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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 12/13/2007
Posts: 36
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words can't really describe how irritated I am with thingfling... I appreciate all the "extras" that they're supposedly putting into these orders; however, we wouldn't have a need for "extras" if they would just take the time to be more efficient and take care of the gripes people are having. I ordered this product NINE days ago, and it's not yet processed and shipped... but my batteries I ordered a day after this has already come (4 days ago might I add)... and other items I ordered during the wootoff have already shown up at my door. ThingFling needs to work on expediting their ordering/shipping process imo or no amount of "extra" is going to keep me as a customer... my 2cents.
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Rank: Hot Flinger
Joined: 4/6/2008
Posts: 109
Location: Eugene, OR
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matter_ic wrote:I understand the court probably would like to take the weekend off like the rest of us, but I am still waiting to see my order go from 'Processing' to 'Shipped'.
What is taking so long? Is the royal toilet clogged? acbanks wrote:words can't really describe how irritated I am with thingfling... I appreciate all the "extras" that they're supposedly putting into these orders; however, we wouldn't have a need for "extras" if they would just take the time to be more efficient and take care of the gripes people are having. I ordered this product NINE days ago, and it's not yet processed and shipped... but my batteries I ordered a day after this has already come (4 days ago might I add)... and other items I ordered during the wootoff have already shown up at my door. ThingFling needs to work on expediting their ordering/shipping process imo or no amount of "extra" is going to keep me as a customer... my 2cents. Not that I'm trying to be apologetic for TF, but let me relate this which may add a little hope to you. I ordered a USB hub on Monday, 5/5 and it was in "Processing" until 5/13, when I got a shipping notification e-mail. But the tracking data indicated that FedEx got the shipping data on 5/8, was received on 5/9 and was delivered to me on 5/14. It's still a glitch in the system, maybe due to their increased use of FedEx and is still an inconvenience to us buyers, though. However, it may be on its way. "A boat's a boat, but the mystery box could be anything. It could even be a boat! You know how much we wanted one of those!" -Peter Griffin
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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 1/5/2008
Posts: 4
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Still "processing" for me, too. I don't even start looking until more than a week has passed, but then I start getting antsy. I also won't count on getting any extras, as I haven't flung many things, and will just be really tickled when my package arrives (just to get the package), and doubly so if there are extras.
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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 3/21/2007
Posts: 41
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Just to update anybody who cares, I revieved my package (no extras) on Saturday (the 17th), but my profile still lists my fling as 'Processing'. So (obviously) I have opened a rift in the space-time fabric and we are all about to die a very painful death. Fling0: AMB XXVIII ($39.00)
Fling1: Monster Cable Digital Battery Charger w 4AA 1850mAh batteries ($9.00 after 10% off coupon)
Fling2: 2 Siren 4Gb MP3 Players ($39.99)
Fling3: 2x Monster High Capacity Pro Charger ($3.33 each)
Fling4: 12 Super-Bright 9 LED Flashlights ($13.98 )
Fling5: 12 Super-Bright 9 LED Flashlights - LAST TIME SALE ($13.98 )
Fling6: AMB XL (Power Squid) ($12.59)
It's not particularly silly, is it? I mean, the right leg isn't silly at all and the left leg merely does a forward aerial half turn every alternate step.
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 12/18/2007
Posts: 366
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Curious how other peoples' batteries came out. I grabbed 3 of these (perfect for an international trip...cheap batteries/cheap charger capable of European currents...so if something goes 'poof!', no great loss). BUT, I tested the batteries, which are getting a little old at this point. First test was REALLY bad (like 500mAh for them...supposedly rated to 1800), so after running a refresh cycle, I managed to get them to about 1500mAh. Anyone else have a BC-900 charger or similar that can test them? I've only run one package so far (refreshes take a long time)?
