I agree, how come New Egg is the only one that does it right? I orderd a CPU from Monarch on Monday morning, but when I checked its status 24 hours later it was still being "processed". Unsatisfied with that, I went to Zip Zoom Fly and ordered the same processor from them at about 8:30 am Tuesday and got the $1.99 2-day FedEx shipping. At about 2:30 pm the status on my order from ZipZoomFly appeared as "shipped". Call me crazy, but I would assume that means the CPU has been shipped.... you know, physically left the facility, in transit, or at least somewhere near FedEx's facilities. Well, a tracking number never appeared until about 5:00 pm on Thursday afternoon, saying that it had entered FedEx's system at 3:12 pm Thursday, more than 48 hours after ZZF had said it was shipped. In the mean time, I had cancelled my Monarch order, mistakenly thinking that if I ordered something on Tuesday and got 2-day shipping then of course it would be here by Friday. Well, live and learn. I called customer service twice and both of them just said that policy dictates this.......blah, blah, blah. The first guy, who I think was new, said that it had been on back order and that was why it was delayed. So, I asked him why it said it was in stock on the website and why my order status was on "shipped" only a few hours later. He changed the subject. I asked for a supervisor both times, the first time I was just put on hold for 10 minutes and the second time she hung up on me (after refusing to give me her name). I based my trust un ZZF on the only previous order I made about 6 months ago where they did pretty good, 3 days to process, ship and deliver, but I must have just gotten lucky then. Need I mention what a hard and long process it is to get an order cancelled through Monarch, but that's another story for another day. Live and learn, I guess. Incidentally, anyone know where I can get an Athlon 64 x2 4400+ overnighted with Saturday delivery, seriously.
-Brett