I can second that.............HP has always treated me well, but most techs have including Compaq and Sony. Most are just nice people doing their job the best they can. I think if a person goes to a tech with a chip on their shoulder or mad, they may have a problem. In recent years I have stuck with Hp, I am very comfortable with it. It has never let me down on the rare occasion when I need help.

The ovens will need electricity like moja says. The different cycle used here will most notable cause the clock to not keep accurate time, and the fan motors will operate at a little different speed. Before you leap into the deep end you should read the older threads about importing appliances, the induction ones are full of useful info. It is not as simple as calling up TRONY and ordering the oven and having FedEx deliver it. You are going to have to arrange container shipping, find a customs broker, pay duties, taxes ect...That oven will EASILY cost $2000 by the time you get it to your doorstep. If you are still serious , you'd do well to try and find that model from on of the UK channels which will make life a bit easier , but not much.

"It's the seller's responsibility to get the merchandise to you - if they want to start a dispute with the delivery service they chose to use, that's fine, but it's nothing to do with you. (sigh) Here we go again. Wrong. No, it's not the seller's responsibility to get the merchandise to you. There's a chain and apparently one of the links broke. It's the seller's responsibility to get the merchandise to the shipper chosen, which apparently they did. Then it's the shipping company's job to get it to the address specified, which they too seemed to have done by what's been said. There's no evidence of a dispute with the delivery service either since they show it delivered. That puts both of them essentially in the clear and removes them from the issue. This is a real can of worms. There's multiple problems here. You're kind of caught in the middle and it stinks. This reminds me of rebate checks that aren't received. The end person loses and it's not their fault. I don't see a claim against the CC company either. Disputing it with the CC company might not be allowed if the seller and/or shipper can show delivery proof. From your description, the skincare company is not liable. The post office is not liable. And you're not liable, though you're likely to get the shaft in the end. •Problem 1: You had it shipped to your work address. This is strange since most places I've dealt with don't like to ship to an address different than the billing address of the CC, at least on the first order. I kind of understand the theory that it'd come into work, then they'd get it to you and you take it home. I used to do that with one employer but don't anymore. •Problem 2: USPS. Need I say more? I've had a lot of lost and misdirected mail together with other problems. I don't trust them. Period. •Problem 3: It sounds like they have a tracking number and have "proof" that it was delivered. At that rate, the company (you bought from) and the shipper (USPS) are in the clear. Their job was to ship it, they did. Post office was to deliver which they apparently did. As I understand it's a termination offense (fraud) to scan in something as delivered before it leaves the postal employee's hands. It's also doubtful that they'd do it, since the scanner will scan in the time it is scanned as delivered. It's an easy matter to ask How did you deliver to 28 different places, miles apart, all at the same time? I see them all the time scanning then put it in the mailbox, or hand it to someone, or leave it in the drop box at a company. Also, many companies have scan points that the carrier must scan when they deliver something as a double check that they did, in fact, go into the place and deliver it. (Which is good.) •Problem 4: It's a very common scam to claim "I didn't receive this" to get companies to give people free stuff. This is why the post office started carrying scanners. To get back some parcel post deliveries from other carriers that had proof of delivery. Asking them to give you something for free when they can show they delivered it to the address you specified is not likely to happen. Doesn't hurt to ask, but I wouldn't hold my breath expecting it. •Problem 5: I don't agree that it's simply a matter of challenging the charge. It's not always that easy. CC companies will not referee disputes. There's a myth that you can simply challenge the charge and put the burden on the company to prove they did deliver it. Not so. The CC company needs reasonable evidence of non-delivery and once they see a proof of delivery I can't see them withholding payment. If they withhold a legitimate charge, they have to pay the vendor a penalty and the CC companies DO NOT like to do that! It's not a lot of money but they still don't like doing it. The claim of "I didn't receive it" is easily countered here by "proof of delivery" so the CC company cannot legitimately withhold payment without some other reason. Just because your workplace didn't deliver it to you doesn't make the sender, shipper or CC company liable. It wouldn't hurt to call them and see but I'm skeptical they'll let that claim fly and CC companies seldom give you a refund for goodwill purposes. •Problem 6: The way it appears from what you've said, your workplace is the responsible party. Whether they'll take responsibility for it or not remains to be seen and I doubt they will. They received it but haven't delivered it to you. I'm not sure what their obligation is to you either especially if it's an item sent to them unordered by them. MN has a law that if I receive something that I didn't order, I can do with it what I please without obligation to the company. This went in effect to counter companies that would ship items then bill you and harangue you until you gave in and paid for it. Your "claim" if any, seems to be against the workplace. And therein lies yet another problem. Your decision to have it delivered there puts the workplace in a bad position. If it's your company, it's a moot point. If you're an employee then you caused them problems by making them the "middle person" in something. Whether they could even be held liable, and whether you'd want to dispute it with an employer if you're not the owner and risk the potential ramifications arising therefrom, I won't speculate. So there's questions. Could it have been stolen? Possibly. Could it be on a shelf somewhere? Possibly. Could it be someone thought it valuable and locked it up? Doubtful, but could be. I think this should be one of your first steps. Search that place and track where it could be from the point where the post office drops off the stuff to your spot. Ask everyone if they saw a box matching the description. I'd even ask if they saw anyone carry a box matching that description out of the building. Seems pretty clear it came into the building so it's either misplaced or stolen. I don't see any other reasonable options besides possibly, spontaneous combustion. You could look for ashes I guess. What kind of checks & double checks does the workplace have for handling the receipt and distribution of packages and mail? Scanned in? Logged in anywhere? Anyone responsible for receiving? Where I used to work, when I would have things delivered, everything came in to a central location in the warehouse. They logged everything and carried a clipboard and you would sign for it when they gave it to you. That way if you said "I didn't receive a package/letter or whatever", they checked their delivery log book from when UPS, trucker or whatever company left (often they had their own books) then they'd see if it came in. If it came in, they'd check the clipboard to see if it was on there for delivery to the department or person. Then they could see who signed for it in the end. If you don't have some sort of security in the mail/package handling, it's probably going to be an expensive lesson learned to never go that route again unless you specify deliver to addressee only and require signature with ID. For $200 worth of items, I'd definitely try everything I could, but this doesn't look good. Your recourse is probably only against your workplace unless someone wants to do something for a goodwill purpose. Here's where I'd start: I'd try to ascertain the size and description of the package. Any identifying marks? Logos on the box that would stand out? Next step, do you know the postal carrier that delivers there? If not, find out who it is and who delivered on the day it was delivered. When you find out or if you already know them, ask him/her if they remember seeing the package in question and to whom they gave it. They might remember. Then ask the person given the package what they did with it. As I said before ask others around them if they saw it or saw it leave the building. I might even go so far as to ask whoever handles the trash if they saw a box that matched that description. You might luck out and someone could "find" it. Or you might find out someone is a thief. You could also go above the person if you want to make a big deal out of it. Maybe they can help find out if someone stole it, misplaced it or what happened. Don't discount the possibility of it sitting on a cart, shelf or having been put in a cabinet somewhere either. Could be an honest mistake or could be a dishonest intention. Good luck. I think you're gonna need it.

