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Re: Wondering if you are getting a CR-48? Look for your zipcode here.

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Post by itrekkie »

blocke wrote: post #33

Blah. Just as I convinced myself my app was lost in the flood and I wasn't getting one and your post keeps the painful hope alive. :P Is Google sending warning emails yet that people have a package incoming or are they still going the surprise route? I'd imagine not everyone lives in an area where a package is safe on their doorstep. shrug

I was wondering the same thing. Unfortunately, the first day there was no email and it was sitting in an unmarked brown box all day. I hope that changes. I've had packages taken before, and I have to wonder if Google is keeping tabs on them, just in case.

Re: Wondering if you are getting a CR-48? Look for your zipcode here.

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Post by vikramhaer »

dotBen wrote: post #50
MJR wrote: post #41

If you think you have one headed your way - you can call UPS (1-800-742-5877) and track a shipment, speak the tracking number and then hit 0 to talk to an agent and tell them you want to confirm the address for your package. They will tell you where it's going.

I'm kinda concerned about the security angle on all of this. You have people phoning up UPS finding out the addresses of where packages are going, and potentially writing down the address if it turns out not to be theirs. You can see from the tracking results on UPS that UPS are leaving a lot of these on the steps of residences and thus if you setup the correct monitoring you now have the possibility of people runnin…

I don't think they say the address right away when you ask for it. Fairly certain they ask you to confirm your name and the address that's meant to be on the package and mention if it is the same or not. Regardless, this certainly raises a concern.

Re: Wondering if you are getting a CR-48? Look for your zipcode here.

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Post by juiceandjuice »

liuhenry wrote: post #20

3 shipped, and 6 already delivered... My town only has 30,000 people, so hopefully one will show up on my doorstep. Does anyone know why some were shipped Overnight and some by Ground? More comprehensive tracker here (but w/o tracking numbers): http://addicted-gamer.com/cr48-tracker/

One interesting thing to note, the numbers on pastie.org seem to be mostly shipped via ground, whereas the numbers on addicted-gamer are shipped mostly by next day. According to the pastie.org info, there is only one coming to Menlo Park (where I live), but according to addicted gamer, there's two in transit (one next day, one ground, which is common with the pastie.org data) and more than 20 already delivered.

Re: Wondering if you are getting a CR-48? Look for your zipcode here.

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Post by iphoneedbot »

Osmose wrote: post #43
MJR wrote: post #41

If you think you have one headed your way - you can call UPS (1-800-742-5877) and track a shipment, speak the tracking number and then hit 0 to talk to an agent and tell them you want to confirm the address for your package. They will tell you where it's going.

Confirmed, this works. Sadly I'm not the one getting it. :(

Yes, just tried it.. and the operator was nicely tight lipped (so kudos to UPS) * but it did confirm that Im not getting one either :(

Re: Wondering if you are getting a CR-48? Look for your zipcode here.

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Post by lhnn »

lhnn wrote: post #32

Despite the prerequisite of caring about the web on this site, I wish someone had explained what the Hell any of this meant. -I didn't know what a "Cr-48" (note the lowercase "r") was. It's apparently the Chrome netbook Google is putting out. And it seems they're giving away 5,000 for free to random addresses? This should be a news story, not a guessing game.

-1, Smart aleck?

So what if you don't like how I said it? Tell me I'm wrong about the original post, then tell me you're not lying to yourself. The link is cryptic, and to assume prerequisite knowledge of a non-headline event of the day is absurd.

Re: Wondering if you are getting a CR-48? Look for your zipcode here.

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Post by LordLandon »

It seems it's the slickdeals people that are behind these: http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2459200

The OP is just the last of the three batches sent out so far. The guy who made the addicted-gamer tracker hangs out there too http://slickdeals.net/forums/showpost.php?p=35270219&pos...

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