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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 3/21/2007
Posts: 41
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Just got mail that my order has shipped - on the 15th. Delivered on the 17th. Notified about it on the...19th. Might come to terms with it on the 21st. Fling0: AMB XXVIII ($39.00)
Fling1: Monster Cable Digital Battery Charger w 4AA 1850mAh batteries ($9.00 after 10% off coupon)
Fling2: 2 Siren 4Gb MP3 Players ($39.99)
Fling3: 2x Monster High Capacity Pro Charger ($3.33 each)
Fling4: 12 Super-Bright 9 LED Flashlights ($13.98 )
Fling5: 12 Super-Bright 9 LED Flashlights - LAST TIME SALE ($13.98 )
Fling6: AMB XL (Power Squid) ($12.59)
It's not particularly silly, is it? I mean, the right leg isn't silly at all and the left leg merely does a forward aerial half turn every alternate step.
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Rank: Royal Flinger
Joined: 1/20/2007
Posts: 254
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s002cjs wrote:Curious how other peoples' batteries came out. I grabbed 3 of these (perfect for an international trip...cheap batteries/cheap charger capable of European currents...so if something goes 'poof!', no great loss).
BUT, I tested the batteries, which are getting a little old at this point. First test was REALLY bad (like 500mAh for them...supposedly rated to 1800), so after running a refresh cycle, I managed to get them to about 1500mAh. Anyone else have a BC-900 charger or similar that can test them? I've only run one package so far (refreshes take a long time)? Most NiMH batteries that have sat around in a warehouse for a couple years need to go through charge/discharge a few times before they get back to their true full charge. . 60+ Flings
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 12/18/2007
Posts: 366
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wopaul wrote:
Most NiMH batteries that have sat around in a warehouse for a couple years need to go through charge/discharge a few times before they get back to their true full charge. .
Sorry, maybe I wasn't clear...the BC-900 'refresh cycle' does that...keeps discharging/charging until no increase is found. Control battery (a 2500mAh Sanyo that was nearby) charged up to 2.55Ah. No complaints for $3.33, just wondering about others' experience. I'm working on the 2nd pack now.
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Rank: Serious Thing Flinger
Joined: 5/3/2007
Posts: 8
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Can someone help me out here? I just ordered one of these, but realized that it says it charges up to 4x 2100 mAh batteries. Will this charger not work on 2500 or 2600 mAh batteries?
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Rank: Royal Flinger
Joined: 1/24/2008
Posts: 2,082
Location: Florida
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Good Question, afsalam ...I just Flung 3  I guess I should have checked in here first...OH well...I have 3 grandkids and a 20 y.o. son that go through batteries like mad, so I guess it's all good. Just wish they'd put up some BATTERIES soon!!!  49 Flings Flung and WAAY more to come!Female in case you don't know LMAO 
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Rank: Royal Flinger
Joined: 1/20/2007
Posts: 254
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afsalam wrote:Can someone help me out here? I just ordered one of these, but realized that it says it charges up to 4x 2100 mAh batteries. Will this charger not work on 2500 or 2600 mAh batteries? Yes it will charge the 2500 or 2600mAh batteries fine. just takes a little longer. 60+ Flings
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 6/3/2008
Posts: 154
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I am sad I missed this one. Hope it comes back at some point! Unemployed (Student) and addicted.
Shagged 1 time on 7/8/08
15 flings so far(only 1 MB missed and 1 opt out since signing up)
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 2/18/2008
Posts: 189
Location: Texas
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Woohoo! I got a few more chargers. Wanted one for my Mom to go with her Christmas stuff. Just need to get some more batteries to send with it. Trying to get her hooked on rechargables. Now just need a battery tester and I'll be set.
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 12/25/2007
Posts: 499
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 Darn... I missed them again. I see them listed on upcoming and plan to check back for them and Keep missing them... Oh well guess it's not meant to be.  ~~Jinx "I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage, Mythbusters Flings Flung: 40 total orders- Regular items- 22 Orders, 40 items; MB/AMB- 16 orders, 23 MBs/AMBs; 2 Canceled( 1 voluntary, 1 bad batch of Batteries w/ Chargers) In 9 months of Flings I have already surpassed my purchases of almost 2yrs on that other DOD site where it's nearly impossible to get their mystery 'bag'... lol ~~Jinx 
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 6/3/2008
Posts: 154
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In for three this time. Thanks for offering them again TF! GOD I am going broke. Unemployed (Student) and addicted.
