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- From: Haines@Atomiccafe.com (Harry W. Haines, III)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sportster 33.6
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 96 19:25:22 GMT
- Organization: Pennsylvania Online [Usenet News Server for Hire]
- Message-ID: <4i77e8$87u@news.paonline.com>
- References: <313180E8.7883@sfu.ca> <4h4mjn$iud@uuneo.neosoft.com> <4hbduo$1iu@barad-dur.nas.com> <4heugv$84m@news-f.iadfw.net> <4hl5qu$lp8@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>
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- In article <4hl5qu$lp8@usenetw1.news.prodigy.com>, davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) wrote:
- >In article <4heugv$84m@news-f.iadfw.net>, Wingman <dvd@airmail.net> wrote:
- >
- >| Why does USR fuck with their customers? Because they CAN and we put up with
- >| it.
- >
- >Anyone got an attorney general up for reelection? One who might like
- >to take a class action suit in a state which has a law requiring
- >disclosure of unusual delays in filling orders (I think >4 weeks in
- >states which have this type of thing).
- >
- >Of course some people claim to have gotten them in a few weeks,
- >which would be a violation of the "first come first served" rule
- >active in some states.
- >
- >The problem is perception, if USR just said "to hell with you, you
- >liked it when you bought it, buy a Courier" I would be less unhappy
- >than I am with wading through hundreds of these horror stories.
- >
- >
- No, they can...only if we LET THEM. We have the power of the electronic
- press at our fingertips. We can spread the word, return your USR if you
- just bought it somewhere with a return policy...in the meanwhile spread
- the word that USR has no support, releases the firmware with bad chips,
- does not properly support Windows 95, does not reply to their e-mail, etc.
-
- Lets do it!!
-
-
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