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In article <BqvDDt.Mvw@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> engb@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Ben Eng) writes:
>In <1992Jul4.143335.14728@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> jwhite@mta.ca (Jay White) writes:
>
>>In article <1992Jul02.033019.24505@xenitec.on.ca>, eah@xenitec.on.ca (Ed Hew) writes:
>>>In article <1992Jun29.041429.20085@mks.com> andy@mks.com (Andy Toy) writes:
>>>>I got a call last Friday from Telebit saying that Profit Courier would
>>>>be contacting me the week of July 6 to arrange the modem swap.  Looks
>>>>like they finally found someone in Canada to co-ordinate the upgrade.
>>>
>>>  < horror story omitted >
>>> 
>>   I ordered a Worldblazer thru the LP program around the end of April.
>>About a month later, I called Telebit & was told that the modem wouldn't
>>be shipping until mid-June.  Less than a week later, I received a call
>>from the courier (Emery Worldwide) notifying me that the shipment had 
>>arrived.  The shipping charges were $143 Cdn for a package that weighed
>>less than 9 lbs.
>
>I only ordered a Worldblazer via their LPA deal on Tuesday for
>idc.com, but the Telebit sales person's first suggestion was to
>go through the courier of our choice.  If you have an account with
>FedEx, they are quite happy to go that route.  It is not like the
>whole issue is completely out of your own control.
>
I ordered mine to come by snail-mail as I am an individual, and I
resent paying outrageously high brokerage fees.  Telebit ignored and
shipped UPS, I got hit with brokerage  fees ($85) and I has refused
to pay.  You don't get a lot of control.


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