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[BigJimSlade]

Anyone who faxed over the W-9, did you get any confirmation? Did you include a coversheet?

[xUnix]

Anyone who faxed over the W-9, did you get any confirmation? Did you include a coversheet?

No confirmation, no cover sheet.

[Master Shake]

Anyone who faxed over the W-9, did you get any confirmation? Did you include a coversheet?

No confirmation here either.

[PNWDweller]

No confirmation, but with 30,000 people mailing/faxing those in, it would come as no surprise to not have any confirmations. I would imagine, they are inputting them in electronically, and then releasing the ship authorization to the shipping center in batches.

[.Ark]

damn DHL owned me about 20 min ago i see a yellow van pull up to my house it say DHL .... HOT DAMN MY VISTA ... i go to the door ... its a package for my wife :(

ahahaha owned! nice one though! :laugh:

[PNWDweller]

ARGH!

I was just owned by Microsoft -

I am here at work on the phone with a customer when an out of area call comes in on my cell phone, so I kindly asked my customer to hold and went to my cell phone and answered it.

Me

"Hello?"

Microsoft Agent-

"This is (can't remember her name now) calling from Microsoft is this (my name)?"

By this point, my heart jumps out of my chest and I am thinking they are going to confirm my shipping...

Me

"This is!"

Microsoft Agent-

"I was just calling to confirm..."(Let me stop there and say, I was attempting to read her mind and think she was calling to confirm that they received my W9 and address). "that you are still going to the Microsoft Across America Launch scheduled for this Tuesday."

(A little disappointed I reply)

Me

"I am going to try to get there if the weather permits " (We are under a nice little deep freeze in the Pacific NW right now)

Microsoft Agent-

"Ok, great, we will be looking for you then, also, I am required to tell you that there will be a $6 parking fee which will not be validated at the conference)"

After that, I was so taken back by the courtesy call, that I didn't think to ask about the powertogether giveaway, so I let the call go. :wacko:

[micro]

lol we are all a bit "edgy" to get any sign of the vista shipment..

[Inplode]

ahahaha owned! nice one though! :laugh:

yea my wife just pointed and lol at me :rofl:

[Sagittarius Veteran]

Using the vast future predicting powers given to me by the powers of non-alcoholic beer, I predict the first person to recieve his copy on...

Monday, 5th of January, 2007

[micro]

that makes No flipping sense, monday the 5th of january.. thats friggen 13 days ago..

[Snakehn]

Using the vast future predicting powers given to me by the powers of non-alcoholic beer, I predict the first person to recieve his copy on...

Monday, 5th of January, 2007

if that is your prediction, i can't imagine what the powers of an actual Alcoholic beer would do to you LOL

[Stetson]

And the 5th of January 2007 was a Friday :p

[Sudeaux]

Using the vast future predicting powers given to me by the powers of non-alcoholic beer, I predict the first person to recieve his copy on...

Monday, 5th of January, 2007

I think you mean Monday, 5th of February, 2007. :D

[WooSH]

@ Windam

so are you going to run a new setup of your own?

nah spent 300 on a new dell monitor a 100 on a replacement harddrive and maybe another 50 on ram.

cold outa cash now rofl.

[trek]

I think you mean Monday, 5th of February, 2007. :D

perhaps the non-alcoholic booze went to his head ;)

[freddfx]

@ Windam

nah spent 300 on a new dell monitor a 100 on a replacement harddrive and maybe another 50 on ram.

cold outa cash now rofl.

uh oh... i smell value ram and a 20" widescreen

[nosracnoj]

nothing today either...

[Code]

Mark Brown on the Channel 9 forums has said that they started shipping out them ealier this week, so we will most likely get them next week.

[xxdesmus]

I'd imagine Monday/Tuesday of next week for most people.

I'd also supremely doubt that they will send you a confirmation for receiving your W9. 30,000 people will not receive confirmations, that is just too much work.

[Sagittarius Veteran]

:laugh: Wow, now I feel like a total "r-tard", as South Park eloquently puts it. I suppose I will officially revise my prediction to Wednesday, January 24th.

On another note, I recieved a mysterious USPS postal slip about a package which wasn't delivered because I wasn't home to pay the postage. Could this be the elusive Vista? Doth Microsoft ship in such a way? I haven't ordered anything else, so... :shiftyninja:

[zachman123]

I wouldn't think they would use USPS but who knows.

On a side note, a magnetic "Fedex Home Delivery" sign that goes on the side of the truck fell off, and they haven't come back to pick it up. haha I should put it on my car.

[micro]

that is not vista..

[neufuse Veteran]

once again, MS ships via DHL for US customers for promotional and free stuff... and yes these have shipped and yes apparently they did go DHL

[JustGeorge]

When did they go out? Do you have a link to confirm this?

[zachman123]

Mark Brown posted that on the Channel 9 forum.