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I don't want to take away from all the…
I don't want to take away from all the negative sentiments in the reviews of Overstock, but my experience with ordering from there was absolutely stellar. For context, I bought a $1500 rug and had it shipped from the U.S. to Europe. I will explain why I was completely blown away by the experience: (1) Huge, and I mean enormous, selection, all in stock. I was sure this was some trick, like some redefining of what 'in stock' actually means, this is fairly common in e-commerce, but at least for the item I picked, it was obviously true, as they shipped it within one day or two. (2) Great price. I can't speak for every item they sell, but for the rug I selected, it was significantly cheaper on Overstock than everywhere else (exactly same item, same brand, etc.), and by a large margin, like 10-15%. (3) They ship internationally. Most stuff I order from the U.S. I have to have shipped to a freight forwarding service, which then sends it on to me, at an additional cost in time and money. Overstock ships directly to my country, and even handles the import tax, which saves me the service charge (and waiting time) if the local toll office would have handled it. This is all handled by FedEx Cross Border, which I guess deserves some of the credit. (4) Related to the previous point: The international shipping was *fast*. Something like five days from the order to my doorstep. I have never had anything shipped this fast from the U.S. before, even direct orders usually take at least 10 to 14 days. At the same time it was very reasonably priced - I would have paid more to move this rug (huge 3x4 meters rug, weighing 25 kilos) from one address to another within my own country! Again, credit to FedEx Cross Border, I guess. All in all, I cannot overstate how satisfied I was with this experience. I was fully expecting something to happen it all just seemed too good to be true, not in stock, huge shipping delay, additional import taxes, wrong or faulty item, whatever. Especially after seeing all the negative reviews in here, which I only saw after ordering (and I will admit that I might have some hestitation from ordering from there again after reading what others have gone through). But I feel it is only fair to give credit where credit is due, they have at least one happy customer here.


