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*** Don't buy from SPECTRUM TRADING!!!

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From: Alex Czarto
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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From: alex@tydac.com (Alex Czarto)
Subject: *** Don't buy from SPECTRUM TRADING!!!
Date: 1996/06/12
Message-ID: <4pmrh4$mbc@master.ftn.net>
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organization: TYDAC Technologies Inc
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