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Consumer Strikes Back at Crooked Online Retailer
BigBadLad writes "Seems like customers are at a huge disadvantage when dealing with dishonest retailers. This is the story of a man who had a horrible experience with an online camera retailer. In short he was lied to, yelled at, and threatened to be sued if he posted the experience on his blog. He was also persuaded to sign an agreement that would allow the retailer to charge him an extra $100 if he left bad feedback."
we could just slashdot their site /.
Did he hit them with CAPS LOCK or sumthin'?
They got to you too! Blink twice if it's the Mafia.
Q: What did the comedian say to the crowd?
A: If I knew, this joke would be funny.
It's pretty funny, in Update #2, this Steve Phillips guy is complaining about the tactics of flooding his stores phone lines. That was before it hit /.'s front page. If he thought it was bad before, he's in for a world of shit now.
From the PriceRitePhoto website... "What are the benefits of registration? As a registered customer, you become entitled to special discount schemes and promotional pricing offers. These schemes would become available to you not only on orders you place at our web store but also to orders through other channels."
My mom had the same experience. She placed a $800 camera order and was called that day to "confirm her address", at which point they proceeded to try and sell her a $150 warranty and other expensive accessories. Once she refused, they suddenly informed her the product was out of stock, but they later said they could get it to her by Friday if she paid for a $150 warranty. She tried to cancel and they said there would be a $40 restocking fee (for restocking the product they didn't have).
To which my response would be: "Hm. That's more than twice what my bank charges for a Stop Payment."
My name is Steve Phillips, and I am both the manager of PriceRitePhoto and an attorny! Posting this article on Slashdot is illegal, and I will sue you! I will call the CEO of your company and show him this article. I'm going to call your local police and have two officers come over and arrest you. You have no idea who you are dealing with. Your tactics of slashdotting our website is illegal and you should expect to hear from the FBI within short! You'd better get this through your thick skull!
.... but my camera's still on order.
OS Software is like love: The best way to make it grow is to give it away.
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Anyone else notice how many times B&H came up positively in comments? Makes me wonder if they're really good- (there's a PICTURE of their nice storefront & the comments tend to be good ones/not entirely focused on praising B&H) or if they put a lot of effort into "viral marketing".
Well, you're trying to teach them a lesson they won't forget, so it's good!
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Oh no, they're doomed! I bet those mafia types are shitting their pants in case some geek whines about them in his blog!