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From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: MAIL ORDERS  (Priority-1)
Message-ID: <1246@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-May-85 12:24:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 13 12:24:17 1985
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A friend who has had numerous problems with mail order vendors came up
with a satisfactory solution which has worked well for him since:

Always order COD.  The small extra charge is worth it because you don't
have to pay until at least a box comes.  I'm not sure if the USPS or
UPS will let you open the box before paying, but at least you don't
have to deal with non-shipment.

Many firms refuse to accept COD orders because they are so marginally
capitalized they can't afford the cash-flow problems.  Since these are
the very firms with the worst record of filling orders, demanding COD
tends to select out vendors with problems.  I suspect relatively few
mail order problems are the result of deliberate malice aforethought,
but rather come from incompentence, desperation of a failing concern, or
both.
-- 
D Gary Grady
Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC  27706
(919) 684-3695
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