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Article #8*** Don't buy from SPECTRUM TRADING!!!
From: Alex Czarto
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 00:00
Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 00:00
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I recently connected to Spectrum Trading's WWW site, and saw what seemed like a really good deal: A CPU upgrade that will upgrade any 486 CPU to Pentium75 power all for $125. I decided to purchase the product. I called their 1-800 number, placed my order, and they told me my credit card would be charged for $125 + taxes + some minor shipping charges. I waited a week, then when my package arrived, I was shocked out of my pants when the UPS devivery guy said that I had to pay a $57 shipping charge! $57?! On a $125 product?! Couldn't be. So I called Spectrum again, and asked what was going on. They said that a $57 charge was *NORMAL* and that that's how things were. They said I could get my $125 back for the product, but I'd still have to pay the $57 shipping plus whatever it costs me to send it back to them. I asked them why they didn't tell me about this massive cost, and they said, once again, that that's the way things are and that they assumed I knew. I asked why they couldn't have sent me the package through regular surface mail, and they said that that's impossible, that it could only be sent by UPS (Funny, I can send packages anywhere I want with a few bucks of postage). Anyway, this message was to warn people before they fall into the same trap I did. (BTW, this is just my experience with this company. Has anyone else delt with them? Good/Bad experiences?). Ciao! -Alex
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10fcc9,edfb062930406486,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10fcc9,public X-Google-Thread: 10cf22,edfb062930406486,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10cf22,public X-Google-Thread: 10b974,edfb062930406486,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10b974,public X-Google-Thread: 1068cb,edfb062930406486,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1068cb,public X-Google-Thread: fd80c,edfb062930406486,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfd80c,public X-Google-Thread: f55c0,edfb062930406486,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf55c0,public X-Google-Thread: 106310,edfb062930406486,start X-Google-Attributes: gid106310,public X-Google-Thread: f8175,edfb062930406486,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf8175,public From: alex@tydac.com (Alex Czarto) Subject: *** Don't buy from SPECTRUM TRADING!!! Date: 1996/06/12 Message-ID: <4pmrh4$mbc@master.ftn.net> X-Deja-AN: 159801241 organization: TYDAC Technologies Inc newsgroups: ott.forsale.computing,achilles.forsale,ak.forsale,alt.forsale,alt.internet.forsale,cor.forsale,dc.forsale.computers,dc.forsale.misc,delaware.forsale,dfw.forsale,dungeon.forsale,pei.forsale,pgh.forsale,aol.commerce.computers.forsale