I've been an eCost customer for almost 2 years, and they sometimes have great sale prices. I've seen these there at higher prices in the past and I didn't need a D5000, but when it was in stock at $305 it was a no brainer.
Today I called to complain to them that they emailed me about a backorder the next morning, but their website said the D5000 was "in stock" before and after my purchase (and that I even saved the page as a PDF which is a habit I do for eBay when I need to look at the auction after it is long gone). After the backorder notice arrived I went back to look I saw they were "temp out of stock". I am lucky enough to get a customer service rep who has such a thick accent that I have to ask her to repeat what she said about 15 times during the call.
I wanted to know how that error happened and I was told that they cannot update the website quickly, so someone bought the last one right before me and it took hours to update. The good news was they said that I could wait 2-3 weeks (maybe 4, no promises) for them to get more in stock.
I asked them to switch the order to my credit card, since right now all my cash in paypal was tied up by this. This would leave the door open for me to buy elsewhere and cancel with eCost later. They were happy to cancel and place a new order with my credit card, but the price was now $319 instead of the $305 and I would lose my spot in line. Arghhh!
So I said "fine I'll wait and leave it on paypal, but at least refund me the 2-day shipping and ship it via ground". Since it wont be here for 3-4 weeks, I figure that I don't need to pay $27 to get it just 2 days after they get more. Nope, they said they can't do that without canceling the order because it was paypal. At this point I was 10 minutes at the end of my rope and told them to shove it up their rectal orifice and cancel the order.
I figure I need these like a hole in the head, but I really liked the loaner modded MD5000 that I shipped out today to mrarroyo, after a week of demo'ing them. Since I have a pair of ATH-ESW10JPN on the way, I figure that I'll just buy the markl woodies for the D2000 and stuff the ear pads.
