LeapPad Explorer & Target, Orders Might Not Be Delivered
All LeapPad Explorer Subscribers who have orders in at Target
It has been reported to NowInStock.net that users who were able to order a LeapPad Explorer through Target, on or after December 9th (maybe earlier, not able to confirm), that your orders MAY be in jeopardy of not being delivered by Christmas.
Wendy, a user of the NowInStock.net who was able to place here order on December 9th, has informed me she received and email from Target yesterday (December 16th) “stating that I might not receive the Leappad until sometime in January.” Previously, I was reported by another user that had called Target, when she couldn’t order online, and she was told they were “800 behind in delivery.” This latest information from Wendy appears to confirm that Target is indeed having order fulfillment issues and has taken on more orders than they might be able to deliver on before Christmas. This is horrible news, and I am as disappointed with the situation as the unfortunate out there.
As a result, I am disabling all LeapPad Explorer tracking for Target. This in reality comes as no surprise. Ever since this past summer when Target took full control of their own website (Amazon used to run/manage their website), they have been plagued with issue after issue (This is well documented, just look at these results). And, it appears that taking on a massive amount of orders in a very short span of time is another one of those issues.
I ordered from Target, what should I do?
If you are one of the users who was able to place an order from Target on or after December 9th, and have not received any type of shipment notice or tracking number, I highly suggest you confirm your order is indeed shipping. Call Target and get a status on your order number.
If you turn out to be one of the unlucky ones, then don’t lose faith yet. This past week there has been a decent amount of inventory being offered up at a variety of online retailers. Amazon, TRU, and Walmart have all offered up large inventories of LeapPad Explorers which lasted longer than most runs in the past. And, since December 9th, we have added a few new TRU Bundles as well as LeapFrog Store Bundles. You need to make sure these items are added to your account so you can be alerted on them.
I also urge any subscriber to read the following note that will potentially increase your chances at getting that LeapPad Explorer:
http://www.nowinstock.net/itemtoohot.php
Visit the following link to verify your account has all the latest items added to it:
http://www.nowinstock.net/toys/leapfrog/setalerts.php
Hopefully over the course of the next 5 days the last bit of inventory will rear its head and those unfortunate ones will still be able to get their hands on a last minute LeapPad Explorer.
Good luck all!