Re: Thanksgiving Options

From: Joel M. Eichen (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:48:48 -0500

On Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:29:27 GMT, "Chloe" <justsayno@spam.com> wrote:

>"T" <tforms1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:3e867a69.0411081441.638de01@posting.google.com...
>>> I suggest an online or print food catalog such as Mission Orchards or
>>> Harry
>>> and David.
>>
>> I checked out both sites, Harry and David seems to be what Im looking for.
>> But they seem to be pretty expensive.
>>
>>
>>>I got irate with Harry and David about 3 years ago when they
>>> failed to process an online order I placed, and I don't buy from them
>>> anymore.
>> You dont buy from them because of the screw up with the orders?
>> What did you think of their products? Any in particular you
>> liked/disliked?
>>
>>> But I never had a problem with ordering from the print catalog by
>>> phone. Their business exists for just the type of thing you're wanting to
>>> accomplish.
>> I'll probably order over the phone.

REPLY

Anyone have a good recipe for making beer-can turkey ... or maybe
deep-fried turkey? What do you use? Peanut oil or something?

Joel

>>
>> Thanks!
>
>I have a pretty low tolerance for mixups like the one I encountered, even
>though it did seem to be isolated to their web site. Their failure to ship
>some business related holiday gifts caused me a lot of embarrassment, more
>than just inconvenience, so it left a bad taste (so to speak <g>). I've
>always found their quality to be good, though. Can't think of specifics, but
>I think fruit is generally appreciated as a gift especially when it arrives
>ripe. So much of what's in the grocery nowadays is inedible.
>
>FWIW. last year for Christmas I asked DH for one of those fruit-of-the-month
>club subscriptions from Mission Orchards. It's been consistently good,
>although I'm not sure the quality is quite as high as Harry & David.
>
>As far as cost is concerned, realize that you're buying just the product,
>you're buying the delivery service too. If you want to make an impression,
>don't expect it to be cheap. Hickory Farms, Swiss Colony and Figi's are some
>other alternatives that might be a bit lower priced, but which also stress a
>different selection.
>

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