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Article #443Re: AVOID TigerDirect's Amquest Rockwell AM56HCFSP modem!!!
From: Mike Berger
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 00:00
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Because margins on this stuff are very low and a customer who needs that much support on a $ 40 item, which he then wants to return after the specified return period, will probably never make a profitable purchase from them. I agree that the company should extend that time if you make a bona fide attempt to get things to work with their technicians, but it's not clear that you made timely efforts (30 days is a lot of time) or arranged it with anybody until after the fact. Brian Dierks wrote: > although I agree that you can't expect much for a $40. modem, I would have > to say that TigerDirect's refusal to refund your money is also a silly > business decision. > > why upset a customer over a $40 modem. just refund the money and hope that > you'll do business again another day with them.
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