Just as a point of reference, Dawn handles approximately 50 emails a day. I am fairly lazy, usually only a dozen or so.
So, do we ever miss anyone? Probably. Yes, a PM on here is a GREAT way to communicate. We have mentioned before, and it is still true, the email for exotics is "Missing" some communications. We don't know why and Dean has installed a backup system which Dawn checks a couple times a day.
The "truth of the matter" in this particular situation involves two orders that were placed, one with a note to change the other and Paypals not matching completely, so there are numerous loose ends.
We both also get numerous emails unrelated to Exotics asking for our "expertise" to answer diverse questions about casting, turning, finishing, buffing, etc. While none of these is related to our "business", we try to give individual answers to numerous questions we have answered previously on the IAP. So, our days are fairly full. If we don't get back to you within 24 hours, yes, a PM from the IAP is probably the best way to be noticed---and I receive far fewer than Dawn, so PMing me (as you did yesterday and I responded within an hour) is a good plan.
Hope this helps everyone to communicate with us. We enjoy answering your questions, but we are working 14 hour days, seven days a week---and we can't always keep up. Sorry.
Feel free to pm me if you have any additional questions--my PM box is currently "caught up".:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:
And thanks to all of you who have tried ordering from Exotics!!!! We appreciate EVERY order. We TRY to fill every order within a couple hours. We also will combine orders, as you request, but we don't see that until the second order is filled--so it requires additional effort to repackage your first order in a larger package, assuming we SEE your second order before we have taken the first to the Post Office. From your point of view, it looks simple---from our point of view, it is easily overlooked, in the effort to get every order out QUICKLY!!!!
Hope this makes sense--and YES, we do ENJOY the rather hectic pace, lately. Keep it up!!!!