A couple of weeks ago, my old Logitech 2.1 speaker system starting to crackle and pop in the right speaker, even with the PC off. After a few hours, it was driving me nuts, so it got pulled and trashed. It was over 10 years old, so I got good use out of the speaker system. 🙂

I did a bunch of searches and narrowed it down to either Audioengine A2+ 2.0 speaker system (no sub-woofer) for $329 CDN or Logitech z623 2.1 speaker system for $190 CDN.

The Audioengine A2+ speaker system has awesome reviews but no sub-woofer and most people suggest that you should also purchase the Audioengine DS1 Desktop Speaker Stands for another $55 CDN. So, it was getting a little pricey for the Audioengine A2+ plus I really do like having a deep and rich bass via a sub-woofer. Anyway, I wasn’t feeling well that week, so I put off the purchase.

Last week, I got an email from Amazon showing me all the speaker systems that they had on sale. I guess they were worried that I wasn’t going to buy anything. Note: I never put anything in my shopping-cart. So, they were definitely tracking what I was looking at. 🙂

The email had 12 speaker systems listed and of course both Audioengine A2+ and Logitech z623 were on the list but they had Logitech z623 listed for $149.98 CDN, $44 CDN off. 🙂 Well, that became a very easy purchase, click ‘Add to Cart’ and paid for the Logitech z623 on Thursday and it said they would be delivered on Tuesday (today) – yesterday was a holiday here.

Amazon showed that Purolator would be delivering the package. Purolator is owned by Canada Post and if you have read my previous blog postings, you know I hate Canada Post. It is toxic crown (government) organization that think everyone should worship the ground they walk on.

So, around 2:30PM today, I decided to check the status of my package. It showed that it was delivered at 1:04PM. I shook my head and looked again and said WTF!! I work at home and my office is next to the front door. I have a big window in front of my desk that I can see anyone driving up to my house. Plus, as many of you know, my wife home-schools our 5 kid, so there is ALWAYS someone at home.

I went outside and checked around the house, nothing. I checked the neighbors on both sides of our house, nothing. I checked the houses across the street from my house and nothing. (Of course, I looked like a thief casing the neighborhood). So I called Purolator and see what the @#$%# was going on with my package. The customer service rep was an arrogant ass. He blew me off, said there was nothing he could do and told me to complain to Amazon. I kept saying ‘why can’t he ask the deliver what actual house did he deliver the package too’. He said that there was nothing he could do, can’t contact the driver and I had to lodge a complaint with Amazon. And you wonder why I hate Canada Post and any company related to Canada Post.

I had a bitch session with my wife then went back to work, mad as hell. Around 4:30PM, the new neighbor (many houses down the street) showed up at my house. When I opened front door, the father and daughter were holding a VERY large box. I started to smile and the father said that they found this box at their front door and believe it belongs to me. I immediately thanked them (at least 5 times) and explained Purolator’s non-sense. I’m happy there are still honest people in this world because they could have easily kept it and nobody would be the wiser. Note: The shipping label on the box had my name, the correct address and was perfectly readable!!!

My wife said I should call Purolator again and tell them that our neighbor was doing their job. This time when I called, I actually got a useful customer service rep. who was (1) shocked at the incorrect delivery and (2) opened a case/ticket as to why it went to the wrong address.

So, I unboxed (no unboxing video) my new toy and hooked everything up. I fired up WinAmp, scrolled down to “The Glorious Sons” and then double clicked “The Union” album and turned up the volume. If you haven’t heard of The Glorious Sons, they are an excellent Southern-Rock (with a hint of Alt-Rock) band from Kingston, Ontario Canada. So, I played through that album and then moved on to “Royal Blood” and played their self-titled album. The boys and I saw Royal Blood a couple of summer’s ago as an opening act for Foo Fighters. They were awesome. I’ve never heard 2 guys make such complete and awesome sounding music in a live performance. Next up, was the “Foo Fighters” and their “Concrete and Gold” album. Then for some Euro content (ok – Icelandic), I played “Kaleo” and their “A+B” album (another Southern-Rock band with a hint of Alt-Rock). The last 2 albums, I played for the test was “Wintersleep’s” “The Great Detachment” album and “The Strumbellas’” “Hope” album.

So, after listening to 6 albums, I’ll give the Logitech z623 speaker system 2 great big thumbs up. 🙂 Ah music, it makes the world go around. 🙂 And reading application dumps so much easier!!! 🙂

Regards,
Roger Lacroix
Capitalware Inc.