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Re: Beware: CompUSA Hard Drive theft! Don't buy there!

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From: Moss Agate
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:00
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In article <37569810.7A767D11@inter.net.il>,
  Dan Aloni <danaloni@inter.net.il> wrote:
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> Hello everyone.
>
> 2 month ago, the CompUSA store at Broadway NYC, stole $407 from me.
>
> In April 2nd, while I was touring New York City, I entered the store
and
> bought a brand new Westren Digital 20.4GB hard drive, at the second
> floor.
>
> When I came back to my home country, I found out that the hard drive
in
> the box, was an old 270MB Quantum!!! My face turned red when I
realized
> what has been done to me.
>
> Well, it, of course ruined my lovely 3 weeks vacation.I can do nothing
> about it. I am here, and the store is on the other side of the world.
> The only thing I can do, is to warn you not to buy there anything.
> Please don't repeat the same mistake I did.
>
> Dan Aloni,  danaloni@inter.net.il

It now occurs to me that we have not gotten any replies and/or further
information from Dan Anoli and that he didn't intend to read any of our
posts. It's probably time to hang it up.

I probably overreacted in my original response, but then I've found the
local CompUSA here to have some pretty lame help, with "used car
salesmen" mentalities.

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Moss
MossAgate gathers no rolling stones


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Subject: Re: Beware: CompUSA Hard Drive theft! Don't buy there!
Date: 1999/06/08
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