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Article #2140Re: OT:(ish)COMET "CREDIT" - BEWARE!!!! Dixons are the same
From: GH
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 18:17
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 18:17
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I only bought it from Dixons because of the buy now pay later option, which as it turns out wasnt the offer anyway! usually i woulnt touch them with a barge pole "loz" <lawrence@nospam.wilkesworld.co.uk> wrote in message news:9l3irj$bpm$1@neptunium.btinternet.com... > > "GH" <mrblonde@YourBra.sundissential.co.uk> wrote in message news:DQZc7.12819$pv6.800377@news1.cableinet.net... > > In January I bought a Sony DV Cam from Dixons, i was told buy now pay in > > 2002... duely bought said item for �1100, with a �100 deposit..... > > Got the credit agreement thru from HFC Bank, and after reading it through it > > suddenly dawned on me that all was not well. > > Anyway cutting a long story short the deal was Interest free NOT buy now pay > > later, i've gotta pay �35 month until December then they chuck a bill for > > the final balance at me otherwise its onto interest payments! > > > > > > > > > > They had their chance though, I suggested that in the interest of goodwill > > > they could waiver the amount of the interest as I was certain it was a > > > mistake on their part that cost me, their customer, this money. > > > The last laugh is on Comet, every time I walk right past their door to > > line > > > the pockets of their competition. > > > > > > Please approach these situations with > > > caution!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > I am sorry you guys had hard time at Dixons and Currys, but it does beg the question of why anyone buys anything from > these stores. > > The poor service from these stores seems such common knowledge that I find it amazing that folks who are able to come > and surf these groups and post comments, are at the same time gullible enough to get suckered in by their sales staff. > My god, what were you even doing in there in the first place? > > Is the British public that lazy that even though they are almost certain to have a friend, relative, colleague or > neighbour with a Dixons/Comet/Currys/Powerhouse/etc horror story, yet STILL they go there like lemings just because they > are convenient? > > It is not like it is hard to find a thoroughly reputable retailer like John Lewis. > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 114ca4,281081b21140ef60 X-Google-Attributes: gid114ca4,public X-Google-Thread: 10f73f,281081b21140ef60 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f73f,public X-Google-Thread: 11474a,281081b21140ef60 X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public X-Google-Thread: f8fb7,281081b21140ef60 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8fb7,public X-Google-Thread: f827e,281081b21140ef60 X-Google-Attributes: gidf827e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-11 11:36:03 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news-hub.cableinet.net!blueyonder!internal-news-hub.cableinet.net!news1.cableinet.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "GH" <mrblonde@YourBra.sundissential.co.uk> Newsgroups: alt.consumers,alt.consumers.experiences,free.uk.trade.electrical,uk.media.dvd,uk.people.consumers References: <sfYc7.15610$tq.1706855@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <DQZc7.12819$pv6.800377@news1.cableinet.net> <9l3irj$bpm$1@neptunium.btinternet.com> Subject: Re: OT:(ish)COMET "CREDIT" - BEWARE!!!! Dixons are the same Lines: 56 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: <EEed7.18365$pv6.1412018@news1.cableinet.net> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 18:17:08 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.31.162.12 X-Complaints-To: http://www.blueyonder.co.uk/abuse X-Trace: news1.cableinet.net 997553828 62.31.162.12 (Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:17:08 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 19:17:08 BST Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder)