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Article #7738Re: Don't buy from Comp America
From: Tom Porter
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:00
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Replying to the 2nd of Duplicate Post - You missed my Point: Not if it's what happened to him (ie: the Truth), it's not. Hopefully he will keep us informed - I HATE SCAMS / SCAMMERS You're not defending them are you? Have you bought from them? Jason Dulnev wrote: > > Tom you completely missed my point. It's a great service to others to > warn about bad experiences with companies and it's one of the purposes > of the misc.consumers newsgroup, BUT read again the statement Adam > made that I quoted. He directly accuses that company of criminal > conduct: "Comp America is a mail-order company that makes money > by sending out broken computer systems." It maybe true or not, but > unless he can prove it with more than one fact it is dangerous to make > such statements. > > Tom Porter <mendonet@zapcom.net> wrote: > > >But think if it's 'True' Jason, what a Service Warning Us, he's doing! > > > >With all the talk on the Internet about Freedoms, I'd think that Adam > >has a right to say 'his' side of what happened > > >Jason Dulnev wrote: > >> > >> Adam Strzebonski <adams@wolfram.com> wrote: > >> > >> >Comp America is a mail-order company that makes money > >> >by sending out broken computer systems, and charging > >> >a high restocking fee on returns. > >> > >> If I were you, I wouldn't make such strong statement in a public forum > >> unless you had plenty of evidence to back them up. It's one thing to > >> complain about company's service or products. It's quite another thing > >> to state that a company engages in criminal activities. You could > >> easily be sued for libel. Posting such a statement from an employer's > >> (Wolfram) e-mail account is beyond stupid and can get you fired in a > >> second. > >> ANTI-SPAM measures in place. Remove ANTI-SPAM to e-mail. > >> > >> Jason Dulnev > >> dulnev@ANTI-SPAM.jhu.edu > >> For great Int'l Long Distance rates visit http://ld.net/?dulnev > > ANTI-SPAM measures in place. Remove ANTI-SPAM to e-mail. > > Jason Dulnev > dulnev@ANTI-SPAM.jhu.edu > For great Int'l Long Distance rates visit http://ld.net/?dulnev --- Hal 9000 - "Put down those Windows disks Dave.... Dave? DAVE!!"
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f8e37,71dda878db6945e8 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8e37,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,71dda878db6945e8 X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: fb8d6,71dda878db6945e8 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb8d6,public From: Tom Porter <mendonet@zapcom.net> Subject: Re: Don't buy from Comp America Date: 1997/09/14 Message-ID: <341BD049.6E90@zapcom.net> X-Deja-AN: 272368772 References: <341ADDEE.47B8072D@wolfram.com> <5vfbgh$9hb@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net> <341B83A2.7F99@zapcom.net> <5vg3k8$rld@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> Reply-To: mendonet@zapcom.net Organization: Hotel California Newsgroups: misc.consumers,comp.misc.forsale,biz.comp.hardware