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From: du4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Ted Goldstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: MacProducts USA and MC or Visa
Message-ID: <1389@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 21 Dec 88 16:09:43 GMT
References: <18463@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: du4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Ted Goldstein)
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In article <18463@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> cad@rocket.ssl.berkeley.edu (Carl Dobson) writes:
>I ordered some memory from MacProducts USA Friday 12/9.  When
>they didn't show up by today, I gave them a call.  It turns out
>that they are having some problem with Mastercard and Visa orders
>and can't fill them.  They've been telling people this since
>last week, but if you ordered before then, and haven't called
>them, you should.  I gave them my American Express card number
>and they said they'd ship today.
>
>Standard disclaimer.  I'm not yet a satisfied customer, though.

I had the same problem. I ordered on 12/12, and they said it would 
in two days. I called back on 12/19 and they said they could no
longer honor Visa orders. I don't have a American Express so they
offered to send it C.O.D. without any C.O.D. charge, and gave me
a 2% discount ofr the trouble. I guess that they handlled this fairly,
but I was a little disturbed that they were not going to call
customers, but rather wait for them to call in, I am waiting to
see if the delivery man will actually know that I am not supposed to
pay C.O.D. charges. I guess something like this must be a real
blow to a mail order house. All in all think I am a satisfied customer,
but I'll know for sure when I get my 100 disks in my greedy little hands...

Ted Goldstein              du4@mace.cc.purdue.edu
School of Technology
Purdue University