Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:23996 comp.sys.apple:7930 comp.sys.atari.st:11883 comp.sys.cbm:1805 comp.sys.ibm.pc:20266 comp.sys.mac:21580 Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!jtsv16!uunet!super!udel!rochester!cornell!mailrus!ames!oliveb!amdahl!dwl10 From: dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Mail order blues/guide (LONG) Keywords: IMPORTANT for ALL Message-ID: Date: 13 Oct 88 18:35:43 GMT Article-I.D.: amdahl.c1bvN42Y=51010ZLZCc References: <55@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> Reply-To: dwl10@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Houston TX Lines: 31 Another way to get back at dishonest/shoddy mail order merchandisers is to write the magazines they advertise in. I had problems with a now defunct mail order house that advertised in COMPUTE! magazine. After several frustrating months, I wrote COMPUTE!. A few weeks later I got a call from COMPUTE! saying that they had checked into the problem, and a refund was on it's way. Two days later, I received my refund from the mail order house! If you hit the vendor where it hurts, you often get results! 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! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- "This isn't Heaven, this is Cleveland!!!!" Dave Lowrey Amdahl Corp. Houston, Texas (713)-850-8828 ...!{ames,sun,decwrl,uunet,....}!amdahl!dwl10 [ The opinions expressed be those of the author and not necessarily those of his most eminent employer. ]