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Article #812Re: Beware: CompUSA Hard Drive theft! Don't buy there!
From: Moss Agate
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 00:00
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 00:00
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In article <45B53.1916$0c5.1397@nntp0.chicago.il.ameritech.net>, "Robby K." <robkem@mailbag.net> wrote: > > Gerry <shootmeanote@hotmail.com.nospam> wrote in message > news:3756b7e4.13405616@news... > > On Thu, 03 Jun 1999 15:19:49 GMT, zzz@b.com (zzz) wrote: > > > > >If you bought a brand new hard drive, it should have come in a package > > >that was factory sealed. If it was factory sealed, then the problem > > >probably originated at the manufacturer and not at COMP USA. If it was > > >not factory sealed, then I think you were very foolish to leave the > > >store without inspecting the contents of the package. > > > > There have been reports that at some CompUSA stores, shrinkwrapping > > returned merchandise and putting them back on the shelves is the norm. > > I heard of people who shrink wrap boxes at home and return them back to the > store. Who knows what is placed in those re-sealed boxes... > > Any store that shrink wraps returns should be obligated to check the mechandise before putting it on the shelf. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;-) Moss MossAgate gathers no rolling stones Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4d7c,51aab829ca848b2d X-Google-Attributes: gidf4d7c,public X-Google-Thread: f70d1,51aab829ca848b2d X-Google-Attributes: gidf70d1,public X-Google-Thread: 1002bf,51aab829ca848b2d X-Google-Attributes: gid1002bf,public X-Google-Thread: f5f89,51aab829ca848b2d X-Google-Attributes: gidf5f89,public From: Moss Agate <mossagate@my-deja.com> Subject: Re: Beware: CompUSA Hard Drive theft! Don't buy there! Date: 1999/06/04 Message-ID: <7j7ihf$26v$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Deja-AN: 485510019 References: <37569810.7A767D11@inter.net.il> <375798af.4709303@news.erols.com> <3756b7e4.13405616@news> <45B53.1916$0c5.1397@nntp0.chicago.il.ameritech.net> X-Http-Proxy: 1.1 x23.deja.com:80 (Squid/1.1.22) for client 209.214.168.221 Organization: Deja.com - Share what you know. Learn what you don't. X-Article-Creation-Date: Fri Jun 04 03:52:17 1999 GMT Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,ba.market.computers X-Http-User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Windows 98; BellSouth.net)