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kudos to the shipping dept. for Sat delivery of Wed order!

m_pell_98037m_pell_98037 Posts: 9
edited 2014-01-18 12:53 in General Discussion
I was ecstatic when I checked my email one Saturday AM and found that not only does the USPS now have tracking but my parts were about to show up at my doorstep, in the great Pacific NW, [IN TIME FOR WEEKEND EXPERIMENTATION]. Excuse me. And it only cost a little over 2 bucks for shipping. What a deal.

And I can't express my appreciation enough for the wealth of knowledge (and great stuff) at your website. I've lit more than one light bulb there. Thanks!

How did you get the worlds coolest phone#?

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  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2014-01-16 21:57
    Welcome m-pell ! I agree, Parallax is a great and truly responsive company. Glad to have you join us.

    So what's the world's coolest phone number business? I did not know...
  • DmashekDmashek Posts: 49
    edited 2014-01-16 22:36
    erco wrote: »
    Welcome m-pell ! I agree, Parallax is a great and truly responsive company. Glad to have you join us.

    So what's the world's coolest phone number business? I did not know...

    Parallax's toll free tech support number is 888-512-1024 (yes, I had to look up what he was referring to).
  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,392
    edited 2014-01-16 22:47
    Dear m_pell_98037,

    On behalf of the Parallax team and the fine people on this forum (including erco AKA Eric who replied above me), welcome to this new place!

    The phone number 888-512-1024 is probably recognized by fewer of our customers than you might think. Once in a while people proclaim lots of excitement about it, as you have done! This number was chosen by Chip or Lance (Parallax founders) around 1990. 1024 is also a nice round binary number of     10000000000 and both numbers are common memory sizes.

    As for the Saturday package arrival, that's great! Thankfully you're also within that two-day USPS striking distance from Rocklin, California.

    We'll look forward to your questions on the forums.

    Ken Gracey
  • RDL2004RDL2004 Posts: 2,554
    edited 2014-01-17 05:34
    8 x 8 x 8 = 512

    :)
  • mindrobotsmindrobots Posts: 6,506
    edited 2014-01-17 05:46
    (8 x 8 x 8) + 512 = 1024

    :smile:
  • Matt GillilandMatt Gilliland Posts: 1,406
    edited 2014-01-17 07:37
    Sometimes I hear our shipping department, but can't see them because of the piles of boxes they're dealing with- they are amazing!

    Oddly, my (randomly assigned by verizon) cell phone numbers' last four digits are 2048.

    and of course, Welcome to the Forums m_pell_98037! :thumb:

    -MattG

    PS A clarinet? Where does your talent end?
  • m_pell_98037m_pell_98037 Posts: 9
    edited 2014-01-18 12:04
    Thanks erco for the warm welcome.

    I'm glad I enlightened you, it will be mutual I'm sure.

    Love your robot, but the girl needs more clothes. imo
  • GordonMcCombGordonMcComb Posts: 3,366
    edited 2014-01-18 12:39
    Matt Gilliland wrote: »
    PS A clarinet? Where does your talent end?

    And you thought you were hearing Artie Shaw! Nope, just Ken practicing his glissando for Begin the Beguine.
  • m_pell_98037m_pell_98037 Posts: 9
    edited 2014-01-18 12:53
    Thanks Dmashek, for the fine research. I suppose I could have asked, how did you get the world's coolest toll free tech support number. But that would have narrowed it.

    I can see there are a lot of thinkers at this forum.
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