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From: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: $69 / megabyte!
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Date: 17 Jan 90 03:21:13 GMT
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In article <12871@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> stuart@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (S. D. Ericson) 

>The problem with Chip Merchant and some other firms is that they will
>NOT accept Visa (or any other plastic).  As it turned out, Peripheral
>Outlet of Ada, OK had a price that was almost equivalent to Chip
>Merchant AFTER the 3% surcharge for Visa and the shipping charge.
>
>I don't like paying a company before I get merchandise, and the
>charge cards DO give protection
>
>Stuart "5 Meg Mac" Ericson
>-- 
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A note on this.  I had the same discomfort the first time (of many since)
that I palced an order with the Chip Merchant.  I asked at my bank, and
they said that it is possible to stop payment on a certified check; that
all the certification says is that the money was there and was set aside,
but it can still be withheld.

So, you have some time (at least a couple of days) to check things out.

Josh
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