to me no problem. I found on the Invicta website they have a deal thing called the Sunday Run. I sign up. Watch comes along that I really like they list it MRSP $595 sake for $89.00 + 0.01S/H. I buy the watch. Next day $$ is gone from account. Then I get the emails listed below. I gotta tell ya I really like Invicta watches. Alot great quality good fit and finish nice movement good designs.
Understand that I work in logistics and have for most of my adult life in one capacity or another. I have never not once made any one shipper an exclusive point of service as there isn’t one that can truly do it all.
granted i am just a contractor but if they won’t ship to APO/FPO then they wont’ ship to the soldiers sailors airmen or marines and that is the biggest load of bullshit i have seen in a long time. it’s not like they are standing on a trade agreement or similar import/export complication. no instead they are to effin lazy to use the USPS.
at this point i will not buy another of their watches from anywhere you folks make your own choice as to what you will do. regardless of war or peace this company won’t send to the military at all through the APO/FPO. funny thing is that UPS will send they charge more but they will do it and when they do all they do is drop it into the USPS mail stream at a designated point.
Google Mail brice pruitt
Sunday RUN SR-0007755
8 messages
Rguzman Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 22:03
To: boogiman1981@gmail.com
Dear Valued Customer,
Thank you for your time in placing an order at the Sunday RUN. Unfortunately, the address that we have is incomplete. Would it be possible that you forward your complete US physical address?
Best regards,
Roxsana
brice pruitt Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 22:59
To: Rguzman
Roxana,
Kevin Pruitt
KBR Inc
APO, AP 09391
im overseas in iraq. if you address the box exactly as above it will get here, promise
Kevin
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Rguzman Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 23:52
To: brice pruitt
Kevin,
I apologize but we do not ship overseas. By any chance do you have a US physical address to send your watch?
Best regards,
Roxsana
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From: brice pruitt [mailto:boogiman1981@gmail.com]
Sent: Tue 7/21/2009 3:59 PM
To: Rguzman
Subject: Re: Sunday RUN SR-0007755
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brice pruitt Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 07:12
To: Rguzman
Roxana,
That is considered a US address. All mail is handled by the USPS and the US military mail systems. As i am working on a US controlled base.
Kevin
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Rguzman Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 16:06
To: brice pruitt
Kevin,
I understand but unfortunately we send the package UPS not USPS(Regular Mail). I will speak once again with our shipping department to see how much it will cost to send this UPS. I will keep you posted.
Best regards,
Roxsana
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From: brice pruitt [mailto:boogiman1981@gmail.com]
Sent: Wed 7/22/2009 12:12 AM
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Rguzman Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 21:48
To: brice pruitt
Kevin,
I confirm with our shipping department and they advise me that they are not able to send it by USPS> It has to go by UPS because we if sent it by Regular mail and it gets lost we are not in charge of that, in the other hand we do not want to take the risk. I apologize for the inconvenience about this.
* You don’t have an alternate address?
Best regards,
Roxsana
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From: brice pruitt [mailto:boogiman1981@gmail.com]
Sent: Wed 7/22/2009 12:12 AM
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brice pruitt Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 21:53
To: Rguzman
Roxana,
In the agreement i made with Invicta upon purchase shipping would be $0.01 there was no mention of exclusions for APO/FPO addresses. Also the billing/shipping information system accepted the information without hesitation. Which is in general an indication of doing business with an APO/FPO address. If the watch cannot be shipped per the original terms then there is no need to ship it at all. A full and prompt refund will be in order. This situation of even hasseling someone over seas that is serving this country at all is down right distasteful and will be noted. Which is really a shame because i really like Invicta watches and many of my collegues are really interested in purcahsing but now with this potential lack of support and regard I seriously doubt that will happen.
Kevin
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Rguzman Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 23:51
To: brice pruitt
Kevin,
I apologize I will issue you a full prompt refund.
Best regards,
Roxsana