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Article #7748Re: Don't buy from Comp America
From: Adam Strzebonski
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:00
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 00:00
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Nathan Seymour wrote: > > Adam, where is this company located? Do they have a website? Do they > have an e-mail address. I think your intentions were right, in posting a > warning, but we still > need to watch what we put in print. It's called cover your own ass!:~) > > Regards, > Nathan The company is located in Tuston, CA. Their ad does not contain an URL or an e-mail address. I couldn't find anything about them using internet search engines (I looked if there are any complaints before ordering from them...). I did retract the controversial plural form in the first sentence. My understanding of "a company does something" was "they did it at least once", but if it may be misunderstood that I claim that "they do it all the time" (which I have no way of knowing...) then yes, my formulation was too strong, I should have said: Comp America made $250 on sending me a defective computer and charging me a high restocking fee. The rest of my posting was about my case, is true, and I can prove it. Sure, I wasn't taping my phone conversations with them, and they never sent me a written explanation of the fee they charged me (even though they promissed, and even though I sent them a letter through certified mail). There must be some legal value of what mail-order companies tell you in phone conversations (any legal experts here?), or do I need to install a tape recorder on my phone line before I make the next mail-order purchase? Regards, Adam ----------- Disclaimer: This message reflects my private opinions, and not my employer's. P.S. My message kind of explains why I have no home computer to post from. My experience with Comp America made me rather reluctant to try again to order a computer system... Any good bets among the mail-order companies?
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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: Adam Strzebonski <adams@wolfram.com> Subject: Re: Don't buy from Comp America Date: 1997/09/15 Message-ID: <341D9DEA.6043540D@wolfram.com> X-Deja-AN: 272783983 References: <341ADDEE.47B8072D@wolfram.com> <341D890C.1C14AD24@frontiernet.net> Organization: Wolfram Research, Inc. Newsgroups: misc.consumers,comp.misc.forsale,biz.comp.hardware