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Re: Don't buy from Comp America

#7743
From: Tom Porter
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 00:00
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And yet, again, you've missed the point - It could be True - He could
have bought the stuff for his employer

What has he said to you ?  Anything? Possibly nothing to say?

I got the point - Hope you do - You've only made YOUR point

Jason Dulnev wrote:
> 
> Tom Porter <mendonet@zapcom.net> wrote:
> 
> >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?
> 
> Again you missed my point. I'm not defending the company, I was simply
> pointing out to Adam that certain type of unsupported statements could
> get him in trouble. There are thousands of ways to complain about
> companies' products/services without getting in trouble with law. You
> can express your opinions in any form you want, but when you make a
> public statement accusing a company of criminal activities you better
> make sure you can support it if you're taken to court. I informed Adam
> of this fact simply to protect him from himself. BTW, the really
> stupid thing he did was post his  statement from his employer's
> account. Many people have lost jobs this way.
> 
> >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!!"
> >
> 
> 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

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From: Tom Porter <mendonet@zapcom.net>
Subject: Re: Don't buy from Comp America
Date: 1997/09/14
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