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- From: bhayden@teal.csn.org (Bruce Hayden)
- Subject: Re: Mail Order Problem:
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- References: <1992Nov20.171225.21273@news.unomaha.edu>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 05:22:39 GMT
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- rerickso@cwis.unomaha.edu (Ronald D. Erickson) writes:
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- >Does anyone know if I have addressed a personal mail
- >order problem in the best manner. I ordered a computer
- >disk drive from an advertisement that listed an
- >address in Canada (I am in the United States). I sent
- >a check for the amount for payment. After 30 days I
- >had not heard a thing through the mails so I called
- >the magazine office and got the person's telephone
- >number. He was surprised I had his telephone number.
- >In a couple of days he called me and told me the disk
- >drive would be sent out in a day or two. That was the
- >first week in October. I have the original check that
- >was cashed and endorsed by him through my bank. I made
- >a photocopy of everything applicable to the case and
- >filled out a United States Post Office form through their
- >International Office in Washington, D.C. Should I also
- >contact my State attorney general to see if she can do
- >anything further?
-
- >In the future, any such orders will be COD. Is that a
- >good idea?
-
- I allways use a credit card. It is much easier to get your money
- back. You just contest the charge. The credit card company has to
- credit the amount back to you if they can't substantiate the charge.
-
- Bruce E. Hayden
- (303) 758-8400
- bhayden@csn.org
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