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- From: ambaker@calweb.com (Alex Baker)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.introduction,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
- Subject: Re: Software Hut = Scam Hut
- Date: Sat, 03 Feb 1996 18:42:04 GMT
- Organization: CalWeb Internet Services, Inc.
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- On 24 Jan 1996 02:32:41 GMT, wbp680s@nic.smsu.edu (Patton William B)
- wrote:
-
-
- >Not exactly. A 15% restocking fee is charged by many, but not ALL
- >mail order houses. Let's call it what it is, a 15% guaranteed profit
- >fee (for no service rendered). I think it's close to being unethical. If
- >they won't exchange or refund (they're not required to), what not help me
- >get factory service during the warranty period instead?
- >
- >: Every product as advertised, new, clean - everything I expected.
- >
- >Same here.
- >
- >: I nearly cried when they sold out of A3000 motherboards, because I knew my
- >: only hope was to buy through Divine. I really dreaded that.
- >
- >
- >I totally agree, but had to speak my mind about the 15% charges.
-
- While a restocking fee, does seem like guaranteed profit, that isn't
- exactly so... There was time and effort that went into the sale, and
- while there was shipping charges that were paid on the trip to you,
- there is handling on the return end of it. These are costs to them.
- While it may seem exhrobitant, it actually more expensive to put it
- back into stock, if indeed it is resellable, from the labor
- standpoint.
-
- Additionally, restock fees are meant to deter those flakes who change
- their minds on a whim, or are looking to "evaluate" a host of products
- before they buy.
-
- As a dealer, I would be nonplussed at the idea of sending one of every
- video board, or hard drive carry, till the person found one they
- "liked".
-
- While the majority of consumers aren't that way, it is the bad apples
- that make it hard for everyone else.
-
-