Shagged 1 time on 7/8/08
15 flings so far(only 1 MB missed and 1 opt out since signing up)
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 4/24/2008
Posts: 65
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afsalam wrote:Can someone help me out here? I just ordered one of these, but realized that it says it charges up to 4x 2100 mAh batteries. Will this charger not work on 2500 or 2600 mAh batteries? it charges them just fine for me. it just takes closer to an hour rather than 45 minutes or so.
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 5/13/2007
Posts: 254
Location: SF Bay Area
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 Thanks to this forum I went in for TWO.  THIRTY-FIVE Flings
I've flung $536.49
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 4/24/2008
Posts: 65
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i have a bunch of these already! they are GREAT! just don't forget, there is a little lever in the battery compartment (top, center) that you need to move to go from AAA to AA battery size.
i think i have 6 or 9 of these (i think there is a box of them that i haven't opened yet!
don't hesitate to buy one of these and then buy a bunch of NiMH batteries to go with them!
on another note, thing fling has recently done something for me above and beyond the call of duty! i won't say what it is, but they certainly earned my loyalty (which they seem to have had already!)
if anyone is wondering about the quality of the service and integrity of thing fling, wonder no longer! they are first class!
yes, it is true that sometimes seem to take a little long to ship... i don't know their business model, but it very well could be that they don't even order the products until the orders come in. i suspect that they order the first time anticipating how many pieces that they can sell later on down the road when they make their initial order.
it isn't easy pulling together the logistics of an operation such as this. condiser that someone actually READS all of these posts as evidenced by the number of people that have joyfully expounded that thingfling has put extras in their boxes based upon comments that they have made in the message board. pet stuff for one person's 2 pets comes to mind.
the flash lights from ten dollar mystery box number 3 seemed like a total waste... i stopped at FAMILY DOLLAR for some styrofoam cups and coke zero nad saw 2-packs of everready D general purpose D cells for a buck for a pack of 2. i bought 6 packs for 6 bucks and had 12 batteries... enough for all 6 flashlights.
we stopped for dinner at a bbq place about 5 or 6 miles from home and the power went out there. when we were done, we went home and suprise! the power was out there too... it's kind of rural out here in the county.) my daughter wanted to light some candles... (can you imagine a 16 year old (16 going on "I HATE YOU!" you know that awkward age... a room with clothes covering the floor... no candes in there, EVER!
i brought out the flashlights that i recieved a couple days before and had just filled with batteries that day. they came in handy because the power was out 2 hours that day, and another 1 1/2 hour the next... no, we don't live in cuba or haiti... we're in east tennessee and when the power goes out, it is out for a while.
that's enough for now!
keep flinging as long as you have the $$$! these are the GOOD GUYS!
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 12/25/2007
Posts: 499
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tennesseebill wrote:
if anyone is wondering about the quality of the service and integrity of thing fling, wonder no longer! they are first class!
it isn't easy pulling together the logistics of an operation such as this. condiser that someone actually READS all of these posts as evidenced by the number of people that have joyfully expounded that thingfling has put extras in their boxes based upon comments that they have made in the message board. pet stuff for one person's 2 pets comes to mind.
sorry, a little off topic but... I am another of the ones that will gladly, with exuberance even tell people they( TF) are 1ST Class  I too have received little extras in MBs based on forum postings, not for pets I have none currently but for myself. I have MS( Multiple Sclerosis) and live in Georgia. Had been trying to get cool downs for the coming summer and kept missing them. Lady Fling dropped a box of em in one of my MBs and I LOVE them. I have since ordered 3 more boxes of cool downz and donated them to my MS Support group with whom I also share several of my TF stories and MB items. BRAVO Thing Fling  "I reject your reality and substitute my own" - Adam Savage, Mythbusters Flings Flung: 40 total orders- Regular items- 22 Orders, 40 items; MB/AMB- 16 orders, 23 MBs/AMBs; 2 Canceled( 1 voluntary, 1 bad batch of Batteries w/ Chargers) In 9 months of Flings I have already surpassed my purchases of almost 2yrs on that other DOD site where it's nearly impossible to get their mystery 'bag'... lol ~~Jinx
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Rank: Crazy Flinger
Joined: 9/3/2007
Posts: 45
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What the heck. In it for 2. I need be to buy better batteries for the digital camera. Tonight... You...
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