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Re: Has any one here......?

#632828
From: Tom Ciaramitaro
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 00:00
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xl...@juno.com wrote:
> 
> If you order from www.onsale.com, good luck getting your order.  I
> have had
> problems getting my merchandise.
> 
> If you order from www.onsale.com, good luck getting your order.  I
> have had
> problems getting my merchandise.
> 
> They charged me $17.90 to ship to 2 keyboards.  A lot of money.  After
> 3
> weeks, one keyboard arrived with a bill for two.  I never recieved the
> second keyboard.
> After calling them, at my expense since they do not have an 800 number
> and
> they do not accept collect calls, they gave me 2 shipping numbers
> since
> they claimed to have sent them separately.  I contacted the shipping
> company and they said the two numbers are invalid.  I sent email to
> their
> customer support and they said:  "if you have not received the 2nd
> unit we
> will trace and reship, there
> are NO REFUNDS."
> 
> Who knows, maybe I'll get it, but its several weeks and for the price
> I
> paid for shipping, I should have received it within a few days.
> 
> keywords:  www.onsale.com  onsale.com onsale  problem scam never buy
> from
> where is my keyboard
> 
> On 24 Jun 1997 18:30:23 GMT, Shpsh...@aol.com (Adam B.) wrote:
> 
> >Over the last 18 months, I've purchased about a dozen or so items through
> >OnSale, either from OnSale itself, or a vendor they represent. With the
> >exception of CRA Systems of Waco, Texas, I've been happy with every
> >purchase. (The 17" monitor I bought from CRA arrived DOA, as did the
> >replacement, and _I_ had to pay for the shipping of these 60 pound
> >packages back to Waco. Not fun. They made _some_ restitution, but it was
> >no fun, and I was without a monitor for a few days.) For the most part,
> >every item was a savings over retail. Memory was especially cheap; I paid
> >$65 for a pair of 8-Meg DIMMs for a Macintosh when the normal price was
> >about $50 for one. I just bought a new hard drive for about 15% less than
> >retail and it arrived in two business days. They give you an email
> >"invoice" that even includes the carrier's tracking number. I say if you
> >would normally buy it mail order and have it shipped to you, place a bid.
> >I'm just not buying anything over 20 lbs. again. And nothing, EVER, from
> >CRA. One guy's opinion, your mileage may vary.
> >
> >In article <01bc796e$dfc4a060$459a51d1@default>, "Lawrence Watson"
> ><knl...@stratos.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone here ever bought computers or parts from onsale.com? and if so,
> >> how was their delivery? Was it as good a bargain as it seemed?
> >
> >--
> >Adam B. Mark
> >ABM...@advn.com
> >
> >? WHAT?
> >Ready.
> >>

I've had success in dealing with them so far.  No problems.  I did
notice lots of refurbished items that are selling close to new retail
prices.  Can't figure out peoples' reasoning there.

-- 

-Tom

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Subject: Re: Has any one here......?
Date: 1997/07/05
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