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- From: tcolgan@mail.eden.com (Terry Colgan)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Support is a waste of time &money......................................
- Date: Tue, 12 Mar 96 04:10:35 GMT
- Organization: Adhesive Media, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4i2tg5$45d@boris.eden.com>
- References: <4hlbo5$857@news-1.starnet.net> <952.6639T1139T520@crl.com> <4hv72f$mh1@clarknet.clark.net> <3144BAD7.7E84@u.washington.edu>
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- I'm working w/ USR tech support right now via email. Send an email to
- support@usr.com. Put 0000 (4 zeros) as the subject and USR's robot will
- direct it to human eyes. No, they haven't solved my problem, but it's nice to
- know there's a way to get an email response.
-
- Terry
-
- In article <3144BAD7.7E84@u.washington.edu>,
- Victor Shaw <casio@u.washington.edu> wrote:
- >L. Gray Miller wrote:
- >>
- >> In article <952.6639T1139T520@crl.com>, joewald@crl.com says...
- >> >
- >> >
- >> >>If you have to contact USR Support for your new modem, then expect to
- >> sit on
- >> >>the phone for at least 20 mins unless you call at 8:00 AM Central
- >> time then
- >> >>its only
- >> >>10 mins. I have called USR Support at least six times and have spent
- >> over
- >> >>$23 in long distance charges and I have returned the modem once for
- >> a fix
- >> >>and then returned the modem for replacement because the fix did not
- >> fix the
- >> >>problem and now with the replaced modem I still have the same
- >> problem. I
- >> >>even tried the internal modem in other name brand computers and get
- >> the same
- >> >>result.
- >> >> >> STUFF EDITED OUT
- >> My experiences with USR tech support have been horrible. Not only have
- >> they been rude (no excuse) their main goal seems to get you off the
- >> phone as opposed to fixing a problem. My advice: don't give them your
- >> business, buy another brand.
- >>
- >> Discouraged,
- >> Gray
- >
- >I second to that. I regret that I bought the modem.
-
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- "I've heard the truth. Now, what I want are the answers"
- Terry Colgan tcolgan@mail.eden.com Austin, Texas
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