Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 03:27:42 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 2GB Toshiba PCMCIA Card Hard Drive $12.xx after rebate!
>From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Matt I read through there info on the web site, I talked to the people at >my local store. I came away with a bad taste in my mouth. The fine print >reads you can order a Toshiba 2GB hard drive for 119.99, but they can >change your order to Kingston, or anything else they feel like, and ship it >to you without telling you, they can change the price to anything your card >will take, again without telling you. Now I'm not saying this is what they >are doing, only this is what they feel they can do. Add that to the fact >that it is listed as in stock when you order, and the you get an email >saying it is backorder. I don't do business with people who think they have >a right to treat me in this manor. > >Check the page they are still showing it as in stock and it will ship in 3 >to 4 days. So that is a lie. When the price is to good to be true, it >generally is. You want to give your money to a company that lies to you >right off, go for it my friend. > >http://www.gtwaccessories.com/cgi-bin/pagegen/gtwaccessories/www/page.html?m >ode=itempage&file=/page/itempagev4/itempage.spl&prodID=1881017 > >David Hey David, I'm the first to be suspicious of a lot of what I find in all the fine print in deals like this these days. This one was really convoluted with the end of the offer looming, being out of stock, and the Sept. 15th deadline to post the rebate. Other than the time a novice Gateway tech told my brother to install a 2nd copy of Windows (3.11) in a C:\Windows2 directory that had a team of people locally scrambling to try to clean up the pieces, the vast percentage of my experiences with Gateway in the past 7-8 years now have been extremely positive. I’ve had to help friends get RMAs to return and replace hardware bought separately or with a system that broke down (including 2 HP scanners). I’ve worked with Gateway’s tech support more times than I can begin to remember for many relatives and friends. I’ve ordered accessories from them that have all been top notch pieces of hardware that were very reasonably priced. So considering my history with the company, and the information given to me in Aurora’s mesmerizingly and enchantingly sweet voice, I decided to drop $112.95 down on a calculated gamble. But I certainly wouldn’t want to gamble on ordering a massive lot at this point. The odds to are extremely good that if I got cold feet, and canceled the order by next week, my credit card order would be nullified. I just checked my mail, and received the acknowledgement of the order from Gateway that will serve as my receipt for the rebate. About 3 hours have gone by now since I submitted the order, and at this point I haven’t gotten any email from Gateway like list one Tom got last night: ---------- Thank you for placing your order with Gateway Accessories Store. The following item from your order is currently on backorder. While we cannot deliver the item as quickly as anticipated, we expect to deliver within 30 days. For your convenience, we will alert you by email as soon as additional information is available. ---------- Matt _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
