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Article #38Re: Watford Electronics ripped me off.. full story to follow. <--- Beware of them...
From: Bill Jillians
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 00:00
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After great soul searching and breast beating Ernest <ernest@noelsys.demon.co.uk> chose in article <898195422snz@noelsys.demo n.co.uk> to take the following policy decision:- >In article <ZzqN$wAHxJi1IwVy@mcmail.com> > Sam.Sherret@mcmail.com "Bill Jillians" writes: > >> Acting like a cowboy is often acceptable business behaviour. > >I am convinced that some companies take the line of >a) do nothing >b) wait for a court summons >c) only after b), pay up incl court costs and interest, etc. > >They assume that most won't bother persuing to court summons >level, so even after paying the extra costs of a court summnos >they are quids in. > >The trick is not to wait ages on giving them umpteen months >and many broken promises. Give them say 7 days to refund >money in the event of faulty goods. Then after 7 days bite the >bullet and issue the small claims. > I think that the crazy firms are more interesting to talk about. (a) Send out goods or do servicing. (b) Do not ask for money. (c) Do nothing further. Quite what these guys are playing at is anyones guess. BJ -- Bill Jillians | Glos Yokel | Web: http://www.ratcake.mcmail.com (So spam me, baby) | @Geordieland | mailto:Sam.Sherret@mcmail.com >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^< > This is as strange a maze as e'er men trod, And there is in this < > business more than nature was ever conduct of. Tmpst: 5.1.245-6 <
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f5142,5a0013aa96dd0c45 X-Google-Attributes: gidf5142,public X-Google-Thread: fe0e9,5a0013aa96dd0c45 X-Google-Attributes: gidfe0e9,public X-Google-Thread: 1057da,5a0013aa96dd0c45 X-Google-Attributes: gid1057da,public X-Google-Thread: f4fa0,5a0013aa96dd0c45 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fa0,public From: Bill Jillians <Sam.Sherret@mcmail.com> Subject: Re: Watford Electronics ripped me off.. full story to follow. <--- Beware of them... Date: 1998/06/19 Message-ID: <$wPijFAiFfi1Iwws@mcmail.com> X-Deja-AN: 364252726 References: <35844ce9.4659184@nntp.netcom.net.uk> <ZzqN$wAHxJi1IwVy@mcmail.com> <898195422snz@noelsys.demon.co.uk> X-Trace: 19 Jun 1998 18:41:43 GMT, 172.16.1.2 Organization: Something Appropriately Dry. MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: uk.comp.vendors,demon.adverts,uk.adverts.computer,uk.comp.misc