Amazon fail - black christmas tree edition

[discogranny]

We wanted a black, reasonably priced Christmas tree for our office, so I ordered this one on Amazon for $160:



This is what came today...this is what it looked like after 15 minutes of fluffing:
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It was still in a sealed Wal-Mart box, so I Googled that product and it is currently selling for $39 on walmart.com. The Amazon rep kept telling me that Amazon was "on my back" (lol) about this and would take care of it, but now I need to find a tree ASAP and am leery of buying online. Has anyone seen any black trees in-store? Besides Wal-Mart obviously.

[underwaterrhymes]

I've never heard of a black Christmas tree before.

Shady, though, that the seller is charging that much for a $40 product.

[discogranny]

Our corporate colors are black and red. The principals wanted a black tree, so a black tree is being sought.

[Deleted]

$160? Does it come with all the decorations and presents under the tree as well??

[jlt19]

That's what our Christmas tree looks like every year (other than being black). We just fill it in with a lot of ornaments and garland/beads. It's 10 years old and has probably lost as many "pines" as it has on it though. Maybe it's time for a new one.

[humpty]

www.treetopia.com/colored-artificial-christmas-trees-p/tuxedo-black-tree.htm#ReviewHeader

There are reviewers that posted photos of the trees so you can get an idea how full it is.

[jlt19]

Oh, but can't Amazon sellers sell their stuff at any price they want to? Sucks, but I know I've seen Frozen stuff for a LOT more money that you can find them for in stores.

[humpty]

Upside down trees are the worst.

[humpty]

Nov 21, 2014 13:43:26 GMT -5 jlt19 said:

Oh, but can't Amazon sellers sell their stuff at any price they want to? Sucks, but I know I've seen Frozen stuff for a LOT more money that you can find them for in stores.

Yep. You have to watch out for price gouging with third party vendors.

[humpty]

Five years ago I really wanted to get this Bullseye stuffed animal for my kid for Christmas, but it was right after Toy Story 3 came out and so they sold out really quickly. The only place I could find it was on Amazon from a third party seller and they were marking it up at least 3x what it originally sold for. It was ridiculous and I have cross checked all of my Amazon purchases with other stores before buying since then.

[moolarkey]

4 black trees at Target - 3 are above your price point.
www.target.com/c/christmas-trees/-/N-5xt2z#navigation=true&category=5xt2z&searchTerm=&view_type=medium&sort_by=bestselling&faceted_value=5n552&offset=0&response_group=Items&isLeaf=true&parent_category_id=5xt30&custom_price=false&min_price=from&max_price=to

They do have ruby red too (and purple and turquoise and palm trees).

[lilafowler]

It looks like there was a fire in the Christmas tree forest.

[jigsy]

I feel like Amazon is no longer as awesome as it used to be. 2-day shipping is not really a guarantee anymore, shady sellers...well...I guess that is about it, but still!

[MWOS]

do you work in a brothel?

[zoomzoom]

I don't buy from third party sellers off Amazon anymore. It has to be direct from Amazon or I'm not buying it.

If you can't find a decent black tree, I'd just spray paint one. Have you tried Hobby Lobby?

[MWOS]

Nov 21, 2014 13:56:54 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Nov 21, 2014 13:56:14 GMT -5 MWOS said:

do you work in a brothel?

Yes.

Oh wait, you were asking the OP.  Nevermind.

this question was open to the group. thanks for responding. the spreadsheet has been updated.

[Deleted]

Go get the tree in the desired fluff zone and several of these and voila!

[berbles]

Nov 21, 2014 13:52:58 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

I had a dream last night that I went shopping for a pink Christmas tree.

I'd love a funky color tree for my bedroom, actually. I'm doing a traditional (real) one in the living area, so I might take a little license and do a second small tree downstairs that is magical and full of whimsey. Not black though, lol.

I have a super adorable tiny pink tree for my counter at work.  It's maybe a foot tall.

[berbles]

Nov 21, 2014 13:55:20 GMT -5 jigsy said:

I feel like Amazon is no longer as awesome as it used to be. 2-day shipping is not really a guarantee anymore, shady sellers...well...I guess that is about it, but still!

So true.  I ordered cat litter on Sunday.  Prime.  It should be here today.  THAT IS NOT 2 FUCKING DAYS, STEPHANIE.

[Deleted]

A black XMAS tree is one of my dreams. Seriously. With all white ornaments.

Also you can use it for Halloween.

I am a freak. I have a seperate Disney Tree...

[discogranny]

Nov 21, 2014 13:56:14 GMT -5 MWOS said:

do you work in a brothel?

No joke - our building is historic and was once a brothel. We refinished the original hardwoods in most of the office and you could see where there were once walls creating a bunch of little rooms for the brothel services.

[panbitch]

Fill in the holes with a shitton of fake red hydrangea or poinsettia.

[berbles]

Nov 21, 2014 14:22:55 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Nov 21, 2014 14:17:44 GMT -5 berbles said:

I have a super adorable tiny pink tree for my counter at work.  It's maybe a foot tall.

Black ones are usually bigger than that.










NOT SORRY.

I even tried to avoid using the phrase "12 inches" but I knew Kevin would pull the dick joke out anyway.

[berbles]

Nov 21, 2014 14:25:12 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

Nov 21, 2014 14:23:49 GMT -5 berbles said:

I even tried to avoid using the phrase "12 inches" but I knew Kevin would pull the dick joke out anyway.

You should all be impressed with my restraint that it took until page 2 for this to come up.

I feel like we're both sitting at our computers like