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From: Bill Rubin
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 00:00
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 00:00
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rjs wrote: > > scottm@dds.nl (Scott M.) wrote: > > >Another similar company is: > > >Central Park Computers > > >No mail order here, and no price quotes over the phone. You must go to > >the shop which is located in just outside NYC. They also advertise > >very low prices. > > >The NY Dept. of Consumer Affairs found a pattern of "bait and switch" > >and invoked disciplinary action, according to an article from the NY > >Times. Perhaps someone could fill in the details. > > I was a victim of bait and switch a few years ago at Central Park. I > think they have recently reopened under the Nationwide name. Ads have > beeen appearing in the papers which are almost identical with the old > Central Park and it is a Scarsdale address. I was really thrilled when I saw that Central Park Electronics was advertising a "going out of business sale". Naturally I didn't believe it, but I drove past a few weeks later and sure enough they were gone. Unfortunately, I then saw that they had opened a branch of Nationwide there. Ironically, I had seen Nationwide's ads when they opened in Danbury Ct and said "gee, they look a lot like Central Park Electronics", but when I went into their store they said not. They have the same low priced ads and slimy policies, however. Bill
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107ecf,a55c673dc18cd009 X-Google-Attributes: gid107ecf,public X-Google-Thread: f4e7d,a55c673dc18cd009 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4e7d,public X-Google-Thread: 10675b,a55c673dc18cd009 X-Google-Attributes: gid10675b,public X-Google-Thread: 10cf22,a55c673dc18cd009 X-Google-Attributes: gid10cf22,public X-Google-Thread: 11474a,a55c673dc18cd009 X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public X-Google-Thread: f8c09,a55c673dc18cd009 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8c09,public X-Google-Thread: 107518,a55c673dc18cd009 X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: 102b99,a55c673dc18cd009 X-Google-Attributes: gid102b99,public From: Bill Rubin <rubin@watson.ibm.com> Subject: Re: Warning: computer companies to beware of Date: 1996/11/25 Message-ID: <329A1CAF.446B@watson.ibm.com> X-Deja-AN: 200712531 references: <5724mv$5u4@orion.cybercom.net> <5726fp$gkv@nnrp1.farm.idt.net> to: rjs <tribeca@asan.com> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: nyc.general,misc.consumers,alt.consumers.experiences,ne.forsale,ny.forsale,dc.forsale.computers,misc.forsale.computers.discussion,comp.sys.laptops,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables x-mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; AIX 2)