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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 09:07 AM
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...and for this correctness, he receives a free monster fluffy...

a week for life.
How about a virtual pat on the back instead? Almost as good, right??

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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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No problem. Glad to be back on NAM!

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How was the hell that is 'inventory'?
 
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 09:35 AM
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A great success... both mentally and physically.

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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 09:52 AM
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means they sold a lot.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 09:59 AM
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means they sold a lot.
Yeah, I'm actually surprised they needed to do an inventory. It's a wonder there was anything left on the shelves. Bet it was REALLY easy to count the Monster Fluffies... 1, 2...okay, two.
 
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 10:08 AM
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Chili Red & Pepper White
Yeah, I'm actually surprised they needed to do an inventory. It's a wonder there was anything left on the shelves. Bet it was REALLY easy to count the Monster Fluffies... 1, 2...okay, two.
True!

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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 02:22 PM
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can you reveal which was more popular? the free monster fluffy or the free Mystique. (i guess the free monster fluffy deal went on longer, so that's probably the answer.)
 
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 05:40 PM
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^^ althought both wear items, monster fluffy will last much longer so
i would assume most people would opt for the IPP?
 
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Old Feb 7, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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i totally forgot to order some freem mystique. kinda bummed i missed it now. o well, its only 4 degrees outside, i have time.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by mcdbrendan
i totally forgot to order some freem mystique. kinda bummed i missed it now. o well, its only 4 degrees outside, i have time.
This is the cool thing. You didn't have to order it if you placed an order while they were doing inventoy, right Heather? Didn't you just throw a bottle in each shipment?
 
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 05:07 AM
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WOW - Nothing was frozen!!

I got my box from DP last night. And like Heather said, everything had insulation wrapped around it! From what I can tell, nothing froze during the shipping process.

And to DHL, too! UPS/ADS shipment was TOTALLY frozen (although it's being taken care of by ADS ) in the same temperatures as the UPS shipment.

I haven't tested the products yet to see if they separated (although Heather, doesn't one of your products have natural separation? Is it Epic?). But will do so!
 
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 05:29 AM
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^^ nice!
 
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by WannaMini_
This is the cool thing. You didn't have to order it if you placed an order while they were doing inventoy, right Heather? Didn't you just throw a bottle in each shipment?
Yes, that's right. All you had to do was to order during the closure. We just threw in a free bottle with every order that came in during that time. We thought we make it easy for ya this time!

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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by WannaMini_
WOW - Nothing was frozen!!

I got my box from DP last night. And like Heather said, everything had insulation wrapped around it! From what I can tell, nothing froze during the shipping process.

And to DHL, too! UPS/ADS shipment was TOTALLY frozen (although it's being taken care of by ADS ) in the same temperatures as the UPS shipment.

I haven't tested the products yet to see if they separated (although Heather, doesn't one of your products have natural separation? Is it Epic?). But will do so!
That's great news! I'm glad to hear everything arrived in good shape.

And yes, Epic does separate naturally... good memory! So although Epic always needs a really good shaking, if it freezes it has the possibility of not being able to remix properly. Like I said before though, 1 freeze is usually ok and you just have to take a look.

A little add-on comment about DHL... we agree that they are a great shipping company. Although they aren't 100% perfect, they do a much better job than the others time and time again! We find that they're the quickest too.

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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by mini_dreams
can you reveal which was more popular? the free monster fluffy or the free Mystique. (i guess the free monster fluffy deal went on longer, so that's probably the answer.)
Although the free Mystiques were pretty popular too, the free Monster Fluffy won, as far as we can tell. The free Mystique was for anyone who ordered, while the free Monster Fluffy was just for NAMers with the coupon code. So that makes it hard to judge really accurately. Even still, among NAMers it seems the Monster won.

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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 12:51 PM
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DHL did an awesome job with my DP orders as well. They do a fair job at updating the tracking, and when it seems that they haven't updated it, it usually is on your doorstep anyways. I have said this before but I will say it again, DP does and AMAZING job packaging their stuff. It takes me forever to open it (the anticipation makes it fun)
 
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 07:06 PM
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i just remembered.... i forgot to remove my small bottles of SpeedShine
out of my G and MCS's trunks... ooops.. better go check
to make sure they haven't exploded.. lol brb.
 
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 07:10 PM
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good luck ken!
 
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Old Feb 8, 2007 | 07:18 PM
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well, they were not completely frozen solid, but the speedshine separated
into some icy portion and not so icy portion. at least it did not make a
mess inside the trunk.

i rinsed out the mist bottles and i can tell just by the smell the properties
had changed. it didn't smell like the fresh warm milk-like speedshine
smell any more... smelled like a medical sewerage version (?)..watever
that means. eeewwww.
 
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by kenchan
smelled like a medical sewerage version (?)..watever
that means. eeewwww.
Smelled a lot of medical sewage, eh Ken?
So funny, this thread has been going for a week, and you just now remember there were products in the cars. Still, I'm glad that nothing made a mess!!
 
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 05:58 AM
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Originally Posted by WannaMini_
Smelled a lot of medical sewage, eh Ken?
So funny, this thread has been going for a week, and you just now remember there were products in the cars. Still, I'm glad that nothing made a mess!!
yah, when i got the big bottles out of the garage i thought i was
done. at another forum there was a guy talking about carrying some
carstuff in the trunk and i was about to post, you put that in the
trunk in this sub zero weather it's going to.... oh wait.

 
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by kenchan
well, they were not completely frozen solid, but the speedshine separated
into some icy portion and not so icy portion. at least it did not make a
mess inside the trunk.

i rinsed out the mist bottles and i can tell just by the smell the properties
had changed. it didn't smell like the fresh warm milk-like speedshine
smell any more... smelled like a medical sewerage version (?)..watever
that means. eeewwww.
I'm pretty sure that Speedshine has a little bit of carnauba in it. This is probably why Speedshine will have a tough, if not impossible, time of recovering from freezing. Carnauba really can't handle freezing very well.

At least they were your small bottles! That way you haven't lost much product.

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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Detailers Paradise
I'm pretty sure that Speedshine has a little bit of carnauba in it. This is probably why Speedshine will have a tough, if not impossible, time of recovering from freezing. Carnauba really can't handle freezing very well.

At least they were your small bottles! That way you haven't lost much product.

-Heather
yah, kinda like putting those tropical Floridans in Chicago sub-zero weather.
lol (their personalities alter for good)

yah, it was only my tiny hairspray bottle i got from the ContainerStore...
thought you were going to tell me to see wat would happen to the balance
of my gallon bottle so i can go buy some Slick later on. hehe
 
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Old Feb 9, 2007 | 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan
yah, kinda like putting those tropical Floridans in Chicago sub-zero weather.
lol (their personalities alter for good)

yah, it was only my tiny hairspray bottle i got from the ContainerStore...
thought you were going to tell me to see wat would happen to the balance
of my gallon bottle so i can go buy some Slick later on. hehe


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