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From: langz@eng.sun.com (Lang Zerner)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Wireless Phonejak
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Date: 22 Nov 90 00:57:48 GMT
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X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 840, Message 2 of 12


In article <14859@accuvax.nwu.edu> irv@happym.wa.com writes:

>In <14772@accuvax.nwu.edu> gws@cblph.att.com (Gary W Sanders) writes:

>>In the latest Damark catalog I ran across an interesting telephone
>>gizmo:  Wireless phonejak by Phonex.

>I have ordered a few things from Damark and based on that experience
>would caution you to stay away.  Everything -- CDs to skates to phone
>to floor lamps -- that I got from them was of low quality.

In defense of Damark, the two pieces of furniture that I've ordered
from them were not of the *highest* quality, but they were
satisfactory.  After inadvertently ordering the wrong size futon
mattress, they had a straightforward return policy (I shipped it back,
they refunded; simple enough).  I later ordered a folding frame for
the futon which seems to be of decent quality.  The instructions for
assembling it were written by someone whose native language was not
English; they were unusable, but I was able to figure out the process.

In my experience, Damark is not a "sleazeball" store, but a typical
mail-order "bargain basement" store.  Their prices are reasonable, but
you don't get frills.

I know this message has only the most indirect connection to telecom,
but since an emphatically negative opinion was braodcast in the
Digest, I felt it only fair to provide some tempering evidence.  I
have no affiliation with Damark other than as a customer.

Be seeing you...

 ==Lang

langz@prodigal.sun.com 415/594-9268