Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bryan From: bryan@cs.utexas.edu (Bryan Bayerdorffer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mail order blues/guide (LONG) Message-ID: <3584@cs.utexas.edu> Date: 14 Oct 88 05:32:18 GMT References: <55@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.utexas.edu Reply-To: bryan@cs.utexas.edu Organization: Spam Detection & Removal Squad, Austin, TX Lines: 30 Spam-Content: Negligible In article dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) writes: =- =-Another remedy to the "They charged my card, but I waited 9999 weeks before =-the product showed up..." problem is to order COD. You pay a feeS&d&~, but =-if your order is several hunderd dollars, the fee is less than 9 weeks of =-interest on your money! =- And if the merchandise is defective, then you're screwed, because they've got your CASH, and you've got a widget that doesn't widge. No thanks-- I order by credit card whenever possible. If the merchant doesn't ship within 30 days, I can call my bank and have them cancel the charge, and if they send me stuff that's broken or isn't what I ordered, I can send it back and do the same. The point is, with a credit card, it's MY money until I agree to pay, or until an independent arbiter (i.e. judge) tells me I have to pay in the case of a dispute. This is the service you are buying by paying the extra 2-5% for a credit card purchase. Your bank is on your side, since you have a more personal relationship with them than does the merchant. You can take your credit card business elsewhere, but the merchant cannot, if he wants to continue to accept that card. If the bank is not on your side, it sucks--find another bank, and tell the old one why you are doing so. You'll be doing its remaining customers a favor. PS: What the fuck is c1bvN42Y=51010ZLZCc anyway? ______________________________________________________________________________ /_____/_____/_____/_____/_____/_____/_____/_____/_____/_____/_____/_____/_____/ |_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____| _No dark sarcasm in the classroom|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|___ |____Teachers leave the kids alone__|_____|_____|_____|_bryan@cs.utexas.edu___| ___|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|{ihnp4,seismo,...}!cs.utexas.edu!bryan_ |_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|_____|