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Article #86Re: Do NOT buy from A2Z Computers !!!!!!!
From: SASHA
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 00:00
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Hello all, Thought I'd put in my 2 cents also, I bought a new mb,memory video card, floppy drive,cpu from A2Z a month ago or so now, paid by check, had no problems, wasn't on hold more than a couple minutes, had a couple problems which tech support walked me through, again no problems, I must be lucky huh?? ordered my stuff on a Wendsday Got it the next afternoon regular ups...worked for me. Sorry you all had problems. Sasha Deborah Stuart <kayaker@serv.net> wrote in message news:7hoefm$s2f$0@199.201.191.2... > > I will add my .02 cents that you should stay away from this company. It took > me 1.5 months of constant calls to get through to the tech support. Their > phone manners are awful; they do not even say "hello" or "can you please > hold?". You just get shoved onto the voicemail system without a word. They > take messages and no one calls you back. Their phone system was out of whack > for at least 3 months with calls constantly being sent to the sales > department after you were waiting for tech support. I waited on the phone > 1.5 HOURS to speak with a live person once. I sent a long letter with a > motherboard return which asked that my CPU support brackets be returned and > they weren't. It took me 3 months to get them back... > > Deborah > > > Bobby Keith <bobbyknc@email.msn.com> wrote in message > news:OvAItYqn#GA.270@cpmsnbbsa05... > > THEY SEND MY CREDIT CARD INFO OUT IN AN EMAIL... SEVERAL EMAILS..... > NONE > > TO ME !!!!!!!! > > > > Whatever you do, do not buy anything from A2Z Computers. Their regard for > > your privacy and the security of your credit card informationn is sorely > > lacking. > > > > I placed an order with them earlier this week. It was the ELSA WINNER II > > SAVAGE 4 AGP card. It hasn't come out yet so since it wasn't in stock I > > guess they don't do backorders or preorders so they sent me an email > > cancelling my order a day later. The only problem was the email they sent > > contained the entire online order form I filled out on their "secure" > order > > site. Meaning it had my identity and credit card info. > > > > If this wasn't bad enough that they sent it to me in an unsecure email... > I > > find out a little later as my Inbox fills up that they emailed it out to > > lord knows how many other people also.... Thankfully most of these people > > were nice enough to email me telling me that A2Z Computers sent them my > > order cancellation with MY CREDIT CARD INFO !!!!!!! > > > > Whatever you do. Don't deal with them. CNET Shopper has listed them as a > > "certified merchant" but A2Z has a complaint list with the Better Business > > Bureau a mile long as well as a new complaint from me for this. > > > > Beware! > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 114911,cbf7b379b495bf2f X-Google-Attributes: gid114911,public X-Google-Thread: 113106,cbf7b379b495bf2f X-Google-Attributes: gid113106,public X-Google-Thread: 10a2ed,cbf7b379b495bf2f X-Google-Attributes: gid10a2ed,public X-Google-Thread: f70d1,cbf7b379b495bf2f X-Google-Attributes: gidf70d1,public From: "SASHA" <sasha@cqc.com> Subject: Re: Do NOT buy from A2Z Computers !!!!!!! Date: 1999/05/17 Message-ID: <ACS%2.5158$M3.130538@news7.ispnews.com> X-Deja-AN: 478910204 References: <OvAItYqn#GA.270@cpmsnbbsa05> <7hoefm$s2f$0@199.201.191.2> X-Priority: 3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-Trace: news7.ispnews.com 926938656 209.43.25.22 (Mon, 17 May 1999 06:57:36 EDT) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 06:57:36 EDT Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim,3dfx.game.support