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- From: greeny@top.cis.syr.edu (J. S. Greenfield)
- Subject: Re: ** WARNING ** AVOID TIGER SOFTWARE!!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.105910.24040@newstand.syr.edu>
- Keywords: TIGER SOFWARE, DAVID SIEGEL, FRAUD FRAUD FRAUD!!
- Organization: Syracuse University, CIS Dept.
- References: <101917@netnews.upenn.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 10:59:10 EST
- Lines: 61
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- In article <101917@netnews.upenn.edu> isler@gradient.cis.upenn.edu (Sylvia Isler) writes:
- >
- >[story about trouble with Tiger Software omitted to save space]
- >
- >If you are thinking of ordering from TIGER SOFTWARE, my advice to you
- >is DON'T DO IT! If you already have, call 1-800-888-6111 ext 4492 and try
- >to get your money back before it's too late.
- >
- >I have filed a mail fraud complaint against
- >them and have pro-bono legal help in order to get my money back. If
- >you don't want to go through this sort of thing, order from a
- >reputable place -- NOT TIGER SOFTWARE!
-
- Your troubles are certainly bad, and I have occasionally heard other
- complaints abotu Tiger. However, given my own experience with Tiger, I have
- to suspect that this was just a major foul-up on their part, and *not* an
- intentional act of fraud.
-
- Some time back I purchased one of Tiger's NEC CD Gallery bundles, including
- a CD player, a set of bundled CDs (for NEC) and a set of additional CDs
- bundled by Tiger.
-
- When I ordered, I was informed that the bundles were on back-order, but should
- be available by a certain date. In fact, I did receive most of the bundle (in
- two shipments) shortly after that date. One CD in the bundle was still on
- backorder.
-
- One of the CDs in the package was defective, though I didn't discover this
- until quite some time after the package had arrived. Tiger accepted return,
- and replaced the CD without any trouble.
-
- Some time later, I received a note telling me that the final CD (which I had
- not received) had a compatibility problem with the NEC driver. Tiger
- offered a choice of two replacements, or you could wait for a new version
- of the driver. I wasn't interested in either of the replacements, so I
- decided to wait.
-
- After that I forgot about it. Just a month or so ago, I remembered about
- the CD and called up Tiger. They told me that they had not been able to
- resolve the trouble with the CD, and they offered me the same choice of
- replacements. I told them I wasn't interested in either replacement.
-
- They told me that they would leave a message for the original salesman
- (who was now up in management) regarding the matter. He returned my call,
- we briefly discussed the matter, and he agreed to allow me to select
- another item from their catalog (of comparable value) as a replacement.
- Three days later, the replacement item arrived.
-
-
- The bottom line is that Tiger seems to be reasonably committed to satisfying
- their customers. Perhaps they are not the best organized, and perhaps they
- have made mistakes on occasion. But I'm hard-pressed to believe that a
- company that intentionally cheats it's customers would also be so helpful
- and flexible in my dealings with them.
-
-
- --
- J. S. Greenfield greeny@top.cis.syr.edu
- (I like to put 'greeny' here,
- but my d*mn system wants a
- *real* name!) "What's the difference between an orange?"
-