Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!super!udel!gatech!hubcap!rchampe From: rchampe@hubcap.UUCP (Richard Champeaux) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mail order blues/guide (LONG) Summary: execpt with debit cards!!! Message-ID: <3272@hubcap.UUCP> Date: 18 Oct 88 16:17:06 GMT References: <55@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> <1892@hoqax.UUCP> Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC Lines: 29 In article <1892@hoqax.UUCP>, twb@hoqax.UUCP (T.W. Beattie) writes: > 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! > > > 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. A friend of mine ordered two pieces of software from GO-AMIGA and they sent him eight. Normally that wouldn't be a problem, except he had a debit card. Appearantly with a debit card, the charge gets taken directly from your account. Instead of being charged the $65 he was expecting, over $200 was taken out of his account. It took him about a month to get it straightened out. Being a college student, he didn't have much more than $250 in his account, so the checks he had written bounced, and he had to put off paying some of his bills untill his account was credited. He chose to straighten it out through GO-AMIGA, but I sure if he had gone through his bank, it would have been quicker. Still, by the time he received the package and discovered the error, the money was already gone, causing him to bounce checks for which he had to pay service charges. Rich Champeaux Clemson University