Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!twitch!hoqax!twb
From: twb@hoqax.UUCP (T.W. Beattie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mail order blues/guide (LONG)
Message-ID: <1892@hoqax.UUCP>
Date: 17 Oct 88 13:56:34 GMT
References: <55@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> <c1bvN42Y=51010ZLZCc@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Reply-To: twb@hoqax.UUCP (T.W. Beattie)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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In article <c1bvN42Y=51010ZLZCc@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> 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!


You are under no obligation to pay a credit card bill for merchandise you
haven't received.
Simply write a brief explanation on the bill, subtract the amount and pay the
rest.
Same for returned/damaged/etc. merchandise.