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In article <7jgnnt$q15$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  mallyman@net-endeavors.com wrote:
> more than likely what happened is that some idiot in their returns
took
> back that 270 meg drive and they repackaged it...
>
> i heard of a group of kids (and adults) who would purchase 8-10 gb
> drives and replace them with similiar looking 500 meg ones and then
> return them...   Best Buy now askes for a drivers license and has one
> of the techs check the model numbers on the box to the hard drive
> itselcf..  i found this out after returning a 4.5gb drive a year or so
> ago when i realized i did not need it...
>
> or...  it could also be the manf of the drive or ANYONE down the
> distrubution channel doing it...
>
> r
>
> In article <7j68kr$io7$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
>   Moss Agate <mossagate@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > 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
> > >
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> > >
> > This is called fraud and is against the law in the US. There must be
> > something you can do about it. I don't know who can give you the
best
> > advice on this. Hopefully you have notified CompUSA. If they refused
> to
> > do anything, you should talk to someone higher up and probably also
> call
> > the better business bureau. Is there an American Embassy where you
> live?
> > Maybe they can direct you to the correct agencies to help
investigate
> > this fraudulent practice. Please don't take this sitting down. $400
is
> > quite a bit of money and they have committed a criminal offense. I
am
> > not a lawyer and have not had to deal with such an issue myself but
I
> > know there must be a solution that would give you recompense.
> >
> > I hope someone who knows specifically how you can successfully deal
> with
> > this will post to you and give you guidance.
> >
> > I never thought CompUSA was a particularly good company, but I
didn't
> > know they would stoop to this.
> >
> > And if the drive was a supposed "return" in which a customer bought
> one
> > product and then put the lesser product in the box and returned it,
I
> > still think it falls on CompUSA to make sure the correct product and
> > parts are in the box before they put it on the shelf again.
> >
> > I wish you very much good luck in this matter and am sorry for your
> bad
> > experience here in the US.


this reminds me of the old Miniscribe scandal. Many moons ago when
Miniscribe existed, the CEO and CFO saw that they were going to go
under. So the ramped up production and sent out outrageous sales
projections. when the stock got high enough, they sold all theirs. BUT:
the cost of production was so hight, to last long enough, they ordered
that the drive boxes be sent packaged with a brick instead of a drive.
They went to jail, of course, but fraud like that gets 5 years or so in
low security (Club Fed)

hehe, I still have one of those packaged bricks. quite a collector's
item... but an expensive one. no refunds on a bankruptcy...


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