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Re: Any uBid dealings?

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From: julius
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 23:09
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I tried to bid on their products, but every time when the bidding
was almost over the minimum bidding price was so high that
it didn't make sense to bid.Tried it for 2 weeks and couldn't
get a bargain.Ebay is better.



Eric wrote:

>   I was wondering if anyone has had any dealing with uBid.com (both bad
> and good).  The reason is that they advertised a product as new.  My bid
>
> was accepted and confirmed.  When I got the product the packaging was
> clearly labeled as reburished.  When I called their customer support the
>
> most they were willing to do was to accept the return of the unit for a
> refund or offer a $25 coupon at their store.  I don't know about anyone
> else, but I wouldn't buy anything at a store that had just deceived me.
> When I asked to speak with a manager, he upped the coupon to $50 but was
>
> unwilling to send a new unit as was advertised or cover the price
> difference between what I paid and what a new unit would go for (turns
> out to be approx $25).  The manager went on to state that it was their
> mistake and that they don't review all of the product descriptions.  So
> something listed as new might very well be refurbished. Unfortunately I
> didn't look at resellerratings.com before ordering otherwise I wouldn't
> have placed a bid.
>
> thanks in advance.....
> Eric
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