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Has anyone purchased items from LaughingPlace.com?
Thinking about ordering a few items to make up a gift basket for the kids as part of the surprise for when I tell them about our upcoming trip. (Also, there is a really cool 40th Anniversary fastpass holder and lanyard that I would love to get!) I don't usually order from sites that I'm not that familiar with so thought I would ask if anyone has ordered from them before. Thanks!
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I tried to a few years back....my order never shipped, and I ended up cancelling the whole thing. I don't think they actually have the stock in hand. Try searching, but I seem to remember a lot of people were less than pleased with the CS>...
I tried to order from them as well and it was a great big hassle. They shipped one item and charged me for both and never got the second item. Took me a while to get a refund as they were not prompt in responding to repeated emails. I would skip it!
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I haven't used them, but I'll tell you what I'm doing before our trip. We're going for Star Wars Weekends at the end of May, and I'm gradually buying little things...poster, action figures, stickers, stick on tattoos, etc...and putting them all into a plastic container with a handle. I'm even sneaking mine in the car for the trip, but I could easily give it before we go.
Have you thought of something like this? I know it doesn't get you your lanyard, but it would take care of your gift basket idea.
I've used them a few times but it's been over 2 years since my last order. They seem to take a long time to ship stuff and I found their prices to be kind of high and shipping was high, too. But when there's something I just have to have, I'm happy to pay the price. Fortunately, I have several friends who head to Disney at least once a year if not more (one friend drives bus for a tour company and he makes at least 6 trips there a year *and* he and his wife are DVC members and vacation there at least once a year), so he's always willing to pick up stuff for me when he goes. And since he's traveling by bus, he doesn't care how big or heavy my items are. :-)
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Thanks for the input! Unfortunately ordering through them doesn't sound very promising. I think I might stick with ordering what I can through Disney.com or trying the Disney mail order. Joelsmom thanks for that great idea. I may try putting together something similar.
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My stuff was on back order but I was never told. After a week when I didn't hear anything, I began emailing them.
It took quite a few emails before I heard back and then they said the 3 items I'd ordered were back ordered, I cancelled.
I didn't get how the items could be back ordered when they could go to the parks and get the items which is what their website said they would do.
Especially when I went to the parks a month later and was able to buy all 3 items there.
Definitely buy directly through Disney. Don't waste your time. I've done 3 orders with them and had to call each and every time because they took forever. Disney mail order is the way to go.
Their service was great until early/mid 2010 - over 5 weeks I placed 3 orders (to come internationally I would expect a wait of 3 weeks).
My Tokyo trip was not until late Sept and none of the items arrived until I started emailing. All but the stuff I really wanted arrived in time. One item had to be resent as it was printed incorrectly but the other stuff was just plain late. The first order took 17 weeks to arrive!
However even after all that, I still would order from them if the online Disney store did not have what I was looking for. I just allow a long time for transit.
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It's a shame. Seems like this would be a great service if it worked more smoothly. I would not like to take a chance on losing my money. Thank you everyone for the info!
They used to be good. They used to be about the only way I knew how to buy stuff from Disney World. Then I found out about WDW Mail Order. I would use Laughing Place to view them and then call down. Much cheaper that way. And now some things are available on the disneyshopping.com website, sure does make it nice!
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