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Article #33Re: Watford Electronics ripped me off.. full story to follow. <--- Beware of them...
From: Bill Jillians
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 00:00
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After great soul searching and breast beating Nigel J. Carron <njc- 2@dial.pipex.com> chose in article <$2FYbDArYCi1YwgU@dial.pipex.com> to take the following policy decision:- >In article <aSBHTCAsDBi1EwOq@Islington-bbs.com>, Edward Cowling ><ecowling@Islington-bbs.com> writes >>But lets face it, these cheapo places are low margin, pile it high and >>sell it cheap guys. I buy from such placed myself, and accept that in >>the event of problems I'm not going to get 5 star support !! >> >>You get what you pay for. > >No - what Watford appear to be doing is worse than that - they are >verging on fraudulant from what has been posted many times before.. Many >mail order companies have a poor/slow returns/repair service, and as you >rightly say you get what you pay for.. However no one has paid Watford >for acting like cowboys & thieves.. Acting like a cowboy is often acceptable business behaviour. Companies do not usually act like thieves, however, unless they are staring bankrupcy in the face. BJ. -- Bill Jillians | Glos Yokel | Web: http://www.ratcake.mcmail.com (So spam me, baby) | @Geordieland | mailto:Sam.Sherret@mcmail.com >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^< > This is as strange a maze as e'er men trod, And there is in this < > business more than nature was ever conduct of. Tmpst: 5.1.245-6 <
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fe0e9,5a0013aa96dd0c45 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe0e9,public X-Google-Thread: f4fa0,5a0013aa96dd0c45 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fa0,public X-Google-Thread: 1057da,5a0013aa96dd0c45 X-Google-Attributes: gid1057da,public X-Google-Thread: f5142,5a0013aa96dd0c45 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5142,public From: Bill Jillians <Sam.Sherret@mcmail.com> Subject: Re: Watford Electronics ripped me off.. full story to follow. <--- Beware of them... Date: 1998/06/18 Message-ID: <ZzqN$wAHxJi1IwVy@mcmail.com> X-Deja-AN: 363777503 References: <35844ce9.4659184@nntp.netcom.net.uk> <aSBHTCAsDBi1EwOq@Islington-bbs.com> <$2FYbDArYCi1YwgU@dial.pipex.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: 18 Jun 1998 07:45:41 GMT, 195.44.14.31 Organization: Something Appropriately Dry. Newsgroups: uk.comp.vendors,demon.adverts,uk.adverts.computer,uk.comp.misc