About that Diatomaceous Earth seasoning Dan, there is no need for concern for humans. DE is a nutritional supplement for humans, as well as a supplement in livestock feed. It is claimed to be a great "colon cleaner" and in food grade is consumed by some health conscious as a nutritional supplement, and consumed by everyone who eats grains as it is mixed in silos and other places grain is stored. Francoise, I'm glad you liked the post :-) Are you in the South of France. If so, I was reading about the Spiked Stink Bug (Picromerus bidens) which has thorny pronotum epaulettes, is that the big nasty one? It is an interesting case! Predatory when caterpillars and other insect pests are attacking your tomatoes, but when it can't find other bugs to eat, then it goes for the tomatoes :-( Better that bug than the other ones until they get too hungry, I used to be squeamish about smashing the stink bugs but now I just grab a few quickly with my fingers and quickly crush them. Here's the problem you have observed, and you are right about the "learning" in the sense they communicate. Stink Bugs (Shield Bugs in general), contain alarm pheromones in their ejected fluid, which can be up to 10% their whole body weight. Once the pheromone is in the air, others become alarmed and go into hide-and-seek and flight mode. When grabbing them I work from bottom up and that is somewhat helpful. If doing the chore of removal, I quickly grab with one hand's fingers and kill on a flat stone with my foot *downwind* before they squirt. rgreen, believe me when I say I am sympathetic to your situation. It sounds very much like mine. Luckily the Maromated Brown ones aren't here this season as they have been before, there is something about them that I find more disgusting than the other ones. Maybe it is because their legs have bigger flairs on them. I follow the vegetarian thinking, but am not a vegetarian myself, I just can't give up the convenience as a protein source, nor the smell of steak and ribs, though I am a minimalist when it comes to animal food in the last few years. My food expenses have really dropped and my health has improved. But I think eating stink bugs shouldn't have such a taboo or gross-factor. Stink Bugs here are pure fed on tomatoes. They make me ripping mad when I harvest and have to eat their spittle in every single tomato they've damaged, but are a much safer (re: human pathogens) than larger animal meats. Then I think about how many vegetarians like honey, which is a regurgitated product (multiple times) by bees as they add their saliva and use their honey stomachs to completely break down the starches they collect into simple sugars. I'm not sure what makes that any more appetizing than another bug that eats pure tomatoes. I need to be a little more adventurous though and actually do what I'm thinking sometime. If we knew how many insect parts we were eating on a regular basis, I think many people would loose their inhibitions. In the future I see stink bug farming. Of those that eat molluscs , I just keep thinking ... some French guys must have be the first to say Escargot, Voila!, and oysters ... who was the first one to stick one of those in the mouths :-) :-) Cheers PC